Kashif Iqbal

Led end-to-end finance operations for a cross-border qualitative research consultancy serving 60+ global clients, managing compliance across cross border entities simultaneously. • Directed financial control for a cross-border consultancy serving 60+ global clients, overseeing GL integrity and record-to-report financial close across Canadian and Pakistani entities, ensuring compliant financial reporting. • Prepared IFRS and ASPE-compliant standalone and consolidated financial statements, ensuring full statutory compliance through coordination with external auditors and regulatory bodies. • Administered project accounting and enforced revenue recognition across 20+ concurrent clients — minimizing deferred revenue adjustments and maintaining clean, auditable revenue records at year-end close. • Strengthened intercompany accounting integrity by implementing reconciliation controls that resolved intercompany mismatches and ensured elimination entries were complete and accurate at consolidation. • Managed treasury and multi-currency banking operations across USD, CAD, and PKR, executing intercompany funding and FX controls — reducing settlement lag by 5 days and improving working capital cycle efficiency. • Developed and maintained rolling 13-week cash flow forecast model — providing senior management with real-time liquidity visibility and early identification of funding gaps. • Supported annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting across a USD 2M+ multi-client portfolio — holding overheads within 5% of budget, flagging cost overruns early, and providing management with reliable variance visibility. • Configured SAP B1 ERP to automate project cost capture, billing cycles, AR/AP workflows, and banking integration — building management dashboards for revenue, receivables ageing, and project margins that accelerated financial decision-making.

Led audit engagements at one of the world's Top 10 accounting and advisory networks, covering diverse sectors across Pakistan and GCC markets. • Participated in and led 10–14 statutory, risk-based, AUP, and internal audit engagements annually — planning and executing ISA-compliant fieldwork across manufacturing, construction, FMCG, financial services, and energy sectors. • Supervised audit teams of 4–8 members, implementing structured review processes that reduced iteration cycles and consistently delivered engagements on time. • Undertook GCC secondments across KSA and Qatar, delivering statutory audit engagements and supporting client finance teams on Zakat, VAT, CIT and WHT compliance under KSA ZATCA and Qatar's General Tax Authority requirements. • Led the review and finalization of financial statements, validated IFRS disclosures and local law requirements for large corporates — reducing post issuance adjustments to a minimum and accelerating sign off timelines. • Detected material adjustments through focused substantive testing across key financial statement line items — directly supporting stronger audit opinions and reducing post-issuance restatement risk. • Contributed to IFRS adoption and remediation projects, delivering technical memos and disclosures particularly for IFRS 15 & 16 implementations and eliminating potential material misstatements. • Tested and strengthened internal controls over financial reporting — identifying control gaps and recommending remediation actions that improved control effectiveness and enhanced audit readiness. • Prepared and delivered management letters with concise, prioritized findings and actionable recommendations that clients implemented to tighten processes and reduce control exceptions. • Maintained cross-industry ERP proficiency across Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Sage, and SAP, supported by Baker Tilly International audit methodology training and continuous IFRS/ISA CPD.

Managed full-cycle accounting operations for a pharmaceutical manufacturer, covering GL, AR/AP, payroll, inventory, and fixed assets in Odoo ERP. • Managed full-cycle accounting operations in Odoo ERP, including journal entries, AR/AP, 3-way invoice matching, reconciliations and general ledger maintenance, delivering accurate P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow reports on schedule. • Oversaw inventory accounting across a 300+ SKU pharma product line, managing COGS, production costing, batch/lot tracking, and physical count reconciliation — reducing stock variances and maintaining accurate inventory valuation. • Processed monthly payroll for 200+ employees covering commissions, incentives, overtime, advances, and reimbursements — ensuring accurate and timely disbursement across all employee categories. • Managed the complete fixed asset lifecycle including acquisitions, disposals, and depreciation — maintaining the fixed asset register and supporting physical tagging and verification. • Coordinated with external tax advisors on VAT/Sales Tax and WHT computations and statutory submissions. • Supported external audits across procurement, production, and inventory functions — compiling reconciliations, preparing audit schedules, and resolving discrepancies to facilitate smooth and timely sign-off.

Chartered Accountant - Finalist • Completed Certificate in Accounting and Finance (CAF)

PIPFA Corporate Sector Qualification — PIPFA is a professional accountancy body fully accredited by the IFAC US.