Sana Ibrar

CA Finalist and Accounts professional with 10+ years of professional experience in a large-scale manufacturing environment. Skilled in financial reporting, accounting operations, audit coordination, and process improvement. Known for accuracy, sound financial judgment, ownership, and effective cross-functional collaboration. Experienced in mentoring junior team members and supporting business objectives.

Manager Accounts — Head of Cotton, Fiber & Booking & Payment of Import Clearing Expenses at Fazal Cloth Mills Limited (2024-08 – Present)

Current Responsibilities

• Reporting and analyzing future and pending contracts of imported cotton
• Tracking import shipments to ensure adequate stock coverage and identify potential shortages.
• Conducting stock coverage analysis and planning on weekly basis and reporting to the CEO for timely arrangement of imported raw material.
• Planning local fiber procurement and managing local fiber suppliers
• Overseeing raw material sales and maintaining liaison with customers and brokers
• Approving online payments through company bank accounts.
• Validating and approving departmental documentation, including purchase orders, vouchers, and payments
• Collaborating with group companies on raw material matters and imports
• Exchanging raw material information and industrial practices with other industrial units
• Coordinating with marketing, production, and accounts departments in order to maintain the adequate level of raw material stock to avoid any disruption in the production process.
• Reviewing and updating departmental internal controls to mitigate potential threats
• Documented departmental SOPs
• Planned departmental work and evaluated staff performances.
• Providing on-the-job training for departmental staff, including CA trainees
• Delivering departmental management reporting to the Group CFO and CEO on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
• Executing additional special assignments as directed by the CFO & CEO.
• Played a critical role during a major fire incident by preparing valuation reports and comprehensive import/arrival documentation — including trails for burnt stock transferred from other units — ensuring seamless compliance and supporting the recovery process
• Provided accurate stock valuations, purchase data, and supporting documentation during an FBR stock count, ensuring full regulatory compliance.
• Contributed to an 84% reduction in demurrage and detention charges — on CEO's direction, closely monitored import consignments and coordinated with the import department to identify and flag cost drivers, bringing charges down to just 16% of the previous year's total
• Trained and mentored CA trainees over the course of tenure, strengthening departmental talent pipeline

Manager Accounts — Yarn | Fixed Asset Management | Reporting & Management Accounting at Fazal Cloth Mills Limited (2019-02 – 2024-08)

Previous Responsibilities

• Managed yarn procurement reporting, inventory-related accounting, and supplier payments.
• Reviewed and approved export-related expenses, including sea freight, local export freight, clearing, and forwarding charges.
• Managed booking and payment of local import freight and other operational expenses.
• Reviewed local sales and export commission bills to prevent duplicate or excess payments.
• Maintained fixed-asset records and controlled additions and disposals in the Oracle Fixed Assets module.
• Prepared fixed-asset schedules, asset registers, CWIP movement reports, and related reconciliations.
• Reconciled fixed assets with store issuances and imported plant values with final LC cost sheets.
• Prepared stock valuation reports covering fabric, work-in-progress, and waste.
• Prepared quarterly presentations for Board of Directors meetings and management accounts.
• Supported improvements in fixed-asset reporting and tagging.

CA Trainee at Fazal Cloth Mills Limited (2016-12 – 2019-01)

• Worked across internal audit, inventory, accounts payable, and general ledger functions.
• Performed sales-tax reconciliations, income-tax and deferred-tax workings, and monthly withholding-tax filings.
• Conducted pre-audit and post-audit reviews of cash and bank payments.
• Audited stores, raw-material purchases, vouchers, payments, petty-cash expenses, and withholding-tax payments.
• Participated in monthly raw-material and finished-goods stock counts.
• Prepared salary and strength comparisons, stock-status reports, and loom-costing reports.
• Audited DTRE workings and supporting documentation.
• Used Oracle ERP modules for transaction review, voucher verification, and audit procedures.

CA Trainee at Mehboob Sheikh & Co. (2015-07 – 2016-12)

• Assisted with annual audits for manufacturing, oil, feed, agro, and soap-industry clients.
• Supported preparation and filing of income-tax, sales-tax, and withholding-tax returns.
• Performed audit testing, documentation, vouching, reconciliations, and other tax assignments

CA Finalist in CFAP-level subjects completed: Tax Planning and Practices; Advanced Corporate Laws and Practices; Strategy and Performance Measurement. – Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

ACCA (Part Qualified), Associate Certified Chartered Accountant in 7 Papers exempted on the basis of CAF Qualification (CA Pakistan); Financial Management, Financial Reporting, and Strategic Business Reporting completed – ACCA

Graduation – BZU, Multan

Intermediate & Matriculation – BISE Multan