Muhammad Akbar

Resume MUHAMMAD AKBAR House # R-232, Block # 11, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Mobile #:- | Email:-DOB: Oct 07, 1985 | Age: 35 years ACCOUNTING & FINANCE | BUDGET MANAGEMENT & CONTROL | AUDITING & TAXATION SQL DATABASES AND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE | INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Highly accomplished with strong skills and knowledge of accounting and finance (Financial and Management Accounting) with increasing efficiency, stimulating growth and coordinates effectively with cross-functional teams for the attainment of organization goals. WORK EXPERIENCE Project/Grants Accountant October 01, 2019 – December 31, 2020 Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Responsibilities: I am Responsible for reporting to Donors and Stakeholders about projects’ financial activities and progress, Budget making and revisions, budget control and fund monitoring. • • • • • • • • • Participate and support Budget managers to prepare Budget for new projects. Support budget managers to enter, extract and maintain budget and reports in cloud-based Oracle database/INISIGHT. Participate and support Budget managers for all Project Budget revisions and reprofiling. Prepare Financial Reporting to Donors. Prepare monthly and annual Budget Comparison Reports, Cost analysis and Expense Forecasts. Participate in Annual Financial Planning. Reconcile and control existing Budgets with actual activities and follow up with Budget holders on variances and ensuring the Cost Allowability. Prepare Cash flow forecast and managing Funds. Monitor spending of Funds and process Fund Requests from Donors and CRS headquarter. Senior Liaison Finance Officer September 1, 2016 – September 30, 2019 Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Responsibilities: I was responsible for all financial reporting to donors and government departments and liaise with them for any new laws and policies implementation in preparing reports and informing management to implement these laws and policies inside CRS systems. • • Liaised with Ministry of Economy about submission of half yearly and annual reports on CRS project financial reports. Liaised with CRS Sub-recipients and Partners about their Financial Management, Budget management, Funding and Cash Management and Financial Reporting per CRS policies and procedures. Page 1 of 4 • • Assisted CP Finance Manager to prepare and submit Monthly and Annual Tax Reports and liaised with Ministry of Finance for attending Tax Clearance certificate. Worked with CRS program managers with budgets management, prepared budget comparison reports, and liaison on financial management of programs and projects. Senior Finance Officer June 1, 2009 – August 31, 2016 Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Responsibilities: • I was responsible to verify all documents and evidence for a financial transaction per CRS policies and procedures. • Managed CRS Sub-recipient’s Financial reports and conducted annual and quarterly monitoring and Assessed of their financial management system. Reports were prepared to CRS management about those assessments and monitoring. • Managed all CRS’ bank accounts and reported to management about day-to-day banking issues and process. Produced Monthly Budget Comparison Report, Cost Allocation Ratios, Detailed Expenditure reports, Project Cash requirement, Month end close reports. Assisted Finance Manager in preparation annual and monthly financial plan, organization budget, and cash forecast. Participated in annual external and internal audit program. Managed all withholding tax process of the organization and prepared monthly and annual Tax reports Managed accounts receivables and payables and invoiced on-time to vendors for on time clearance. • • • • • • • • • Prepared General Ledger vouchers. Posted Journal Entries into SunSystem database software. Managed the payroll disbursements of CRS Staff. Prepared monthly bank reconciliations statements. • Maintained all Financial document filing systems. Finance Officer Oct 16, 2006 – May 15, 2008 Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Responsibilities: • Verified all documents and evidence for a financial transaction per CRS policies and procedures. • Managed CRS Sub-recipient’s Financial reports and conducted annual and quarterly monitoring and Assessed of their financial management system. Reports were prepared to CRS management about those assessments and monitoring. • Managed all CRS’ bank accounts and reported to management about day-to-day banking issues and process. Page 2 of 4 • • • • • • • • • • Produced Monthly Budget Comparison Report, Cost Allocation Ratios, Detailed Expenditure reports, Project Cash requirement, Month end close reports. Assisted Finance Manager in preparation annual and monthly financial plan, organization budget, and cash forecast. Participated in annual external and internal audit program. Managed all withholding tax process of the organization and prepared monthly and annual Tax reports Managed accounts receivables and payables and invoiced on-time to vendors for on time clearance. Prepared General Ledger vouchers. Posted Journal Entries into SunSystem database software. Managed the payroll disbursements of CRS Staff. Prepared monthly bank reconciliations statements. Maintained all Financial document filing systems. EDUCATIO N Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com), Tameer-i-Nau Public College, Quetta, Pakistan, Year 2005 Faculty of Science (F. Sc) - Pre-engineering, Baluchistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary School, Quetta, Pakistan, Year 2003 Matriculation (Higher Secondary School Certification), Baluchistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary School, Quetta, Pakistan, Year 2002 SKIL L S Office Skills: • • • • • Accounting and Finance Filing/Record Managements Spreadsheets/Reports To-do, Calendar and Notes Fluent communication in Dari and English • • • • • Fluent in Urdu and English languages. Evidence identification and collections Prioritize, Distribution and Assignment of Tasks Time Management Teamwork and Management Skills Computer Skills: Accounting Software: Oracle Fusion: Oracle BI Reporting, Manual Data entry & FBDI upload, Project and Grants tracking and Management. Other Software: SunSystem, Peachtree, QuickBooks and Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Database and Programming: C# (C sharp) and Visual Basic in Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access. Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Microsoft Publisher. Page 3 of 4 Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Visio, MS Project Internet Communication: Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Other chat and email apps and all social media. Document Processing: PDF creation and conversion, Scanning, Cloud Storage and sharing like OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox, etc. Basic Network and Troubleshooting. REFERENCE References will be provided if required. Page 4 of 4