Manager Assistant
Resume:
MUHAMMAD KHALIFATULLAH
Iqama: Transferrable, Availability: Immediate
Email:***********@*****.***
Contact: Saudi Arabia # 096*-**-*******
Nationality: Pakistani
PROFILE: Finance manager with plus 20 years’ experience. Expertise in leading Finance team, business partnering with cross functional teams, implementing ERPs and monitoring and managing financial operations. EXPERTISE:
Core Skills: Advance Microsoft suite proficiency with ability to design automated dashboards, financial models and analysing complex financial data, FP&A and IFRS.
Key Strength: Strong team leader and player, decisive & analytical skills, timely anticipating risks and providing solution to mitigate.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Finance Manager (Pfizer Global Supply) Pfizer Saudi Arabia Feb 2017 – June 2020 Responsible for Developing standard costs of products based on Business process risk based operational reviews. Apart from that I’m energetically involved in following activities.
Work closely with different departments in developing budgets and tracking expenses and identifying key areas where we can make savings.
Identifies and address process improvement opportunities in Enterprise One (E1) System, Insite Finance and HR tool and also support various departments in training and implementation of change management controls.
Working with Pfizer Global Directors externally, locally with Site Leadership Team, Peers and point of contact for corporate and external auditors as required as well as other Corporate and Divisional Controller requirements
Monitoring of Inventory Adjustment Transactions including write offs and movement in Distress Inventory reserve, review and update SOPs every 3 years, update Risk Control Matrix (RCM), documenting of Profit & Loss (P&L) reviews, providing Balance Sheet Reviews comparing with previous quarters with commentary and verifying reconciliations and movement schedules of all type of inventories.
Develop performance indicators for value drivers key success factors and set up systems and procedures to improve business monitoring.
Manager Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Wyeth Pakistan (WPL)/Pfizer Pakistan (PPL) Oct 2009– Jan 2017 WPL was a listed company and PPL is unlisted company. I was reporting to Director Finance Director Finance. During this stay I was involved in following activities.
Preparing local and international budget for both entities. Ensuring compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 of USA through liaison with Head Office, USA to comment on Internal Audit Reports as process owner of finance.
Assisting local Internal Audit Department for preparing SOPs and resolving financial & internal control issues and Monitoring changes in regulatory environment (Securities, Exchange Commission of Pakistan - SECP, Companies Ordinance 1984, Stock Exchange Regulations and Tax pronouncements) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and updating Top management accordingly.
Audit coordination with the external auditors to ensure timely completion and execution of half yearly review and annual audit, reviewing financial results, and submission & reporting in FDM to Asia Pacific Lead.
Also extensively involved in preparing and finalizing quarterly / half yearly / annual statutory accounts for both companies in accordance with IFRS/SECP, Companies Ordinance 1984 and listing regulations applicable to all listed and unlisted companies.
Preparing Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Directors report, minutes of quarterly meetings held by board of directors to review financial results of the company and minutes of Annual General Meeting and Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders.
Preparing budgets and graphical templates on issues, developments, political factors and social factors to help Top management on yearly budgets send to USA.
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Senior Assistant Manager Financial Reporting & Receivables Wyeth Pakistan Limited Jan 2001 – Sept 2009 I was working here as Senior Assistant Manager Financial Reporting till the Pfizer merger took place in October 2009. During this stay I was involved in following activities.
Develop, implement, and maintain the Company’s credit policies and procedures including risk analysis for establishment of credit for all new customers and distributors. Perform due diligence in compliance with credit and collection policy and procedures. Manage and document credit risk review of existing customers in compliance with the credit and collections policy and procedures. Initiate action items required as a result of the updated credit risk analysis outcomes.
Reporting to Manager Receivables and supervising team of 3 people on execution of necessary Invoice, Credit and Debit note transactions including GL account reviews, AR sub ledger reconciliations and approved adjustments.
Monitor accounts receivable portfolio consistently for events that may negatively impact credit risk, provide weekly/monthly/quarterly receivables reporting including the calculation of the bad debt reserve, make recommendations for customers to be considered for bad debt reserves, including recommendation for probability of default and maintain documentation to support rationale for recommendations and changes to recommendations.
Review new and amended contracts to verify payment terms and contract language for risk mitigation. Make recommendations for changes and communicate with commercial on non-standard payment terms.
Monitor, collect, and forecast portfolio of accounts receivable balances of specific key accounts and high- risk customers as part of liquidity risk management, responsible for leading and directing credit process with a view of improving overall working capital position through sound management of overdue accounts and proactive engagement with stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement of collections, in line with agreed KPI’s and SLA’s.
Assistant Manager Finance
Peoples Steels Mills Limited 1996 - 2000
This company is specialized in making special and high alloy steels used in defence equipment. I had performed following responsibilities.
Prepared final accounts, director’s report, monthly budgets and performed various variance analysis, record board of directors’ meetings minutes, assisted and liaised with IT department in preparing financial information in Oracle system.
Verified invoices, bills of trade creditors, disbursements, monthly operational reports for various departments, supervised all payroll activities, reviewed bank reconciliation statements and liaised with external auditors of the company providing feedback and required information for timely completion of external audit process.
Coordinated with Internal Audit Department on various issues to ensure timely completion of internal audit.
Actively involved in staff development by providing feedback and resolving technical queries of junior staff and assisted Costing Department for valuation of stocks as per International Accounting Standards (IAS) and supervising annual internal physical count of stock. QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION:
Chartered Accountant Finalist Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan 1995 Bachelor’s in commerce government College of Commerce & Economics 1990 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Started professional career with E&Y engaged in audits / accountancy of diversified client portfolio (1990-94)
Participated in US training for Insite held in USA.
Hyperion Financial Management Systems twice in Thailand as part of the acquisition of Wyeth LLC by Pfizer
Attended various training programs on financial reporting and regulatory requirements conducted by ICAP, renowned IBA SBP and SECP on behalf of Pfizer Pakistan.
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