Usman Abdullah

Over 18 years of experience in financial, management reporting and accounting covering different projects of different industries. Hands on experience of providing professional advice in strategic sectors such as financial reporting, taxation, auditing, payroll, stores and projects management. Proficient at managing the overall finance function including financial planning, maintenance of accounts, working capital management, profitability monitoring, capital restructuring, and building internal financial controls.

GROUP FINANCE MANAGER - KITCHEN CUISINE (PVT) LIMITED

(2010-10)

Working for a successful corporate sector entity engaged in food business having bakeries, restaurants and flight catering services all over the country.

• Developing and maintaining accurate financial & management reports, records for all entries/projects for internal and external stakeholders on monthly, quarterly & annual basis.
• Auditing financial transactions and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
• Develop and maintain financial systems, procedures, and policies to ensure accuracy and efficiency in all financial transactions.
• Managing investments and capital transactions in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
• Guiding and advising senior management on financial strategies and decisions.
• Developing corporate financial strategies to maximize returns and minimize risk.
• Ensure accurate and timely filing of all tax returns
• Monitor cash flows and preparing cash flow forecasts for short and long term planning
• Ensure timely invoicing of National & International carrier airlines inside & outside Pakistan including Pakistan International Airlines, Shaheen Air, Air Blue, Air Sial, Fly Jinnah, Serene Air, Srilankan Air, Virgin Atlantic, Air China, for the domestic & international flights.
• Follow up of receivable and its reconciliation with National & International carrier airlines.
• Costing of all the product lines of the entity to determine impact of cost on profitability and revision of sales prices.
• Making the payments of all vendors, rentals, salaries etc via IBFT (ACH) , payorders (LBC), cross cheques (CC) through Standard Chartered Bank Straight through Bank (S2B).

FINANCE & COMPLIANCE MANAGER - SACH STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE

(2009-12 - 2010-09)

Worked in the SACH-Struggle for Change (NGO) as a Finance & Compliance Officer. SACH is registered under the Societies Act 1860. Its main objective is to have violence free society, where human beings, especially marginalized sections of the society, could practice their rights without any fear of being exploited and exposed to violence and torture. Responsible for different projects accounting and compliance funded by multiple international organizations.

• Report to the Executive Director and leading the whole finance department on day-to-day financial operations within the organization.
• Conduct and attend weekly management meetings on organization projects and compliances.
• Perform financial analysis and present financial reports to the donors.
• Oversee all financial, operation and funds accounting activities.
• Lead annual budgeting and planning activities.
• Administers and reviews all financial plans and budgets.
• Managing cash flow and forecasting activities.
• Lead the audit processes and liaison with external auditors

AUDIT SENIOR - BDO EBRAHIM & CO., Chartered Accountants

(2009-04 - 2009-11)

Responsible for planning, execution and finalizations of audits in accordance with the BDO audit approach, which includes various organizations in the oil, manufacturing, government, construction and NGO sectors. Worked as a team leader of two to six people team on external audits.

• Developing the audit strategy and audit plan, which in turn included obtaining understanding of client's business, information systems and internal control environment.
• Preparing tailored audit plans focused on individual clients' business areas significant to the financial statements that are relevant to clients' risk profiles.
• Planning and allocating resources to meet audit objectives.
• Performing test of controls and determining nature, timing and extent of substantive procedures based on the control assessment of existing internal controls.
• Providing sufficient amount of Direction, Supervision and Review to audit staff assigned at the audit.
• Evaluating the financial information provided by the client.
• Reviewing financial statements against the evidence collected in the audit process.
• Advising and consulting with the client on audit concerns.
• Preparing a formal audit report to express an opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial statements.
• Ensuring that financial statements are prepared in conformity with the identified local and international financial reporting frameworks.
• Advising clients on improving their internal control systems by identification of risk areas and recommending strategies for reducing risk through preparation of Internal Control Memorandums.
• Advising clients regarding their regulatory obligations.
• Designing, developing internal control system and procedures and evaluating existing systems of various clients.
• Ability to plan, organize & implement several projects simultaneously giving close attention to each assignment.

SEMI-SENIOR - BDO EBRAHIM & CO., Chartered Accountants

(2007-05 - 2009-04)

JUNIOR - BDO EBRAHIM & CO., Chartered Accountants

(2006-05 - 2007-04)

CA Finalist - Chartered Accountancy - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)

Articleship - Chartered Accountancy - BDO EBRAHIM & CO., Chartered Accountants (2006-05 - 2009-11)

Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) - Pre-Engineering - Army Public School and College, Ordinance Road, Rawalpindi (2002)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) - Quaid-e-Azam International School, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi (2000)