I am a qualified CPA member with over 14 years of international experience in Audit, Accounts and Finance and Tax and background from Deloitte (Big4). I have an excellent career in Deloitte over 8 Year, and have been nominated as Best Team Leader across GCC, in 2016.
I possess a keen interest in and passion for information technology, systems and applications as strategic business enablers. I have gained broad and deep experience in financial control & reporting in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), IASs, IPSAs, Tax, business performance measurement & reporting (MIS), forecasting, cost control and preparing accounting policies & procedures and experienced in various aspects of corporate governance
2019 - Present (5 Years)
Crave Restaurants Management, United Arab Emirates UAE
• Lead Finance department, setup, roles and responsibilities, KPIs and staff development plan.2017 - 2019 (2 Years)
AWJ Investments LLC, United Arab Emirates UAE
• Lead the legal, accounts finance setup in KSA and UK. <br>• Develop roadmap for implementation of IFRS 15 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) and IFRS 16 (Leases), arrange training and skills development for relevant stakeholders. <br>• Ensuring the company complies with all regulatory requirements regarding financial reports including IFRSs and GAAPs. <br>• Involved in restructuring of bank borrowings, capital restructuring plan and credit settlement plan for the supplier. <br>• Responsible for Multi-currency Monthly Quarterly and Annual Financial Statements including individual and consolidated Financial statements, analysis of financial and operational results to better understand company performance. <br>• Prepared Financial and Operational Budgets, developed KPIs and incentive plan for different business units/staff, assign milestones and monitoring and reporting system for results and feedback with suggestion. <br>• Evaluated previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets and business improvement plans <br>• Communicated results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations <br>• Produced models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors <br>• Involved in restructuring of sales mix to improve overall GP Margin for different brands which resulted in improvement of GP by 3% to 4%. <br>• Streamlined the recipe costing for different brands, monitor control variances and bring it to acceptable low level. <br>• Develop feasibility study for new and existing projects and did Business evaluation for different Investments <br>• Provided technical accounting support to other departments for Implementation of SOPs, VAT and Company Policy. <br>• Remain key point of contact for auditors, taking day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the audit process. <br>• Insure the Completion of Audit and co-ordination with external auditors for their findings and other statutory requirements <br>• Implemented Group VAT structure, assist in changes in Back Office and Front Office IT systems including ERP <br>• Review the Policies and procedures to ensure that they are in full compliance with the VAT rules of Govt. of UAE <br>• Initiate training and awareness of implication of VAT and ensure the accuracy of VAT Filing along with set of accurate and complete record as per the law2016 - 2017 (1 Year)
Commodore Contracting Co LLC, United Arab Emirates UAE
• Ensuring the company complies with all regulatory requirements regarding financial reports including IFRSs and GAAPs. <br>• Responsible for the Group’s multi-currency consolidation process (including extensive joint venture, associate and subsidiaries accounting) for both monthly internal management and statutory purposes. <br>• Involved in the planning and management of the budget, operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and group strategic plan. <br>• Involved in restructuring of bank borrowings, capital restructuring plan and credit settlement plan for the supplier. <br>• Streamlined the intercompany and inter department reporting system in order to reduce the unreconciled differences <br>• Prepared the POC reports for different projects. <br>• Supervised the Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Treasury and project progress <br>• Responsible for project costing, standard costing variable and Overheads allocation and Prepared the project POC reports <br>• Remain key point of contact for auditors, taking day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the audit process. <br>• Insure the Completion of Audit and co-ordination with external auditors for their findings and other statutory requirements2015 - 2016 (1 Year)
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, United Arab Emirates UAE
