Officer Foreign Currency Accounts at Bank Alfalah, Rwp(Sep1998-Oct2000). Management Trainee at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority,Isb(Dec 2002-Aug 2003). Regional Engineering Coordinator at Techcorp Holding (Pvt) Ltd, Isb (Oct 2004-April 2005). Project Manager at Eastern Technologies and Human Resource Capital of Pakistan, Islamabad (May 2005-May 2007). Managed ZTE & Huawei Projects for construction of Mobile Towers & BTS Rooms at different sites for ZTE & Huawei for VPTCL Projects. Managed Project Budget, did Project Monitoring, was responsible for reporting daily progress to CEO ETHRCP, to Huwawei and to ZTE. Ensured timely completion of Projects. Joined Pathfinder Group as Manager Recoveries.There was a huge backlog of outstanding payments to be recovered from UN Agencies & other national/multi-national companies. Cleared all the backlog of billions of outstanding payments & brought the outstanding payments' status to current month's payments. Was transferred to Business Development Department. Built a robust team of Business Development & tapped the potential customers market & brought in new business for Pathfinder Group. On the basis of my outstanding performance I was promoted to the position of General Manager Business Development.Then I was selected & sent to England by the company to attend PTTLS, IHS & IHSDP courses in the first batch of three candidates. On my return from England I was appointed as Commandant Pathfinder Training Facility Islamabad. I upgraded training equipment, training syllabus & training methods to International Standards. Pathfinder Group was striving to get ISO 18788 Certification. Was an active member of the team which was working for ISO Certification. Contributed a lot in preparing Company Documents as per ISO 18788 Standards. I pride myself of being a leader of high integrity who believes in leading by example & deals fairly with all my team members. I am excellent at matching task to talent. Excellent at ensuring 100% compliance of Company Policies & Procedures. Have a stronghold on Budget Control. I have worked with people of different cultural backgrounds, genders, religions, races, nationalities & know the value of diversity magnetism. Excellent at liaison with different clients/stake holders. Possess motivational skills to motivate a team to produce optimum results.
Additional Info: Always look for opportunities to attend training classes, workshops & seminars to benefit myself & the company I work for. Workshops/Seminars attended are as follows:
1. Attended workshop on ”Lead Auditor for ISO 18788 & ANSI/PSC-1” conducted by Mr. Marc Seigel Commissioner ASIS International Global Standard Initiative from ASIS International Global Standard Initiative (2016), Karachi.
2. Attended workshop on “Documentation Processes for ISO 18788 & ANSI/PSC-1” at Karachi conducted by Mr. Marc Seigel Commissioner ASIS International Global Standard Initiative from ASIS International Global Standard Initiative (2016), Karachi.
3. Attended workshop on “Concept Standard Development & Risk Assessment” at Islamabad conducted by Mr. Marc Seigel Commissioner ASIS International Global Standard Initiative from ASIS International Global Standard Initiative (2015), Islamabad.
4. Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS).from Highfield (2013), England.
5. NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality & Diversity from NCFE (2013), England.
6. PETROC International Homeland Security Diploma from PETROC (2013), England.
7. PETROC International Homeland Security Instructors Course from PETROC (2013), England.
8. PETROC Certificate in the Principles & Practices of Internal Quality Assurance/Moderation.from PETROC(2013), England.
9. PETROC Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievementfrom PETROC (2013), England.
10. Participated in three days Workshop “Training of Trainers’” organized by British Council Islamabad. (Sept 7, 2004 to Sept 9, 2004).
11. Participated in two days Workshop “High Impact Presentation Skills” organized by Applied Excellence, Islamabad. (Dec 8, 2004 to Dec 9, 2004).
12. Seminar on “Deregulation of Telecom Sector in Pakistan” organized by PTA (20 March, 2003).
Joined Pathfinder Group as Manager Recoveries. Was assigned the task of making recoveries of outstanding payments from clients. There was a huge backlog of outstanding payments to be recovered from UN Agencies & other national/multi-national companies. Cleared all the backlog of billions of outstanding payments & brought the outstanding payments status to current month's payments. Then was transferred to Business Development Department. Was responsible for Contract Signing with new clients & record keeping. Built a robust team of Business Development & tapped the potential customers market & brought in new business for Pathfinder Group. On the basis of my outstanding performance I was promoted to the position of General Manager Business Development. Then I was selected & sent to England by the company to attend PTTLS, IHS & IHSDP courses in the first batch of three candidates. On my return from England I was appointed as Commandant Pathfinder Training Facility (PTF) Islamabad. Was responsible for the administration, finance, procurement, IT & logitics pertaining to Pathfinder Training Facility, Islamabad. Delivered training lectures at PTF. At PTF, Islamabad I upgraded training equipment, training syllabus & training methods to International Standards. Pathfinder Group was striving to get ISO 18788 Certification. Was an active member of the team which was working for ISO Certification. Contributed a lot in preparing Company Documents as per ISO 18788 Standards.
Overall Administration of the Company. Project Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Evaluation. Coordination within ET&HRCP, Coordination with ZTE & Huawei for the VPTCL Projects. Coordination with ET&HRCP's Sub-contractors. Collection of work progress details from the sub-contractors and reporting to ZTE & Huawei. Resolution of Conflicts. Was responsible for timely completion of Projects.
Managed the office of CEO. Coordinated with Project Offices at Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar & Dubai regarding Warid Telecom Project & Etisalat Project. Coordinated with Ericsson Pakistan, Islamabad and Lahore Offices. Monitoring of the whole project, data/record keeping of the project. Documentation/Signing of Contract Agreements between Techcorp Holding Pvt Ltd and sub-contractors, issuance of Work Orders to Sub-Contractors, managed issuance of Demand notices from IESCO and payment of Demand Notices from Ericsson and Warid Telecom.
Worked as a Management Trainee in the Deregulation Department of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Conducted studies on Deregulation Activities in different countries. Established the Data Room for prospective entrants in Telecom sector. Was In-Charge of Data Room
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: All Foreign Currency Related Activities, Account Opening/Closing, Cheque Book Issuance, Inward/ Outward Remittances, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificate Encashment/profit payment, Foreign Exchange Bearer Certificate profit payment/encashment, US Dollar Bonds Issuance/ profit payment, daily/monthly reporting to the Head Office, training of new officers/internees inducted in Foreign Currency Accounts, Customer Care.
Worked in all the Departments of the Bank, spent one week each in all the departments and assisted in daily routine work.