Saeed Ul Riaz Email & Phone Number

Pakistan

Islamabad

My services are available for personal and professional development.

Islamabad

ASK Development is a human resource management, training and capacity building, financial and logistics management, and project management organization. It is delivering management services to clients including UNICEF, PTCL, Huawei Technologies, First Microfinance Bank, Allied Bank and Bank of Khyber in Pakistan. I am heading the program development unit for the organization where we design program development strategies, projects implementation plan, branding strategy, online business promotion, service profiles development, developing new project proposals, training programs development, delivering conferences, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Accomplishments on job: • Coordination of program activities for multiple client organizations• Development of customized training programs based on clients requirements • Organizing Conferences, trainings and orientation sessions for the diverse audience• Developed organizational web contents with updates in profile contents and social media marketing• Launched the HR Executive diploma courses and social media marketing with Abasyn University • Regularly prepare technical and financial proposals for clients under program development activities• Qualified the bid for implementing the GIZ funded program for three months internship placement of 42 DAFI Scholars (permanent resident Afghan refugees in Pakistan) in Peshawar KP. It was a quick response project where I lead developing project activities plan, finalizing list of internees, selection of interns employing organizations, orientations, intern orientations on SOPs and placement with 10 organizations, performance follow-ups, financial disbursement of stipends to interns, management reporting and project completion report to the client. • Updated organizational website, profiles and worked on social media marketing strategy

Islamabad, Pakistan

ACT is a rights based non-for-profit organization working for uplifting the marginalized people in the society particularly women and children. I joined the ACT team in Feb 2017 and performed below assignments:• Developed management review report of programmatic and financial performance with 3 years program plan• Worked on annual organizational review of the on-going projects including Gender Based Violence (GBV) funded by Trocaire, Youth mentorship program funded by UNDP, Youth Volunteering project with Universities funded by UN Volunteers (UNV) and BISP Waseela e Taleem Project funded by DFID• Worked on annual budget 2017-18 exercise for the organization for appropriate funds allocation towards programmatic and administrative activities• Worked on inception of NADRA project for FATA Temporarily Displaced People- Early Recovery Program and focused on hiring project team in the FATA agencies under PMU Economic Affairs Division, GOP• Worked on preparing inception report of the project detailing project background, project objectives, need for Beneficiary Mobilization Campaign (BMC) and the project implementation strategy• Preparation of work plans for field teams and involving the project partner firm for Public information Campaign (PIC) through print and electronic media public messaging advertisements• Preparation of training plan and participation in a two-days training of project field staff about the BMC campaign activities, key messages, target audience and beneficiaries reach out strategies • Worked on preparing the cost estimates for the deliverables in the project under budget line items• Worked on early birth registration project in Khyber agency as sub-partner firm with MIDAS. The project involved hiring of field staff with identification and uptake of early birth registration process• Worked on developing new project proposals and expression of interests for the organization

Islamabad

The civilian assistance program managed by USAID Pakistan provided technical and financial support in the areas of public health, education, economic development, democracy and governance, climate change and disaster response, gender equity, and infrastructure development among other themes. During my seven years association with the program there were ample opportunities to learn in country and international training and development that provided me an umbrella understanding of international development in the ever changing socio-political environment.During 2010-2016 I actively participated in the financial management and program development tasks of the OAPA and learned about the Foreign Assistance Programming, Program Analysis and Design, Appropriation Law and other valuable tools and skills that are critical in public infrastructure as well as Human Resource development in the developing countries. In my rotating work responsibilities I have:• Developed records and monitored reports for effective performance management of USAID Pakistan program• Delivered accounting services based on US Govt. standards to effectively implement on ground projects • Analyzed trends of actual expenditures vs. project budgets and provided technical assistance to program team• Analyzed financial reports for reporting of accrued expenditures to US Government on quarterly basis• Worked as coordinator between USAID and Economic Affairs Division, Govt. of Pakistan for loans repayment• Performed accounting operations for operating and project funds in automated accounting system (Phoenix) • Performed job assignment as Financial Clerk where I reviewed and processed implementing partners invoices in customized payments software ASIST

Islamabad

Organization maintained its projects throughout Pakistan in collaboration with various funding partners including US Department of Labor, ECHO, DFID, UNICEF and alliance partners etc. I have performed following main position duties:- Managed the operational and the project accounts of the organization.- Operated SUN Accounts software for cash and bank reconciliation on monthly basis.- Managed grants funds and facilitated regular internal audits of Accounts.- Managed FBS budgeting software for income and expense forecasts.- Prepared staff payrolls and income Tax adjustments.

Islamabad

Worked in CATALYST Consortium Pakistan office where Pathfinder International was the lead organisation to handle the Optimal Birth Spacing Initiative for newborn. I was responsible for project financial management, budgeting and regular reporting of the accounts to the Head Office in a computerized environment.

Peshawar

FEF is a semi-autonomous foundation working to promote education plans for deserving students in KPK. The project plans included establishing degree colleges for females, scholarship programs, grants/loans/funds management, and new programs development under the Board of Directors leadership. My work portfolio included:• Developed the annual budgets and disbursement mechanisms for the central office, degree colleges, schools loans and scholarship programs and regularly monitoring the disbursements as scheduled • Implemented project financial procedures to establish fourteen degree colleges for girls in districts of KPK• Developed mechanisms for scholarships awards to deserving students within annual disbursements cycle

Islamabad

The management consultancy worked for developing governance, capacity building, financial management and automation systems of client organizations. My work portfolio included:• Worked on financial modeling and institutional capacity building of Rawalpindi WASA• Assisted in implementation of manual and automated financial and billing system for RWASA • Developed research study for grant funding from MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology) towards solid waste management recycling.• Surveyed 40 SMEs for EU funded project Asia-Qual and attended workshop on TQM tools at Gaia, Spain

Masters In Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Finance, Macro Economics, Micro Economics

Developmental economics and project management

Masters In Business Administration, Financial Management

Activities and Societies: Actively participated in the debate competitions and student welfare society as Finance Secretary Studied.