Deloitte is one of the Big4 firms of professional accountants in the World. The firm offers professional services in the fields of Accounting, Audit and Assurance, Taxation, Transaction Advisory, Risk Advisory Services, HR Consultancy. <br> <br>GENERAL Responsibilities <br>• Audited and reviewed the financial Statements prepared under IFRS ad US GAAPs Prospective Financial Information/ Projections and consolidation of subsidiaries, associates branches, and prepared the stand-alone consolidated financial statements/ group reporting packages to ensure compliance with the reporting requirements of IFRSs and local statutory requirements. <br>• Established overall risk-based audit strategy and audit plan by understanding internal control processes though inquiries walkthrough tests, identified risks on the basis of the understanding of accounting internal control processes and other areas affecting the entity and classified those risks as appropriate, determined the audit procedures (test of controls substantive) in response to the identified risks, established the materiality and tolerance levels, and prepared the final audit deliverables along with recommendations. <br>• Communicated and liaison with client for discussing issues related to assignment execution, finalization and other complex accounting issues. <br>• Coordinated with professionals of various fields like legal, tax and IT experts for resolution of critical reportable matters. <br>• Reported on operations and compliance with Corporate Governance Framework to various companies. <br>• On the job, reviewed the working papers and evaluated significant judgments made by audit teams during the audit to ensure that work is carried out as per audit methodology and the requirements of ISAs. <br>• Proposal development for various prospective clients/assignments. <br>• Provided on-job training to new hires and junior staff and <br>• Ensured the assignments are completed as per plan and within agreed budget time frame. <br>KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS <br>• Nominated as Best team leader across GCC in 2016 <br>• Based on my performance, inter-personal skills and good appraisal rating; Deloitte, Middle East selected me to work as a senior consultant on secondment where I was involved in advisory as well as assurance engagements. <br>• Achieved zero non-compliance in CPD for professional staff (80+) working in the role of learning manager at Deloitte <br>• Confident, professional, excellent interpersonal and project management skills <br>• Able to meet strict deadlines and motivate team under pressure situation <br>• Able to understand, apply and explain technical accounting and auditing standards. <br>• Objective, logical and enquiring mind (Professional skepticism), with strong analytical skills. <br>• Strong IT and numeracy skills (MS Excel, Word, Power Point, MS Dynamics-ERP and ACL)2008 - 2015 (7 Years)
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Pakistan
Deloitte is one of the Big4 firms of professional accountants in the World. The firm offers professional services in the fields of Accounting, Audit and Assurance, Taxation, Transaction Advisory, Risk Advisory Services, HR Consultancy. <br> <br>GENERAL Responsibilities <br>• Audited and reviewed the financial Statements prepared under IFRS ad US GAAPs Prospective Financial Information/ Projections and consolidation of subsidiaries, associates branches, and prepared the stand-alone consolidated financial statements/ group reporting packages to ensure compliance with the reporting requirements of IFRSs and local statutory requirements. <br>• Established overall risk-based audit strategy and audit plan by understanding internal control processes though inquiries walkthrough tests, identified risks on the basis of the understanding of accounting internal control processes and other areas affecting the entity and classified those risks as appropriate, determined the audit procedures (test of controls substantive) in response to the identified risks, established the materiality and tolerance levels, and prepared the final audit deliverables along with recommendations. <br>• Communicated and liaison with client for discussing issues related to assignment execution, finalization and other complex accounting issues. <br>• Coordinated with professionals of various fields like legal, tax and IT experts for resolution of critical reportable matters. <br>• Reported on operations and compliance with Corporate Governance Framework to various companies. <br>• On the job, reviewed the working papers and evaluated significant judgments made by audit teams during the audit to ensure that work is carried out as per audit methodology and the requirements of ISAs. <br>• Proposal development for various prospective clients/assignments. <br>• Provided on-job training to new hires and junior staff and <br>• Ensured the assignments are completed as per plan and within agreed budget time frame. <br>KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS <br>• Nominated as Best team leader across GCC in 2016 <br>• Based on my performance, inter-personal skills and good appraisal rating; Deloitte, Middle East selected me to work as a senior consultant on secondment where I was involved in advisory as well as assurance engagements. <br>• Achieved zero non-compliance in CPD for professional staff (80+) working in the role of learning manager at Deloitte <br>• Confident, professional, excellent interpersonal and project management skills <br>• Able to meet strict deadlines and motivate team under pressure situation <br>• Able to understand, apply and explain technical accounting and auditing standards. <br>• Objective, logical and enquiring mind (Professional skepticism), with strong analytical skills. <br>• Strong IT and numeracy skills (MS Excel, Word, Power Point, MS Dynamics-ERP and ACL)