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Areeb S.

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Chartered Certified Accountant & Financial Analyst

$10 USD / Hour

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Joined on May 8, 2015

$10 USD / Hour

Here is a finance professional who creates maximum value for your money by producing flawless work. To make it possible, I focus on quality and pursue perfection regarding the effectiveness, completeness, and presentation of a task. To deliver as per requirements, I adopt my clients' perspective on their work and view work through their eyes. I am a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA, UK equivalent of CPA) with multiple years of experience. From investment banking to stock brokerage, and from pharmaceuticals to Information Technology, I have worked in several sectors of the economy. As a result, I hold an outstanding working knowledge of capital markets and the global investment dynamics. The exposure I received in my career made me skilled in accounting, financial analysis, equity valuation, investment evaluation, budgeting and forecasting, internal audit, and writing a broad range of business reports.

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Experience

Senior Advisory Associate

Feb, 2015 - Present

11 years, 5 months

Arthur Lawrence, Pakistan

Feb, 2015 - Present

11 years, 5 months

Reporting Line: Manager – LAS (Lawrence Accounting System) • Provision of consultancy – accountancy and financial management – services to U.S. based clientele across different industries. • Leading a team of 4 – 5 people (including supervisors and staff accountants) in handling the accounting affairs of numerous business entities;

Feb, 2015 - Present

11 years, 5 months

Internal Audit Officer (Acting Head of Internal Audit & Secretary – Audit Committee)

Jan, 2013 - Feb, 2015

2 years, 1 month

First Dawood Investment Bank

Jan, 2013 - Feb, 2015

2 years, 1 month

Reporting Line: Head of Internal Audit(initially) Chairman Audit Committee(after outsourcing of the Internal Audit Function) • Prepared Internal Audit Reports for B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba, Crescent Standard Modaraba, and First Dawood Investment Bank Limited (FDIBL) to be presented to the respective Audit Committees along with audit observations, implications and recommendations; • Pre-audited the cash outflows of Dawood Equities Ltd. (brokerage house) and FDIBL; • Assisted the Head of Internal Audit in conducting special assignments, including value-for-money audits, for other group companies; • Serving as the acting-secretary of Audit Committee; preparing minutes and reporting to the committee chairman; • Serving as the secretary of Management Committee; preparing minutes and reporting to the CEO; • Serving as the secretary of Investment Committee; preparing minutes and reporting to the committee chairman; • Serving as the secretary of Asset-Liability Committee; preparing minutes and reporting to the CEO; • Reviewing the investment-system, as part of risk-management, and reporting to the investment committee on daily, fortnightly, and monthly basis; • Auditing journal entries for equity investments and reviewing CDC reconciliation statements; • Briefing the investment committee on the performance of equity investments; • Reviewing the calculation of annualized return on Ready-Future (Discounted Future Contracts) investments; • Coordinating with equity traders and company’s stock broker, and assuring robust controls on ready-futures trading; • Coordinating with the Internal Auditors of the group after outsourcing of the Internal Audit function; Achievements: • Reconciled accounts and traced evidence of receivables worth Rs. 42 million, thus saving equity from write-off during statutory audit • Played a key role in reforming management information system and accounting treatment for rights issues on ordinary shares • Advised on the design and implementation of a recording and reporting mechanism for KSE’s Deliverable Future Contracts for use throughout the Group • Introduced Macaulay Duration for calculation of annualized return on Deliverable Future Contracts entered into a calendar month • Simultaneously served as the secretary of four committees, and prepared minutes for 50+ meetings

Jan, 2013 - Feb, 2015

2 years, 1 month

Founding Chairman

Mar, 2010 - Feb, 2013

2 years, 11 months

Waseela Welfare Trust

Mar, 2010 - Feb, 2013

2 years, 11 months

• Provision of strategic direction and operational structure to the organization which works on the distribution of food, medicines, education, and self employment to the needy; • Setting Key Performance Indicators; • Communicating with donors, designing charity generation programs and procedures, and appropriating funds in the light of the trust’s mission; • Preparing monthly financial and management reports for internal stakeholders; Achievement: • Started an organisation from scratch, set accounting policies, and devised robust internal controls on donation-collection and fund-appropriation activities

Mar, 2010 - Feb, 2013

2 years, 11 months

Education

Karachi University

2010 - 2011

1 year

Masters in Commercial Accounting

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Pakistan

2010 - 2011

1 year

Karachi University

2005 - 2009

4 years

Bachelors of Commerce

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Pakistan

2005 - 2009

4 years

Qualifications

Certified Accounting Technician

2008

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, U.K.

2008

Chartered Certified Accountant

2013

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, U.K.

U.K. equivalent of CPA

2013

Publications

Budget Proposal

Mentor

A socio-political column, concerning Pakistan's federal budget, published in May, 2013.

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