CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Work for a dynamic organization with potential for personal and

professional growth

CORE COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Compliance and Auditing

. About ten years of Internal Audit and SOX Internal Controls Analyst

experience and implemented four complete Internal Controls Compliance

cycles- Entity Level audits and integrated audits - both IT and Non- IT

audits, for Internal Controls Documentation (Narratives/Standard

Operating procedures, Flowcharts, Risk and Control Matrices, Segregation

of Duties (SOD) Matrices and Test Scripts), Identifying control

weaknesses, Designing and Implementing Internal Controls and related

processes, Testing and Remediation efforts, Segregation of Duties (SOD)

issues evaluation and remediation

. About six years of Managing and Supervisory experience as Internal Audit

and SOX Internal Controls Analyst

. Four years of Public Audit (Big four) experience as Audit Senior for

PricewaterhouseCoopers performing Statutory Audits, Internal Audit

Assignments, Tax Audits, Special Assignments, Review engagements

. Two years of Supervisory experience as Audit Senior for

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Accounting

. Five years of working experience with International Financial Reporting

Standards (IFRS)

. General Ledger, variance analysis, management of A/R, A/P, Payroll, Fixed

Assets and Cash flows

. Designing and implementing Accounting systems and internal controls

. Month end close, financials, preparation of Financial Budgets and

Projections

Computers

. Microsoft Office Suite (including MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and

Outlook)

. SAP

. SAP Access Enforcer system

. Audit Control Language (ACL)

. Lotus Notes - Auto Audit Module for work paper documentation

. QuickBooks

. Oracle Financials

INDUSTRIES:

Internal Audit, SOX compliance, Public Accounting and project based

consulting experience across broad array of industries, including:

. Manufacturing

. Oil & Gas exploration

. Chemicals

. Healthcare

. Transportation

. Real Estate

. Financial

. Steel & Wire etc.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) from Institute of Internal Auditors

(IIA) USA

. Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) from Information Systems

Audit and Control Association (ISACA) USA

. Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) from Institute of

Internal Auditors (IIA) USA

. Passed Foundation Examination (FE) and Professional Examination (PE) Part-

I of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)

. Bachelors of Commerce from University of Karachi, Pakistan

WORK EXPERIENCE:

SOX/Internal Audit/External Audit/Internal Controls/Risk

Management/Accounting Consultant for various companies (4/2004 to Present)

Dallas Fort Worth, TX

About ten years of Internal Audit, Accounting and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)

Internal Controls compliance project based consulting experience (Entity

Level audits and integrated audits - both IT and Non- IT audits) for the

following companies:

. Celanese Corporation - Four years

. Greyhound Lines, Inc. - Two years

. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (Owned by Novartis) - About two years

. Crescent Real Estate Equities Company - One year

. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway - Six months

. RadioShack Corporation - Three months

. Keystone Steel & Wire Company - Two months

. Justin Brands Inc. (Wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.) -

Two months

. McAfee, Inc. - One month

Job responsibilities:

. Managing/Supervising/Leading and performing the following for Financial

Reporting and Accounting, Financial Statement Close, Consolidation, Human

Resources, Information Technology, Revenue, Accounts Receivable, Fixed

Assets, Capital Work In Progress, Purchase to pay, Cash Receipts and

Disbursements and Commitments & Contingencies processes:

- Internal Controls Process (Process) Evaluation, Documentation

(Narratives/Standard Operating procedures, Flowcharts, Risk and Control

Matrices and Segregation of Duties (SOD) Matrices and Test Scripts),

Walkthroughs, Controls Testing and Remediation work.

- Preparing and monitoring the preparation of the exception listing for

identified exceptions during Testing

- Entity Level Controls evaluation, assessment, testing and making

recommendations

- General Computer Controls evaluation, assessment, testing and making

recommendations

- Evaluation, assessment and Testing the Disaster Recovery Plan and

Business Continuity Plan

- Coordinating and evaluating the results of Quarterly Self-Assessments

of SOX/Internal Controls

- Periodic Testing of key SOX/Internal Controls (including developing

evidence requests and coordinating testing)

- SAP system access control review and approval (using SAP Access

Enforcer system) to ensure there were no Segregation of Duties

issues/risk for the access allowed/requested.

- Monitoring, Reviewing and Development of mitigation plans for SOD

issues in co-ordination with IT Security and using the SAP Access

Enforcer system

- Coordinating with Business Process Owners and management for

SOX/Internal Controls related issues and updating/changing controls,

narratives and process flowcharts

- Using the Movaris tool for SOX/Internal Controls compliance purposes

- Training Business Process/Control Owners for SOX/Internal Controls and

SOX/Internal Controls testing procedures

. Performing various Internal Audits i.e. the Account Reconciliation Module

in the Movaris system, Travel and Entertainment audit etc.

. Engineering Inventory Testing related to following: Inventory Shipment

and Physical Inventory adjustments

. Evaluation, assessment and Testing the Employee Incentive Compensation

Program

. Evaluation, assessment and Testing External Rate Additives (Overheads

Charged) relating to Government Contracts

. Reviewing and summarizing various company contracts and comparing them

against company standards

SYP Enterprises Inc. (From 5/2002 to 4/2004)

Controller

Arlington, TX

Job responsibilities included leading and performing the following:

. Preparation of Financials, recording financial transactions,

reconciling accounts, management of Payroll, Receivables and

Payables

. Management of Bank balances, Cash flows of the company and dealing

with Banks, external auditors and other regulatory bodies on behalf

of the company, preparation, implementation and review of Budgets

and Standards

Orix Corporation (From 03/2000 to 4/2002)

Senior Officer Finance & Accounts

Karachi, Pakistan

Job responsibilities included supervising/leading and performing the

following:

. Compilation & Review of monthly financial information based on

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

. Preparation & submission of monthly Financial Statements both in local

(IFRS) and group company format

. Preparation of Financial Budgets and Projections

PricewaterhouseCoopers (From 1/1996 to 2/2000)

Audit Senior

Karachi, Pakistan

Job responsibilities included being Auditor, Senior and Lead/Supervising

Senior Auditor for the following:

. Statutory Audits, Internal Audit Assignments, Tax Audits, Special

Assignments, Review engagements based on International Financial

Reporting Standards (IFRS)

. Audit experience of both Manufacturing concerns as well as Financial

institutions

. Review of Management Information System (MIS) and reporting thereon

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