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Volunteered as a Cambridge Associate at Habitat for Humanity Restore, supporting store operations and community initiatives.

Performed detailed financial statement reviews and identified discrepancies in income tax and sales tax returns for numerous taxpayers via desk and field audits, recovering over PKR 100 million in additional declared liability while ensuring 100% adherence to federal tax reporting requirements. Produced rigorous ad hoc financial reports, variance models, and compliance schedules for special projec

Built and optimized monthly and year-end close frameworks, accounting procedures, and financial reporting schedules from the ground up, focusing on IAS 16, IAS 38, and IFRS 16 standards. Led development of comprehensive monthly financial statement reporting packages and spearheaded process optimization that streamlined reporting cycles from 10 to 3 days.

Prepared and analyzed monthly financial reporting packages using advanced Excel, including PivotTables and INDEX-MATCH, and presented financial insights to C-suite leadership/CFO during month-end close for 4 clients. Managed end-to-end vendor contract administration and purchase order workflows, and conducted fact-finding and agreed-upon-procedures engagements to assess ZATCA tax positions.

Managed full-cycle accounting activities including journal entries for accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and petty cash, and analyzed cost and budget variances. Performed monthly, quarterly, and annual trial-balance reconciliations, prepared financial statements, and served as primary liaison for external audits for over 2 consecutive years.

Supported creation of a fixed asset register with a team of 10 members, reconciling leading telecom infrastructures across 500+ BTS sites and supporting a merger and acquisition exercise. Maintained audit-timeline discipline and up-to-date working papers across 2 assurance engagements, resolving audit issues that reduced outstanding queries to zero by fieldwork end.

Processed invoices and expense reports in compliance with project guidelines (PC I) and coordinated budget tracking and spending to Finance Specialist and Project Director, resulting in sustainable measures for project realignment.

Executed walkthroughs and testing of Fixed Asset SOPs for multiple business units under a shared services structure as part of Descon Engineering Limited's outsourced internal audit, delivering complete, well-documented workpapers that passed assistant manager/senior review with minimal revision.

ACCA Membership, recognized as a Bachelor's degree equivalent by WES Canada.

ACCA Affiliate / Qualified status.

Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification.

Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) in Pre-medical.