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London, Gb

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Youngest board member - providing financial/commercial analysis and recommendations to drive effective strategic decision making.• Presenting compelling business cases to customers by employing business modelling and leveraging strong relationship with the customer’s Commercial and Finance/tax teams.• Detail Oriented – creating value and mitigating risks by reviewing supplier and customer contracts.• Financial Controlling and Budgeting / Forecasting. Reviewing and approving business cases/plans presented by commercial teams/BUs.• Reviewing management accounts and reporting packs of the company. Identifying and suggesting improvement areas of operational in-efficiencies and budget over-runs.• Directly investing and managing a diverse investment portfolio with investments in sectors ranging from Steel, Property, Telecom Infrastructure, Agriculture and end user gardening products. Average annual ROI of ~ 35%• Setting up smart business processes/operations/structure to complement the growth locally and internationally. • Developing strong internal control framework and financial policies.Major Projects:• Restructuring the commercial arrangement of B2B products to achieve ~180m cash savings per annum• Created a new income stream by setting up a diverse investment portfolio with the free cash flow yielding an annual ROI of ~ 35%.• Setting up new business entities for expansion in new business areas and markets.

Islamabad

• Financial Reporting and Enhanced Management Reporting. Presenting convincing business cases to C-level management on cost rationalisation / smart spend and leading the projects to achieve desired outcome.• Formulating Tax Strategy. Minimising tax exposure by adopting best practices and compliance of business operations with all relevant tax laws.• Devising strategy on ongoing litigations and ensuring all legal covers available to the company are availed and proper grounds of appeals are prepared and argued at the appellate forums.• Creating value through Efficient Working Capital Management. • Business Case modelling and investment appraisals using DCF models such as IRR and NPV.Major Projects:• Covering certain tax risks by availing the tax amnesty scheme. Saving ~50m.• Won tax litigation cases at appellate forums thereby averting tax demands ~120m• Improved internal controls and setup fully compliant processes which reduced the annual tax demands due to non-compliances by 100%.

Islamabad

Internal Reporting:• Reporting financial results of the company to parent company Vimpelcom on monthly, quarterly and annual basis through Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) module.• Responsible for getting quarterly package signed by external auditors with clean report• Preparation of internal memorandums documenting treatment of complex accounting transactions under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP• Balance Sheet and profit and loss reconciliations for Intergroup transactions and resolution of difference• Purchase Price Allocation and Push down accounting journals• Ensuring compliance with SOX controls relevant to Financial Reporting External Reporting:• Preparation of Statutory Financial Statements of PMCL in accordance with IFRS.• Consolidation of subsidiary companies of PMCL • Coordination with external auditors and resolution of issues for obtaining clean audit report• Quarterly reporting to the telecom regulator under telecom license requirements• Reporting to Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP ) on need basis• Ensuring compliance with SOX controls relevant to Financial Reporting Major Projects:• Integration of Warid Telecom Limited into Jazz existing financial structure

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Mergers & Acquisitions: Tax planning and evaluation of merger & acquisition transactions.• Project Management: Leading and coordinating implementation of major tax changes.• Audits, Appeals and Litigations: Devising legal strategy, attending hearings before authorities and finalizing audits and assessments.• Tax budgeting and advisory: Preparing business plans from tax perspective and providing appropriate tax advice in business transactions / contracts.• Compliances: Preparing and filing of Monthly Sales tax return of JAZZ/PMCL and subsidiaries. Major Projects:• Tax and financial evaluation of a merger / acquisition transaction (Warid)• Tax evaluation of a potential business carve-out transaction (Deodar Tower Co.)• ERP Automation

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Ensuring compliance of indirect taxes and filing of monthly Sales tax returns for all the companies in the group.• Advising Payroll staff on the tax liabilities / tax payable on remuneration.• Liaising with the tax consultant and tax authorities for on-going audits and litigations and updating management.• Vetting commercial offers and legal agreements from tax perspective (direct & indirect) to ensure compliance of local and international tax laws.• Handling Tax officials in a manner which ensures that our understanding is made clear to the officials and the interests of the company are safeguarded.Major Projects:• Obtaining refund from Tax authorities for $9m in 2014.• Automating manual processes to obtain optimal operational efficiency.

Islamabad

• Preparation of undistributed invoices report on a weekly basis for all the departments of the company.• Preparation of AP & payment status dashboard in an efficient and timely manner. Highlight the key areas and improve the information flow of the report such that it provides an overall/broad view to the management.• Scrutinizing the Expense Claim Form (ECF) invoicing process flow & make sure that all the claims are according to the defined policies & procedures.• Vetting and accurate processing of Cell Site rent schedules on a monthly basis.• Vetting and accurate processing of supplemental and new cell site rent schedules.• Preparing Hyperion schedules for group reporting such as the bifurcation of Capex and Opex and the realized and unrealized foreign exchange gain/loss of all entities on a monthly basis.• Reconciling the differences between Creditors Listing and AP Trial Balance and highlighting the differences in the creditors listing, AP trial balance and GL account balances to the ERP team for its rectification

Acca, Pass

Activities and Societies: Foreign Student Society-PakSoc

2:1, Bs In Applied Accounting