Summary

Associated with KPMG Pakistan, Asia Poultry Feeds, ReadyGo Pvt Ltd, UHY Hassan Naeem and Co. and Ernst Young (Assurance Advisory Business Services), I have worked in different capacities.
I have had variegated experience of statutory external audit and other assurance related services in different industry sectors.
I have been assigned an overall rating of 4 (out of 5) in my performance by Manager.
I have been involved in various types of assignments relating to Audit Assurance, Review assignments and other related assignments in different sectors.


Experience

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Assistant Manager Audit & Assurance
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co.
Feb 2023 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan

Remained associated with KPMG (Chartered Accountants) assuming responsibility as an audit and assurance professional and rendering following services to various clients: • Active engagement with senior staff to gain a good understanding of the business. • Ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements. • Leading, managing and developing an effective audit team. • Planning and scoping audit assignments effectively, allocating audit resources, defining deadlines and ensuring a comprehensive and appropriate term of reference is set for each review. • Managing and undertaking programmed audit assignments effectively and efficiently, ensuring work is produced to the required standard and deadlines. • Identifying key risks to business objectives, evaluating and testing controls in place and identifying areas for improvement. • Liaison with senior/middle client managers in the planning and conduct of audit assignments discussing findings, emerging risks and actions to address identified risks. • Producing audit reports to meet the required standard for reporting to senior management. • Managing systems development and advisory work of the team and undertaking the more complex areas of work in this area, informing and advising management of issues that have risk or control implications. • Performing the role of Audit Assistant Manager in support of the shared service agreements, as appropriate. • Developing expertise in, and advice on, specific aspects of the business. • Ensuring all the audit working papers are prepared to comply with Quality Control Review by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. • Compiled, verified, analyzed and interpreted critical financial data and financial reports to assess past, present and impending financial status of organizations. • Reviewing system flow documents relating to significant class of transactions prepared by teams.

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Group Deputy Manager Internal Audit
Asia Poultry Feeds (Pvt.) Ltd & Ready Go (Pvt.) Ltd.
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022 | Lahore, Pakistan

Remained associated with Asia Poultry Feeds (Pvt) Ltd. assuming responsibility as an audit professional and assist in implementing & managing an organization-wide strategy for conducting internal audits to minimize risk; improve the performance and productivity of the organizations financial, operational and managerial processes and systems:
Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for planning, developing, recommending and monitoring procedures and systems to be used in internal auditing throughout the Financial and Operational areas of the organization.
Developing risk-based audit programs.
Responsible for supervising and conducting audits including audit reporting for the financial and operational areas of organization including joint audits with joint venture partner.
Prepare audit report and provide recommendations to Line Manager concerning how the organizations financial, operational, and managerial processes and systems could be improved.
Review working papers and ensure completeness and accuracy of audit performed.
Undertaking/ reviewing & updating the enterprise-wide risk assessment (EWRA).
Reviewing and updating results of follow up of audit recommendations and report the updated status to Line Manager.
Assist Line Manager on timely completion of tasks assigned by Board Audit Committee to ARG and liaison with External Auditors, Consultants etc.
Maintaining current internal auditing knowledge in order to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal auditing methodologies, processes and services.
Timely completion of any other related task assigned by Line Manager.

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Group Assistant Manager Internal Audit
Asia Poultry Feeds (Pvt.) Ltd. & Ready Go (Pvt.) Ltd.
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020 | Lahore, Pakistan


Remained associated with Asia Poultry Feeds (Pvt) Ltd. assuming responsibility as an audit professional and assist in implementing & managing an organization-wide strategy for conducting internal audits to minimize risk; improve the performance and productivity of the organizations financial, operational and managerial processes and systems:
Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for planning, developing, recommending and monitoring procedures and systems to be used in internal auditing throughout the Financial and Operational areas of the organization.
Developing risk-based audit programs.
Responsible for supervising and conducting audits including audit reporting for the financial and operational areas of organization including joint audits with joint venture partner.
Prepare audit report and provide recommendations to Line Manager concerning how the organizations financial, operational, and managerial processes and systems could be improved.
Review working papers and ensure completeness and accuracy of audit performed.
Undertaking/ reviewing & updating the enterprise-wide risk assessment (EWRA).
Reviewing and updating results of follow up of audit recommendations and report the updated status to Line Manager.
Assist Line Manager on timely completion of tasks assigned by Board Audit Committee to ARG and liaison with External Auditors, Consultants etc.
Maintaining current internal auditing knowledge in order to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal auditing methodologies, processes and services.
Timely completion of any other related task assigned by Line Manager.

