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Finance Audit Risk

About Me

Qualified Chartered Accountant with 10

+

years of multi-national

and multi-functional working experience including 6.5 years with KPMG United Arab Emirates and Pakistan (a Big4 audit and advisory firm).

Currently working as Head of Financial & Risk Advisory in a multinational financial and management advisory company in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Managed financial modeling engagements for Saudi Aramco Residential Project and NEOM Construction Village tenders worth SR 2 billion and SR 1.5 billion, respectively.

Managed SAP implementation project management for a Moroccan sugar refinery set up in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prepared and concluded annual budgets, monthly forecasts and quarterly rollforwards in collaboration with region head office for three consecutive years.

Specialized in Internal Audits, Risk Management, Business Process Evaluation, and Performance Improvement. Executed and managed Internal Audits covering whole business cycle for Textile concerns and Capital Houses.

Maintained client portfolio of companies from Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Banking, Capital House, FMCGs, Real Estate Investment, Construction, Power & Energy, Textile, Retail, Education, Healthcare and Service sectors of economy.

Sound knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Shared Services, International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Standards on Auditing (ISA), COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework, KPMG Audit Methodology (KAM) and internal controls best practices.

Hands-on expertise in working in ERP environment including SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics, Hyperion etc.

Planned and managed teams of over 25 subordinates at KPMG and currently heading a department of over 15 members. Education

Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Master of Commerce

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

Associate Chartered Accountant

Institute for Internal Controls, Inc., USA

Certified Internal Controls Auditor

Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants Associate Public Finance Accountant

Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting (March 2021)

Employment

(Apr 2019 –

present)

HEAD OF FINANCE AND RISK

Insights Financial & Management Advisory and Research LLC - KSA Leading financial and risk function for accounting services; organization restructuring; internal audits; SOPs development; IFRS implementation; VAT implementation; financial modeling; business valuations; bookkeeping; actuarial and IPO related services. Responsible for developing and maintaining an effective control environment of the company; on-job training and mentorship of subordinates; and contributing towards business development.

Major Clientele: Durrah Sugar Refinery; Tamimi - Saudi Aramco Project; Tamimi - Neom Project; Nana Direct; Mouwasat; Philips; British Telecom; SCPC- Riyadh Bank; Saudi American Glass; Almana; Redington; WAHA; China Comservice; CAF Arabia.

(Jul 2016 –

present)

MANAGER FINANCE

Oriflame Cosmetics Pakistan (Private) Limited – Sweden based Managed financial and cost accounting function of the company including AR, AP, GL, Cash flows, VAT, Income Taxation, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting; Developed and maintained effective internal controls environment, sound accounting system and internal policies of the company; Assisted Senior Management in developing business and financial strategies and managing their implementation thereof; Assisted marketing function in pricing and margin management; Member of ‘Code of Ethics and Rules of Conduct Committee’ of the company; Liaison with legal counsel with regards to documents and matters that require their consideration.

(Jan – Jun

2016)

MANAGER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

Insights Advisory and Research

(Jan – Apr

2015)

SENIOR ASSOCIATE – AUDIT & ASSURANCE

KPMG Lower Gulf (United Arab Emirates)

(Dec 2008 –

Jun 2015)

SUPERVISORY SENIOR – RISK ADVISORY SERVICES; AUDIT & ASSURANCE KPMG (Pakistan)

Planned, executed, reviewed and reported various audit & risk advisory assignments including internal audits; Reviewed business projections of several companies to analyze their business feasibilities and future profitability under changing/ different underlying assumptions; Led advisory engagements to identify risks associated with existing business processes and delivered gap assessment reports to Senior Management highlighting control weaknesses, associated risks, their underlying implications and improvement suggestions.

KPMG Clientele – Advisory and Assurance

EXTERNAL AUDIT - PAKISTAN

Worldcall Telecom

Total Parco (Oil & Gas)

DG Khan Cement Company

Wartsila (Energy)

Metro Cash and Carry (Retail)

Lahore Grammar School

Al-Razi Healthcare

EXTERNAL AUDIT - UAE

Emirates Beton Ready

ARJ Properties

ARJ Engineering

Corrosion Technology

Copa Shipping

INTERNAL AUDIT - PAKISTAN

Sefam (Private) Limited

Sarena Textiles

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