Manage a team of 15 internal audit staff at 4 different locations for the Group of Companies including Surge Laboratories (Private) Limited, Stancos (Private) Limited, Plastech Products (Private) Limited & Eastern Trade & Distribution Co. (Pvt.) Limited with reporting to the Head of Internal Audit.
- Plan and organize the activities of Internal Audit including preparing an annual audit plan based on Risk Based Internal Audit principles, and schedule and assign work to meet completion dates.
- Ensure preparing timely and complete reports to the CEO, highlighting areas of concern and proposing remedial steps where appropriate, and proposing urgent action when needed.
- Maintain and update the audit program/checklist to ensure key controls are properly tested.
- Promote risk management principles within the organization to ensure key risks identified and treated.
- Confer, advice, initiate, and coordinate with other departments about policies and procedures to ensure internal controls are strengthen within the organization.
- Monitor key operational risk events and assist management in lowering operational risks.
- Ensure responding to suspected violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and standards of conduct by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedure as well as developing and overseeing a system for handling such violations.

Worked in the Group Internal Audit Department. The group consists of companies dealing in the services of International Container/Bulk Terminals, Stevedores, Cargo Handling, Freight Forwarding, Shipping Agency, Information Technology, Exhibitions, Travel Agency, Logistics, Trading and NGO.

Responsible to plan, supervise and execute internal audit assignments as per the request of the group/company management and to prepare and deliver the management with the results of the findings along with the recommendations.

Successfully completed numerous financial, operational and compliance audit assignments within deadline, to the satisfaction of the management.

Worked in the Risk Advisory Department of the firm. During my job period, I have supervised the following assignments:

• Process Improvement Assignment of a Listed Automobile Company.
• Internal Audit Assignment of two Private Oil Marketing Company.

Worked in the Finance & Accounting Operations (FAO) Department of the company. The department provides BPO services on financial and accounting aspects.

Responsibilities include:
• Develop, deliver and implement the revised finance and accounting operations process for the FAO Department;
• Business Unit Lead of 11 USA entities (5 Houston and 6 Beaumont entities);
• Monthly Financial Statements and Management Reports;
• Monthly Financial Analysis on Treasury, Dividends, Investors Portfolio, Cash-flow Forecast and Budgets;
• Daily audit of transactions and book keeping of client’s accounts;
• Report audit findings and recommended corrections;
• Conduct monthly quality control review of financial statements and management reports before delivering them to the client;
• Assist managers in managerial work and decision making by providing financial analysis on treasury, dividends, investors portfolio, cash-flow forecast and budgets;
• Conduct regular training for the finance and accounting staff on work process and operations.

Worked in the Audit Department of the firm. Responsible to supervise the external audits assigned. Seconded to Ernst & Young, Muscat Oman Office as a temporary audit staff for a period of 4 months (January 2014 – April 2014). Completed financial statements audit of 7 audit clients during the period.

Led a team of 8 staff of the Accounts & Finance Department. The company is in the business of denim and yarn production.

Responsibilities include:
• Prepar monthly management accounts and weekly budgets for cash-flows, sales and productions;
• Weekly reconcile sales and production department reports with the accounts and reported budget variances;
• Supervise the accounting, tax and finance related work performed by the staff;
• Plan and implement the conversion of manual accounting to computerized accounting system.

Led a team of 6 staff of the Accounts & Finance Department. The company is the importer and distributor of electronic banking products.

Responsibilities include:
• Prepare monthly management accounts and weekly budgets for cash-flows and sales;
• Supervise the accounting, tax and finance related work performed by the staff;
• Comply with all SECP, KCCI and FBR compliances of the company;
• Prepare financial statements of the company for the years ended 2011 and 2012.
• Liaise with the suppliers for payments, clients for receivables, banks for deposits and transactions and the external auditors for audit of financial statements of the company;
• Plan, implement and complete the conversion of manual accounting to computerized accounting system;
• Perform all of the above activities for the subsidiary companies E-pay Pakistan (Private) Limited and Swanbay Pakistan (Private) Limited.

Worked in the Audit Department of the firm. Completed financial statements audit of 10 audit clients in the period of 4 months.

Completed CA Training in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) Department of the firm as an Auditor, responsible for all facets of audit and business advisory engagements, from initial planning to the conclusion of examination and reporting.

Assisted clients in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and reviewed their internal control systems, identified significant weaknesses and recommended improvements.

Been part of and completed 12 audit engagements of financial statements, 5 review and other assurance engagements and 3 agreed-upon procedures.

Portfolio of agreed-upon procedures performed:
 Verification of accounts receivable, accounts payable and stocks of five year record of a private limited hire-purchase company.
 Verification of sales tax payment of a private limited courier company.
 Verification of inventory, as at year end, of a private limited foods company.