Waleed Satti

Accountant with 3+ years of experience in US GAAP financial reporting, general ledger accounting, and internal controls across energy, trade operations, and professional services.

Background spans journal entry preparation, month-end close, account reconciliations, and budgeting in both SAP and QuickBooks environments. Holds CMA qualification (16/18 papers) with formal training in financial reporting, audit, and management accounting.

Senior Associate at BestPro (2025-07 – Present)

Manage accounting and internal audit work for a portfolio of clients across trade, services, and e-commerce. Responsible for full-cycle bookkeeping, month-end close, and audit execution across multiple engagements.

• Handle end-to-end accounting for a client operating in the textile trade space: the client sources garments from Chinese manufacturing vendors and supplies large apparel brands including Apricot, managing vendor payments, customer invoicing, inventory adjustments, and intercompany settlements. Maintain the full ledger in QuickBooks Online and produce GAAP-ready financials by the 10th business day each month.
• Prepare and post all journal entries covering accruals, prepayments, depreciation, COGS allocations, and period-end adjusting entries; maintain a complete audit trail with source documents attached in QBO.
• Perform monthly bank, credit card, and clearing account reconciliations; investigate all reconciling items, correct mispostings, and obtain missing documentation before close to keep books clean and auditable.
• Execute internal audit engagements for other firm clients: design risk-based audit programs, test the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting, document findings, and issue reports with actionable recommendations to management.
• Review work of junior associates before client delivery; provide real-time guidance on accounting treatment and ensure quality standards and deadlines are consistently met across the team.
• Build monthly cash flow and expense forecasts using recent trend data; present variance versus actuals analysis to clients to flag cash needs and pacing issues before they escalate.

Analyst — Budgeting & Management Reporting at Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDCL) (2024-07 – 2025-06)

Junior analyst in the Budgeting and Management Reporting team at Pakistan's largest E&P company. Supported the annual budget cycle, financial modelling, and monthly management reporting under senior oversight.

• Assisted with the annual budgeting cycle in SAP BPC: consolidated department submissions, enforced planning templates and assumptions, and helped assemble the final budget book presented to senior management and government stakeholders.
• Helped build field-level financial models in Excel to evaluate drilling campaigns and acreage acquisitions, calculating NPV, IRR, and payback under oil price decks ranging from $45 to $85 per barrel. Gained direct exposure to energy-sector investment analysis.
• Contributed to monthly and quarterly OPEX and CAPEX rolling forecasts; ran driver-based updates and sensitivity scenarios to support cash planning decisions.
• Prepared sections of the monthly management reporting pack including P&L summaries, cash flow statements, and KPI dashboards; performed budget versus actual variance analysis isolating price, volume, and efficiency drivers with recommended corrective actions.
• Maintained SAP BPC master data including cost centers, project codes, and planning versions, and supported data accuracy and clean handoffs between BPC, SAC, and the core ERP system.

Accountant & Tax Associate at WR Cooper & Co. (2022-10 – 2024-07)

Managed bookkeeping, financial reporting, and US tax compliance for a portfolio of US-based clients. Built financial models and reporting tools used in client funding and operational decisions.

• Delivered full-cycle bookkeeping for e-commerce clients on Shopify, Amazon, and Etsy using QuickBooks Online and Xero; posted COGS, inventory transfers, and platform fees via A2X, and produced GAAP-ready financial statements by the 10th business day each month.
• Performed monthly bank, PayPal, Stripe, and credit card reconciliations for multiple clients; identified and corrected all discrepancies and produced clean, final financial statements including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow report.
• Prepared US federal and multi-state income tax returns (Forms 1040, 1040-NR) and managed sales-tax compliance across 40+ states using TaxJar and Avalara AvaTax; achieved a 100% on-time filing record with zero penalties across all client engagements.
• Built three-year financial models in Excel and Forecastr covering revenue forecasts, cash-burn analysis, and scenario planning; two clients used these models to secure $250,000 in seed funding.

Chartered Management Accountant (CMA) in Finance Major – Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (2019)

BSc Business Administration in Finance Major – Allama Iqbal Open University (2022-06 – 2026-06)