Office Staff Assistant

PALWASHA IFTIKHAR

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK (ACCA)

Spouse Sponsored Visa – Qatar

- Contact Number: +974-********

- Email Address: *************@*******.***

- Nationality: Pakistani

- Professional Experience 5 years

SUMMARY PROFILE:

I am a qualified ACCA with 5 years of experience in Internal Audit and Finance. I have worked in the field of internal Audit with a startup airline Serene Air and with an International NGO ACTED for over 3 years. I have also worked in Finance with a Norwegian telecom company Telenor for 1.5 years.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Professional:

ACCA Qualified 2012 (First Attempt)

Academic:

Year Qualification Institute

2009 A’ levels Cambridge

2007 O’ levels Cambridge

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Internal Audit : 3.6 years

Finance : 1.5 years

Work Description

Internal Audit Executive – Serene Air Private Limited 24th Jan 2017 – 13th Mar 2019 (2 Years)

Responsibilities:

o Assisting GM Internal Audit in determining internal audit scope and developing annual audit plans. o Performing the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations. o Reviewing Draft policies before final approval for various areas and identifying risks and control weaknesses

o Detailed Testing of Pay Roll cost and HR compliances with company policies. o Verification and review of Cargo and Passenger revenue earned. Ensuring all revenue has been properly recorded and accounted for

o Reconciliations of cash and bank revenue receipts with revenue earned. o Reviewing the compliance with established payment procedures, receipts procedures, designated approvals requirements and capitalization policies.

o Evaluate existing internal controls, documentation, test current processes and procedures.

Internal Audit & Compliance Assistant - Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) 1st January 2015 – 15th Nov 2015 (11 Months)

ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, founded in 1993. ACTED develops about 170 projects a year in such diversified activities as Emergency Relief, Food Security, Health Promotion Network, Economic Development, Education and training.

Responsibilities:

o Supporting Country Office staff to ensure the integrity of the country program o Supporting the development of a dual mandate organizational culture that reflects the values, promotes accountability and high performance

o Performing internal audits and reporting the control deficiencies and potential risks to the management o Identifying high risk areas for analysis and management action o Highlighting and reporting potential risks and deficiencies to executive management and provide recommendation on how to mitigate the risk

o Liaison with the Base staff for the centralization of the documents and provide necessary guidance o Maintaining an audit planning and history log, including findings, recommendations and reclaims o Performing audit of the partner organization.

Trainee Accounts Officer – Telenor

1st May 2013 – 31st Oct 2014 (1.5 Years)

Telenor Group is a Norwegian multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Responsibilities:

o Processing of Foreign currency invoices and Payments o Processing of P.O based invoices thorough 3-Way matching. Ensuring complete and accurate recording and reporting of financial transaction, especially procure to pay cycle across all channels (Accounts payable)

o Ensuring timely responses to vendors for their queries and invoice status. o Ensuring that all transactions are timely and accurately recorded and are available for the successor processes. o Solving AP related cash management issues.

o Coordination and reconciliation with the department regarding the unapproved and unpaid invoice.

Internal Audit and Compliance Assistant – ACTED

2nd October 2012 – 30th April 2013 (7 Months)

Responsibilities:

o Supporting Country Office staff to ensure the integrity of the country program o General Audit

o Responsible for completion of FLAT folder

Trainings & Computer Skills

o R12 x Oracle E-business Suite Essentials for Implementers Ed 1 LVC PRV - Certified 2013 o Lean Six Sigma –Yellow Belt 2014

o Oracle Payables Management Fundamentals - Training 2013, o DG ECHO Training 2013

o Proficient in Oracle, Janus & SAGA (Accounting Software) and MS Office.

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