I have considerable experience as Assistant Mamager and Audit Trainee in KPMG Taseer Hadi and Co. Chartered Accountants, one of the Big Four Firms in:
• Audit and Assurance
• Accounting
• Financial Reporting (including international reporting)
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• ERP (SAP / Oracle)
• Local Laws
My skills include managing the team and finalization of work within the given deadline. I work well under pressure, maintain a professional manner and can effectively work individually or as a part of a team
Assistant Manager Audit
I joined KPMG for 3.5 years articles as mandated by the ICAP. I have been involved in many audits for a diversified range of businesses organizations. These include a number of Listed as well as Unlisted local and Multinational Companies including the following:
• Style Textile Private Limited – Textile Sector
• Punjab Pension Fund – Financial Sector
• Metro-Habib Cash & Carry Pakistan (Private) Limited – Retail and Whole Sale
• Agritech Limited – Manufacturing Sector
• Lahore Stock Exchange – Stock Market
• JDW Sugar Mills Limited – Sugar Sector
• Kohat Cement Company Limited – Cement Sector
• Lahore Grammar School (Pvt.) Limited – Education Sector
• Tariq Glass Industries Limited – Glass Sector
• Daewoo Pakistan Motorway Services Limited - Oil and Gas
• Akzo Nobel Pakistan Limited – Paint Manufacturing
Key job responsibilities include:
• Planning and finalization of engagements
• Conducting and reviewing a number of assurance assignments which included planning, budgeting, organizing, controlling and reviewing the entire job, understanding internal controls and conducting system reviews with the objective of recommending improvements.
• In-depth analysis of operating cash flows and their discounting for the assessment of the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern or for impairment purposes.
• Extensive application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS’s) and reviewing financial statements to ensure compliance therewith.
• Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements such as the provisions of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 and the Companies Ordinance, 1984
• Preparation of client deliverables and reports such as, management letter (ML), identifying control weaknesses, its risk implications and recommendations.
• Establishing good professional relationship with the client’s management and assisting them to resolve technical issues relating to specific accounting treatments.
I was responsible for undertaking the field work relating to statutory audit of the following clients:
- Security General Insurance Company Limited – Insurance Sector
- Servis Industries Limited – Shoe and Tyre Manufacturing