An ACCA and CFA Level 1 candidate proficient in the field of Accounts, Finance, Taxation and Compliances. With vast experience of 12 years in finance eventually earned my way up to the top management role of Chief Financial Officer. Currently working as CFO of a private real estate company in Islamabad, Pakistan. Throughout my career I have worked progressively in managing financial reporting & analysis, tax plannings; filings and compliances, strategic planning, ERP developments and integrations, banking relationships, legal and regulatory compliances, development and monitoring of policies and internal controls. Highly proficient at Oracle, MS Excel, Power BI, FBR PRAL, FBR IRIS, Financial Modeling etc.
Key Achievements
PRISM has been serving in Real Estate Business for the last 17 years in Pakistan. Prism group portfolio has investments in real estate and hospitality sector. In the real estate sector, the portfolio consists of trading in commercial and residential properties, construction and sale of high-rise buildings, an upcoming housing society, free hold land, bulk sale deals of other housing societies etc. Projects delivered and currently under development/ construction are Prism Arcade I, II, III, IV, Prism Heights Gulberg, Prism Town Gujar Khan (Upcoming). The hospitality sector projects are Kallisto Marquee, Kallisto Restaurant, Hunza Darbar Hotel, Kallisto Resort Skardu, Kallisto Resort Gilgit. Prism Group has a total valuation of PKR 25 billion (approx.)
Currently the head of Accounts and Finance, Taxation, Internal Audit, IT, Records and HR.
Reporting to Chief Executive Officer CEO.
Finalization and review of annual reports starting from the adjusted trial balance procedures all the way up to the financial statements. Ensure compliance with IFRS and local company laws and regulations.
As the head of taxation, I handle the tax planning related to long term and short-term benefits available, keeping a sharp eye on latest circulars, reliefs, amnesties by government.
Managing the compliances of FBR notices and appeals. While handling all previous year’s cases, few cases which we won in the first and second appeals in tribunal, were challenged in High Court by FBR. I solely managed the cases with proper lawyers and was able to win the case. One case is currently in the supreme court, I am actively following it.
Supervision of all statutory filings related to annual income tax returns, withholding tax, sales tax, SECP filings etc.
Manage complete group structure including company hierarchies, new registrations, parent and subsidiaries, flow of funds between entities, handling their impacts on taxation.
Preparation & finalization of forecasted financial statements for raising capital from various sources. Preparation of detailed financial model of upcoming projects incorporated into the current business model and its impacts over the next 4 to 5 years.
Assessment and evaluation of financial performance of organization regarding long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts. Providing insight and recommendations to both short-term and long-term growth plan of organization
Complete supervision of company policies of Accounting, General Ledger, Administration and Operations, Financial Management, Human Resource, IT infrastructure, Staff Welfare, Vehicle Buyouts.
Managing the IT infrastructure of the group. Integration of Synology NAS in the file servers. Managing all the access to file servers, keeping the data in a structured form, easy to understand, no duplication or unnecessary copies of files. Proper daily backups automation to local storages and multiple clouds.
Integration of Power BI with ERP server for real-time financial reporting minimizing the need to use MS Excel. It also minimizes the chances of errors in reports, enhancing accuracy. With the help of Power BI reports are now updated within seconds which normally takes few hours to prepare in excel.
Millennium Land Development is Lahore based real-estate development partnership firm which own's and develops real estate project's in across Pakistan. New Lahore City is among renowned names of Real Estate projects in Lahore
Leading a team of 19 employees responsible for management of Accounts, Finance, Taxation, Real Estate, CRM and ERP operations of construction and development projects valued above PKR 52 billion (New Lahore City 45 billion, Zaitoon City 7 billion) which includes plots, houses, apartments, high rise towers etc.
Reporting to CFO
Preparation and Finalization of Financial Statements of Company
Managing all Taxation matters related to Withholding Tax, Income Tax, Sales Tax. Timely submission of Monthly and Annual Tax Returns of Partnership business and individual Partners. Timely submission of Tax payments. Reply of tax notices
Preparation of Company budgets, Cash flow forecasts and monitoring variances with actual results
Supervision of complete bookkeeping operation from accounts and finance end including Cash and Bank Reconciliations, A/C Payable, A/C Receivable, Sales, payments, adjustments etc.
Management of Complete sales accounting of Real Estate, setting of price structures of residential and commercial plots, villas, apartments. Issuance of booking forms for new deals and keeping track of forms in market, forms in inventory, forms submitted and their booking in ERP. Providing higher management with reports and reconciliations
Management of Plots inventory with sold, unsold, balloted and their reconciliations
Maximizing performance of financial team, implementing improvements in current financial processes, handling and resolving financial queries
Working closely with the IT team to ensure all financial data is secure, extracting complicated data from ERP with the help of Queries (SQL Developer), integration of Fixed Assets module, Purchase module, Inventory module in ERP
Reviewing transactions to ensure proper accounting with established standards
Ensuring that records are accurately maintained and archived to satisfy any audit and statutory requirements
Leading a team of 6 employees responsible for management of Accounts and Finance operations of 13 construction projects valued above PKR 100 billion which includes plots, houses, apartments, high rise towers etc., 16 maintenance, support and value adding services projects
Providing Company Directors with accurate financial information, management accounts and data analysis
Attending Board meetings and presenting financial reports
Management of tax reporting and compliance
Controlling budgets and expenditure
Maximizing performance of financial team, implementing improvements in current financial processes, handling and resolving financial queries
Working closely with the IT team to ensure all financial data is secure
Reviewing transactions to ensure proper accounting with established standards
Ensuring that records are accurately maintained and archived to satisfy any audit and statutory requirements
Supervising 6 employees responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Taxation, CRM and Financial Reporting using Oracle Financial with full accountability for hiring, training, and performance assessment
Directing all bookkeeping functions including: account receivable, accounts payable, payroll, journal entry, billing and collections, and monthly financial reporting
Compile and present detailed monthly, quarterly reports for Senior Management perusal and act as the focal point in preparing year-end
Performing detailed reconciliations of large amounts of data in Oracle, CRM & Bank Statements in MS Excel and clearing out (if any) issues identified
Reviewing all banks and cash reconciliations on weekly and daily basis
Maintaining and opening of new accounts in chart of accounts, opening of new projects in Oracle Financial
Coordination of internal and external audit assignments, smooth conduction of audit programs without affecting daily operational tasks
Checking of bank payment and receipt vouchers prepared by assistant accountants
Recording of sales and debtors in accounting software, monitoring of amount receivable against inter-project supplies and services
Recording and monitoring of A/C payables, keeping track record of any advances to suppliers and contractors, payments of retention money of contractors
Performing and checking banks and cash reconciliations weekly and daily
Accounting for payroll, deduction and payment of tax on Salaries, deduction of loans and advances to staff
Deduction of withholding taxes on salaries and all contractors, suppliers, service providers, creation of tax payment challan on FBR website and its payment, filling of CPRs and sending withholding tax deducted certificates to the affected parties
Transfer of inter-project funds and balances, handling of company bank accounts
Adjustment of Trial Balance at year end closing
Liaison with internal audit department upon issues and queries raised
As audit coordinator for the internal and external audits, responsible for smooth conduction of audit operation, providing them with all the necessary details, (trial balance, ledgers, vouchers, agreements, land documents, copies of contracts, member details etc.) and resolving issues raised
ARL is the pioneer of crude oil refining in Pakistan with its operations dating back to 1922. Backed by a rich experience of more than 90 years, the company is supplying different refined petroleum products.