概要

Detail-oriented, quick learner, and tech-savvy Financial Accountant with 8 plus years of experience in finance and grants management for humanitarian response and development interventions. Stellar customer service skills, flexible, dependable, talent for analyzing problems, developing, simplifying procedures, and finding innovative solutions. An astute negotiator with effective communication and problem-solving capabilities coupled with a proven record of team building and management of multimillion-dollar grants with complex donor compliance requirements.

工作经历

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Finance Coordinator
Volunteer Service Overseas
Dec 2021 - 代表 | Islamabad, Pakistan

• Ensure smooth monthly payroll/allowances preparations for staff and volunteers and post it to the SUN system along with staff annual benefits.
• Ensure EOBI additions and updating employees’ monthly reports and submission to EOBI.
• Monthly accounts closing, Funds Management, and monitoring cash flow & prepare monthly cash forecasts in coordination with program and operations departments including regular follow-up on funds transfers from Kingston and donors.
• Act as a focal person to handle all bank-related queries.
• Prepare bank, cash, and balance sheet Reconciliation & do allocations in SUN systems and inform HFO about any long outstanding items.
• Assist program team in preparing annual budgets for the project and keep monitoring budgets for under/over-spent according to the Policies laid down in the grant agreement.
• Posting reversal & recode vouchers were needed to correct entries posted from Kingston or other country offices
• Visit partner organizations to check donor/VSO compliances as assigned by the line manager and build their capacity on gaps identified during due diligence and monitoring visits.
• Discuss with HFO and timely respond to notices from government authorities i.e., FBR, EOBI (Social Security) in consultation with a Tax consultant.
• Ensure a proper provision of financial reports as a requirement by government bodies.
• Assist HFO in VSO’s annual audit and updating country finance SOPs as guided by HFO.
• Process supplier invoices & staff advances and ensure supporting documents are in line with donor/VSO policies and coordinate with the System team for the generation of codes for vendors & partners.

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Grants and Compliance Manager
FDI Pakistan
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Compliance checking, Funds Management, Budgeting and Planning, Assistance to Administration & Finance Manager, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, and Reporting, Payment Disbursement to partners and reporting to the donor.
Key Areas of Accountability
·         Establish monthly cash requirements for the office & request timely replenishments to minimize exchange losses and bank charges
·         Identify and resolve invoicing issues, accounting discrepancies, and other financial issues by creating a list of minimum requirements of documents and improved payment processing efficiency by 25%
·         Partner with Program Section, to address all finance related audit concerns and monitor/forecast administrative and project expenses related cash requirements, reducing audit time from 1.5 months to 1 month
·         Assist donors with due diligence and support all related program needs to ensure a smooth grant award process
·         Direct and supervise the preparation of monthly/yearly and donor-based accounting processes and reporting
·         Conduct periodic financial analysis to identify and resolve issues, gaps, or variances, which reduced annual financial closure time by 30%
·         Advise office head on all budgetary and financial matters including cash flow status, Budget Vs Actuals, and variance analysis
·         Manage and supervise payroll processing, timesheets/Labor distribution hours, taxation related matters, office running/petty cash expenses, and bank reconciliations
·         Induction of automated formats to expedite the day-to-day business, which reduced errors by 15% and enhanced work efficiency by 35%
·         Approve payments, purchase authorizations, and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with HR rules, financial rules, and implementing instruments/authority
·         Recruit, train, and mentor staff on finance and administrative processes and their efficient increase in performance appraisal from 3.0 to 4.1 on a scale of 1-5

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Finance Associate
ACF International | Action Against Hunger
Jan 2020 - May 2020 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Compliance checking, Funds Management, Budgeting and Planning, Assistance to Administration & Finance Manager, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, and Reporting, Payment Disbursement to partners, and reporting to the donor.
Key Areas of Accountability:
·         Verify and match all open advances and ensure all entries are allocated to the correct financial line, project code, and accounting code. Furthermore, keep track of all HR and logistic costs are allocated as per the Cost Coverage Plan (CCP).
·         Support Program team in implementing program activities and payments related to Project, which reduced errors by 10%
·         Ensure funds forecasting, observe budget consumption, its efficient usage & initiating action on major variances.
·         Maintenance of adequate controls over cash & bank as per AAH Country office guidelines, keep track of reporting deadlines, and provide Project financial data to Head of Finance for the financial reporting.
·         Ensure accountancy is well archived and available during pre-audit and external/internal audit decreasing audit time by 5%
·         Act as a Focal person of Start Project for Senior Finance Coordinator and assist him/her in partners meeting, reviews, and coordination with implementing partners, this bridging mitigated the error probability from 15% to 5%
·         Ensure good communication flow between the Implementing partners and Capital office.

