Manager Accounting

SADAF RI ZWA N

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PERSONAL PROF I L E

I am a dedicated Accountant with three year of experience in delivering quality audit assessments. Building

strong client relationship through active l istening and independent objectivity. Employ critical thinking skills

to examine issues and develop good practices to achieve optimum solutions. Areas of expertise:

SAP I FRS Sarbanes-Oxley

QuickBooks Ten-key Tally

MS Visio MS Office MS Windows

Education

Certified Public Accountant-CPA (California), P lan to initiate from July 2011

Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) [United Kingdom], 2008-Present

Karachi University: Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting (First Class), 2007-2009

Certified Accounting Technician (CAT), U K - 2007

GCE A’ Levels- 2006-2007

Experience

1. E rnst & Young: worked in the Islamic Financial Service Group (IFSG),April- June 2011

I was actively involved with the following tasks as appended below:

• Documenting a wide range of policies and procedures manuals and process f lows, using Visio software,

for reputable Islamic commercial and investment banks in Bahrain and the M ENA region.

• Wrote t hought leadership a rticles on “ I ntroduction to Islamic Banking and Islamic Banking P roducts”,

w hich were printed in a reputed newspaper in Oman.

• Prepared an Executive Summary for a report on “Islamic Banking in Tanzania’”

• Worked on a presentation for the Islamic Bank in Tanzania

• Assisted the Senior Manager in preparing “The World Takaful Report 2011”

• Help develop a new internship programme

2. Décor Fashions, California, USA-Junior Accountant, December 2010- January 2011: Prepared Bank

Reconciliations, processed monthly accruals, prepared checks and inventory accounting.

3. E rnst & Young: worked as an Auditor/Accountant July 2009-September 2010

I was involved in conducting external audit for various clients and assisted the senior manager. Executed the following

main tasks:

• Auditing cash and expense processes for multiple clients

• Reviewed financial documents and prepared financial statements

• Actively involved in client meetings

• Provided audit status report to senior manger

• Conducted inventory analysis and inventory t ransaction posting

• Investigated variance in payrolls and administration expenses

• Performed analytical review on financial statements

4. Tax Management Services- Junior Accountant, December 2007 to June 2009

Worked part t ime (20 hours/week) and reported to the Senior Accountant. Major responsibilities were as follows:

• Assisted with the monthly closing and preparation of financial statements

• Assisted with payroll administration

• Helped in maintaining general ledger control accounts receivable & payable and prepared the aging

reports.

• Performed trend analysis for revenue and expenditure and recommended appropriate budgets.

• Responsible for preparing bank reconciliation and petty cash reconciliation.

References- available on request

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