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Finance Manager

Location:
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Posted:
October 06, 2020

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SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Trade Finance & Treasury

Trade Finance (L/Cs, International & Local Bank

Guarantees)

Treasury & Cash Management

Bank Facilities

Trust Receipt, Terms Loans, Invoice Discounting

Foreign Exchange Risk Management (Forwards,

Options)

Accounting, Reporting & Audit

(Oracle Financials, Quick books, Sage)

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Project / Contract Accounting

Fixed Assets

Payroll

GL

Closing Monthly, Quarterly & Annually.

IFRS and IAS

VAT

Implementation of Internal Controls and Policies

RPA (Robotic Process Automation)

Commercial, Corporate, Legal, Tax

Sales / Purchase Contracts, Service

Agreements, Novation, Undertakings, MOUs.

Incorporations, Registrations, Regulatory &

Statutory Filings.

Financial Management, Planning &

Analysis

Financial Statements Analysis & Expenses

Review.

Cash Forecasting & Working Capital

Management.

Supplier Financing Schemes

Credit Control & Receivables Management

Investment Appraisals using NPV, IRR,

Payback, Sensitivity Analysis.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Break Even

Analysis.

Profit / Cost Center and Segment Reporting.

ERPs & Ms Office Skills

Oracle Financials (AP, AR, Fixed Asset, GL,

Project, Payroll Modules) – 9 years

Quick books, Peachtree, Sage Line – 3 Years

Implementation of ERPs.

MS Excel - Advance Level Skills (capable of

using Macros, Pivot, Lookups, Sum if, Count if,

IF, Nested IF, Scenario Building etc)

ASAD ULLAH RAUF

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT – ACA, M.COM

(Assoc. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan) A Finance Professional with 15 Years’ Experience in Accounting & Finance gained through various Mfg. & Service Sectors.

PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES

*Entrepreneurship *Perseverant *Energetic *Role Player *Self-Motivated *High Professional Ethics *Team Building

Mob. No. +971-**-****-*** email: adgpal@r.postjobfree.com Dubai, UAE TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

HSBC Training course on UCP 600 (LCs)

HSBC Training course on URC 522 (Collection Docs)

HSBC Training course on URDG 758 (Bank

Guarantees)

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

Awarded “Best Team of the Year 2009”

(by Redcats Asia HK Inc.)

Awarded “Best Employee of the Year

2005” (by Bahria Town Pvt. Ltd.)

Launched Supplier Financing Scheme.

Implementation of ERPs.

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

(ACCOUNTS PAYABLE,

TRADE FINANCE, FINANCIAL

ANALYST, GL REPORTING)

(AUG 2011 – SEP 2020)

IN

NAFFCO GROUP OF COMPANIES

Gulf Leading Fire Fighting

Equipment Manufacturers,

Dubai, UAE.

(No. of Employees 3000-4000)

Group consisted of 10

companies operating in 4 GCC

countries.

Reporting to Group Manager Finance & Group CFO

Job responsibilities;

Responsible at Group level for the full Trade Finance functions including Import L/Cs, Export L/Cs, Collections Docs, International & Local Bank guarantees, Trust Receipts, Term Loans, Invoice Discounting, Forwards

& Foreign Exchange risk management.

Supervising & negotiating Bank facility terms and conditions for the group and its subsidiaries and ensure to comply the covenants & maintain sufficient & competitive facilities & Service levels.

Responsible at Group level for the Accounts Payable Dept. (Procure to Pay) including recording, validation & payments in AP Module, Oracle Financials RV12.

Involved in finalization of VAT Return (Input Tax).

Responsible for Month end, quarterly & Annual Closing to have accurate financial results.

Responsible for Expense analysis, reviews and evaluations for Cost- reduction opportunities.

Review for Cash Management reports & Bank reconciliations.

Responsible for recording & controlling Fixed Assets Module in Oracle Financials RV12 for all group companies.

Responsible for assisting the External Audits.

Responsible for the GL Module & Preparation of monthly, quarterly & annual financial statements & various adhoc financial reports by using GL Module in Oracle Financials RV12 for all group companies.

Responsible for the Financial Review & Analysis (Working Capital review, DSO, DIO, DPO, GP%, NP%, Breakeven, Profit center reporting, Aging Analysis) for the group companies & identification of any variances / exceptions in the results.

Actively involved in finalizing the Monthly, Quarterly & Annual Cash flow Planning & Forecasting.

Actively involved in review, negotiate, conclude the payment & commercial terms related to Sales and Purchase Contracts / agreements.

Assisting in Credit control & Receivables Management, review of Aging reports & identifying provisions.

Assisting in setting up the OPEX & CAPEX Budget & Forecasting for group companies.

Preparation & evaluation of feasibility reports using investment appraisal techniques like NPV, IRR, Payback etc.

Review & final checking of Payroll & related aspects.

Review of various processes & recommend optimization by removing redundant activities, improve controls, productivity & Efficiency with the help of IT Dept & Pinpoint reports.

