Abdul Aziz Afzal Siddiqui

Finance Specialist at The Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture - ICCIA
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(386) 825-5501
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Karāchi, PK

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Experience

    • Pakistan
    • International Trade and Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Finance Specialist
      • Feb 2023 - Present

      Karachi Division, Sindh, Pakistan • Involved in ERP implementation of Finance, Accounts and HR modules. • Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records, including ledgers, journals, invoices, and receipts. • Record financial transactions, verify their accuracy, and ensure proper documentation for auditing and compliance purposes. • Monitoring cash flow, optimizing working capital, and ensuring that there is enough liquidity to meet financial obligations. • Generating timely and accurate various financial… Show more • Involved in ERP implementation of Finance, Accounts and HR modules. • Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records, including ledgers, journals, invoices, and receipts. • Record financial transactions, verify their accuracy, and ensure proper documentation for auditing and compliance purposes. • Monitoring cash flow, optimizing working capital, and ensuring that there is enough liquidity to meet financial obligations. • Generating timely and accurate various financial reports. • Managing tax-related matters, ensuring compliance with tax laws, and optimizing tax strategies to minimize the organization’s tax liability. • Utilizing financial software and tools to streamline financial operations, improve accuracy, and enhance overall efficiency. • Process payroll, including calculating salaries, taxes, and deductions and ensure timely and accurate disbursement of employee salaries and benefits. • Manage accounts payable by processing vendor invoices, verifying discrepancies, and ensuring timely payments. • Handle accounts receivable by generating invoices, following up on overdue payments, and managing tenants’ accounts. • Assist in the preparation of budgets and financial forecasts as well as monitor budgetary performance, analyze variances, and provide recommendations for cost control and optimization. • Reconcile bank statements with the company's financial records to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Finance Analyst
      • May 2022 - Nov 2022

      Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1. To draw out variance report b/w Actual & Forecasted In Market Sales (IMS) conversion factor. 2. IMS Compiling, analyzing, managing & reporting. 3. Month end closing activities such as IMS for Anaplan by brand, IMS LE obtaining from respective markets, Trade Spend & Net Revenue summary & IMS to NR region wise, TS accrual run etc. 4. Price Validation/ CIF Closing Report - Monthly. 5. E-commerce GS, TS & COGS monthly reporting in SAP Fusion for GCC. 6. Customer Development… Show more 1. To draw out variance report b/w Actual & Forecasted In Market Sales (IMS) conversion factor. 2. IMS Compiling, analyzing, managing & reporting. 3. Month end closing activities such as IMS for Anaplan by brand, IMS LE obtaining from respective markets, Trade Spend & Net Revenue summary & IMS to NR region wise, TS accrual run etc. 4. Price Validation/ CIF Closing Report - Monthly. 5. E-commerce GS, TS & COGS monthly reporting in SAP Fusion for GCC. 6. Customer Development Agreement (CDA) Primary, Fixed, progressive etc. & Non CDA Display, TPR, Flyer etc. Debit Notes validation according to CDA Contracts - GCC 7. CDA, Non CDA & Trade Spend i.e., Promo Conversion/co-packaging, additional margin etc. PO issuance according to budget assigned/available as well as PO closure. 8. Project of automating CDA actualization in Power BI. 9. Power Financials to check, analyze & compilation based on reported numbers by Developing Markets (DvM) i.e., GCC, LEVANT, Southern Africa & North Africa. 10. Assisting in FC2, FC3 & Plan to create GL wise P&L uploader - DvM 11. IMS to NR reconciliation and compilation, MTD, YTD & BTG as well - DvM - All reports are in multiple currencies such as QTR, BHD, OMR, KWD, USD & global reporting into GBP. - All JDs were for both Business Units i.e., Health (14 Brands) & Hygiene (9 Brands) Show less

