Mehran Ali

Audit & Assurance professional with 5+ years of progressive experience in external audit, internal audit, and finance management across textile, sugar, packaging, brokerage, and non-profit sectors.

Certified Business

Accountant (CBA) and Aspirant Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, with strong command of IFRS, ISAs, and risk-based audit methodologies. Currently serving as Audit Assistant Manager at Prime Global – Fazal Mahmood & Company Chartered Accountants (Rödl & Partner UK Back Office), leading audit engagements for UK-based international clients. Previously held roles as Deputy Manager – Finance at Gadoon Textile Mills Limited and Supervisor – Audit & Assurance at RSRIR Chartered Accountants (Russell Bedford International).

Experienced in AUP (ISRS 4400), free float assurance (ISAE 3000), and interim review engagements (ISRE 2410). Proficient in CaseWare, Smart Audit, Oracle ERP, Advanced MS Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and Tableau. Recognised for team leadership, client communication, and delivering high-quality, compliant audit outcomes.

Audit Assistant Manager - Prime Global – Fazal Mahmood and Company Chartered Accountants (Rödl & Partner UK Back Office) - Karachi

(2026-01)

• Engaged in audit assignments for both UK-based international clients and local Pakistan-based clients; coordinated with the UK-based Audit Manager on planning, executing, and reviewing audits, ensuring compliance with ISAs and internal control standards.
• Lead small to medium audit engagements under the Audit Manager's guidance, ensuring timely and quality completion.
• Review working papers and validate audit evidence collected by team members, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Draft clear and concise audit findings and reports for management review; identify control weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
• Supervise and mentor audit executives and trainees during fieldwork, providing guidance on audit methodology.
• Conducted an Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagement under ISRS 4400 for TF Apparels, covering financial and comparative variance analysis, operating expenses and working capital review, internal controls walkthroughs, gap analysis, and cash inflow and outflow analysis.
• Proficient in CaseWare Audit Tool for end-to-end audit documentation, including risk assessment, scoping, planning, evidence gathering, and reporting.
• Prepared audit working papers using Claude AI agents, streamlining documentation workflows and significantly improving team efficiency and turnaround time on audit assignments.

Deputy Manager – Finance - Gadoon Textile Mills Limited (Part of YBG) - Karachi

(2025-06 - 2026-01)

• Reported to the Financial Controller; prepared management accounts and monthly financial reports ensuring accuracy of the trial balance.
• Prepared and analyzed costings, budgets, and forecasts; monitored segment performance and profitability.
• Analyzed production and store data for financial impact; oversaw accounts receivable, payable, debtors, and stock aging schedules.
• Managed and maintained the fixed assets register and ensured accurate, timely payroll processing for staff and workers.
• Ensured accurate recording of month-end adjustment entries in Oracle ERP; supported ERP enhancements and data integrity.
• Coordinated with external and internal auditors, providing required data and resolving queries to facilitate timely audit completion; Ensure compliance with internal controls and reporting deadlines.

Supervisor – Audit & Assurance - RSRIR Chartered Accountants (Russell Bedford International) - Karachi

(2021-03 - 2025-04)

• Responsible for planning, execution, and conclusion stages of audit engagements, including risk assessment, materiality determination, internal control testing, and final analytical procedures.
• Prepared, compiled, and reviewed financial statements ensuring compliance with IFRS and applicable regulations.
• Engaged in complex areas including contingencies, commitments, and taxation.
• Ensured thorough and accurate documentation by reviewing audit work papers prepared by audit team members.
• Engaged in first-year audit engagements and applied ISA 510 (Initial Audit Engagements – Opening Balances), performing procedures to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding opening balances, prior period errors, and consistency of accounting policies.
• Proficient in Smart Audit Tool for end-to-end audit documentation, including risk assessment, scoping, planning, evidence gathering, and reporting in compliance with ISAs.

Senior Audit Associate - RSRIR Chartered Accountants (Russell Bedford International) - Karachi

(2021-03 - 2025-04)

• Led multiple audit engagements and assignments as Job In-Charge, managing and coordinating audit team activities.
• Maintained strong client communication, addressing concerns and providing clear explanations of audit findings.
• Mentored and trained junior associates, fostering a collaborative and development-focused team environment.
• Performed stock and fixed assets counts across audit engagements to verify the existence, completeness, and condition of inventory and fixed assets, identify discrepancies, damaged, obsolete, and slow-moving items, reconcile physical counts with accounting records, and improve the reliability of financial reporting.
• Conducted fieldwork, performed testing procedures, and documented findings across varied audit engagements.
• Worked on a Free Float assurance engagement under ISAE 3000 for Safemix Concrete Limited, verifying and reporting on the free float percentage of listed securities.
• Performed interim audit engagements under ISRE 2410, including analytical procedures, inquiry, and limited assurance reporting.
• Conducted cross-functional internal audits covering Revenue, Trade Receivables, Inventory, Store Management, and Procurement, evaluating control effectiveness, process efficiency and compliance with organizational standard operating procedures.

Aspirant Chartered Accountant - Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (2018)

Certified Business Accountant - Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (2018 - 2025)

Bachelor of Arts - Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan (2016 - 2018)