Tahira Sultana

Senior Manager Education & Training at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
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Experience

    • Pakistan
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Manager Education & Training
      • Jul 2022 - Present

    • Pakistan
    • Higher Education
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Visiting Faculty
      • Jan 2022 - Present

    • Pakistan
    • Utilities
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Manager Corporate Support Services
      • May 2022 - Jun 2022

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Senior Manager Contracts and M&E
      • Sep 2021 - May 2022

    • Contract Management Specialist – Finance
      • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

      Working as the Contract Management Specialist (Finance) with Blumont, I am responsible for: • taking lead in supplementing efforts in assisting SE&LD for financial management in accordance with terms and conditions as agreed in the Concession Agreement between Government and EMOs as well as tri-partite agreements among SE&LD, EMOs and Independent Experts / Independent Auditors / Escrow bank.• assisting SE&LD in monitoring & evaluation of quarterly financial reports of the EMOs. • providing assistance in responding to the stakeholders as regards complex inquiries regarding contract obligations and financial management matters.• providing technical support to SE&LD in developing and integrating financial management tools, templates, methods and processes.• assisting PPP-Node of SE&LD in reviewing and managing contractual financial obligations of the parties; and providing guidance for continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met.• assisting PPP-Node of SE&LD in coordinating with Independent Auditors and Independent Experts, Escrow Banks and form a mechanism for validation and verification of expenditures in accordance with the financial proposals submitted by the EMOs.• taking lead in organizing conferences, consultative sessions, seminars and workshops to explore and identify best practices to refine financial models for EMOs’ procurement document and process.• providing support to the PPP–Node of SE&LD for technical documentation, inter and intra departmental coordination for procedural matters, budgetary allocations, sharing of details, technical queries etc.; and applying consensus-building skills to promote coordination among diverse interests and institutions for EMO reform.

    • Regional Manager – Sindh
      • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

      IRD has collaborated with Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative and is utilizing already existing educational infrastructure to deworm school age children across Pakistan in at-risk districts. I was responsible for the following major responsibilities:• To lead the development and facilitation of provincial school-based deworming program in Sindh in coordination with the relevant departments of the Provincial Government.• To facilitate the Provincial Government, Steering Committee (headed by the Secretary Health); and the Technical Working Group (headed by the Commissioner, Karachi) in the preparation of work-plans and budgets;• To assist the Technical Working Group representatives from key departments to identify key staff within ministries/ departments of the Province to lead and manage the Provincial school-based deworming program on a day-today basis.• To coordinate with the education, health and other relevant departments for the preparation of Mass Drug Administration (MDA).• To monitor and coordinate with the Provincial Government in distribution of training, community sensitization materials, drugs and reporting forms to the training venues and subsequently to schools.• To coordinate with the Health Department focal person for the drug storage and its distribution to the training venues/schools and ensure the availability of required drug supply in support with the district coordinators.• To recruit, supervise and manage provincial and district teams for effective implementation of the School Based Deworming Program• To coordinate with the relevant stakeholders for the trainings, community sensitization, drug storage & distribution, training & reverse reporting cascade.• To coordinate between ‘Third-Party Independent Monitoring Firm’ and the Government for monitoring and validation of data through reverse cascade, training activities.

    • Pakistan
    • Education Management
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Assistant Director - Policy Unit
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2019

      The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) established through the SEF Act 1992, is a semi-autonomous organization and a major arm of the Government of Sindh for developing and regulating Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Education Sector. It is a statutory Organization and an attached organization to the School Education & Literacy Department (SE&LD), Government of Sindh, governed by a high profile Board whereby the Chairperson of the SEF’s Board is the hon’ble Chief Minister of the Sindh province, and the Provincial Education Minister is the Vice Chairperson of the Board. Presently, SEF is one of the major public-sector entity in the province with a reach out to over half a million students through a network of over 2,400 schools spread across all twenty-nine (29) districts of Sindh.As the head of the Policy Unit of the Foundation, my responsibilities and key achievements have been:• Provision of technical support to all the Programs/ Projects to ensure that the overall portfolio is aligned with the SEF's strategic vision;• Development of the overall Regulatory & Quality Assurance Framework under the guidance of the Senior Management;• Drafting of Business Rules, Policies & Procedures/ mechanisms, guidelines thereby playing an active role in the institutional building;• Drafting of partnership Contracts/ MoUs for various institutional arrangements, development of Proposals for national & international stakeholders, preparation of RFPs;• Evaluation of proposals put forward by multiple stakeholders;• Documenting the progress of the Foundation, preparing working paper for the Board and Executive Committee's meetings and minutes thereof;• Preparing Press releases, official responses for critical forums;• Creation of data bank for the Program's portfolio

    • Senior Oficer - Education & Training
      • Sep 2014 - Aug 2016

      The position was responsible for assisting the Senior Manager and Director in the due process of • coordination with the developers and printers of the study packs, quality review, content development & feedback management; • revision & updates in the syllabus, learning outcomes, study material and implementation of the overall education scheme. • compliance review of International Education Standards (IESs) as issued by International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB). Drafted the official compliance statement of ICAP for the same.• course mapping for mutual recognition of qualifications parallel to CA Pakistan; CA Talent Program; Evaluation Projects of Presentation & Communication Skills Course Providers; conversion of theory based exams into Computer Based Examinations (CBEs), and other routine tasks.

    • Teacher for O' levels
      • Jul 2009 - Nov 2013

      Worked at the Happy Home School Clifton Campus as a teacher of Business Studies and Principles of Accounts for around 4.5 years and produced 100% result throughout. Worked at the Happy Home School Clifton Campus as a teacher of Business Studies and Principles of Accounts for around 4.5 years and produced 100% result throughout.

Education

  • Institute of Business Management
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Business Management
    2021 - 2024
  • Institute of Business Administration
    Certification in Procurement Management (approved by SPPRA), Procurement Management
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  • Institute of Business Management
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Educational Management
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  • Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA Pakistan)
    ACMA (Associate Chartered Management Accountant), Cost & Management Accountancy
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  • Karachi University
    M.A, Economics
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  • College of Commerce & Economics
    B.Com, Commerce
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  • St: Joseph's College
    F.Sc, Pre-Medical
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