Umair Kamran
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Yasin Ahmad Khan
A well furnished finance manager with great experience and highly smart worker.
MUHAMMAD FAISAL
It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Umair, I had the pleasure of studying with him for almost 2.5 years@ ICMAP. Umair expertly filled the roll of a classmate throughout. His ability to cope up with multiple subjects/assignments was unlike any i have seen before which made a dramatic difference in productivity level of our team.He is a great fellow to be with no matter how tense a situation, Umair always motivated us,Any employer would be lucky to have Umair as part of his team.
Yasin Ahmad Khan
A well furnished finance manager with great experience and highly smart worker.
MUHAMMAD FAISAL
It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Umair, I had the pleasure of studying with him for almost 2.5 years@ ICMAP. Umair expertly filled the roll of a classmate throughout. His ability to cope up with multiple subjects/assignments was unlike any i have seen before which made a dramatic difference in productivity level of our team.He is a great fellow to be with no matter how tense a situation, Umair always motivated us,Any employer would be lucky to have Umair as part of his team.
Yasin Ahmad Khan
A well furnished finance manager with great experience and highly smart worker.
MUHAMMAD FAISAL
It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Umair, I had the pleasure of studying with him for almost 2.5 years@ ICMAP. Umair expertly filled the roll of a classmate throughout. His ability to cope up with multiple subjects/assignments was unlike any i have seen before which made a dramatic difference in productivity level of our team.He is a great fellow to be with no matter how tense a situation, Umair always motivated us,Any employer would be lucky to have Umair as part of his team.
Yasin Ahmad Khan
A well furnished finance manager with great experience and highly smart worker.
MUHAMMAD FAISAL
It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Umair, I had the pleasure of studying with him for almost 2.5 years@ ICMAP. Umair expertly filled the roll of a classmate throughout. His ability to cope up with multiple subjects/assignments was unlike any i have seen before which made a dramatic difference in productivity level of our team.He is a great fellow to be with no matter how tense a situation, Umair always motivated us,Any employer would be lucky to have Umair as part of his team.
Credentials
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Accounting Fundamentals
Corporate Finance InstituteAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Access 2007 Essential Training
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Access 2016: Queries
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Acting Decisively
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Adaptive Project Leadership
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Advanced Grammar
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Anger Management
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
B2B Marketing Foundations: Pricing Strategies
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Balancing Multiple Roles as a Leader
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Becoming a Thought Leader
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Being a Good Mentee
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Building Accountability Into Your Culture
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Building Trust
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Building Your Team
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Acumen for Project Managers
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Analysis Foundations: Competencies
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Analytics: Forecasting with Exponential Smoothing
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Development Foundations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Etiquette: Meetings, Meals, and Networking Events
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Foundations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Law for Managers
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Coaching Employees through Difficult Situations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Coaching and Developing Employees
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
College Prep: Writing a Strong Essay
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communicating Employee Rewards
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communicating in Times of Change
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communicating with Empathy
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communication Foundations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Communication Foundations (2013)
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Creating Your Personal Brand
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Creating a Culture of Change
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Creating a Culture of Service
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Creating a Positive and Healthy Work Environment
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Crystal Reports 2013: Experts and Customizing Reports
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Cultivating a Growth Mindset
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Customer Service: Handling Abusive Customers
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Database Clinic: MS Excel
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Defining and Achieving Professional Goals
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Delegating Tasks
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Delivering Bad News Effectively
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing Cross-Cultural Intelligence
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing Your Leadership Philosophy
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing Your Professional Image
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing a Mentoring Program
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing a Service Mindset
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Efficient Time Management
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Employee Engagement
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Enhancing Resilience
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Enterprise Agile: Changing Your Culture
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Entrepreneurship: Finding and Testing Your Business Idea
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Establishing Credibility as a Speaker
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2007: Advanced Formulas and Functions
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2010: Charts
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2010: Macros
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013 Tips and Tricks
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Advanced Formatting Techniques
