Have more than Twelve years of experience in Accounts, Finance, Audit , Fund planning & management, Import & Export compliance , Preparation of Annual & Quarterly Financial Statements, Complying to Statutory audit, Internal audit, Tax audit, Co-ordination with financial institutions.
· Collecting, Interpreting, reviewing financial information and predicting future financial trends and impact of decisions on business for reporting to management
· Producing financial reports related to budgets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank position, stock position and expense etc.
· Preparation of monthly Management Accounts for reporting to directors.
· Arrangement of banking facilities.
· Coordination with banks regarding LC opening for raw material imports.
· Filing of monthly sales tax returns and income tax returns through IRIS on time.
· Costing of products and assisting Directors in pricing decision.
. Organizing stock take activities from audit perspective.
· Design effective budget models for project costing before launch
· Analyze financial information (e.g. revenues, expenditures and cash management) to ensure all operations are within budget
· Forecast future budget needs
· Identify variances between actual and budgeted financial results at the end of each project
· Actively working with the Production Managers for fabric purchasing, design and production plans
· Monitoring and tracking of offsite Fabric balances and Collaborating with the project team to develop a system for tracking the inventory.
· Interacting with the fabric suppliers for best suitable fabric purchase at reasonable price
Payable management, invoices verification and coordination with Finance department for timely payment.
• Manage, control and ensure that company accounting activities and procedures conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are handled and processed in-line with the approved policies and procedures.
• Managing cash and bank Imprest system within the assigned limit.
• Monitor the actual cash flow against forecast and take the necessary measure to remedy variances.
• Managing ERP, posting of incoming and outgoing payments in SAP B-1 and retrieving of reports.
• Review daily and monthly bank reconciliation statements of all banks and update the line manager regarding un-identified credit amounts.
• Ensure accurate calculation and timely reimbursement of employee’s expenses i.e. travelling and daily allowances.
• Establish and maintain cash controls.
• Monitor inventory of office supplies and the purchasing of new material with attention to budgetary constraints.
• Monitor costs and expenses to assist in budget preparation.
• Organize and supervise other office activities (event planning etc.) and co-ordination with vendors.
• Determine compliance with policies and procedures.
• Conducting risk assessments and developing internal audit plan.
• Assess the adequacy and relevance of internal control systems.
• Provide reasonable assurance to the Head of Department over efficiency/effectiveness of operations (including safeguarding of assets), the reliability of financial and management reporting, and compliance with laws and regulations.
• Developing audit engagement scope, completing field-work, preparing audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed.
• Prepare and Communicate draft audit reports including observations and recommendations to Head of Department.
• Conducting physical verification of stocks and vehicle verification with delivery orders.
• Performing verification of documents relating to Accounts & Finance including cash count.
• Achievement of audit plan as per Audit Cal
• Preparation of bank reconciliation statements.
• Preparation of Financial Statements.
• Assisting Financial Controller in Liquidity Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting.
• Assisting Senior Finance Executive in monthly, quarterly reporting to Parent Company.
• Maintaining Fixed Asset Register and Recording fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions.
• Depreciation calculations for all fixed assets and posting in ERP on monthly basis.
• Coordination with banks for foreign Trade and Non-Trade payments.
• Coordination with banks for export documents till realization.
• Opening LC for foreign parties against import.
• Review of Journal Entries, Account Receivables and Account Payable vouchers.
• Monitoring Payments to vendors & collection from customers.
• Preparation of Income-Tax With-held file for monthly filing of Return.
• Liaison with external auditors for completion of annual audits.
• Coordinated yearly physical inventory count.
• Preparation and submission of different reports as per SECP and statutory requirement.
• Understanding nature of business environment and business cycle of client.
• Audit planning, assessing the risks, managing the audit team, completion of work within allocated time.
• Carrying out statutory audit and half yearly review of financial statements.
• Audit of the financial statements in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and audit guidelines of Russell Bedford International.
• Preparing financial statements (includes Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Profit or Loss, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement) and finalizing accounts in accordance with IFRS and IAS.
• Applying test of controls / substantive procedures on various elements of financial statements.
• Performing analytical procedures (Ratio Analysis) – Profitability, liquidity, efficiency, debt management ratios and ageing analysis.
• Evaluation of Internal Control Systems to identify deficiencies in the systems and suggesting remedial procedures through Internal Control Memorandum. (management letter)
• Checking compliance with Code of Corporate Governance.
• Supervise and finalize audit assignments for manager and partner’s review.
Consultancy experience as team leader and team member:
• ERP implementation through Microsoft Dynamics Ax. (formerly Microsoft Axapta)
• Company formation and filing of various corporate forms with SECP.
• Tax computation and assisting client in filing returns.
During this tenure, I have been involved in audit and consultancy of following major clients:
• Blessed Textiles Limited
• Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited
• Saritow Spinning Mills Limited
• Ejaz Textile & Spinning Mills Limited
• Firhaj Footwear (Private) Limited
• Sika Pakistan (Private) Limited
• Tipu Associates