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Assistant Manager Audit
UHY-Hassan Naeem & Co Chartered Accountants
Sep 2016 - Mar 2017 | Lahore, Pakistan

Remained associated with UHY Hassan Naeem and Co. (Chartered Accountants) assuming responsibility as an audit and assurance professional and rendering following services to various clients:
• Active engagement with senior staff to gain a good understanding of the business.
• Ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements.
• Leading, managing and developing an effective audit team.
• Planning and scoping audit assignments effectively, allocating audit resources, defining deadlines and ensuring a comprehensive and appropriate term of reference is set for each review.
• Managing and undertaking programmed audit assignments effectively and efficiently, ensuring work is produced to the required standard and deadlines.
• Identifying key risks to business objectives, evaluating and testing controls in place and identifying areas for improvement.
• Liaison with senior/middle client managers in the planning and conduct of audit assignments discussing findings, emerging risks and actions to address identified risks.
• Producing audit reports to meet the required standard for reporting to senior management.
• Managing systems development and advisory work of the team and undertaking the more complex areas of work in this area, informing and advising management of issues that have risk or control implications.
• Performing the role of Audit Assistant Manager in support of the shared service agreements, as appropriate.
• Developing expertise in, and advice on, specific aspects of the business.
• Ensuring all the audit working papers are prepared to comply with Quality Control Review by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
• Compiled, verified, analyzed and interpreted critical financial data and financial reports to assess past, present and impending financial status of organizations.
• Reviewing system flow documents relating to significant class of transactions prepared by teams.

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Engagement Auditor
Ernst & Young
Dec 2012 - Aug 2016 | Lahore, Pakistan

Remained associated with Ernst and Young Pakistan assuming responsibility as a team leader and rendering
following services to various clients across various industries:

· Preparation of financial statements in accordance with the reporting framework comprising of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Auditing Standards (ISAs) and applicable local laws.
· Performance of half year review of financial statements of listed and unlisted entities involving performance of analytical reviews, vertical and horizontal analysis along with trend analysis at greater dis aggregated level.
· Preparation of internal and external deliverables e.g. overall analytical review, summary of audit issues, board letter, management letter and letter of representation etc.
· Performance of test of details on complete areas of financial statements of listed and unlisted entities.
· Compliance with annual audit plan using appropriate risk-based methodology, including any risks or control concerns identified at controls evaluation stage.
· Review and documentation of all the audit working according to the quality control standards provided by ICAP (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan) and EY Global.
· Preparing and analyzing reports related to cash flows and presenting them before higher management.
· Analyzed variance to budget/forecast and prepare reports explaining budgets deviations.
· Interpreting various legal provisions and amendments to legislation brought about from time to time and keeping the clients abreast with the implications of such changes to statute.
· Assisting in compliance with the national corporate laws in force (including the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and the Listing Regulations applicable to Listed Entities).
· Preparing system flow documents relating to significant class of transactions.

Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
Certification, ‎
Accounting & Finance, Auditing, Taxation
Completed
2022

Skills

Expert Cost Accounting
Expert 4 Knowledge of Taxation
Expert ACCA
Expert Accounnts Management
Expert Accounting
Expert Accounting Cycle Knowledge
Expert Accounting+
Expert Accounts Administration
Expert Accounts and Finance Matters Handling
Expert Accounts Finalization
Expert Accounts Management
Expert Accounts Payable
Expert Accounts Receivable Command
Expert Accounts Reporting
Intermediate Accounts Software Command
Expert Analytical
Expert Assignment Handling
Expert Audit Assignment Handling
Expert Audit Compliance
Expert Audit Management
Expert Audit Processing
Expert Audit Reports Management
Expert Audit Software Command
Expert Auditing
Expert Auditing Command
Expert Balance Sheet Review
Expert Billing Management
Expert Bookkeeping
Expert Budgeting & Forecasting
Expert Certified Payroll
Intermediate Commercial Finance Knowledge
Expert Computer Skills
Expert Conflict Management
Expert Cooordination Skills
Intermediate Corporate Finance
Expert Corporate Financial Reporting
Expert CPA
Intermediate Data Mining
Expert ERP
Expert ERP Command
Intermediate Exro
Expert External Audit
Expert Final Accounts
Expert Financial Accounting
Expert Financial Analysis
Expert Financial Audit Compliance
Expert Financial Audit Compliance
Intermediate Financial Modeling
Expert Financial Planning
Intermediate Financial Regulations

Languages

Expert Urdu
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