WAQAS IQBAL
Mobile:                                +966-55-9190383

Date of Birth:                    June 22, 1987

Nationality:                        Pakistan

Current Location:             Dammam – K.S.A.

E-mail:                                 [email protected]

Objective:

An ardent finance professional with expertise in strengthening companies to lead in highly competitive situations
 

Areas of Expertise:

SAP FI/CO/PS
Budgeting (Capex, Opex)
Asset / GL Accounting
Variance Analysis
Management Reporting
Joint Venture Accounting
Strong Communication Skills
Result oriented team player
 

Education:

·         Bachelors of Commerce                                                                                                                             2006 to 2008

(University of the Punjab – Lahore, Pakistan)

Working Experience:

Thabat Construction Company (formerly Al Muhaidib Contracting Company) – (Dammam – Saudi Arabia)

Accounting Supervisor                                                                                                                                                  Feb-12 to date

Thabat is one of the largest companies in KSA engaged in the construction of residential and commercial buildings, hospitals, schools, water treatment plants. The company consists of around 6,000 employees. Thabat is a registered contractor with Saudi Aramco, SCECO. Presently, Thabat has a portfolio of over 14 projects around the kingdom.

My reporting is to Finance Manager and I oversee Capex / Opex Budget, fixed assets, Joint Venture accounting, Vendor Payments and profit center accounting.

Achievements:

·         Developed and implemented mechanism for charging manpower cost.

·         Developed monthly revenue and cost reports for operations support ancillary businesses.

·         Mapped and Implemented Fixed Asset Module in Sage Accpac for one of our Joint venture projects.

·         Implemented Tracking System for Fixed Assets.

Responsibilities:

·         Subject Matter Expert in the implementation of SAP FICO.

·         Monitor Actual vs Budget (Capex & Opex) for Head Office and projects.

·         Project wise management reporting on Revenue and Cost Analysis along with their variance and reasons.

·         Project wise management reporting on Billings and Collection along with their variance and reasons.

·         Bi-weekly reporting to management on company’s total accounts payables, Retentions and advance balances

·         Supervise the monthly closing, coordinate with respective personnel and ensure timely closing of accounts.

·         Prepare various monthly GL schedules to monitor the cost of project & head office and report to the manager.

·         Prepare monthly financials of Joint venture projects and report to the Joint Venture board.

·         Coordinate with JV partners for all financial matters.

·         Monitoring and reporting of monthly actual revenues and costs of auxiliary businesses including Workshop, Scaffolding and Batching plants.

·         Supervise the entire fixed asset accounting procedure including the following:

a)       Asset Acquisition / Transfers / Disposals

b)       Monthly depreciation run

c)       Asset Tagging

d)       Handling CWIPs and capitalize them once completed according to nature of categories.

·         Supervise yearly and periodic fixed assets and inventory physical verifications.

·         Liaison with External and Internal Auditors.

Engineer’s Office (Dubai – UAE)

Accountant – Fixed Assets & Inventory                                                                                                                 Aug 08 to Dec-11

EO is a personal company of “His Highness Sheikh Muhammad bin Rashid al Makhtoum” (Ruler of Dubai) and it is engaged in the construction and facilities maintenance of Palaces, Villa, Islands of the owner. The company consists of more than 6,000 employees.

My reporting was to Head of Financial Accounting. I oversee Capex budget and also prepare of various management schedules for financial statements.

Responsibilities:

Maintaining the Register for Fixed Assets in SAP
Assisting in the finalization of accounts
Liaison with internal and external auditors
Consolidation of the Capex budget for management reporting after receiving requirements from all departments.
Clearing of vendor advances.
Booking of vendor invoices.
Surprise petty cash count in all the departments
Prepare and review of GL schedules on periodic basis.
Cost wise analysis and high level summary of selected Projects
Consolidation of all the financial schedules for management reporting purpose.
Technical closure of the completed projects in the system other than AUCs
Settlements of the costs on the internal order and standing work order to their respective facilities/projects (WBS)
IT Proficiency:

SAP FICO and PS modules
Sage Accpac
MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
FoxPro