Zia Ullah, AD / AM Finance & Budget

Zia Ullah

AD / AM Finance & Budget

Institute of Space Technology (IST)

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Accounting And Audit
Experience
14 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months

AD / AM Finance & Budget at Institute of Space Technology (IST)
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since October 2018

- Prepare budgets & financial forecasts, and analyze financial trends and performance.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all financial transactions.
- Prepare and validate journal entries, and maintain a high level of GL accuracy.
- Conduct financial audits by examining and verifying financial transactions, reports, records, and procedures.
- Analyze financial statements and accounting records to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations and standards.
- Maintaining strong relationships with bank relationship managers, ensuring clear communication and timely information exchange for Letters of Credit (LC), Bank Guarantees (BGs), investments, and financing for mega projects.

Senior Officer Accounts & Tax at SB Group of Companies
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • June 2017 to October 2018

- Handling income tax & sales tax (VAT) returns and related quarterly and monthly accounting protocols for regulatory filings.
- Hand-on knowledge of ERP and extraction of reports for tax purposes.
- Responsible for party-wise detail working on Fixed Assets, work in process and cost of sale, and costing of imports.
- Preparation of draft quarterly financial statements for management.
- Assess internal controls and risk management practices to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement.

Senior Financial & Data Analyst at Qineqt Inc.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2016 to May 2017

- Develop financial templates of companies for performance forecasts and projections.
- Provides fundamental analysis of companies in the US equity market.
- Testing the product and coming up with product enhancements.
- Training the Data entry specialist and reviewing the work of the Data Analyst.
- Providing feedback to the Junior Data Analyst to enhance the data accuracy.
- Perform internal audits to make sure accurate and complete data is published.

Senior Analyst (Financial Content) at S&P Global Market Intelligence
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2009 to March 2016

- Analyze the financial data (Income statement, cash flows, financial position, and performance measures like financial ratios, Capital Adequacy, and debt analysis).
- Keeps up to date with industry trends and reporting standards i.e. IFRS, US-GAAP.
- Responsible for processing and maintaining analysis and information of assigned financial sectors in an accurate manner.
- Ensures that feedback and training are provided to newer colleagues and peers.
- Perform internal audits to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data set.

Education

Master's degree, Accounting And Audit
  • at ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - UK
  • August 2013

Audit and Performance Management

Master's degree, Accounting and Finance
  • at Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
  • August 2008

Accounting and Finance

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

ACCA
  • ACCA Member
  • June 2016

Training and Certifications

Overview of Financials in SAP S/4HANA (Training)
Training Institute:
SAP
Date Attended:
March 2023
Duration:
25 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket