Senior Finance and Accounting Professional

MUNIR DOSSANI, CPA, CGA

North York, ON *****.*******@*****.***

Cellular: 647-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/munir-dossani/

PROFILE SUMMARY

Senior Finance and Accounting Professional leveraging extensive experience in financial planning and analysis. Bringing forward a solid track record of managing financial controls to deliver efficiency and cost effectiveness. An excellent communicator with proven ability to engage with executives to influence decision making. Collaborative leader, proactive team player and strategic thinker with a can- do attitude, committed to delivering accurate and timely results while using sound judgement to solve complex problems. Core competences include:

End to End Accounting Financial Reporting and Analytics Budgeting and Forecasting Variance Analysis

Financial Modeling Costing Audits Cash-Flow Management Compliance with IFRS and GAAP

Risk Management Project Controls Process Improvement Portfolio Management Management Reporting

Proficient in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle), Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture Inc., Toronto, ON 2016 – 2020

Senior Financial Analyst (Project Control and Financial Management)

Managed CPG and Government client portfolio with an approx. annual revenue over 100 Million, for more than 10 clients, over 40 contracts with an average of 80 FTE resources per contract. Managed Month-end, Quarter-end and Year-end activities: provisions and accruals for revenue and cost.

Acknowledged by the Group Commercial Director for standardizing and documenting global account wide processes, procedures and innovative analytics reports to provide insights, impact and results

Decreased monthly working capital charges by 1.25% through timely invoicing and keeping track of receivables and billing to ensure timely payments, as well as processing month end close Journal Entries

Developed annual budget and reviewed on a quarterly basis with the leadership providing commentary on variance from plan and recommending action to mitigate risks and outcomes

Managed sales pipeline to provide insightful sales analysis and metrics in a timely and consistent manner to the sales team and form business partnership with internal stakeholders to drive continuous improvement

Created financial trackers and dashboards to keep track of the overall health of the account, reporting on KPIs like revenue, sales, cost attributes, profit margin, planned vs actual cost and utilization of resources

Managed project resources including staff assigned to each project to determine their cost attributes and report on rate increase, execute project closeout, budget reduction and redeployment of resources

Forecasted revenue recognition and expenses in accordance with GAAP and internal controls requirements

Frisco General Trading LLC, Dubai, U.A.E 2011 – 2016

Manager Finance and Operations (FP&A)

Dealt with Retail security (anti-theft alarm system), people counting, queue management, advertising equipment (interactive visual display), Security seals and other security related products.

Set up overseas business from scratch: company registration, licenses, employee visas and office setup

Drafted accounting policies and procedures for newly opened office in the region

Built relationships with OEM suppliers by evaluating contracts, demand forecasts, price negotiation, order processing as per procurement policies, shipping and logistics documentation, inventory and FX remittances

Developed and prepared KPI metrics to evaluate business initiatives and investments including operating expenditure, sales, pricing, gross profit margin and cost control vis-a-vis budget and variance analysis

Developed financial analysis reports for senior management, enabling effective decision making by identifying gaps, best practices, developing action plans for budgeting and forecasting to achieve business objectives

Directed operations management, project costing, development of management reports on profitability of projects and products, creation of financial proposals and other special assignments

Developed annual financial and operating budgets, created pricing models for distribution of new products to analyze the selling price considering product cost, import duties, logistics, sales tax and profit margin

Reviewed monthly reports of receivables, payables and inventory, meeting working capital requirements

Recorded assets and liabilities and maintained company financial statements including Income statement, balance sheet, statement of changes, bank reconciliations, cash flows & other analytical management reports

Evergreen Development Co. Pvt. Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan 2004 – 2011

Finance and Operations Manager (FP&A), 2009 – 2011

Associate Manager Finance and Operations, 2007 – 2009

Finance and Operations Officer, 2004 – 2007

Dealt with Retail security (anti-theft alarm systems), access control, fire-alarm system, security vaults, security cameras, people counting, queue management, interactive visual display, security seals and other security related products. Oversaw company operations and evaluated operational drivers to meet financial objectives.

Became a key member of a start-up that grew to capture 90% of the country’s retail security market

Managed a portfolio of security related products with approx. annual revenue of 10M, building successful relationships with OEM suppliers by evaluating contracts, demand forecasts, trend analysis, price negotiation, order processing, materials management, shipping and logistics for inventory and FX remittances

Designed business analysis reports for management in collaboration with various teams to highlight business issues, reporting KPI metrics for planning and control to ensure compliance to policies and procedures

AHNR Chartered Accountants (RSM PK), Karachi, Pakistan

Senior Accounts Officer

Promoted thrice in a year and led a team of 8 members

Setup Chart of Accounts for the newly implemented ERP system for the client

PRO BONO CONSULTING

Aga Khan Grants and Review Board - Internal Audit Volunteer

Reviewed and conducted appraisals of budgets and prepared variance analysis of actual vs budget. Checked and approved monthly fund requests to ensure all expenses were relevant and documented for data integrity

Audited quarterly, semi-annual and final accounts by tallying all figures from the system and vouchers, maintaining proper accounts and preparing reports for review of external auditors

Assisted with management audits and special investigations for testing of accounting systems, fixed assets tracking, inventory management, staff salaries and appraisals and developed reports for management

Communicated audit findings on risk mitigation to management and recommended a plan of action to adequately remediate any identified control weaknesses or gaps

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA) Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Karachi

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