Muhammad Zahid Imtiaz
Finance
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. • Drove successful process improvement & controls resulting elimination of deficiencies leading to successful operations and cost reduction.
2. • Excellent coordination skills; deft at negotiating with banks and financial institutions for raising fund and non-fund-based facilities at favourable terms to meet project requirements.
3. • Designed and implemented strategic business plans and incorporated work plans & KPIs to support performance management
4. • Reduced monthly and year-end closing time by improving processes and controls and designed detailed reports allowing Senior Management to make rapid and informed decisions
5. • Proficient in finance, accounting, risk management and internal controls (standard operating procedures, books of accounts), trade finance, working capital management, capital and revenue budgeting, cash flow modelling and forecasting.
6. • Oracle EBS-Designed structure at GL and TB level, conducted User Acceptance Testing Scenarios (UATs) on test server and prepared master data resulted in tracking costs, inventory reports and increased availability of information.
7. • Ensuring standard deliverables to management including monthly contribution analysis, statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income, ratio analysis particularly expense to sales ratio, mark-up calculation & analysis, debtors and creditors aging, cash flow budget and daily payment matrix (DPM);
8. • Monitoring financial performance by measuring and analyzing results through variance analysis tools (standard costing) and initiating corrective actions;
9. • Working on annual renewals and further arrangement of trade finance facilities & coordinating with banks to meet their requirements in terms of reporting and compliance, provide support for funding activities, negotiating finance cost and arrangement fee with top notch bankers of UAE, managing lines of trust receipts and export discounting (LC, CAD) worth of millions of Dollars (having multiple currencies exposure);
10. • Establishing operational strategies by evaluating trends, assessing critical success factors, business model to make sure customer satisfaction prevails within the organization as a core value;
Experience as Assistant Manager Accounts
02 January 2006
31 July 2008
• Prepared debtors and creditors aging analysis and reconciled statement of accounts with that of customers and suppliers;
• Prepared aging analysis of stock to calculate the opportunity cost of blocked funds;
• Prepared royalty expense reports and related payables (for authors of books which used to be published by PAC) based on related sales; and
• Prepared bank reconciliation statements and ensured timely delivery of monthly reporting pack to management.
Experience as Audit Supervisor
Grant Thornton
03 September 2008
28 May 2012
The experience of working in GT provided in-depth knowledge of risk management systems, accounting and financial reporting systems, audit and related assignments, International Financial Reporting Standards, preparation, analysis and review of financial statements & International Standards on Auditing.
Key Result Areas:
• Statutory audits which included analysis and reviews of financial statements including cash flow statements of various quoted and unquoted entities. Scope of work included ensuring compliance with management policies, identification of weaknesses in the system and examining financial statements to ensure compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and International Accounting Standards (IAS) and local reporting framework;
• Internal audits which included planning, understanding the business, scoping and assessing the key risks, performing the audit and developing improvement plans;
• preparation of financial statements in compliance with IFRS as applicable in Pakistan and Companies Ordinance 1984 while assessing various areas of financial statements such as employee benefits, taxation, foreign currency transactions, debt, revenue, fixed asset and equity;
• Documentation and review of system and policies which included preparation of system documentation in the form of transaction flow reviews (TFR), policies and procedures manuals, segregation of duty (SOD) matrices; carrying out detailed risk and control evaluation for significant business processes and development of initiatives/recommendations to rectify any control gaps identified;
• Performance and technical audits which included assessment of effectiveness, efficiency and economy with which resources were utilized; and
• Compliance with applicable statutory legislatures including the Companies Ordinance 1984, Code of Corporate Governance, Income Tax Ordinance 2001, Listing Regulations and other applicable laws.
Experience as Assistant Manager Accounts
CCL Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
17 September 2012
17 November 2014
Recruited to identify and report risk, prepared and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Liaised with local accountants/distributors (at foreign offices), operated Management Information System to assist high level decision making, prepared fixed assets’ register and enforced timely closing of books of accounts
Key Result Areas:
• Ensured closure of monthly books of accounts including analytical review of the monthly operating results to highlight the exceptions and anomies;
• Prepared and monitored capital budget, projected annual and monthly cash flow, feasibility reports, managed trade finance, dealt with banks and monitored the limits of various available debt facilities;
• Advised management on short- and long-term financial objectives and actions. Prepared financial statements, activity reports, and annual budgets; and
• Actively participated in implementation of Oracle-EBS a well-known ERP system, defined structure of financial modules, conducted UATs, prepared master data, and ensured parallel run.
• Trained and mentored staff to recognize and enhance their potential through brainstorming and feedback sessions and annual TNA (training need assessment) reviews.
Experience as Finance Manager
Paklite fzc
15 February 2015
31 December 2019
Reporting to CEO, spearhead and manage the Finance and Documentation Departments, designed & implemented systems, policies & procedures to ensure flawless functioning of internal control system and revamped internal procedures with respect to work-flow and communication.
Key Result Areas:
• Ensuring standard deliverables to management including monthly contribution analysis, statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income, ratio analysis particularly expense to sales ratio, mark-up calculation & analysis, debtors and creditors aging, cash flow budget and daily payment matrix (DPM);
• Monitoring financial performance by measuring and analyzing results through variance analysis tools (standard costing) and initiating corrective actions;
• Analyzing & understanding pain-points & key drivers while providing financial foresight to senior management in decision making and risk taking to grow the company;
• Working on annual renewals and further arrangement of trade finance facilities & coordinating with banks to meet their requirements in terms of reporting and compliance, provide support for funding activities, negotiating finance cost and arrangement fee with top notch bankers of UAE, managing lines of trust receipts and export discounting (LC, CAD) worth of millions of Dollars (having multiple currencies exposure);
• Establishing operational strategies by evaluating trends, assessing critical success factors, business model to make sure customer satisfaction prevails within the organization as a core value;
• Monitoring cash operating cycle (receivables, payables & inventories) through giving SMART targets to sales & operations department;
• Ensuring compliance of UCP versions with respect to letter of credit (Sight, UPAS, Usance) received from customers against sales contracts; and
• Consolidating financial statements of all entities for group level management reporting.
Bachelor 30 September 2003
Accounting, Business, Commerce, Economics, Reporting WritingOther 30 May 2008
Certificate in Accounting and Finance from Institute of Chartered Accountants of PakistanOther 27 July 2017
ACMA from Institute of Cost Accountants of IndiaOther 28 April 2018
MIPA-Australia