A resourceful accounting and finance professional with over 10+ years of experience across various industries like manufacturing, Construction, Real Estate, Engineering/Inspection Services, Industrial Catering.
Education:
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Papers taken: Accountant in business, Cost Accounting, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law , Financial Reporting.
Bachelor of Accounting:
University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Experience:
1. Accounting Manager July-2023 – Till Date Chief Accountant Aug 2022 – June 2023
Al Yamama Contracting/Construction, Facility Management, Engineering/Inspection Services, Industrial Catering. (AL Yamama Group)
• Oversee all accounting operations, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Financial Reporting.
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles following IFRS.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and ensure timely completion of financial closing activities to meet deadlines.
• IPO Due diligence file preparation, compiling and validating all financial data for regulatory submission responding to queries from auditors and advisors.
• Monitor projects cash flows, working capital requirements, and overall liquidity management.
• Reviewing contract assets, contract liabilities and unbilled revenue and contract variations.
• Ensure compliance with VAT & WHT regulations, taxation laws, accounting standards, and company policies.
• Monitor and control projects cost against budget plan.
• Lead, supervise, and develop accounting staff to ensure operational efficiency and professional growth.
• Interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
• Implemented SAP ECC & S4 HANA Business process in the company.
2. Senior Accountant Feb 2016 - July 2022 Al Qahtani Sons Holding Group. Real Est , F&B, Shared Services (AL Qahtani Group)
• Ensuring accuracy of Journal entries and reconciling prepaid expenses, Accruals and other GL balances.
• Monthly Closing and reporting data to IBM Cognos for management reports.
• Preparing monthly bank reconciliation.
• Develop and maintain cash flow analysis with monthly reporting.
• Responsible for intercompany accounts reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly financial management reports.
• Maintaining and reconciling fixed assets (register), reviewing additions /deletions and useful lives.
3. Branch Controller/Accountant Sep 2014 - Jan 2016
United Group: (Manufacturer of President,Pride Cheese,Other Food Items).
• Reconcile the Receivables Accounts and report the results to the personnel accordingly.
• Validating and processing L/C documents for Key account customers.
• Monitoring and calculating landed cost of trade items and their respective margins to arrive the selling prices.
• Rebate calculation based on sales target agreed with customers as per contracts.
• Monitoring Aged stock and sending report to Sales Manager and Country Manager for necessary actions.
• Working on customer’s margin.
• Calculating and monitoring of customers’ provision for rebates as per sales agreement with them monthly basis.
4. Accountant Feb 2012 – 31 July 2014
Armacell – Zamil Middle East Co. Insulation Manufacturing (Al-Zamil Group)
• Budget control and cost center Analysis reports for expenses.
• Responsible for the handling of petty cash operations.
• Facilitated in Interim and final audit.
• Managing Intercompany transactions related to raw materials and finished goods.
• Run and reconcile the Accruals and Provisions monthly report.
• Handling Payroll functions on HRMS.(Oracle Financials)
Skills:
• Well acquainted with ERP systems like SAP/S4 HANA, Dynamics 365, Focus and Orion.
• Due Diligence.
• IFRS.
• Finance Shared Services.
• IBM Cognos reporting.
• Fast learner, Dedicated Team member and aware of Professional Ethics.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word/ /PowerPoint/Excel.