I had worked in an internal audit department and had been involved in various operational, compliance and financial audit for all departments/functions including: Accounts, Finance & Treasury; Human Resource & Administration; IS⁢ Pre-Sales and Procurement Function; Moreover, as team member I have been involved in various project audits and other special assignment and have worked closely with the project managers, senior management and clients in understanding their business issues assisting in Gap analysis and SOP formation & compilation and other diversified assignments such as review completion rate of projects by searching for the reasons for thwhich includes following Project audits: Managed IT Services Project (PTCL & SCB) Bus Rapid Transit System-Metro Bus Project (Rawalpindi-Islamabad) Partex Star Group-Bangladesh Mobilink-PMCL My core responsibilities are as follows:  To assist in the preparation of risk based annual internal audit plan.  Perform financial, operational, and compliance audits in accordance with the annual internal audit plan.  Attend pre-audit meeting sessions to obtain an Understanding of auditable unit objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; perform risk assessment and identifying risk areas, Draft system note, SOD, walkthrough (TOC) and audit procedures during the planning phase of audit engagement.  Gather data/info and Conduct audit sampling.  Perform audit field work during execution phase which includes preparation of control sheets and audit checklist during the execution phase of audit engagement.  Conduct field visits involving direct contacts with clients, other related persons or any other persons in connection with audits.  Check / verify that regional offices, project offices and head offices departments effectively comply with SOPs, Policies and Procedures manuals relating to function.  Evaluating internal control systems, identifying

Worked as a team member in the audit & assurance department of Haroon Zakaria & Co, Chartered Accountants firm based in Karachi. The firm is a part of MSI Global Alliance. For over 20 years, the members of the association have been providing high quality advice and support in four key areas to clients:
• Audit, Assurance & advisory
• Tax consulting
• Legal services
• Consulting services

My responsibilities includes were:

Carrying out annual audits and half yearly reviews in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (ISA)as applicable in Pakistan and directives issued by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
Assisting client with the preparation and presentation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Companies Ordinance 1984
Assist audit team in effective audit engagement planning based on understanding of the entity and assessment of business and related audit risks of material items and coordination of assignments to meet stringent deadlines.
Assist the Audit team to carry out Cash Count and Stock Count.
Checking of vouchers, verifying the expenses and making sure that all transactions are posted to their relevant account titles
Interpreting Financial Transactions & Financial Statements of the assigned clients
Liaison with client's management and communication of relevant matters to persons at appropriate level of responsibility

During my association with the firm, I have conducted external audits of following audit clients:

Corrtec (pvt) Ltd
Wemsol (pvt) Ltd
Kharadar General Hospital
Dawood Mohammad Securities (pvt) Ltd
Habib Sugar Mills (pvt) Ltd (Cost Audit)
Khair pur Sugar Mills Limited
Hilton Group (pvt) Ltd
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