MANAGER FINANCE

(FEB 2009 – MAY 2011)

IN

REDCATS ASIA LTD. (Hong Kong

Inc.)

Apparel & Fashion Sourcing

company.

Report to Director Finance.

Job responsibilities;

Responsible for Accounting in accordance with IFRS & local regulatory requirements.

Responsible for all sorts of Trade Finance & bank dealings.

Monthly Financial Reports, Budgets and Reconciliations

Responsible for Budgeting, forecasting & projected Cash flow on monthly, quarterly & annual basis.

Liaison with external auditors for the annual statutory audit & audit report thereon.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(No. of Employees 50 - 100) Responsible for the Corporate matters including, registrations, renewals, etc with Securities & Exchange Commission & Board of Investment in Pakistan.

Responsible in all leases and contracts and all other legal records and documents which affect the financial status of the company.

Responsible for statutory obligations relating to Income Tax.

Supervision of shipping & logistics dept, including dealing various forwarders & shipping lines to satisfy SOPs of our Brands based in USA, Europe & Nordic.

Responsible to train Web based applications to various depts.

Supervision of Admin dept.

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

(SEP 2008 – FEB 2009)

IN

BLUE HORIZON PVT. LTD.

Leather & Textile gloves

manufacturers & Exporters in

Pakistan.

(No. of Employees 1000-1500)

Report to Directors.

Job responsibilities;

Responsible for maintenance of Accounts in accordance with IFRS & local regulatory requirements.

Reconciliations of foreign receivables, local payables & Banks.

Ensure all company assets are monitored, accurately accounted for and maintain necessary assets records/registers.

Liaison with Head of Finance in handling financial exposures & facilities including Bills negotiation, FAFB, FAPC, Export Refinance, Demand deposits etc.

Responsible for all sorts of Import& Export LC matters & bank dealings thereon.

Manager of Financial Information & control systems (ERP Solution).

Preparation of projected Cash flow, Budgeting& Forecasting on weekly, monthly & quarterly basis.

Preparation & evaluation of various feasibility reports including; i) Setting up of new manufacturing facilities in Vietnam & Lahore (Pakistan). ii) Breakeven production targets.

iii) Labor cost analysis.

iv) Import purchase analysis & import materials costing.

Responsible for statutory obligations relating to Income Tax & Sales Tax.

Analysis of Job Order Costing using Costing Module of an ERP Solution, investigation & control of variances & deliver recommendations/alerts on Price setting to Marketing Dep’t.

Close supervision of Stock & inventory control to maintain the working capital requirements.

MANAGER FINANCE &

ACCOUNTS

(JUN 2006 – SEP 2008)

IN

DOSONDI INTERNATIONAL.

Leather & Textile Apparel

manufacturers & exporters in

Pakistan.

(No. of Employees 500-1000)

Report to Directors.

Job responsibilities;

Responsible for supervision of all Accounting and Book Keeping functions.

Liaison with external auditors for the annual statutory audit & Auditor’s report thereon.

Trade working capital management (DSO, DPO, Inventory) & Cash Flow management.

Review of Sales Terms & Conditions to validate all aspects of a deal, including but not limited to delivery terms, financing, payment terms, warranty, service contract, D&I conditions, trade-in, penalties, marketing contribution, rebates, etc Handled financial exposures & facilities including Bills negotiation, FAFB, FAPC, Export Refinance, Demand deposits etc.

Responsible for all sorts of Import& Export LC matters & bank dealings thereon.

Works with other teams to develop appropriate internal control mechanisms, policies and procedures are in place to ensure that financial activity is accounted-for and reported accurately

Manager of Financial Information & control systems (ERP Solution).

Preparation of projected Cash flow, Budgeting& Forecasting on weekly, monthly & quarterly basis.

Responsible for statutory obligations relating to Income Tax & Sales Tax. NATIONALITY PAKISTANI

AGE 41

DATE OF BIRTH 11 JANUARY 1978

DRIVING LICENSE UAE & PAKISTAN

MARITAL STATUS MARRIED

ASST. MANAGER FINANCE &

ACCOUNTS

(JUL 2005 – MAR 2006)

IN

BAHRIA TOWN (PVT) LTD.

Real Estate & Housing

developers in Pakistan.

(No. of Employees 1000-1500)

Report to G.M Finance & Deputy CEO

Job responsibilities;

Responsible for preparation of Accounts& maintenance of accounting records.

Liaison with external auditors for the annual statutory audit & Auditor’s report thereon.

Preparation of Daily Funds report.

Reconciliation of foreign remittances & ensure accurate update of allottee’s record.

Preparation of Budgets & Projected Cash flow.

Responsible for preparation of Payroll.

Responsible for statutory obligations relating to Income Tax.

Responsible for reconciling & audit of accounting & operational matters with other offices including Head Office (RWP), Lahore Site Office, Karachi Sub Office & Dubai Sub Office.

2010 Chartered Accountant

The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Pakistan (ICAP) 2009 Master in Commerce.

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

2000 Bachelor in Commerce.

The Punjab College of Commerce, Lahore, Pakistan.

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