Faisal Muhammad

To pursue a career with a progressive servicing, financing, trading or manufacturing organization by providing relevant accounting and financial management expertise and competencies

Mar 2009 – to date Part-Time FM Certified General Accountant: Working as principal of the Company.
Oct 2008 – to date Assistant Manager, Attest Audit services, Office of Auditor General of Alberta
Planning, Participating and Review of Ministries Financial and Operational Audits in various sectors.
Budgeting and forecasting for projects.
Major clients served: Advance Education, Health and Finance
Managing staff.
Jun 2007 – Aug 2008 Experienced Senior Associate, PwC Vancouver Canada.
Planning, Participating and Review of Financial and Operational Audits in various sectors
Review of accounting and internal control systems
Preparation of detailed reports and other deliverables on audit findings and making recommendations to improve entity’s accounting and management practices, controls and systems
Major client areas served: Manufacturing/Trading and Energy Sector
Also completed audits of several local based businesses
Sep 2005 – Mar 2007 Senior Associate, Assurance and Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, Dubai,U.A.E
Planning, Participating and Review of Financial and Operational Audits in various sectors
Review of accounting and internal control systems
Preparation of detailed reports and other deliverables on audit findings and making recommendations to improve entity’s accounting and management practices, controls and systems
Major client areas served: Manufacturing/Trading and Energy Sector
Also completed audits of several local based businesses
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June 2003 – Aug 2005 Associate, Audit Services, Taseer Hadi Khalid & Co. (Member firm of KPMG), Karachi, Pakistan
Completed two year articling term leading to promotion as Audit Senior
Participated in audit assignments conducted with diverse staff teams
Assisted clients in preparation of Financial Statements and other Statutory and Foreign Reports including the development of reporting packages
Completed due diligence reporting for five major clients
Major client areas served: Manufacturing/Trading Sector, Financial Institutions and Services Industry

2009 International Financial Analyst – LIFA
Member
2007-2008 Certified General Accountant – CGA
Member CGA - Canada
2001-2004 Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), UK
Member ACCA qualification in 2004

2000- 2001 Certified Accountant Technician (CAT), UK
Achieved qualification in 2001
1997- 1999 Bachelors of Commerce (BCOM), University of Karachi, Pakistan
Graduated with First Division Honors in 2000

Attended various training programs, workshops and lectures conducted by the KPMG (Karachi, Pakistan) to facilitate comprehension of the international work approach and best practices including the following:
International Accounting Standards and International Standards on Auditing
Managing Audits
Banking Rules and Updates
Global Working Paper - KPMG Audit approach and its emphasis in understanding business process
Soft Skills Training
Global Risk Management
Attended training programs, workshops and lectures conducted by the Ernst & Young (Dubai, U.A.E) to facilitate comprehension of the international work approach and best practices including the following:
International Financial Reporting Standards and International Standards on Auditing
Manufacturing and trading industry rules and updates
Global Audit Methodology – Ernst &Young approach
Soft skills Training
Caseware and AWS training
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Attended training programs, workshops and lectures conducted by the Office of Auditor General (Alberta - Canada), including the following;
Audit 1
Audit 2
TeamMate and ACL Software
OAG Methodology