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Admin & Finance Associate
Chemonics International Inc (FIRMS Project)
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Compliance checking, Funds Management, Budgeting and Planning, Assistance to Administration & Finance Manager, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, and Reporting, Payment Disbursement to participants, and managing the hotel for invoicing.
Key Areas of Accountability:
·         Develop periodic/ad-hoc financial reporting
·         Complete supporting documents prior to release of payment to vendors in compliance with USAID requirements
·         Assist in logistics management of trainings and disburse per diems to meeting participants as needed
·         Assist in reconciling all invoices from the vendors, service providers, consultants for procurement/ services rendered

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Admin & Finance Officer
Forum For Dignity Initiatives
Sep 2017 - Dec 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan

·         Work with Executive Director to create a culture of “Customer Service” towards field offices and budget holders in the new Financial Management Team.
·         Assist Executive Director in the development of some extra tools to enhance the efficiency to handle the heavy flow of transactions and funds and establishing new tools for compliances and donor reporting, keeping it user friendly for budget holders and field staff alike.
·         Review visits of program activate and donors’ compliances on regular basis and posting data to respective grants and reporting to donor accordingly.
·         Ensuring proper filing of vouchers, monthly ageing analysis and deduction & filing of periodic taxes to FBR.
·         Ability to train newly hired staff on financial matters like how to get travel and project advances, how to prepare travel expense report etc.

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Finance Consultant
World Vision International
May 2017 - Aug 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan

• Provide support to team lead/finance office preparing data in hard and soft form required by tax consultant from WVP ledgers.
• Searching the required vouchers, tax exemption certificates and other supporting documents related to tax years 2014-15 & 2016 within due time required by tax consultant and FBR.
• Prepare vouchers & support documents for the missing vouchers and follow- up with relevant vendor and suppliers for necessary required information.
• Sorting and general listing of vouchers for tax years 2014 & 2015 in hard so that any voucher required by FBR authorities can be accessed easily and within due time.
• Reconciling that tax return data with system ledgers and reclassify head wise expenses as guided by tax consultant.
• Prepare set of photo copies of vouchers and supporting documents which will be submitted to FBR against each notice period.

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Finance Assistant & Cashier
World Vision International
Jun 2014 - Sep 2016 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Compliance & Voucher Interface, Funds Management, Budgeting and Planning, Assistance in Internal & External Audit, Financial Analysis, Banking, Taxation, Management Reporting, Bank Reconciliations, Payroll Disbursement, Timesheets review and payroll allocation.

Key Areas of Accountability:
• Reviewed all payment requests & field office financial documents.
• Maintained/tracked staff advances.
• Follow up and booking of project expenditure accruals.
• Reviewed sub-grantees financial reports/documents for liquidation of monthly advances.
• Maintained of fixed asset records.
• Updated the asset list and conducting inventory check.
• Prepared payment vouchers while ensuring proper codes and supporting documentation.
• Made Journals vouchers.
• Drew summaries from the Voucher Interface Template for monthly reports.
• Preparation of month end adjusting Journal entries.
• Monthly amortizing the pre-payments.
• Compiled Internal Vehicle lease in coordination with field finance officers.
• Prepared all accrual journals at the end of the cut-off reporting period.
• Coordinated with Sr. Finance Officer/Finance Manager in creation of new account & analysis codes in the Sun Systems database chart of accounts.
• Prepared and file monthly/annual taxes according to local tax laws.
• Focal person of the organization for coordinating with FBR regarding tax queries.
• Maintained up-to-date bank book balances according to the payments processed.
• Prepared of cash flow statements.
• Prepared of monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Prepared Journals on account of Transfers from Dollar to Rupee account.
• Prepared Journals to pay for staff tax, Suppliers tax liability monthly.
• Audit of IPs like ADRA Pakistan, Muslim Hands International, Muslim Aid, etc.

