Kamran Aziz
(Job Seeker - Active)
Senior Audit Associate
Karachi, Pakistan
Summary of Career
1. Planning and coordination of engagements to meet tough deadlines, including team supervision and training.
2. Facilitating the audit teams during their field work, then reviewing their work and working on final deliverables to be issued to clients.
3. Assisting clients in preparation of Financial Statements in accordance with the applicable reporting framework which includes compliance with the International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards, local corporate laws and directives of regulatory authorities.
4. Review of accounting matters, internal control systems and compliance with local corporate laws like Companies Act, Code of Corporate Governance and suggesting procedures for their improvements.
5. Assessing business and audit risks and assessing their impacts on the financial statement assertions and guiding the teams accordingly.
6. Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annually Financial Statements
7. Preparation of monthly payroll and performing other admin work
8. Employing analytical skills to critically evaluate and document the existing business, accounting and finance systems/internal controls.
9. Preparation and filing of annual income tax return and wealth statement.
10. Communicating with clients for resolving issues identified by the audit teams during the field work
Experience as Factory Accountant
Pak Towels Industries
16 March 2015
19 May 2017
As a Factory Accountant my job responsibilities included:
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annually Financial Statements.
• Preparation of monthly payroll and performing other admin work.
• Preparation and filing of annual income tax return and wealth statement.
• Maintaining account of all vendors and customers.
• Employing analytical skills to critically evaluate and document the existing business, accounting and finance systems/internal controls.
Experience as Senior Audit Associate
24 May 2017
I was hired as an Audit Assistant then promoted to Audit Associate and now working as a Senior Audit Associate. My responsibilities include:
• Planning and coordination of engagements to meet tough deadlines, including team supervision and training.
• Facilitating the audit teams during their field work, then reviewing their work and working on final deliverable to be issued to clients.
• Assessing business and audit risks and assessing their impacts on the financial statement assertions and guiding the teams accordingly.
• Review of accounting matters, internal control systems and compliance with local corporate laws like Companies Act, Code of Corporate Governance and suggesting procedures for their improvements.
• Assisting clients in preparation of Financial Statements in accordance with the applicable reporting framework which includes compliance with the International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards, local corporate laws and directives of regulatory authorities.
• Communicating with clients for resolving issues identified by the audit teams during the field work.
• Coordinating with professionals of various fields like legal, actuarial and IT experts and decision making for resolution of critical report able matters.
• My clientele at RHZCO includes listed companies from steel and sugar manufacturing industries. While unlisted companies’ portfolio includes brokerage houses, educational sector, textile sector and several clients from service sector.
• Conducting training sessions on frequent basis to equip the audit assistants with updated audit approach including changes introduced by the regulators in the financial reporting frameworks.
Experience as Tax and Internal Audit Executive
01 August 2018
• Facilitating the audit teams during their field work, then reviewing their work and working on final deliverables to be issued to clients.
• Assessing business and audit risks and assessing their impacts on the financial statement assertions and guiding the teams accordingly.
• Review of accounting matters, internal control systems and compliance with local corporate laws like Companies Act, Code of Corporate Governance and suggesting procedures for their improvements.
• Review of accounting and internal control systems and recommending remedy for them including Review of internal control on financial reporting (ICFR).
• Conducting training sessions on frequent basis to equip the audit assistants with updated audit approach including changes introduced by the regulators in the financial reporting frameworks.
• Preparation of annual income tax return; e-filing of income tax return, sales tax return, monthly and annual statements.
• Advising clients on various tax planning matters affecting the client’s business.
• Advising clients on incorporating companies, partnership firms and sole proprietor businesses.
Experience as Accounts Intern
Wahid Industries Limited
15 September 2014
15 January 2015
Assists Assistant Manager Accounts in different day to day task
Bachelor 13 September 2013
Bachelors of Commerce From University of the Punjab, Pakistan Major Subjects include Advance Financial Accounting, Auditing, Cost Accounting, Business Taxation, Business Law and Economics.Other 11 November 2014
Assessment of Fundamental Concepts (CA-AFC level) by ICAP