I am a result-oriented Forensic Accountant with more than 11 years of professional experience. I have worked on key managerial positions managing multiple projects simultaneously and leading multiple teams for reputed International and national organizations like Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Root Millennium Schools. The detection of fraud across multiple campuses in Roots Millennium Schools was the prime reason to pursue my MSc. Forensic Accounting course at Sheffield Hallam University. During this time, I have worked as a Cash Office Assistant and Team Member at Marks and Spencer Foods both operating under SSP (Plc), United Kingdom.
Handling all the cash pertaining to different Food Units of the train station and Rail Gourmet (RG) which is responsible for operations of Train Companies. Arranging the Float money for all the units of Train Station and RG Railway Companies operating to & from Sheffield Station. Reconciliation of accounts for all the food units and RG on a daily basis, generating daily, weekly and end of Period reports for all the units and Head office. Filing all the documents and sending the documents for the record to head-office. Performing till checks of units, collection of charity money, sending excess cash to banks and arranging the cash for Smart Safe.
Responsibilities included handling the delivery, doing the inventory and stock checks, reconciliation of the cash machines and tills, customer service.
Responsibilities included a nationwide survey and identification of sites for opening new branches of schools & Universities. Handling of internal audits of all 46 campuses and identifying loopholes in policies that needed to be revised. The introduction of internal audits helped in making informed decisions and also helped in timely identifying the financial fraud across multiple campuses; leading to catching the fraudsters and recovering the maximum amount. The revised fee policy and the introduction of alternative payment channels helped in improving the revenue generation by almost 35%. The nationwide survey regarding the opening of new campuses helped in acquiring prime locations for new campuses that are now performing better than the old campuses in terms of new admissions and student strength.
Responsible for developing and managing different project teams and recruiting new staff as per requirement. Other major responsibilities included meeting project deadlines, managing day-to-day operations, interaction with clients regarding the project's progress and dealing with the agreements regarding after-sales services. Most of the projects were for international clients.
Responsibilities included identifying potential partners, consultants and trainers to assist the company in the successful implementation and completion of projects. Successfully monitored projects in different value-chains like, vegetables, fruits, dairy and fisheries simultaneously through extensive monitoring visits both individually as well as in teams. The projects were carried out throughout Pakistan and required extensive traveling, handling and dealing with clients from diverse backgrounds. The success of the project can be gauged from the fact that most of our clients are currently exporting their agriculture projects to Middle-East, Europe and are active participants in international agriculture Exhibitions.
Responsibilities included preparing feasibility studies, performing baseline surveys to identify potential value-chains across all provinces of Pakistan. Developing national and international market linkages for these farmers not only resulted in better sales but more importantly in learning and adapting to new and best practices of farming in accordance with International Standards. We facilitated our clients in acquiring international standard which helped them in exploring newer markets for their agriculture products.
Reviewing the scholarship applications, short listing students on merit. Signing of MOU’s with different schools, colleges and universities in regard to these scholarships and maintain close coordination with them regarding the performance of these students. Most of these schools and colleges students then acquired scholarship for their undergraduate studies in reputed national universities.
Responsible for formation of 1500 Farmer Enterprise Groups who were trained in off season vegetable farming along with book keeping and market accessibility to improve their businesses. Maintain liaison with different government organizations and agriculture institutions that not only helped in designing the training modules but also helped in reaching out to areas that were not easily accessible.