Experience

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)

• Pakistan
• Telecommunications
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Director (Finance)

  • Jul 2009 - Present

  • Review of audited financial statements of telecom operators and calculation of annual regulatory charges including initial license fee, annual license fee, R&D contribution, spectrum charges etc and issuance of demand notes to the telecom operators. • Calculation of amount due and issuance of demand notes, as per Numbering Regulations, on account of short codes, toll free numbers, UANs, different numbering series allocated by PTA to telecom operators/customers. • Ensure timely receipt of payments against issued demand notes and submission in PTA’s relevant bank account on daily basis. • Ensure preparation of Journal voucher entries and posting in relevant head of account in ledgers (in oracle system) on daily basis. • Prepare reconciliation of receipts appearing in ledgers with that of bank account on daily basis. • Liaison with Law Department and Revenue Assurance Department for initiation of legal action/filing of recovery petition against defaulting operators • Reconciliation of ledgers record with other departments/stakeholders of PTA on monthly basis to avoid any discrepancy and make adjusting entries (if required). • Prepare aging analysis and generation of different types of financial/analytical reports as per requirement of management. • Liaison with internal audit department during the internal audit of Finance Division for provision of relevant record and addressing their queries. • Liaison with external audit/government audit teams for provision of financial record and prepare para wise replies of audit observations along with provision of documentary supportings to settle the audit paras. • Prepare budget forecast of Finance Division and provide the same to Budget & Account Department for incorporation in annual budget of PTA. • Liaison on regular basis with Budget & Account Department for provision of relevant data needed to prepare budget monthly report, quarterly report and revised budget estimates. Show less



Warid Telecom

• Pakistan
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Executive (Interconnection)

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2009

  • Designed and developed standard operating procedure (SOP) for invoicing, reconciliation and Inter operator settlements related to telephony traffic and other services. • Responsible for timely generation/exchange of CDRs, invoicing and settlements with interconnecting partners on monthly basis. • Monitoring and reporting on major KPIs of above mentioned SOP on monthly basis, mentioning deviation thereof (if any) along with necessary corrective measures. • Timely implementation of applicable tariffs. • Ensure timely submission of receipts from telecom operators in company’s bank account on daily basis. • Ensure to prepare cheques/PO/DD in timely manner for payment of various regulatory dues and amount due to other telecom operators to avoid penalty/fine. • Interconnection contract management including commercial negotiations and signing of agreements. • Management of multi-millions corporate bank guarantees. • Inter departmental liaison within the company and externally with Universal Service Fund Company for meeting financial, contractual and technical requirements and participation in bidding process for installation of telecom infrastructure in rural areas of Pakistan. • Responsible for overall monitoring and reporting on progress of USF projects run by the company for provision of telecom services in rural areas of Pakistan. Show less



PTCL.Official

• Pakistan
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Jun 2002 - Feb 2007

  • Introduced the concept and developed complete centralized database of all types of corporate services being provided to other LDIs/LLOs/CMOs by PTCL • Sole responsible for managing, updating the said database and generation of different types of financial and analytical reports as per management requirements • Ensure timely generation of monthly invoices related to different telecom services provided by PTCL to other telecom operators. • Ensure timely settlement of invoices and for the said purpose liaison with Corporate Revenue Department on regular basis and prepare bank reconciliation statement. • Implementation of terms of interconnection agreements signed/executed by PTCL with other telecom operators • Liaison with internal audit teams for meeting their requirements and addressing the audit observations. • Timely implementation of applicable tariffs and other relevant determinations issued by PTA from time to time Show less