USAMA NADEEM FCCA (ACCA), UAECA

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

M: +971-**-******* and +92-345-*******

E: adgvmv@r.postjobfree.com

L: www.linkedin.com/in/usamanadeem1

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position in a dynamic organization with the aim to contribute towards organizational success by enhancing competency standards and to perform consistently for meeting the organization’s expectations while simultaneously availing learning and professional development opportunities.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualification

Year

University/Board

ACCA – Member (FCCA)

2012

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, UK

UAECA - Member

2016

Accountants and Auditors Association – UAE

ICAEW – Professional Stage

2010

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales

Masters in Commerce (Equivalence)

2010

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, UK

CA – (Inter)

2010

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan – ICAP

ACCA Qualification

2009

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, UK

O & A - Levels

2006

University of Cambridge, Defense Public School

WORK EXPERIENCE PROFILE:

SOLICO Group Food Industries, UAE (September 2018 to date)

Senior Financial Controller ( 2 years, current)

Key Contributions:

Reviewing and presenting monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements including consolidation of all the Group companies in more than 15 countries and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and frameworks;

Leading the Group accounting and controls function, developing and implementing financial policies, risk management and internal controls;

Managing and improving the Group's entire financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems and conducting internal audits of the regional Companies;

Financial modeling, budgeting and projecting forecasts of financial statements to support business decision making;

Developing and monitoring KPI dashboards for monitoring the performance of the products, regions and business units;

Working closely with business units for product lines, costing strategies and business development;

Providing strategic, analytical and technical support for business intelligence activities;

Managing logistics and HR Ad hoc project on behalf of head office in the group companies;

Managing external audits of Group companies in different countries; and

Liaise with banks for bank facilities and accounts management

Grant Thornton LLP, UAE (December 2012 to August 2018)

Assistant Manager Audit (6 years)

Key Contributions:

Carried out audit planning and risk assessments by testing control environment of the client’s system;

Conducted audits and reviews of financial statements in accordance with the ISAs and IFRSs;

Prepared deliverables like audit reports, management letters and financial statements;

Preparing and monitoring budgets hours throughout the course of the engagements;

Proactively interacted with key client management to make recommendations for business improvements; and

Supervising and training the teams for the group audits and conducted reviews for the finalization of the group audits.

My portfolio included the clients from various industries which include Construction, Logistics & Services, Hospitality, Manufacturing and Trading. The major clients in my portfolio were:

Habtoor Leighton Group (BIC Group)

Al Rashideen Group

APTEC an Ingram Micro Company

WAFI (MKM Group), Dubai

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

Al-Yousuf Group, UAE

NBAL Group UAE (Bridgestone)

ME Digital FZE (cobone.com)

SOBHA Middle East

Secondments:

I represented firm on secondments for 9 months in total in different countries. During secondments I was in-charge for 6 companies of Azersun Group and Silk Way Group for the years 2014 to 2016.

Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Chartered Accountants (December 2010 to November 2012)

Senior Assurance Executive (2 years work)

Key Contributions:

Planned, executed and finalized assurance and review engagements including preparation of financial statements; and

Planned and executed methodology for detection of fraud in Non-Government Organizations including the physical inspections and prepared the reports for the donors in forensic audit assignments. The major assignments include:

Coca Cola (Pvt) Ltd

Jotun Paints (Pvt) Limited

McDonalds - GAM Group

Bata Pakistan (Pvt) Limited

Kinder not Hilf (Pvt) Limited

USAID & UKAID Projects

Crowe Horwath Hussain Chaudhary (Internship) (May 2010 to November 2010)

Audit Trainee (Internal Audit Executive)

Major assignments were:

Descon Engineering Limited

National Bank of Pakistan

Bureau VERITAS (Pvt) Ltd

Distinctions:

Employee of the year in December 2015 and December 2016 – Grant Thornton, UAE.

First position in professional paper of ACCA (P-3 Business Strategy & Analysis).

A Grade in British Council workshop – 2010.

Gold medal as cricket captain for consecutive 3 years in Defense Public School 2004-2006.

Trainings, Conferences and Web Learning:

Office Utilities Course – Corporate Finance Institute - 2018

ISA & IFRS Proficiency Certifications - 2017

CEO Conference – ACCA Middle East - 2017

VAT Event in UAE – ACCA Middle East - 2017

IFRS refresher and Audit tools – Grant Thornton International – 2016

IFRS and UAE Companies Law updates – Grant Thornton International - 2016

E-Learning modules for IFRSs and IASs – 2015

Money Laundering and Fraudulent activities – Grant Thornton International - 2014

ACCA Professional Ethics Module – ACCA – 2014

Human resource and Inter-personal skills – ICAP Pakistan – 2012

Business process improvement and risk management – EY Training Centre – 2011

IFRS Development course – EY Training Centre – 2011

Skills and expertise:

Efficient in using utilities like Jedox, NetSuite and SAP accounting software;

Efficient at using Microsoft Office utilities, audit soft wares including Case Ware and General Audit Methodology (GAMx) and Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) like Voyager, T-Beam and IDEA Smart Analyzer.

Proficient in using Financial Software and Tools such as in SAP FI and CO, Tableau, Alteryx and Jedox.

Testing SAP system, Peachtree/ QuickBooks and various ERP (Oracle) systems such as COINs.

Expertise preparation of accounts, analyzing internal controls, budgeting, analyzing of financial data and carrying out investigation and fraud detection procedures.

Personal details:

Date of Birth: January 19, 1987

Nationality: Pakistan

Current stay: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Visa status: Employment visa

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