Hamza's CV
Hamza Ahmed Khan
Senior Accountant | Financial & Statutory Reporting Analyst
Profile summary
Accomplished Senior Accountant with 5 years of progressive experience in financial reporting, statutory audit, and tax compliance across the GCC and international markets. Resulted in expertise in managing general ledger operations, month-end close processes, and cross-border tax frameworks including Zakat, VAT, and WHT. Track record of directing audit engagements and executing financial analysis to support strategic decision-making. Committed to delivering accurate financial reporting and maintaining rigorous internal controls.
Career highlights
Financial Reporting Management: Managed financial reporting and general ledger operations for a 2-entity group, closing books by the 10th of every month.
Tax Compliance Review: Coordinated Zakat, VAT, and Withholding Tax compliance reviews across 10 client engagements during statutory audits.
Audit Leadership: Directed audit teams of up to 8 to 10 associates on engagements for major telecommunications, FMCG, and pharmaceutical companies.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directed statutory audit engagements involving Zakat, VAT, and Withholding Tax compliance reviews for client accounts, directing audit fieldwork and accounting standard verifications.
- Coordinated Zakat, VAT/ZATCA, and Withholding Tax compliance review across 10 client engagements as part of statutory audit work.
- Reviewed general ledger balances, journal entries, and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with accounting standards and reporting requirements.
- Supported statutory audit fieldwork, preparing schedules, reconciliations, and documentation for external audit teams.
Managed financial operations for a 2entity international software group, overseeing monthly closing processes and maintaining general ledger integrity. Directed accounting workflows across accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, and intercompany accounts while guiding crossborder tax compliance.
- Automated Stripe to QuickBooks invoice and payment mapping, eliminating manual recording time per monthly cycle and reassigning the affected team member to higher-value work.
- Processed and reconciled monthly payroll for the group at individual and consolidated levels.
- Executed financial planning and analysis functions, encompassing revenue and cost forecasting, budget preparation, and scenario-based financial modeling to support management decisions.
Directed audit teams of up to 10 associates as Audit In-Charge for major telecommunications, FMCG, and pharmaceutical clients. Managed internal control assessments, financial statement preparation, and accounting reviews across complex engagements.
- Performed SOX control testing and internal control assessments for Pakistan's largest telecommunications company while supervising field associates.
- Supported IFRS 9, IFRS 15, and IFRS 16 implementation and assessment across multiple client engagements.
- Reviewed business combination accounting, including purchase price allocation and goodwill calculation, on client M&A activity.
Executed statutory audit engagements for manufacturing, FMCG, and pharmaceutical industry clients. Coordinated audit procedures across diverse operational sectors during the 2023-07 to 2023-12 period.
- Performed general ledger reviews and financial statement reconciliations for clients in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors.
- Conducted substantive testing procedures as part of annual statutory audit fieldwork for FMCG entities.
- Conducted inventory and revenue recognition reviews during audit engagements.
- Prepared compliance documentation for multiple sector audits.
- Executed ERP migration from Tally to Odoo by designing the chart of accounts.
- Supported audit engagements alongside primary consulting responsibilities to build familiarity with methodology.
Projects
Led ERP migration from Tally to Odoo and chart-of-accounts design as a full-time consultant posted from EY Ford Rhodes.
Reviewed financial models and valuation analysis supporting client investment and transaction decisions.
Statutory audit and financial statement review across FMCG, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing sectors.
Education
Languages
English
Arabic · Intermediate