Wasim Khawaja, CPA

Trade Group is a full service, event marketing and exhibit management company which has done more than 50,000 wildly diverse projects within United States and internationally. Management ● Managed accounting function consisting of 7 team members and reported directly to company’s President ● Hired, trained and build amazing accounting and finance team including the design of organizational structure adequate for achieving departmental and organizational goals and objectives ● Managed accounting operations of sister companies ● Planned, structured and managed intercompany transactions ● Monthly, quarterly and yearly close of financial statements ● ERP system upgrades, modifications and implementation according to business process improvement Transactions ● Maintained chart of accounts ● Ensured timely payment of accounts payable according to negotiated terms thus establishing long term vendor partnerships and favorable pricing structure ● Ensured monthly billing is invoiced by the cutoff date and collected according to approved terms ● Ensured that periodic credit card and bank reconciliations are completed promptly after month end ● Ensured that proper filling of sales & use tax is done every month ● Maintained up to date fixed asset schedule along with accumulated depreciation Reporting ● Organized and presented financial package for quarterly board meetings ● Established KPIs against which to measure the performance of company operations ● Worked with program and project managers to develop budgets and performed variance analysis ● Prepared and analyzed weekly cash reports Compliance ● Facilitated external auditors with field work and information requests related to GAAP compliant annual external audit ● Developed yearly tax package for CPA firm for filling annual Federal and State tax return ● Monitored debt levels and compliance with debt covenants

Medcare MSO is a medical services organization that provides medical billing services, practice management solutions and revenue cycle management by using best practice process management and state-of-the-art EMR and EHR technology. Medcare MSO is head quartered in Santa Fe NM. ● Developed monthly budgets and tied them to revenue projections in order to streamline cash flow. ● Implemented monthly variance analysis for sales, payroll and revenue, thus ensuring company meets the year-end target ● Enhanced billing, collection, file maintenance and account receivable management function using QuickBooks Online thus improving collection by 60% for net 15 days billing ● Trained operational staff regarding efficient and effective accounting system practices, resulting in increased employee satisfaction and minimum 50% increase in employee’s learning curve (based on HR feedback)

Management ● Managed accounting function consisting of 8 team members and reported directly to company’s President ● Maintained constant communication with IRS, state agencies, financial institutions, clients and vendors. ● Managed multiple accounting and operations teams working with real estate and retail portfolio Transactions ● Managed full cycle accounting ● Ensured proper journals are posted for accounts payable, accounts receivable, prepaid assets and accruals according to GAAP and company policy ● Ensured month end closing of accounts payable and accounts receivable by the cutoff date ● Reviewed, designed, implemented and tested internal controls for account receivable and account payable functions, resulting 10% improved cash position on monthly basis ● Instituted multiple accounting information systems using Quick Book Enterprise and Sage 50 Quantum that met GAAP standards for IT, real estate and retail industry (16 Cricket stores - ATT subsidiary) and trained staff to capture day to day business activities Reporting ● Led master budget and variance analysis based on input from Accounting/Finance, Sales, HR, Marketing and IT, to ensure the company stays on track for annual revenues and expenses for health care IT and retail industry ● Maintained local budgets for international sister companies and rolled them in consolidated master budget ● Involved with project managers, product managers and HR in order to identify qualified activities for software development R&D and ensured to complete the tax credit study before annual tax filling Compliance ● Conducted internal audit for account receivable and contracts department, thus ensuring no over/under billing to clients ● Researched professional publications and IRS code for unique business situations and maintained in-house wiki pages for standard operating procedures

● Tutored multiple classes of 45 undergraduates to apply statistical concepts to real life examples, resulting in 73% of the class to get an “A” grade ● Bridged a communication gap between students and professor, resulting in improved student grade by one letter grade ● Coached students by introducing various learning strategies to overcome exam anxiety, resulting in improved student confidence

Collaboration Station is a leading US nonprofit with a mission to eliminate barriers that prevent distressed populations from succeeding in their entrepreneurial pursuits. Accounting Intern ● Prepared financial statements such as income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, budgets and financial projections for the new and seasoned entrepreneur clients ● Provided strategic coaching to clients, resulting in improved critical assessment of business resources ● Trained clients through especially tailored entrepreneur seminars and encouraged them to look into the option of starting a small business

Habib Bank Limited is Pakistan’s one of the largest banks with International presence in 25 countries. Assistant Manager Credit ● Managed a portfolio of size $ 8 MM and increased it by 9% to $ 8.72 MM; the portfolio comprised of consumer ($ 6 MM) and commercial ($ 2.72 MM) advances ● Supervised a recovery team of 5 people and recovered 5% of the overdue amount ● Conducted financial risk analysis of Small and Medium Enterprises thus enabling bank to offer competitive interest rates

1. Ciuni and Panichi academic excellence scholarship 2. Ahuja Scholarship – (Multiple semesters) 3. Trophy for “Star Math Leader” – Best supplemental instructor at Cleveland State University 4. Graduate Assistantship in Tutoring and Academic Success Center at Cleveland State University 5. Declared as “Star Student” on the face book page of Ohio Society of CPAs