AZHER ABBAS
ACMA, CPA (Professional Level), CIMA (Strategic Level)
Senior Level Professional: Accounting and Financial Reporting
Marital Status: Single
Nationality: Pakistani
azherabbas.cma@gmail.com
Dubai, UAE (Visit Visa Validity: 25th Dec 2019)
Profile Summary
Competent, dynamic and result oriented professional offering a distinguished and insightful exposure of more than 08 years across Accounting, Costing, Financial Reporting, Planning and Analysis with organizations engaged in Manufacturing, Services, FMCG and Audit.
Extensive experience of:
-Financial and Management Reporting;
-VAT, Costing & Control;
-Expertise in dashboard, graphs, charts and strong analytical skills on large data sets;
-Extensive knowledge of application & compliance of IAS, IFRS;
-Team building and trainings;
-Oracle financials, SAP ERP and MS office.
Skill Set:
Oracle Financials & ERP Corporate Accounting & Reporting
Reconciliations
Internal & External Audits MS Office
Professional Education:
CPA Professional Level – Certified Public Accountant in Ireland
CIMA Strategic Level – Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK
CMA Associate Member – Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan
BSc – Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
Certifications:
Oracle Financials/SAP FICO – User Level (2012)
Career Timeline:
Glory Horizons General Trading LLC, Dubai
Accountant
(2017-2019)
Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services, Pakistan
Asst. Manager Accounts
2012-2016
Comfort Knitwears, Pakistan
Accountant
2010-2012
Trainings:
Presentation skills training course
Advance training on MS Excel and MS Words
SAP FICO ERP & Oracle Financials
Costing
Work Experience:
Glory Horizons General Trading LLC
Accountant
(April’17 – May’19)
Key Result Areas:
Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements & management reports;
Month-end Closing; including module closure (PA, FA, PO, INV and GL) with reports; Handled VAT Matters - filed the returns, payments and claims;
Managed Company Fund, Foreign Transactions, Facility Management including Invoice Discounting, Letter of Credit, Trust Receipt & Documents on Collection, etc;
Managed Receivables and payables, reconciliation of SOA;
Undertook the Inter-Company Transactions, Inter-Company Reconciliation and Assisted in Consolidation;
Performed periodical physical stock checks at all the locations and investigated & reported variances,
took necessary actions to liquidate the slow moving items, obsolete stock; Prepared Payroll, assisted in Budgeting and Variance Analysis;
Liaison with Internal & External Auditors for smooth Audit Functioning.
Accomplishments:
Identified Irregularities in Fixed Assets Register, Rectified the errors.
Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services Pakistan
Assistant Manager Accounts
(Nov’12 to Dec’16 )
Key Result Areas:
Ensured an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close;
Monitored the reconciliation of ledger, sub-ledger accounts ensuring correctness & completeness; Managed Account Receivables/Payables, carried the Complex Reconciliations and assisted in Preparation of Financial Statements;
Managed Funds and controlled multiple currency Accounts; Filing of VAT and Corporate Tax Returns;
Maintained Fixed Assets Schedule;
Collaborated within the team and cross functional departments, assisted in the Budgetary and Forecasting Process and reported the variances;
Monitored the Periodic Stock Count and Investigated the Variances; Monitored Payroll Preparation and disbursement;
Assisted & coordinated internal and external auditors, and address their concern to ensure adherence to the compliance.
Comfort Knitwears, Pakistan
Accountant
(Aug’10 to Oct’12)
Key Result Areas:
My responsibilities were Recording / Reporting / Analyzing Company Financial Statements.
Book keeping & Monthly Financial and management reporting; Receivables and payables management;
Dealing with banks and Petty Cash management;
Financial analysis of sales, cost and asset management;
Stock taking on monthly & yearly basis.
Asif Nadeem & Co. Chartered Accountants
Executive Trainee
(Jan’10 to Jul’10)
Assisted Finance Executive in Accounting, finance and Taxation matters.