Ahsan Afzal is an accounts professional based in Dubai with over 3 years of experience in diverse industries. He has expertise in accounting software like Tally, QuickBooks, and advanced Excel skills. His previous roles include working as an auditor for an insurance company in Pakistan, where he analyzed financial statements and identified errors, and as an accounts officer for a consulting firm, where he maintained bookkeeping records. He is pursuing his ACCA certification and holds other accounting qualifications.
1. AHSAN AFZAL
ACCOUNTS PROFESSIONAL
Current Location: Dubai, UAE
Languages: English (Fluent), Hindi, Urdu, Arabic (Beginner)
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Email: ahsanaf@icloud.com
Mobile: +971 52 7689465
Career Summary
A highly competent, goal-oriented accounts professional with more than 3 years of professional experience in
diverse industries. Expert user of all accounting softwares such as Tally, QuickBooks with in-depth knowledge of
IFRS.
Technical Skills
Computerized Book-keeping, SAP Business One, Advance MS-Excel, Financial Analysis using MS Excel, Tally,
QuickBooks, Peachtree, MS- Word, MS-PowerPoint.
Work experience
Auditor
Adam Jee Insurance, Ltd. October 2014 – July 2016
Responsible, as part of a team, for analyzing financial statements in motor vehicles’ insurance department.
Preparing master data in MS Excel from manual accounts files and preparing a list of errors.
Using various specialized techniques to spot errors and report them to seniors.
Performing MS Excel spreadsheet tasks such as assisting in ratio analysis.
Preparing a report on all the findings in MS Word and present them to client.
Asking and interviewing clients’ management about discrepancies found in the report.
Referencing the report, matching errors with their respective explanation pages for future use.
Sorting clients’ ledger books according to months of financial year.
Prioritizing and selecting books of accounts to be audited based on professional judgment and as guided by
seniors.
Comparing ledger book amounts of client with individual receipts, as mentioned in the description.
Actively participating in team discussions about specific accounting problems emerging during audit.
Making sure all the accounts are prepared using International Accounting Standards.
Making a list of material misstatements found during comparison and sorting them according to books of
accounts.
Drafting a final report containing auditor’s opinion on the financial accuracy of the financial statements.
Stocktaking, for verification of inventory items in client’s warehouse to match with the company’s accounting
records.
Referencing and cross-referencing audit files to show order of working as per ICAP guidelines.
Presenting the final report to audit senior for approval.
Accounts Officer
Knowledge Leader Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan July 2013-September 2014
Responsible for clients’ book-keeping tasks including posting of all sales invoices and purchase invoices to
proper accounts using QuickBooks and keeping all records updated to ensure completeness.
Maintaining supplier and customer’s master data files to ensure proper record retention.
Processing sales invoices and customer receipts and retaining accurate records of the document.
Processing supplier payments, customer receipts, bank payments and reconciliation using QuickBooks
accounts.
Preparation of historic and projected Financial Statements and submission to manager for approval.
2. Co-ordinate with CEO and other board of directors in forecasting expenses and devising ways to minimize
them.
Posting of purchase invoices, reconciliation of suppliers’ statements, maintaining suppliers’ files and
processing bank cheque payments to the suppliers.
Answering customers’ phone calls and queries and dealing with walk-in customers.
Generating monthly Income and Expense Reports using MS Excel (pivot table) for the management.
Responsible for monthly closing of accounts to establish different financial reports and comparisons.
Responsible for correspondence with the debtors and follow up the debtors to recover the overdue debts.
Maintaining updated customer lists and keeping record of all the activities and correspondence with them.
Performing other general administrative tasks as assigned by the Manager.
Professional Trainings:
A certificate was awarded on successful completion of training on following softwares and systems.
ERP + Computerized Accounts
SAP Business One
Quick Books
MS Excel Advance
Tally ERP
Peachtree
A 6 month internship at Yousaf Islam Assocaites, Lahore (Pakistan) where I was trained as a professional
auditor and grasped the importance of professional ethics.
In addition, I have been awarded certificates of participation on attending various seminars and training
sessions on career and professional skills.
Project:
University of Cambridge, 2008
A Database Management System was developed for Sun Electronics, Ltd. using MS Access. All the master data was
prepared and analysed using advanced features of MS Excel such as pivot tables, macros, etc. This was accompanied
by a thesis of almost 10,000 words prepared on MS Word acting as a user manual and explaining all the stages of the
software. A hard copy of the thesis was published and submitted to the University of Cambridge (UK) scoring an A*.
Qualifications Subjects Awarding Body Year
B.Sc. Hons. In
Applied Accounting Accounting
Oxford Brooks University,
UK
Result
Awaiting
ACCA (Finalist) Accounts, Finance, Audit ACCA, UK 2015
Advanced Diploma in
Accounting and Business
Accounts, Finance, Audit,
Professional Ethics
ACCA, UK 2015
A Levels Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Thinking Skills
University of Cambridge,
UK
2010
O Levels Sciences including Computer Science
University of Cambridge,
UK
2008
Interests:
Professional Seminars, Workshops, Travelling, Running, Reading articles and books, Current Affairs.
(Referencesmay be furnishedon demand)