Hire the Best Tax Senior in Karachi, Pakistan

Highly professional accountant striving for excellence when delivering my work to clients. Having experience of more than 5 years of working with different companies and multinationals, I have developed my skills in Financial Reporting, Accounting, Financial Advisory, Preparation of taxes, etc. Being an entrepreneur with a passion to be a successful leader, I believe in combine the growth of business and relevant stakeholders. This allows me to extend my relationship with my clients as partners and help their businesses grow.

Career Summary: Highly skilled, qualified and accomplished tax professional with a total tax experience of more than 10 years; served in tax departments of 3 of the big four firms of Pakistan including PwC, EY Ford Rhodes, KPMG & FMCG Sector . Has expert-level command and proven track record of tax preparations, return filings, tax audits, preparation of appeal arguments and compliance management procedures & processes. Core Competencies: -Tax Compliances -Sales Tax Audit -Income Tax Audit -Income Tax Return Filing -Sales Tax Return Filing -Returns & GL reconciliation -Appellate hearings -SAP FICO -Accounting & Reporting -Team Leadership & Oversight -Tax training -Tax awareness sessions -Tax GAP Analysis -Tax Planning -Process Improvements -FMCG Tax -Tax Strategy -UAE VAT Law & GCC Unified VAT Agreement knowledge Highly skilled in the matters of the following: - Income Tax Ordinance, 2001; - Sales Tax Act, 1990; - The Islamabad Capital Territory (Tax on Services) Ordinance, 2001; - Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011; - Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012; - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services Act, 2013; - Balochistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015; and - Tax treaties of Pakistan. Key Achievements: -Advised accurately and saved Rs. 400 Million on account of quarterly advance tax payments & Section 65B tax credit; -Represented a Bank at Commissioner Appeals and Tribunal level and helped the bank in waiver of the disputed tax amount of Rs. 2 Million; -Represented a top Marketing/ Advertisement Company at Tribunal level and helped the Company in waiver of default surcharge of Rs. 3.7 million; -Reviewed the income tax and sales tax systems for GAP analysis and process improvements at an energy/automation solutions provider; saved the Company Rs. 90 Million on account of tax exposures; -Successfully concluded sales tax audit for the 2nd largest pharmaceutical Company of Pakistan with annual turnover of Rs. 26 Billion, reduced the confronted tax amount by Rs. 301 Million; -Early promotion within 9 months of joining at EY Ford Rhodes based on performance. -Ranked consecutively as High Achiever in Finance & Tax Department. Contact Details: Email Address: saeedleo1@gmail.com Contact No +923323697262

A finance and audit professional with over 19 years professional experience. A confident team-leader and decision-maker having ability to work under pressure and belief in knowledge sharing and teamwork. Qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Currently working as Financial Controller in Zephyr Power (Private) Limited. Worked as Senior Business Analyst in Oman Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) Worked as Deputy Director Tariff with National Electric Power Regulatory Authority Government of Pakistan. Worked as an Assistant Manager- Enterprise Risk Services with Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu (DTT) Karachi, Pakistan. DTT is a leading worldwide firm, ranked among Big four accounting firms. Worked with Ferguson Associate (Pvt.) Ltd. (Management Consultants) as a Financial Consultant. Worked as a Finance Manager & Accounts with Satcom (Private) Limited. Started with Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) Karachi, Pakistan as an Audit Staff and the designation at the time of leaving the organization was Audit Senior. Managed and conducted the internal and statutory audits of reputable entities including manufacturing, services, financial institutes, oil exploration, shipping and food & beverages and trading concerns. Experienced in designing, reviewing and implementation of internal control systems in the light of COSO Internal Control Framework and the review of Code of Corporate Governance compliance. Specialties: Energy Sector, Renewable Energy, Financial Reporting, Business Planning & Budgeting, Financial Modeling, Internal Auditing, and financial consultancy

A Chartered Accountant and Experienced Finance Manager having 8 years’ of post qualification experience in Food & Beverages, FMCG, Textile, Pharmaceutical and Service industries. KEY STRENGTHS: Commercial Finance | Financial Reporting & Analysis Variance & Ratio Analysis | Audit & Assurance Management Reporting | IFRS and ISAs Knowledge | Internal Controls Team Leadership | Ethics & Corporate Governance | Fast Learner & Efficient Worker At present working in Tapal Tea Private Limited as a Manager Commercial Finance, previously have worked as a Business Analyst - Local Division in National Foods Limited. Key Responsibilities includes preparation of annual budgets, rolling budgets and forecasts to aid decision making, including coordination with stakeholders across the company keeping in view the strategic direction of the company and routing of the final output for approval from the Board of Directors. Review of key levers to drive price change decisions for profitable operations of the company. It includes a close eye on the raw & packaging material price, competitor information and market sensitivities. Have also worked in the capacity of Business Analyst - International Division where created a fully integrated financial model that produces a highly accurate monthly forecast along with innovation planning, cost transformation measurement and tracking, pricing business cases and product analysis. Responsible for preparing financial analysis that facilitate in streamlining and optimizing Distributor pricing, Margin analytics, Distributor’s portfolio management, and “Go-to-market”. Previously worked as an Assistant Group Reporting Manager in J&P Coats Pakistan Private Limited and was involved in Annual Plan and Forecasts. Involved in the Gross Margin Review and performed variance analysis of sales. Performed Foreign Reporting where Monthly reviewing of MTD and YTD financial statements of the company. Performed Cash Flow Forecasting while maintaining a close relationship with departments. Also worked in Scilife Pharma Pvt Limited and was responsible in handling costing of products, management of inventory levels, manage supply chain management (financial aspects), payroll, advances, receivables and payables. Have also worked with Ernst and Young Pakistan for 3.5 years. In addition to it have also worked with Ernst and Young Riyadh for 3 months and Ernst and Young Muscat for 4 months. IT PROFICIENCY: SAP Modules Power BI Accolade Sidat Hyder Financials Supply Chain Management System MS Office Applications