Blink Lab USA
Accountant (Remote) January to July 2023
Providing accounting services online to Blink Lab USA and its sister company Cape Mount Management (CMM) Bahrain. The services include bookkeeping and the headquarterproduction of financial statements.
WWF-Pakistan (an international organization with head quarter in Switzerland)
Manager Finance and Operations July 2021 – June 2023
Supervising finance, HR, administration, procurement, and IT on the regional level. The specific functions include but not limited to:
- Prepare organizational, regional, projects and operational budgets and monitor budget progress
- Ensure sufficient liquidity to meet cash demand
- Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures related to Finance, Operations, Consultancies, Health & Safety, Procurement, IT, Human Resources, etc.
- Review and endorse vouchers, accounting documents and sign cheques as a bank signatory
- Ensure complete bookkeeping according to IAS and GAAP
- Ensure compliance with statutory tax rules (withholding and VAT)
- Reporting on the financial position including income statements, statements of financial position and cash flow statement.
- Prepare and submit internal and external financial reports according to IFRS
- Provide financial management, planning and analysis expertise for projects leads
- Provide support in HR matters including recruitment, staff capacity building, attendance, leave records, payroll of short-term staff, etc.
- Responsible for the overall management of operations, including procurements, logistics/travel, office administration, and IT systems
- Ensure a transparent procurement system as per regional needs and guidelines
- Oversee regional procurements of goods and services (quotations, comparatives, PO, vendor agreements, etc.)
- Adopt and regularly review proper and adequate measures to ensure the security of assets and staff
- Ensure office premises and assets are properly maintained
- Oversees support staff including finance, operations and IT officers
- Coordinate the execution of internal/external financial, operations, and program reviews or audits, and ensure timely follow up to review or audit conclusions and recommendations.
- Coordinate with projects teams to ensure activities are on track as per work plans and budgets
- Conduct due diligence of downstream partners
- Coordination with downstream partners to ensure compliance against donor grants
- Appraise Project Steering Committee (PSU) about projects’ financial progress
Global Consultancy Management (GCM)
Operations Manager August 2019 – June 2021
I was responsible for the Operations of GCM, which had projects of Avondale Care Group USA. Main tasks were budget management, financial management, team management, treasury management, performance monitoring, compliance, reporting, ensuring compliance of internal policies, & audits.
IMC WorldWide Ltd. (UK)
Audit Manager November 2015– December 2018
My key duties included
- Conducted more than fifteen internal audits of CPMU functions (Finance, IT, HR, Administration, Security, General Procurement and Capital Procurement).
- Carried out the audits of Provincial andDistrict Offices as per annual audit plan.
- Conducted various fraud-related investigations and issued reports with findings and recommendations to minimize exposure to frauds
- Prepare audit work program prior to each audit
- Review systems and operations to ensure compliance with internal policies, laws and regulations
- Analyze financial statements and evaluate the accuracy and completeness of financial records
- Report on the findings and make recommendations against those findings.
- Liaise with the Head of Audit (HoA)in relation to the audits.
- Review and feedback on annual audit work plan to the HoA.
