Real Estate Financial

Syed Jaffery

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Cell: +1-647-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Executive Profile

oSeasoned qualified finance professional with diversified experience in Internal Audits & Finance in Banking & Real Estate sectors with exceptional financial analyses & strategic business planning skills

oExperience of working in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia & Pakistan markets beside current Canadian experience.

oHighly adept at Corporate, Commercial & Retail Finance, Investments Banking & Financial Services

oAdvanced user with Access, Power Point & MS Excel

oCPA from CPA Ontario in Progress (Final Stage) & CA (Pakistan)

Core Competencies

oAnalytical & critical thinking

oBusiness Acumen

oRecommend Corrective Actions

oFinancial Modelling

oBusiness / Financial Planning

oBusiness Advisory

oDue Diligence

oStrong Communication Skills

oBudgeting/Forecasting

oFinancial Analysis

oIFRS/IAS

oAccounting & Finance

oFinancial Management

oBusiness Valuations

oCOSO Framework

oSOX Act

oRisk Assessment

oFeasibility Studies

oOSFI Knowledge

oBasel II & III

oInternal Audit

Professional Experience

FAMTAX Accounting Services Inc., Canada Oct-15 to Apr-16

Consultant

My role as a Consultant was to provide accounting/bookkeeping, financial management & tax advisory services to clientele in Ontario i.e. preparation of financial statement (balance sheet, P&L and cash flows), budgeting, forecasting & projections, variance analyses etc.

National Bank of Pakistan 2009 to 2015

Division Head Financial & Management Audits - Audit & Inspection Group

In my role as Division Head Financial & Management Audits, within Audit & Inspection Group at National Bank of Pakistan (the largest Government owned bank of Pakistan having 1350+ branches in 20 countries), carried out different assignment over a period of 6 years:

oSuccessfully carried out risk assessment with innovative ideas & developed the annual internal audit planning for several years

oClosely coordinated with all Head Office functions for raising issues at concerned levels including their resolution

oMonitoring & reporting on overseas ops of 20 countries – incl. USA ops & followed up on issues for prompt actions/resolutions

oQuarterly analytical & financial reviews of branches & HO including consolidation process, product-wise yields, peer group, quarterly variance analyses with budgets & business plans, borrowers analyses as per regulatory requirements & recommended significant adjustments

oSuccessfully planned, executed & supervised numerous annual & special audits including risk assessment, SOX testing evaluation & report development, reviewing team’s works & working papers & timely completions of corporate, investment commercial & retail banking, accounting & finance, banking operations, logistics, special assets, credit reviews, commercial branches incl. ops in 7 countries, AML, credit management, capital markets etc.

Significant Achievements

oIdentified weaknesses in controls and discussed action plans with process owners, providing suggestions and assisting in the implementation of agreed upon action plans & resulted in savings to the tune of CAD 25 million

oInvolved in Revision in Audit Charter, Policy and Procedure Manual & Audit Checklists

oSuccessfully established from scratch and ran the Quality Assurance Division for 3 years

oTrained & developed team of professional auditors

oVisiting faculty of Bank’s Staff College

AlQudra Holding PJSC, UAE 2006 to 2009

Private Equity Investment Manager, Investments Department

Worked in Investment Department of Al Qudra (a conglomerate operating in MENASA & Eastern European Region) reporting to the Chief Investment Officer. Responsibilities included:

oSuccessfully managed CAD 400 million private equity portfolio with profitability - including due diligence, deals negotiations, financial modelling and business valuations based on DCF & NPV etc., post execution monitoring & timely exits

oEffectively budgeted & monitored multi-billion dollars projects of Real Estate & Infrastructure subsidiaries

oMonitored monthly financial statements especially cash flows of all subsidiaries & private equity investments

oSuccessfully formulated & implemented investment strategy to minimized & mitigate portfolio risk

oWas actively involved in Group's financing arrangements including successful syndicated facilities

Significant Achievements

oInvested in Egyptian Fertilizer Company–CAD 12.5 million & exited at 1.9X in 5 months

o12.5% stake in Abu Dhabi National Industrial Project Holding Company, UAE Medical Devices Manufacturing Company, Carpet Manufacturing Company, Paper Mill and Industrial Service Provider – invested CAD 13 Million

oActive participation in AQRE and Infrastructure project for the success launch and completion.

oAchieved profitability targets.

Sajjad Haider & Associates, UAE 2 years

Senior Consultant

Business Consulting & Advisory Services – financial feasibility studies, business & financial planning for manufacturing, real estate & aviation industries including secondment in UK on an M&A deal in UK (supervised & performed detailed due diligence & business valuation).

Meinhardt Pakistan (Private) Limited 5 years

Head of Finance

KPMG 6 Years

Trainee to Supervisor

Worked in KPMG wherein had Supervised and Carried-out numerous Annual Audits, Internal Audits, Consulting & other value added advisory services to clientele including managing and coordinating with them. The clientele include Financial Institutions (ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered, National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank of Pakistan), Petroleum (Pakistan State Oil), Investment companies, brokerage houses, pharmaceuticals, sugar mills, textile, biscuits manufacturers, Intercontinental Hotels & State media (Pakistan Television Corporation).

Qualification

oCPA, CA in Progress (CFE Level) – Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

oCA - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)

oCPFA - The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy, United Kingdom

oCIA in progress (Part II passed) – The Institute of Internal Auditors

oCanadian Equivalency: Bachelor's degree – World Education Services

Courses & Seminars Attended

oFraud investigation

oInternal Audits

oIFRS

oBanking rules & regulations incl. AML

oPrivate equities, investments & economic forums

oTaxation

Computer Literacy

Word processors, spreadsheets & various accounting application software packages, SQL & PL SQL, Quick Book, Sage

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