Maher Ali, Chartered Certified Accountant

About

Hi, I am an accountant with (ACCA) UK qualification and I have a bachelor's degree in accountancy and finance from the University of Karachi. I have worked for more than ten years in different industries. Currently, I am working as a head of accounts & finance department and manage the day to day accounting, bookkeeping, financial management task and I lead my team in the department, before this, I have worked in big accounting and auditing firm as an external auditor. My Expertise is: -Preparation of year-end accounts (Actual P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow, and notes) -preparation of management accounts/financial statements -Bookkeeping in accounting software -Bookkeeping in excel -Financial forecasting for business plan (forecasted P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow & Graphs) -Microsoft Excel advanced level formulas -Bank reconciliation -Fixed assets register -Forms in Excel Apart from above, I convert Excel, PDF & Word files into each other formats. reach out to me, I will response you guaranteed.

Experience

Pakistan Institute of labour education and research

Mar 2017 – Nov 2020

karachi

Manager Accounts & Finance

• Preparation of annual financial statements & monthly management accounts. • Co-ordination with statutory auditors • Finalize of journal vouchers, payment vouchers and receipt vouchers • To assist the joint director and CEO • Dealing with complex and adjusting transactions while closing period end books. • Support in strategic decision making • Review, finalization of payroll and managing employee incentive plans. • Review and check monthly bank reconciliation. • Monthly analysis of the financial position for the arrangement of fund shortage. • Co-ordination with donors for the quarterly projects’ audits, budgets, eligibility assessment and due diligence • Preparation of projects’, organizational annual and monthly budgets. • To ensure the staff income tax and supplier WHT deducted properly and paid to government timely. • To review receivable/payables reconciliation of the different projects to each other and guide assistants for necessary adjustments. • To support management committee for the design and implementation of SOP(s) • Ensure the compliance with donors’ funding and expenses guidelines and organizational policies and procedures • Other tasks assigned by management

Pakistan Institute of labour education and research

May 2014 – Feb 2017

karachi

Assistant Manager Accounts & Finance

Responsibilities were as under: • Bookkeeping, preparation of journal vouchers, payment vouchers and receipt vouchers • Preparation of monthly management accounts • To assist director finance and manager finance • Closing period end books. • Preparation of payroll and along with employee incentive plans. • Preparation of bank reconciliation • Calculation of staff Withholding tax • Preparation of budgets of specific projects • Preparation of receivable/payable reconciliation of the different projects to each other. • Preparation of staff loan amortization schedules.

Baker Tilly Mehmood Idrees Qamar Chartered Accountants

Aug 2009 – Apr 2014

Pakistan

Audit Associate

key responsibilities • Effective planning & execution of assignments to meet stringent deadlines; • Conducting business & audit risk assessment through client meetings, industry-specific research, market analysis and cumulative audit knowledge; • Establishing the Overall Audit Strategy & preparing Audit Plan in the context of applicable financial reporting framework, industry-specific reporting requirements &reporting objectives of the engagement; • supervising the progress of audit including consultations on difficult or contentious matters. •Assisting clients in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) & local regulations; • Providing basic advisory services to clients in respect of accounting treatments of complex transactions. • Evaluating system of internal control & risk management procedures, identifying control weaknesses & suggesting appropriate best practices to client management. • On-the-job training of assistants.

Education

Association of chartered Certified Accountant

Sep 2008 – Jun 2019

ACCA, Accounting, finance & audit

Maher Ali

Chartered Certified Accountant

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