I am a finance and accounts professional having nine (09) years of professional experience in the field of finance, accounts, audit, taxation and corporate management. I have worked for four years in a chartered accountant firm and conducted internal and external audits, accounts, taxation and corporate assignments. My audit assignments include Public, Private and non profit sector organizations which include Pakistan's leading companies. I have completed successful audit, accounts and taxation assignments of many sectors including real estate, human resource management companies, oil tools companies, development sectors, Non profit organizations, USAID, UKAID, UN and world bank projects.
I have also worked with ChinaTown/ Jade Cafe, a well known hospitality group as Head of Finance and Accounts from March - 2017 to October - 2020. My scope of services with China Town was financial management, accounting, budgeting, cost controlling, taxation management and team management.
Recently I am working with a facility management group named Noha Global Services Private Limited as Senior Finance Manager/ Company Secretary with management of complete operations of finance, accounts, auditing, taxation along with compliance of regulatory and administrative requirements. In the capacity of Company Secretary role I am managing all corporate matters of the company including compliance of companies act 2017, SECP compliances, board meetings and management and all legal matters of the company.
I have rich experience of accounting, financial statements maintenance, financial management reporting, cash flow management, cost controlling, taxation (income and sales), audit functions, feasibility reporting and corporate management of a company. I am having respective academic qualifications including gold medal distinction from Riphah International University and accounting and finance certifications.
Noha Global Services (Private) Limited is a facility management and human resource management company working in this field since 2009. Noha is managing facility management sections of world level and multinational companies including NPO’s, Real-estate groups, government ministries and telecom sector and oil groups.I started my professional career with Noha in October 2020 the serving as Senior Finance Manager and Company Secretary roles in company with my subordinate team.My Professional services with Noha including management and Finance and Accounts section with complete application of finance and accounts protocols including ;- Financial Management ;- Accounting and Financial reporting (Balance Sheet, P&L, Cash Flow and Horizontal and Vertical analysis);- Budgeting and allocation of funds against payments, liabilities and investment;- Internal audit of procurement, payments and all financial operations of company;- Compliance of taxation as per income tax ordinance 2001, sales tax 1990, regulatory updation including SRO's and orders;- SECP compliance and management of company's filling ;- Being a company secretary compliance of board protocols, legal and corporate matters which are required .
China Town/ Jade Cafe are the leading hospitality chains serving in Islamabad and Lahore since long. I have started my career in China Town Islamabad branch in March - 2017, on the position of Manager Accounts and from May - 2019 been promoted on the position of Head of Finance and Accounts for both Islamabad and Lahore region. I am directly reported to CEO/ Managing Director of the company. On this position i am heading a team of ten professional in Islamabad and Lahore. Following are scope of services;
FINANCE SECTION : -
Financial Managemnet, Cash flow managemnet, budgetting, supervison of disbursements to suppliesr, third parties and groups. Coordination with financial institutions including banks, leasing companies and insurance companies regarding markup payments, defferments and issuance of documents. Coordination with contractors regarding supply chain management, funds management and disbursement conditions;
ACCOUNTS : -
Supervison in maintenace of books of accounts including ledgers, trial balances, balance sheet and presentation of financial statements to MD including profit and loss statements, cash flows etc. Making and supervising my team in prepartion of annual financal statements for audit and year ebd closing purposes.
TAXATION : -
Handling of income taxes, sales taxes and excise taxation matters of company and coordination with tax consultants for submission of monthly sales tax returns and quarterly WHT returns. Compliance of WHT (Us 149, 153, 155 etc) and other directions guided in income tax ordinance 2001 and sales tax act 1990. Coordination and presentation in assesments of FBR and Punjab Revenus AUthority (PRA). Coordinatiom with tax consultants for monthly and annual tax closings and compliances.
OTHERS :
Handling of corporate matters includuing cases and notices of CDA, food authorities and Labor departments. Compliance of EOBI and Social security sections. Coordination with farnchises and sub units to consult then in finance and accounts matters.
I started my professional career with Rafaqat Mansha Mohsin Dossani Masoom & Co, Chartered Accountants (A member firm of The Leading Edge Alliance International) as an ICAP registered trainee in January - 2013. I was inducted as in Audit department and i perfomed following job function while working with RMDM & Co.
AUDIT DEPARTMENT :
I was assigned for completion of audit assignments of different companies, and in audit section internal audit and external audit assignments both were included. I have complated audit assignments of different orgnizations including Public sector, Private sector, national, multinational and non profit orgnizations (NGO's). My audit functions included compliance of IFRS, GAAP, IAS, internal controls, companies acts 2017, income tax ordinace 2001,Sales tax act 1990, corporate governance rules and other regulatory laws. My Major audit assignments includes;
- Bahria Town (Private) Limited (Asia's largest real estate group)
- PHA (Pakistan Housing Authority) Foundation (Public Sector developers)
- Assocaited Press of Pakistan (APP) (Public sector orgnization)
- DAI Pakistan (Private) Limited (Multinational NGO)
- Palladium Pakistan (Private) Limited (Multinational NGO)
- Read Pakistan (National large NGO Group)
- Chip Training and Consulting (Private) Limited (Nationa and International Service prividers)
- Scomi Oil Tools (Private) Limited (Oil tool multinational Company)
ACCOUNTING / BOOK KEEPING :
I was also assigned for maintaing accounting, book keeping records of different orgnizations and by doing this practice i used many accounting accounting softwares including ERP, SAP, Oracle and Quick Books.
TAXATION COMPLIANCE :
I was also inducted in tax departments for filling of income tax retursn (WHT and annual), Sales tax returns, presenations in tax assesments and hearings to represent my firm.
CORPORATE MANAGEMNET :
Compliance of Companies act 2017 in companies, form A, Form B, Form 29, Form 21 and all relevant compliances.