Sohail Ahmad, General Manager Finance

Sohail Ahmad

General Manager Finance

Automotive Engineering (Pvt) Limited

Location
Pakistan
Education
Diploma, Certified Internal Controls Auditor, CICA-USA
Experience
33 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :33 years, 6 Months

General Manager Finance at Automotive Engineering (Pvt) Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since March 2015

Lead entire accounting and finance team.Managing Monthly budget, variance analysis, profit & loss accounts with ratio and efficiency analysis to facilitate financial decisions. Solely responsible for tax planning and final accounts and audit.

Manager Accounts at Master Group of Comapnies
  • Pakistan
  • April 2010 to February 2015

The company is involved in manufacturing wide range of ceramic & granite tiles. Company has numerous showrooms nationwide as well at international level. I am responsible to look after the accounting, finance, planning & procurement matters. I am reportable to General Manager Finance.

Chief Financial Officer at Northern Calcium Industries (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • May 2006 to March 2010

The company is involved in manufacturing calcium carbonate and its allied products. I am responsible to look after the accounting, finance & tax matters. Department wise production costing is also my duty.

General Manager Finance at Ali's International
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2004 to March 2006

They are manufacturer and exporter of home textile products. I was part of senior management and used to report to Chief Executive.
• Funds management / arrangement
• Financial reports to Senior management
• Saved considerable cost by procuring raw materials at low rates.
• Introduced performance based incentive plan for CMT labour which resulted in high production rate by 40%.
• Exports enhance due to efficient quality controls. Each export job finished 5% to 7% above the original ordered quantity.
• Achieved the production and exports targets well before time.

Controller Of Accounts at Midasia Institute of Technology
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2000 to February 2004

MIDasia is a business, management & IT institute affiliated with University of Karachi. I was to report directly to Chairman. My responsibilities are:
• Funds management / arrangement
• Financial reports to Senior management
• Assisted in decisions & policies making as “Principal Officer Team Member”
• Additional charge of “Admissions Controller & Senior Campus Coordinator”
• Played major role in finalizing the joint venture with Garrison Commander of Malir Cantt. Karachi.
• Been main part of team to attain top position for institute among the Karachi University affiliated colleges.
• In-charge of marketing & admissions campaign and gained the highest enrollment of students in Karachi.

Accounts Officer at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 1998 to April 2000

reportable to Chief Financial Officer of Group. An American patterned university chartered by Government of Sindh-Pakistan & University Grants Commission and be the part of Punjab Group of Colleges & Universities.
• Used to prepare periodic budget, reports for senior management.
• Dealt with tax matters, financial institutions & government departments.
• Prepared final accounts.

Chief Controller, Finance & Operations at Hijvari Textile Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 1996 to December 1998

• Arrangement of funding and non-funding facilities.
• Prepared company’s annual accounts, budget and export projections.
• Developed production and internal control systems.
• Assigned to explore the new export markets which successfully done in very short time. These efforts helped the organization to use the facilities at higher capacity of machines as was working at low.
• Also marketed some stuck-up fresh shipment stocks at good prices and mobilized the funds.
• Assisted Chief Executive in financial decision-making.

Director Finance at Imperative Industrial Consultants (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • September 1990 to November 1996

• Supervision and finalization of annual accounts.
• Finalized the annual tax returns of company & directors.
• Prepared investment proposals.
• Marketed new ideas of investment.
• Prepared financial projections and other feasibility study data.
• Assisted the clients in managing the correspondence and meetings with financial institution and other governmental departments.

Education

Diploma, Certified Internal Controls Auditor, CICA-USA
  • at The Institute for Internal Controls
  • March 2013
Diploma, C.A. Inter.
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan
  • May 1991
Bachelor's degree, B.Com.
  • at The University of Punjab
  • November 1985

Accounting 96/100

Specialties & Skills

Managing Budget
Production Technology
Feasibility Studies
Financial Planning
Financial Reporting
Management & Administration
Marketing
Financial Planning & Budgeting

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

C.A. Inter (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 1986
Valid Until:
August 1990