Over 4 years of experience in managing Auditing & Accounting Operations with focus on achieving business objectives within a rapid changing environment.
Aiming to advance my career with a public accounting firm preferably in UAE/PAKISTAN.
Designation: Senior Tax Accountant cum Admin
Role: Working as a Tax Accountant+Managing Internal Audit dept.
Roles and responsibilities include the following:
Scope of work:
· Create financial reports and supported all areas of responsibility within a 3 persons finance team.
· Analyze, examined, and interpreted records, compiled financial information, and reconciled reports and financial data.
· Perform process analysis, and communicated recommendations to management.
· Reconciled all General Ledger (GL) accounts relating to taxes for month-end and year-end closings, ensuring correctness and accuracy.
· Resolve accounts receivable issues following established procedures.
· Liaise between auditors and FTA to ensure that all issues were addressed in a timely manner
· Verify and issue credits to customer accounts based on their payment histories.
· Worked closely with the sales department and process orders and send bills to customers.
· Prepared daily reports on cash collected and outstanding invoices of totaling more than 150 customers.
· Maintained confidentiality of clients\' credit card information.
· Mentored new recruits in the accounts department.
· Assisted in VAT in preparation of quarterly filing.
· Prepared monthly financial reports, generate ad-hoc reports, and provide reports to management regarding significant expenditure fluctuation.
· Supervised general ledger journal entries, prepared Sales Tax and Use Tax filings
Designation: Semi-Senior Auditor
Reporting to: Senior Manager Audit & Partner
Role: Working as an external auditor. Roles and responsibilities include the following:
During the period of 1.5 + years with the firm, I was involved in various assignments in Audit Assurance and Review engagements.
The assignments included full scope audits, half yearly reviews, GAP analysis / internal controls and business processes, evaluations, internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), and limited reviews.
Client Portfolio includes:
· TEVTA (Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority)
· Unilever
· NRSP Bank
· Maqbool Textile Mills
· Allawasaya Textile & Finishing Mills Ltd.
· Mahmood Group
The ensuing paras describe the major tasks performed during my work experience:
· Initial planning of the job and identifying risk areas during the audit process
· Assessment of control risk and designing the tests of controls for specific areas in consultation with the engagement manager
· Designing the substantive procedures in consultation with the engagement manager
· Performing the test of control and substantive procedures highlighting the issues/ matters
· Discussions with the clients regarding the various accounting or other issues/ matters identified during the assignment
· Reviewing the work done by the team members and getting it reviewed by the engagement manager and partner
· Extensive application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and preparation of financial statements in compliance therewith
· Liaison at various levels of client management
· Consider and evaluate the results of overall analytical procedures
· Meetings with client for the resolution of various accounting or other issues/ matters identified during the assignment
▪ Preparing quarterly and annual financial statements and ad hoc statements.
▪ Account receivable management monitoring, analysis and reports.
▪ Revenue integration and reconciliation reports.
▪ Inventory management reports.
▪ Preparing information for and liaison with external auditors.
▪ Preparing cash flow projections and comparison with the cash flow statement.
▪ Preparation of fixed assets, accruals and prepaid schedules.
▪ Ensure that all the expenses related to the periods are captured before closing and making provisions wherever required.
▪ Responsible for reconciling all the balance sheet accounts on monthly basis.
▪ Monitored account payable.
▪ Age payable analysis
▪ Prioritized payments to supplier in coordination with procurement.
▪ Negotiated payment terms with supplier to ensure optimize cash flow.
▪ Scrutinized payable and ensuring that services/material has been satisfactorily received and utilized.
▪ Validating the accuracy of payroll and posting the relevant entries.
▪ Preparation of daily sales report for the CEO and Operational manager.
▪ Review the receivable aging on regular basis and highlighting the aged debtors to the collection team.
▪ Preparation of daily banking statements and collection reports for higher management and finance team.
▪ Keeping track of daily banking.
▪ Receives the document from store like store receipt and invoice to cast the inventory and preparing the store receipts vouchers.
▪ Preparation of stock reports at the end of each month along with the movements, aging analysis and expiry.
▪ In charge of the reconciliations of 3 large bank accounts.
▪ Produced the monthly bank reconciliations of the 8 bank Accounts.
▪ In charge of company petty cash during my time.