Bilal Farooq Email & Phone Number

Oman

Pakistan

Karachi

• Assist fund managers in due diligence, performing market research, financial analysis, and risk evaluation including review of historic and prospective financial information on portfolio holdings to ensure they continue to meet stated investment objectives.• Carrying out extensive financial modelling (DCF, SOTP, and Relative) and valuation - Sectors under coverage – Oil/Gas Marketing/ Power Generation & Distribution/Packaging.• Drafting investment reports and summaries for review by fund managers before submitting and presenting to the Investment Committee.• Keeping Investment Committee up to date with local market developments, mutual funds industry and new investment products (ETF’s and Derivatives).• Maintain up to date information on the latest economic trends in the country, and any updates in the financial markets.• Ensuring that all investment compliance regulations are met.

Karachi

• Analyzed public securities to provide investment recommendations. Sectors under coverage - Oil/Gas Marketing, Autos, and Power Generation Downstream Oil/Gas Companies - PSO, APL, HASCOL, & SNGPL Power Generation Companies - HUBC, NPL, NCPL, LPL, PKGP & EPQL Other Companies - PAEL • Created, and regularly updated financial models.• Attended the conference and corporate earnings calls; utilize industry-specific data in support of company coverage; review business and trade publications, and annual reports.• Developed and wrote research reports, earning previews/reviews and other publications to be presented to management or shareholders.• Assisted HOD in Pakistan’s Equity Market Outlook 2018.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Provided student support & conducted weekly lectures for ACCA financial management exams ( F9 & P4).• Designed lesson materials, practice questions and grading mock exams. • Researched on emerging issues in finance for better understanding of students. •Acted as a liaison for feedback between students and the lecturer.

Lahore, Pakistan

Worked on an off-shore client “Prime Communications – (Largest Retailer for AT&T)” in the USA as a Finance/Supply Chain Analyst.Responsibilities:• Perform monthly balance sheet, income statement, and budget variance analysis.• Real-time monitoring for sales, purchases and cash registers for 450+ stores across the USA.• Performing Cash and Bank reconciliation region wise on a Bi-Weekly basis and follow up on issues with the district managers.• Researching and analyzing data to extract meaningful information and statistics for Business Intelligence.• Supervising claim management for all types of shortages, discrepancies for products and communicating with AT&T for such discrepancies.• Identification and rectification of potential fraud and nonconformities.• Publish and communicate a weekly inventory discrepancy report to loss prevention and Supply Chain department for further action.• Generating reports, handling critical data and communication for the client and vendors (AT&T, TESCO, C2 Wireless, Dream Gear and Phobio) on daily, weekly and monthly basis.• Feedback reporting and conducting meetings to ensure efficiency and rectification of errors in the process.

Lahore

• Conducted monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.• Scrutinizing financial reports and records for accuracy and reliability in relation to total loan disbursement, loan recoveries, insurance and other fees in their respective regions.• Ensured proper documentation for all business transaction by cross-verifying transactions with vouchers and other supporting documents.• Evaluated business operations including revenue and expenditure trends and assisted senior management to improve operations at different clients.• Prepared balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other financial reports in compliance with IAS/IFRS.• Assisted in planning and execution of Internal Audit assignments and finalizing reports to highlight issues.• Risk assessments on key business activities (Finance, HR and Operations) and using this information to guide what to cover in audits.• Demonstrated leadership skills while leading teams on regional stock counts, fixed assets verification and loan disbursements of various clients.Major clientele: • Airlink Communication (Distributors of Huawei mobiles in Pakistan) • Akhuwat Foundation (NGO - Micro Finance)• Punjab Education Endowment Fund (PEEF) • Riaz Bottlers (Pepsi Co)• Micro Drip Ltd.

Level Iii Candidate

Bsc(Hons) In Applied Accounting

Acca