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Advanced Formulas and Functions
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Financial Functions in Depth
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Pivot Tables
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Shortcuts
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2013: Working with Dates and Times
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2016 Essential Training
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2016: Advanced Formatting Techniques
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2016: Advanced Formulas and Functions
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2016: Charts in Depth
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel 2016: Pivot Tables in Depth
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel Business Intelligence Part 2: Data Modeling 101
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel VBA: Managing Files and Data
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel VBA: Process Modeling
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel for Corporate Finance Professionals
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel for Mac 2011: Pivot Tables in Depth
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel for Mac 2016: Advanced Formulas and Functions
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel for Mac 2016: Macros
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: Creating Drop-Down Lists
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: Management Accounting
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: Scenario Planning and Analysis
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Facilitation Skills for Managers and Leaders
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Financial Modeling Foundations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Financial Record Keeping
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Finding Your Purpose at Work
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Finding Your Time Management Style
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Finding and Retaining High Potentials
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Foundations of Corporate Training
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Getting Promoted
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Getting Things Done
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Grammar Foundations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Happiness Tips Weekly
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Having Difficult Conversations
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Having an Honest Career Conversation with Your Boss
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Hire, Retain, and Grow Top Millennial Talent
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Hiring Your Team
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Hiring and Developing Your Future Workforce
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
How to Quit Your Job the Right Way
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Human Resources: Pay Strategy
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Human Resources: Payroll
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Mezan Group
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Pakistan
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Food & Beverages
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200 - 300 Employee
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Finance Manager
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Jan 2023 - Present
Mezan Group is one of the well known and trusted FMCG Brand in Pakistan. Its SBUs includes; Oil & Ghee, Beverages, Tea, Dairy and Sugar My prime role is to head the finance department of its tea business and contribute as support function in Agri & Dairy units. Dashboard Achievements: 1) Revamping the operating working capital cycle, and turned heavily overdue payable challenges into a sustained and manageable operating cash flow position while ensuring uninterrupted inventory supply. 2) Managed to motivate and gearup finance department by actively involving in their routine work challenges and worked as support function to extract optimum use of their talent and skillset. Show less
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Sanaullah & Co.
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Pakistan
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager - Financial Advisory
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Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Sanaullah & Co. is one of the growing consultancy firms in Karachi, which has a client base of more than 500, from different sectors of economy and businesses. Its progressing with leaps and bounce under the charismatic leadership of Mr. Sanaullah. I joined them back in Februrary 2020 for the role of "Manager - Financial Advisory", and its been a useful journey so far and indeed an "icning" as far as taking my learning and skills set to another level. I already have served clients from manufacturing, FMCG & IT sectors along with quite a few unique and specialized assignments. The role primarily deals in facilitating clients in devising and reviewing their financial policies, regulatory frameworks, compliance audits, financial structuring, mode of financing and other key aspects of business environment. Achievement Dashboard: • Facilitated in two back to back auditing assignments for UAE and Pakistan based companies (Avanza Solutions & Adroit Technologies LLC) with all the relevant information and statutory reports. • Establishment of financial reporting structure along with key business elements for ABC Hygiene Industries (Cool & Cool), in order to have refined and logical information with analysis. • Provided important business informations with spectrum of understanding for business enviroment in order to help directors in producing their reports to stakeholders. Show less
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Maaiz Tiles
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Financial Analyst
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May 2019 - Jan 2020
A whole-selling company primarily working as distributors and importers of ceramics and sanitary items. My prime responsibilities includes; Assisting management in monitoring and implementing internal financial controls to ensure maximum profitability. Also facilitating in managing the financial and accounting policies, systems and processes, including tax and regulatory requirements, o Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements alongwith necessary notes and schedules o Maintained accurate financial records, while adivising management in key financial trasanctions including its impact in the long run o Performed targeted numerical analysis with the help of financial tools and techniques in order to have hands on knowldge and understanding from financial and economics perspective Achievement Dashboard: • Introduced Dashboard reporting for simplification of important information, also it helps in identifying targeted financial information with the ability of putting manual figures to key variables. • Facilitated in the launch of pricing model for product life-cycle and for comparative products analysis, this also enable management to firmly forecast their target sales and potential financial benefits. Show less
