Associated with Eli Lilly Pakistan (Private) Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company, in the capacity as Interim Finance Manager. My responsibilities include:
 
-   Accounting & Book Keeping:
o  To ensure proper accounting of business transactions.
o  Supervise the Finance Department including; General Accounting, P2P process, Planning, Supply Chain, and Administration.
o  To ensure proper implementation of SOX & FRAP standards during the regular business course.
o  Finalization of monthly Trail Balance for final submission to Global Corporate Office within 3 working days after EOM.
 
-   Budgeting & Planning:
o  Coordination with departmental heads for preparation of Annual Budgets for 2020 with detailed analysis of related expense heads
o  Assisted Sales Director in finalization of Annual Sales target for submission to Regional Management.
o  Assisted Sales Director in preparation Sales Target spread for field force on product mix.
o  Submitted Annual Business Plan for 2020 to Regional Management with detailed analysis on Market Trends, Economic Trends, Foreign Exchange Forecast.
 
-   Taxation:
o  Coordination with Tax consultants for submission of monthly, quarterly & annual returns.
o  Annual Tax Computation
o  Tax cases updates from Legal & Tax Consultants
o  Computation of quarterly advance tax along with advance tax adjustments
 
-   Internal Control & Audit:
o  Coordination with Regional Financial Controller on Internal Controls.
o  Ensure compliance of SOX controls on monthly basis.
o  Leading SOX audits for controls & procedures.
Liaison with External Auditors for commencement of Statutory Audit.

Associated with Master Motors Limited, a well re-known automobile assembler in Pakistan, in the capacity as Manager Finance. My responsibilities include:
 
-   Project Management:
o  Financing arrangement for the new Project & Automobile complex to be built in collaboration with China’s No. 1 Automobile Producer
o  Joint Venture – Due Diligence Coordination with Due Diligence Auditors
o  Order management of the Project’s procurement
o  Coordination with Consultants
o  Project Status Update to the stakeholders on weekly basis
o  Price Negotiation with Vendors in collaboration with Procurement & Technical Teams for Project related Purchases & Acquisitions
o  Dealing with Concerned Authorities at Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation Pvt. Limited for month on month updates & other related matters
o  Dealing with Insurance Company for project Insurance, including but not limited to Contractor All Risks, Riots Strikes & Terrorism, Marine, Safety & General Insurance
o  Coordination with Tax Authorities for Status Update, Exemption on Import of Machinery & reporting of Units imported under Incentive Scheme under Automotive Development Policy 2016-21
 
 
-   Finance / Accounting & Allied:
o  Ensuring maintenance of proper books of accounts
o  Finalization of Annual Accounts
o  Generating Management Accounts on monthly basis
o  Coordination with Banks on Financing Facility
o  Dealing with Banks for Running Finance Facility
o  Coordination & Finalization of Statutory Audit
o  Coordination with Auditors & Tax Consultants
o  Cash Management
o  Submission of Cash Flow statements along with forecasted Cash Flow Statement for upcoming 7 Days, 15 Days, & Monthly up to Six months
o  Supervision of Imports of the company for accuracy of the demand calculations & timely disbursement of funds
Payroll Management along with Provident Fund Management

- Outsourced Financial Accounting & Allied:
o Generating Management Accounts and variance reports from ERP Suite and investigating variance from budgets on periodical basis
o Preparing Final Accounts in compliance with reporting frameworks for submission to Auditors
o Coordinating with Auditors for resolution of auditors’ queries during audit field-work
o Supervision of monthly verification of balances with customers, vendors & banks
o Weekly review of the Accounting records maintained for various clients


- Business Planning:
o Coordination with other departments for preparation of draft annual budgets and business plans; includes Head Counts, Payroll & Perquisites, Marketing Budgets, Events Planning, Selling Targets, Pricing, Logistics, General Administrative & IT related expenditures
o Coordination in planning for the launch of new products in Pakistan, including landed cost estimations, distribution network costs, promotional budgets and price setting mechanism considering the expected market share estimates & targets from sales channels
o Participated in drafting & Implementing Business Contingency plan

- Sales Planning:
o Plan numbers to sell to distribution partners.
o Weekly Reporting to management on Units sold to partners, to retailers / wholesalers, to end users.
o Weekly discussion with all distributors on projections.
o Coordination with regional teams for Order Management.
o Follow up for settlements of the claims for distribution partners.
o Coordination with Retailers for their stock requirements.
o Tracking Stocks in distributor warehouses, availability in Markets and claims.

- Sales Lead:
o Managing Sales Team for South Region
o Achievement of the targets set by the Senior Management
o Counseling & Mentoring the Sales Team
o Back checks of the markets to ensure stock availability & Sales Activities

Associated with Tariq Abdul Ghani Maqbool & Co., Chartered Accountants (representing PKF International in Pakistan), in the capacity as Assistant Manager Accounting Services. My responsibilities include:

- Mega Poultry Private Limited
o Finance, Accounting & Treasury:
 Budgeting, fund management (including controlling expenses, outflows and liquid investments);
 Maintaining books of accounts on ERP;
 Managing and follow-ups for invoicing to customers (both local and foreign);
 Reconciliations, including balance reconciliations with customers, vendors and bank account;
 Recoveries and provisioning of doubtful receivables;
 Maintaining fixed assets register;
 Deduction of withholding taxes, payments to treasury and filing of periodical returns with FBR;
 Preparation of monthly Management Accounts and Reports;
 Dealing with audits.

o ERP & IT Department:
 Supervise IT department
 Designing of process flows for ERP development.
 Coordination with ERP Vendor for development of various Modules for integration in system.
 Testing of the modules developed & various reporting formats

- Al Dahra Agricultural Company LLC, UAE
o Preparation of monthly & quarterly financials
o Presentation of Management accounts to the board of directors
o Monthly Cash Flow & Projected Cash Flow
o Presentation of Analytical Review on performance of the company

- Eli Lilly Pakistan (Private) Limited
o Supervision of Provident Fund & Gratuity Fund Accounting & Book Keeping
o Monthly Payroll processing
o Supervision of Accounts Payable

- MEKSAL Designers Outfit
o Supervision of Outsourced Accounts Department
o Reviews of Book Keeping, Financials, Projected Cash Flow
o Business Process Review
o Costing Analysis
o Presentation of Management Accounts

Associated with Eli Lilly Pakistan (Private) Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company, in the capacity as Accounting Associate. My responsibilities and achievements include:

- Financial Accounting & Allied:
o Generated periodical management accounts and variance reports from ERP Suite (SAP) and investigating variance from budgets
o Directly responsible for vendor management module (complete cycle from ordering to payments and compliance with withholding tax requirements)
o Prepared Final Accounts in compliance with reporting frameworks for submission to Auditors.
o Coordinated with Auditors for resolution of auditors’ queries during audit field-work

- Budgeting & Planning:
o Coordinated with other departmental heads for preparation of draft annual budgets and assisted the reporting-in charge (Senior Manager Finance & Planning) during finalization (Board’s approval)
o Participated in planning for the launch of new products (medicines) in Pakistan, including landed cost estimations, distribution network costs, promotional budgets and price setting mechanism considering the expected market share estimates & targets from sales channels
o Assisted the Senior Manager in putting-forward cost factors for sales price approvals from Ministry of Health

- Management Reporting:
o Actively participated in need-analysis to customize reports in SAP as well as suggesting additional reports for managing the information needs of user-groups in finance and other departments
o Supervised handling management reporting for both local as well as Group (global) hierarchies