Qualified chartered accountant having diversified experience of financial reporting & analysis, external & internal audits, internal control, budgeting & planning and funds management.
Overseeing the following areas
Budgeting & planning
Treasury & fund management
Taxation
AP & AR cycle
Financial reporting
Head of Central Accounts Department consisting of following 3 units
Accounts unit
Fixed assets unit and
Policy unit
Incharge Accounts and Fixed Assets Units
September 2014 to date: Central Accounts Department
Major responsibilities include:
Preparation of quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements as per applicable IFRS;
Devising of accounting mechanism for banking products;
Preparation of agenda papers for presentation to Board of Directors and its committees;
Member of ERP Implementation team for following Oracle modules:
- General Ledger
- Fixed Asset Module
Ensuring that fixed assets of the Bank are recorded and depreciated as per applicable policies;
Calculation of monthly advance tax to be deposited with FBR;
Involved in the process of preparation of annual budgets and quarterly analysis for presentation before the Board Committees; and
Coordination with external auditors, commercial auditors and SBP Inspection team.
Major achievements:
From May 2012 to August 2014, worked on reconciliation process of back log of Inter Branch Transactions, a long outstanding issue of the Bank, which was also emphasised by statutory auditors in the Auditors report. The un-reconciled balance was reconciled and emphasis of matter paragraph was removed.
While working as consultant with CPBEP, major responsibilities included:
Review of books of accounts maintained by the project, ensuring correct coding and correct posting in computerized software;
Review of month end ‘Bank Reconciliation Statements’;
Review of monthly reporting as per guidelines issued by Canadian International Donor Association; and
Comparison and investigation of actual and budgeted results.
During mandatory articleship training period, I have worked in both Assurance and Advisory departments.
Assurance department dealt with assignments of statutory audits, half yearly reviews and special audit assignments while Advisory department dealt with assignments of internal audit services, internal control evaluation and documentation and review of internal control using COSO framework.
I have experience of performing assignments in following sectors:
Financial;
Manufacturing;
Non Government Organization;
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG);
Consumer electronics;
Services;
Telecommunication services; and
Real estate.