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Finance Officer
Save the Children
Jan 2012 - Jan 2014 | Badin, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Funds Management, Budgeting and Planning, Internal Audit, Financial Analysis, Banking, Taxation, Management Reporting.

Key Areas of Accountability:
• Reviewed Sub-office monthly financial reports.
• Posted and tracked balance sheet items for related sub offices.
• Field visits of respective program areas/sub-offices on regular bases.
• Accuracy check of Bank and Cash Payment vouchers.
• Posted financial data into Sunlight accounting system.
• Ensured proper filing of vouchers.
• Prepared balance sheet monthly schedules like receivable and payable, rent/lease, international living allowance, and quarterly Severance & Effort Reports.
• Coordinated with Grants and Compliance department for preparation of donor related financial reports.
• Filed periodic tax reports with FBR.
• Supervised Finance Assistants and review their work.
• Assisted during audits as per HQ’s and donor`s requirements.
• Conducted training on Financial Management systems and procedures.
• Assisted Finance Coordinator for capacity building of Program staff and budget holder for clearer understanding of the financial reports.
• Coordinated the annual Finance Workshop.

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Finance Assistant
Save the Children
Nov 2010 - Dec 2011 | Muzaffargarh, Pakistan

Area(s) of Experience:
Accounts Management, Financial Analysis, Checking Compliances, Taxation, Record Keeping.
Key Areas of Accountability:
·         Managed daily accounting and finance functions including the timely recording of transactions, preparing/processing/recording sub journal vouchers on daily basis.
·         Ensured proper filing and retrieval of documentation related to GFATM grant
·         Deduction of tax and filing of periodic tax reports with FBR
·         Prepared Monthly report schedules for Assets, liabilities, advances, and Taxes

学历

Virtual University of Pakistan
硕士, 工商管理硕士学位, ‎
Accounting & Finance
2021
University of Sargodha
硕士, 艺术硕士学位, ‎
International Relations
2020
ICPAP - Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan
大专, ‎
Public Finance
Incomplete
2020
University of the Punjab
学士, 贸易学士, Bachelor in Commerce‎
Commerce, Finance and Banking
2010

技能

熟练 communication
熟练 4 Knowledge of Taxation
熟练 Ability to demonstrate initiative
熟练 Ability to plan and work within agreed time
熟练 Accounnts Management
熟练 Accounting+
熟练 Accounts Administration
熟练 Accounts Issues Handling
熟练 Accounts Payments Handling
熟练 Advance Excel
中级 Aesthetic Procedures Knowledge
熟练 Affressive Marketing
熟练 Agile Scrum Testing
熟练 Analytical Skills
熟练 Apparel Experience
初学者 Atlas Reporting
熟练 Audit Cycle
熟练 Auditing
初学者 AX Dynamic ERP
熟练 Bank Reconciliation     
熟练 Bank Reconciliation on
熟练 Bookkeeping
熟练 Child Protection
熟练 Child Psychology
熟练 Clain Management
熟练 Collections Handling
熟练 Compliance
熟练 Computer Proficient
熟练 Conservation Awareness
熟练 Cooordination Skills
中级 Corporate Tax Filings
熟练 Curriculum Assessment
熟练 Data Comparison
熟练 Data Entry
熟练 Data Miniing
熟练 Database
熟练 Deadline-Oriented
熟练 Demonstrated knowledge of information technology
熟练 Donor Management
熟练 Ecellent Communication Skills
初学者 Enterprise Resource Planning
熟练 Excellent speaking skills in the target language
熟练 External Audit
中级 Finance Administration
熟练 Financial Accounting
熟练 Financial Analysis
熟练 Financial Audit Compliance
熟练 Financial Modeling and
熟练 Financial Planning
熟练 Financial Reports

语言

中级 旁遮普语
熟练 英语
熟练 乌尔都语