    • Account Officer
      • Apr 2017 - Dec 2021

      Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. Brief Job Description:- 1. Involved in implementation of Accounts payable & taxation function in SAP S/4 HANA FICO Module. 2. Responsible for GL controlling, reconciling inter-company’s transactions and to raise Debit Notes to related parties & ensure timely settlement. 3. To file GST & SRB return monthly and initiating working & calculation thereof. 4. Responding to notices issued by Govt. authorities (mostly FBR & SRB) by providing required data to PwC Pakistan. 5. To oversee… Show more Brief Job Description:- 1. Involved in implementation of Accounts payable & taxation function in SAP S/4 HANA FICO Module. 2. Responsible for GL controlling, reconciling inter-company’s transactions and to raise Debit Notes to related parties & ensure timely settlement. 3. To file GST & SRB return monthly and initiating working & calculation thereof. 4. Responding to notices issued by Govt. authorities (mostly FBR & SRB) by providing required data to PwC Pakistan. 5. To oversee the process for receiving of invoices & supporting documents from Vendor and employees 6. Vendors’ GL reconciliation and knocking off them timely. 7. Supervising of bank reconciliations and to ensure timely recording of transactions by Treasury. 8. Engaged in day to day operations and ensuring timely recording of all expenses and revenues. 9. Set up and improved accounting systems and procedures to meet business needs and maximize operational success 10. Completing quarterly & year-end closing processes for the Company and for its direct subsidiaries in compliance with accounting principles. 11. Investigating and resolved audit findings & observations, accounting discrepancies, and issues of non-compliances in accounting process. 12. Reconciling, updating and tracking monthly reports for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Advances to Suppliers, Advances from Customers and related parties' transactions. 13. Tracking and recording/actualizing monthly Provision Schedules and Prepaid Expenses. 14. Supervising daily entries and facilitated payments in line with agreed supplier credit terms. Additional Tasks Assigned:- 15. To make sure tax compliance on each transaction that is subject to be taxed & gather supporting documents of advance tax deducted. 16. Coordinating with SAP team to modify reports, as desired. 17. Monitoring on timely payment of weekly withheld income tax and monthly Sindh Sales & General Sales Tax withheld. Show less

    • Pakistan
    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Accounts Officer
      • Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

      Mereweather Road, Karachi 1. To review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment & prioritize invoices subject to payment terms, credit days and cash flow; 2. Making payments to vendors, deducting withholding taxes subject to nature of transactions and current status in order to filer or non-filer & recording these transactions using ERP Microsoft Dynamics AX Systems and another local software parallel; 3.Writing cheques & request letters of RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) and to… Show more 1. To review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment & prioritize invoices subject to payment terms, credit days and cash flow; 2. Making payments to vendors, deducting withholding taxes subject to nature of transactions and current status in order to filer or non-filer & recording these transactions using ERP Microsoft Dynamics AX Systems and another local software parallel; 3.Writing cheques & request letters of RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) and to obtain all signatures for cheques and distribute cheques accordingly; 4. To make rental, daily routine, petty cash and others monthly service charges payments to Mall of all thirty (30) outlets in different cities of the country, deducting withholding taxes according to section 15/155 of Income from Property & section 153 of Supply of Services; 5. Responding to all vendors & all thirty (30) outlets’ Mall Management inquiries & to reconcile vendor statements, research and correct discrepancies & to assist in month end closing; 6. To keep an eye on all monthly service charges bills from Mall Management i.e., service charges per unit cost & rental bills must be according to agreement and their increment too, other-wise intimate management; 7. Filing of Monthly Sindh Sales Tax Withholding Statement & assisting towards weekly Income Tax Withholding Statement. 8. We have Nine (09) brands namely Next, Debenhams, Accessorize, Mother Care, Early Learning Center, Timberland, Crocs, Monsoon & Super Feet Show less

    • Audit Associate
      • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

      I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi. Audit: 1. Responsible for the statutory audit of clients, including provident fund, in accordance with the requirements laid down by SECP; 2. To conduct physical stock count of clients, make recommendations and reporting findings & observations to senior management; 3. Ensure the compliance of international Accounting Standards and the regulations of other laws; 4. Learning the proper functioning of audit programs that are approved by the organization; 5. Carry out… Show more Audit: 1. Responsible for the statutory audit of clients, including provident fund, in accordance with the requirements laid down by SECP; 2. To conduct physical stock count of clients, make recommendations and reporting findings & observations to senior management; 3. Ensure the compliance of international Accounting Standards and the regulations of other laws; 4. Learning the proper functioning of audit programs that are approved by the organization; 5. Carry out fieldwork properly and documenting all the information related to these field work as per the quality standards; 6. Examining balance sheets, profit and loss accounts in detail; 7. Identifying the problems and risks for assessing the reporting systems of the company; 8. Acquiring an ability to lead the audit teams so that financial systems can be tested for ensuring high quality of these systems. Taxation: 1. To create monthly electronically challan of taxes withheld under section 149 & 165 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001; 2. Electronically filing of monthly withholding statements under section 149 & 165; 3. Filing of wealth statement along with wealth reconciliation statement under section 116 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001; 4. To file the return of income tax under section 114 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001; 5. Generating enrollment for registered persons. Show less

Education

  • Institute of Business Management
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance
    2018 - 2021
  • Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan
    Cost and Management Accountants (CMA), Costing, Management and Financial Accounting & Auditing.
    2012 - 2017
  • Karachi University
    Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Commerce
    2012 - 2013

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