ACCOUNTING / FINANCE MANAGER
Financial and Operational business acumen with strong reporting skills. ACCA qualified professional with 9 years of experience in managing people, systems and business activities encompassing the areas of management accounting, business planning and analysis, internal audit and investment appraisal in Retail and Hospitality industries.
Highly skilled at facilitating strategic plans by researching the industry, global factors and competitor trends. Better management of stressful situations with multi-tasking capabilities. Technically proficient in MS office suite, Oracle Financials (ERP) and reporting tool Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher. Well versed communicator with fluency in English and Urdu languages.
History of Excellence
Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial reporting and analysis, IFRS compliant ledgers, Building Fixed Asset register, Workflow optimization and data management, Accounting coach, Excel Trainer
Recent employment with Qatar Airways as Asst. Finance Manager supervising financial health of the Faisalabad stations and ensuring smooth flow of accounting data, operating AR and AP processes, overseeing payroll and other general ledger activities.
Past experience includes working in MNCs having experience in the capacities of Accounting Manager, Corporate Accountant, Management Accountant and Internal Auditor
Crypto and stock research for investment portfolio management
Industrial analysis to assess potential for investment diversification
Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of companies under investment consideration
Report writing for the clients, briefing and suggesting on various investment options
GL Supervision
Budgeting and forecasting
Maintaining Asset register
Handling AP and AR
Reviewing financial statements of agents for capping verification and approval
Improvised invoicing process to address issues of customer queue up times and cash misconducts
Met the bank managers to streamline transaction recording process and also slashed down the bank charges up to 6% by avoiding unnecessary bank services
Successfully designed and executed college fee collection workflows resolving issues of under/over fee collection, improper tax returns, unrecorded transactions and outdated student fee records
Setup and managed new book of accounts as Farah Experiences was made a cost center and separated from Ferrari World\'s book of accounts. This included writing new reports in ORACLE, BI and creating new EXCEL templates to give top management a spice of cost center oriented reports
Modified the employee\'s advance taking workflow by introducing Intercompany transactions which addressed the issue of un-recovery of payments from leavers and thus reduced the bad-debts by 2%
The focal point for various internal and external stakeholders for reporting financials, statutory audits, monthly budget meetings, CAPEX / OPEX reporting, ORACLE updating and various other ad-hoc analysis
Pulled back the reporting deadline from 10 to 7 working days by designing intuitive EXCEL templates and conducting training sessions with subordinates to help them reduce time consumed in unproductive and avoidable manual processes
Projected park attendance of YAS Water World (YWW), prior to its opening, basing assumptions on past and future expected trends of tourism in the region influenced by various global factors like public holidays, cultural festivities and dutiful events. This drill was used by SALES and MAKRKETING departments in devising the strategies for the new park
Implemented a robust, time saving template across the group (including FWAD, FARAH and YWW) that enabled management accountants in reporting KPIs, Financial indicators and other business aspects including visual effects in Power Point
Awarded \"Creative Employee Of The Month\"Â for proposing efficient and time saving templates / reports for the board and senior management
Instrumental in appraising WB Bros. with various tools side by side including payback period, Net Present Value(NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and other reports on EBITDA forecasting, Attendance forecasting, Capital Budgeting and reinvestment. (Appreciated by the top management including the Project Director of YAS Island)
Detailing financial health of 32 branches across GCC, measured by indicators of Sales, Net-Profit margins, ROI, Breakeven, Inventory turnover and Debtor Turnover
Drafting and communicating Budgets to the branch and product managers
Auditing branches and ensuring compliance to annual plan, encompassing areas of document control, petty cash reconciliation, inventory, credit terms and controls