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Almarai - المراعي
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Saudi Arabia
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Accounting Manager
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Dec 2014 - Dec 2018
Almarai is one of the largest FMCG Company in Middle East. It has over 40,000 staffs from 5 different continents representing 80+ countries. Almarai acquired HADCO (Poultry Business) back in 2009 and since then it has made over 1.2 billion dollars of investments. I joined Almarai Poultry in 2012 and have played my role initially as a senior accounting supervisor and then got promotion to the position of accounting manager in 2014. My responsibilities have evolve from financial reporting and performance analysis to revamp finance function, developing business processes, implementation of policies and procedures, grant of authorities and ensuring that sufficient financial and operational controls exist & exercised. At the same time entrusted with a lead role of making thorough analysis for potential enhancement and expansion horizontally and vertically in different geographic locations. I was challenged to streamline the projection and budgeting process as vertical integration is quite volatile and tough in this sector.Headed farming division with full responsibility in order to facilitate operations and sales division to timely utilize the requested information for strategic decision making.Achievement Dashboard: • Transformed financial information source from fragmented and equivocal reporting to structured and consistent reporting by optimum utilization of Mtech and SAP information which helped in curtailing the financial losses to strong and sustained bottom line savings in a short span of time.• Regarded as “Backbone in finance” by Poultry location manager due to relentless and devoted role in providing targeted information to higher management.• Initiated "Demographic Analysis" concept as a correlation for financial performance, to logically outline the key business metrics for future social and economic trends. Show less
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Senior Accounting Supervisor
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Dec 2012 - Dec 2014
My prime role was to effectively manage the accounting, management, and financial records of the division by implementing company policies and procedures, outlining areas for improvements, advising management on key issues on possible cost savings, and ensuring that appropriate internal controls are working to safeguard company’s assets.Achievements Dashboard:Managed to bring the flash report variance to less than 1% even though the threshold target was of 5%.Facilitated non-finance managers with easily understandable management reports which helped them understand better the financial implications and challenges due to potential decision making. Show less
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Sierra Textiles & Fabrics (pvt) Ltd (A member company of EFF - USA)
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Management Accountant
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Sep 2010 - Nov 2012
Sierra Textile deals in home textile and is a 100% export oriented business with more than 90% sales to North America. Company was launched in 2007 and very quickly became the prominent business unit specializing in drapes/curtain and other home textile products targeting mostly USA market with its thorough marketing research & analysis. I was initially hired for facilitating finance team with timely generation of reports and conducting of product costs analysis in order to highlight potential cost saving segments. Due to impressive performance I was quickly granted the independent role of “Management Accountant” so that management can have the on call information for quick decision making. Achievement Dashboard: • Streamlined the DTRE (Duty and Taxes Remission Export) documentation for timely claim of 100% input tax, and therefore utilize the resources for other business needs. • Resolution of long outstanding sales/income tax assessment issues by active interacting with the tax authorities. • Selected for giving Interview to Panelist of LUMS directed by “Ministry of Finance” to highlight the issues and problems faced by textile industry. It was due to being active at PCMA, APTMA, PREGMA meetings and communications and all the time remained enthusiast so that the sector should grow and industry must progress. Show less
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Awami Sanitary Mart.
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Karachi - Pakistan
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Senior Accountant
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Jan 2006 - Aug 2010
The company mainly deals in Ceramics products importing from abroad as well as act as distributor of locally produced goods. It has outlets mainly in Karachi but distributing all over the country. My prime role was to record the financial information and help in generating meaningful reports for management. This role helped me to understand how the information flows from basic transactions to complex reporting, also the method of consolidating reports of different locations in order to identify the troublesome areas. Achievement Dashboard: • Due to facilitation in standardized reports and regimented filing, the internal and external auditing processes were performed with ease. Show less
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Income Tax Practitioner
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Sep 2004 - Nov 2004
Preparation of income tax returns, filing of returns, filing of wealth statements, computation of tax and help in preparation of final accounts. Preparation of income tax returns, filing of returns, filing of wealth statements, computation of tax and help in preparation of final accounts.
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Education
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2019 - 2019
Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
Accounting and Finance -
2012 - 2013
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CPGA - Advance Diploma in Management Accounting, Managerial Accounting -
2012 - 2012
Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants
APFA, Financial & Cost Accounting, Auditing -
2006 - 2011
Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA Pakistan)
ACMA, Cost & Management Accounting -
2007 - 2008
Karachi University
Masters (M.A.), Economics -
2002 - 2004
Govt. Islamia Science & Commerce College
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Communication -
1999 - 2001
Islamia College
HSC, Pre - Engg -
1994 - 1999
Hali Muslim Secondary School
SSC, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology
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