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Waqar Safdar, Senior Manager Finance

Waqar Safdar

Senior Manager Finance·Techlogix Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Pakistan

Doctorate, Chartered Accountant

Work experience

Total years of experience: 28 years, 1 months

Senior Manager Finance

April 2006 - Present

Techlogix Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Lahore, Pakistan

April 2006 - Present

Techlogix is a global consulting and IT services company having presence in Bermuda, United States of America, Pakistan, Middle East, China, Malaysia & Singapore. My Job responsibilities include;
• Managing accounting and finance function of the organization including domestic as well foreign corporations of the group.
• Managing & planning cash flows, treasury and investments
• Participating & managing Financial strategy and planning, monitoring, management and reporting
• Performing Financial Modeling for Budgets, Burn Rate determination, Projects' evaluations
• Financing Arrangements and coordination with Financial Institutions
• Implementation of budgetary & internal control procedures, monitoring business performance against plans & budgets, 360 reviews.
• Financial Analysis, Costing & Pricing, Accounts Receivables Management
• Participation in corporate level negotiations and providing financial oversight and management of the company's contracts and agreements
• Managing secretarial and taxation functions.
• Reporting and accounting as per regulatory and legal requirements.
• Overseeing of audit activities of the organization.
• Development of MIS in line with Organization's need by using ERP (Oracle Financials) and other information streams for this purpose.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Manager Finance

April 2005 - April 2006

Ejaz Dyeing & Finishing Mills (Pvt) Ltd

Lahore, Pakistan

April 2005 - April 2006

• Managing Strategic Financial Affairs of the Company
• Banks dealing, Borrowings, Negotiations & Management
• Financial Analysis and Investments Decision Making
• Project/ Product Appraisal
• Budgeting/ Funds Management
• Managing Books of Accounts & Preparation of Financial Statements and management reports
• Reengineering of Business Processes & development of financial controls policies and procedures
• Implementation of Integrated Financial System, Mapping of Business Processes & Requirements against New Financial Application

Company industry:
Textile & Apparel Production
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Functional Consultant

September 2004 - December 2004

Azgard 9 Limited

Lahore, Pakistan

September 2004 - December 2004

Maintenance of Oracle Financials Release 11i covering following modules:
 General Ledger (GL)
 Accounts Payable (AP)
 Accounts Receivable (AR)
 Cash Management (CE)
 Fixed Assets (FA)

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Functional Consultant

June 2003 - September 2004

Crescent Software Products (Pvt) Ltd. (CresSoft)

Lahore, Pakistan

June 2003 - September 2004

Implementation of Oracle Financials Release 11i covering following
modules:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Cash Management (CE)
• Fixed Assets (FA)
The implementation has been carried out using the AIM Methodology standards and techniques and the work on project has exposed me to all aspects of systems implementation processes covering
following tasks:
• Observation, Review & Documentation of the As Is Processes of the company
• Mapping the company's business requirements against the Oracle Financials Application and Identifying & Analyzing Gaps between the As Is and To Be System's functionality
• Developing a comprehensive Chart of Accounts
• Preparation of Functional Design Documents and Standardizing data for loading
• Designing of the Reports formats
• Configuration of Application for development environment
• Testing of all transactions in development environment
• Transporting configuration from development environment to testing environment
• Fixation of bugs reported in testing environment
• Configuration of Application for go-live production environment
• Training and assistance of users in live run environment
• Writing of procedure manuals for the future use of staff of client
• Review and Reengineering of policies and procedures for the finance department to ensure compliance with the best practices and Oracle processes.
• Coordinating finance & accounts management for the implementation and monitoring of financial discipline, including internal controls
• Designing procedures for transaction scenarios and finalization of accounts
• Providing Post Implementation Support to the client and ensuring problems encountered were smoothly resolved
• Supporting client to Perform month end activities, including reconciliations.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Assistant Manager Management Consultancy

November 2002 - May 2003

Grant Thornton International

Lahore, Pakistan

November 2002 - May 2003

Management Consultant in the fields of information technology development, corporate valuation, financial modeling, project consultancy, feasibility study, system study & reengineering, business evaluation & estimation, investigation, revaluation, strategy & market research and human resource management.

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Articles under by-laws of ICAP

June 1998 - October 2002

Grant Thornton International

Lahore, Pakistan

June 1998 - October 2002

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
I have more than 3 years experience on jobs and clients mentioned below:
• Procurement Audit World Bank
• Systems Review & Reform Pakistan Railways
• Corporate Valuation/ Financial Modeling Punjab Mineral Development Corporation (PUNJMIN)
• Implementation of ERP Solution Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group (KMLG)
• Accountancy and Management Information System (MIS) Pakistan Cables Limited
• Fixed Assets Management Samin Textile Mills Limited
• Business Evaluation and Estimation Habib Bank Limited (HBL)
• Financial Bid & Profile Development Conqueror Surgical Industries
• Project Consultancy/ Financial Feasibility Study Eden Developers (Pvt.) Limited
• Revaluation Pel Appliances Limited Pak Electron Limited
• System Reengineering Pakistan Cycle Industrial Cooperative Society Limited (PCICSL)
• Book Keeping and Accounting Eden Developers (Pvt.) Limited
• Internal Audit Pakistan Cycle Industrial Cooperative Society Limited (PCICSL) Eden Developers (Pvt.) Limited
• Tax Audit Central Board of Revenue (CBR)
• Customer Satisfaction Surveys Standard Chartered Bank National Bank of Pakistan
• Focus Recession Bank of America
• Micro Credit Research United Bank Limited
• Executive Search Central Board of Revenue

ASSURANCE SERVICES - AUDITING
I have been involved for more than 1½ years in performing audits of financial statements of following listed and private limited organizations in the capacity of job incharge, senior and junior.

• Airsys ATM Limited
• Samin Textile Mills Limited
• ICC Textile Mills Limited
• Ayaz Textile Mills Limited
• Sigma Knitting Mills Limited.
• Eden Developers (Pvt.) Limited.
• Hamid Textile Mills Limited
• PRGMEA

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

B. Com Trainee

February 1997 - May 1997

Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow

Lahore, Pakistan

February 1997 - May 1997

Underwent practical training in this office in connection with B. Com. degree requirement and acquired suitable exposure of accountancy in Habib bank limited, United bank limited and Style textile limited.
Also worked on Workers Profit Participation Fund (WPPF) assignment in FMC United.

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

June 2006

June 2006

Doctorate, Chartered Accountant

Pakistan

Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Hailey College of Commerce, Punjab University Lahore

July 1997

July 1997

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting & Finance

Pakistan

First Division

Skills

Financial Accounting
Expert
Financial Accounting
Expert
Financials
Expert
Financials
Expert
Oracle Financials
Expert
Oracle Financials
Expert
Financial Management
Expert
Financial Management
Expert
FINANCE
Expert
FINANCE
Expert
ACCOUNTING
Expert
ACCOUNTING
Expert
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Expert
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Expert
ORACLE FINANCIALS
Intermediate
ORACLE FINANCIALS
Intermediate
Financial Accounting
Expert
Financial Accounting
Expert
Financials
Expert
Financials
Expert
Oracle Financials
Expert
Oracle Financials
Expert
Financial Management
Expert
Financial Management
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

Associate Member

August 2006

The Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG)

Individual Membership

July 2012

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certified Director
Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
Feb 2012 - Jun 2012