Sohaib Lodhi, Financial & Operational Analyst

Sohaib Lodhi

Financial & Operational Analyst

Rely Industries FZCO

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, ACCA UK
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

Financial & Operational Analyst at Rely Industries FZCO
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2014

Manage receivable, payable ledger, Bank reconciliation and cash flow.
• Manage general ledger, petty cash and finalizing of payroll.
• Manage and chasing all sale, purchase, inventory cycles to have updated data in ERP and effective development of cash budget & reporting.
• Pursue invoicing to get final payment by coordinating with project managers & clients.
• Negotiation with suppliers and purchaser to set the credit terms and manage all working Capital Cycle.
• Preparing financial & business analysis reports with interpretation.
• Deal with banking matters LC, OD, Term loan, performance bonds & other requirements.
• Finalizing monthly financial accounts.
• Monitoring allocation of expenses to specific Project and factory overhead account.
• Analyzing all projects cost & profitability and interpreting to the Director Operations and Managing Director.
• Monitor cost behavior by acting as cost controller on all projects at planning, revision and actual production phase.
• Cost variance analysis subject to operations, variables, correlations depended and avoidable.
• Part of value engineering team to ascertain the revised profitability on bill of material (Feasibility).
• Keeping procurement & store as consistent with bill of material of the project.
• Preparing reports with interpretation of Labor & Machine efficiency with respect to estimation.
• Recommendation to implement new as well as improve existing internal control system.
• Corresponding and participation with ERP team to develop scenario, design and implement ERP control system.
• Coordinate with project managers, estimators, designers, production to set the project cost benchmark.

Chief Accountant at Shahid & Omer (M) Sdn Bhd
  • Malaysia
  • November 2011 to March 2014

• Manage all payments to local and foreign supplier by TT or LC or TR and account payable
• Prepare the budgeted cash flow and forecast the sales.
• Prepare standard costing system and monitor variances.
• Variance analysis report and incorporate in the standard if adjustment is appropriate.
• Introducing & analyzing KPI’s to achieve companies CSF.
• Design and implement the controls system.
• Business valuation analyzing through earning yields, net asset, net present value for bargain to sell the business.
• Finalizing the payroll
• Involve in branding and business operation decisions.
• Handling lease, loan, term loan, LC, TR, OD, Sinking fund and other banking facilities and arrange finance for new projects by exposure management.
• Manage working capital and investments through Short term loan and long term loan.
• Manage surplus bracket to invest in expansion and new business project.
• Liaison with Banks, Auditor and Governments institutions (KWSP, SOCSO, LHDN, SSM, CGC)
• Preparing the full set of financial statements monthly, quarterly, annually.
• Preparing management information reports.
• Compute the company’s, directors and employees personal Tax.
• Compute and pay every month EPF and SOCSO.

Audit Officer at Rupali Group of Companies
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2009 to August 2011

• Manage all payments to local and foreign supplier by TT or LC or TR and account payable
• Prepare the budgeted cash flow and forecast the sales.
• Prepare standard costing system and monitor variances.
• Variance analysis report and incorporate in the standard if adjustment is appropriate.
• Introducing & analyzing KPI’s to achieve companies CSF.
• Design and implement the controls system.
• Business valuation analyzing through earning yields, net asset, net present value for bargain to sell the business.
• Finalizing the payroll
• Involve in branding and business operation.
• Handling lease, loan, term loan, LC, TR, OD, Sinking fund and other banking facilities and arrange finance for new projects by exposure management.
• Manage working capital and investments through Short term loan and long term loan.
• Manage surplus bracket to invest in expansion and new business project.
• Liaison with Banks, Auditor and Governments institutions (KWSP, SOCSO, LHDN, SSM, CGC)
• Reporting of Group Financial Statements monthly, quarterly, annually.
• Preparing management information reports.
• Compute the company’s, directors and employees personal Tax.
• Compute and pay every month EPF and SOCSO.

Internship at Ernst & Young
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2008 to August 2009
Accountant at Zigas Customs Clearing & Forwarding Agents
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • February 2008 to September 2008

• Posting all voucher in the system.
• Maintaining the payable, receivable, petty cash, Bank ledger
• Dealing with banks, import & export matters.
• Act as Customer relationship officer.
• Involve in Business operations.
• Compute and file monthly sale tax.
• Chasing the Track of Exports (Client to FOB)

Education

Master's degree, ACCA UK
  • at FTMS Global
  • December 2013
Bachelor's degree, BSc (Hons) Applied Accounting
  • at Oxford Brook University, UK
  • November 2013
Higher diploma, Accouting, Financial Management, Tax,Corporate Reporting,Business & Performance Management, Audit
  • at FTMS Singapore
  • August 2013

Advance Diploma in Accounting and Business (ACCA UK)

Higher diploma, Certified in Professional Ethic
  • at FTMS Global
  • May 2013
Diploma, CAT (ACCA UK)
  • at Center of Financial Exellence
  • December 2007

Specialties & Skills

Financial Management
Control System Design
Oracle ERP
Financial Reporting
Auditing
Ratio Analysis
Debt Exposure Management
Operating, Investing and Financing Capital Management
Risk Management
Payroll
Business Valuations, Market Capitalization Analysis
Financial and Strategic Planning
Cash Flow and Net Asset Management
Inventory Valuation
A/P, A/R
IAS, IFRS
Auditing
Accounting
Financial Reporting

Languages

English
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Malay
Beginner

Memberships

Institute Of Internal Audit, USA
  • The IIA
  • June 2008

Hobbies

  • Travelling, News, Games