Umair Tariq

Results-driven Finance and Tax Executive with over three years of progressive experience in corporate tax advisory, financial accounting, and regulatory compliance. Proven track record of optimizing accounts payable workflows, enhancing financial reporting accuracy to 98%, and re-engineering payroll processes. Adept at analyzing complex corporate records to capture tax-saving opportunities and protect organizational compliance.

Currently pursuing ACCA and B.Com to bring strategic, multi-disciplinary financial expertise to a dynamic multinational environment.

Tax Executive - Absar & Company - Karachi, Pakistan

(2024-12)

• Review and analyze complex client financial portfolios to ensure highly accurate, complete, and compliant preparation of structural corporate income tax returns.
• Manage end-to-end filing workflows with local, provincial, and federal tax departments, ensuring 100% statutory deadline compliance.
• Tax Audit Facilitation: Partnered with senior leadership to defend client tax audits before regulatory authorities, successfully minimizing legal exposure through meticulous evidentiary documentation verification.
• Analyze corporate financial statements to identify potential financial discrepancies and uncover structural opportunities for improved tax planning.

Finance Executive - Zara Mobility PVT LTD - Karachi, Pakistan

(2020-01 - 2024-12)

• Accounts Payable Improvement: Streamlined vendor payout workflows and internal validation structures, reducing accounts payable turnover by 15% within two quarters.
• Payroll Processing Efficiency: Re-engineered the corporate payroll model to increase automated operational velocity by 25%, safely cutting manual processing time down to two hours.
• Sales Reconciliation Optimization: Managed continuous daily income records and point-of-sale reconciliations, directly contributing to a 30% revenue tracking growth over a one-year cycle.
• ERP Migration Support: Played a core cross-functional role in transitioning legacy corporate financial ledgers into modern cloud-based automation modules, eliminating systemic data entry errors.

Account Officer - Sizzlerz & Chopsoy - Karachi, Pakistan

(2017-11 - 2020-01)

• Directed core accounting engine workflows including voucher entry, ledger adjustments, cash disbursements, and bank deposits for a high-volume multi-location hospitality operation.
• Maintained rigorous financial oversight by compiling and regularizing detailed Profit & Loss statements, Cash Flow updates, and partner drawing records.
• Internal Cost Auditing: Initiated a quarterly waste-reduction review across food service branches, resulting in a measurable decline in overhead leakage.
• Conducted multi-tiered daily cash, bank, and credit card reconciliations to guarantee absolute ledger integrity and minimize structural discrepancies.

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (A.C.C.A) - Accounting - KnS School Of Business Studies (2023-01)

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Commerce - University Of Karachi (2023-01)