SAJJAD A. CHEEMA

43B Camboon Road, Morley, Perth WA 6062
Mobile: 0403 584 708 Home: 08 616 19551
Email: cheemasajjad @ yahoo.com

KEY STRENGTHS

• Big 4 Experience - Ernest & Young Chartered Accountants
• 4 years training - Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants
• Exposure to Mining, Oil & Gas sector
• Accounting, management reporting and auditing experience
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, SOX, and hands on external financial reporting
• Highly trained in auditing, fraud investigation, system development, ERP implementation and financial modeling
• Knowledge of Australian taxation compliance requirements, including PAYG withholding, BAS, FBT and super
• Worked on different ERP systems including SAP, SUN, ACCPAC, QuickBooks and MS Office (especially Excel)
• Quick learner, team player, aptitude to work to key deadlines and adopt in rapidly changing environment

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION


• Chartered Accountant – UK Finalist- Two papers remaining- Expected to pass in 2013
• Chartered Accountant – ICAP Oversea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Group Financial Accountant Dec 2010 to date
I P Pty Ltd
This is a medium size Perth based group having 5 entities and a monthly turnover of around $500K. Group manufactures and deals in cosmetics related products. I am reporting to Managing Director and am responsible for accounts, finance and tax matters of the group. Some of the key responsibilities include:
• Preparation of group’s monthly consolidated and stand alone financial statements as per IFRS.
• Tax compliance including preparation and submission of BAS, IAS and other tax returns.
• Cash Flow Management.
• Budgeting and variance analysis.

Achievements:
• Revamped inventory module of ERP system and rectified configurations mistakes in “Bill of Material”. This improved and corrected inventory costing system.
• Deducted errors of significant amount (approx $600K) in year 2011 financial statements.
• Standardized and revisited work processes by incorporating strong internal controls. Designed standard templates and documented processes.
• Designed an effective management dash board and introduced monthly management report including budget variance analysis.
• Finalized year 2011 & 2012 financial statements for the group. Coordinated for audit and tax returns with tax consultant.

Audit Assurance May 09 – Aug 10
Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
This is a member firm of Ernst & Young Global. I worked in audit assurance and supervised staff. My portfolio included clients from a wide range of industries including oil & gas and telecommunication companies. Some of the important clients were China Mobile, Tullow Oil, MOL Oil, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Oracle Systems etc.
Business Risk Management Division (BRM) in MTNA
In Ernst & Young, I worked on a six month secondment with MTNA. MTNA is a subsidiary of South Africa based multination telecommunication company MTN.

Major responsibilities and achievements included;
• Operational and process risk assessment for risk profile reporting and suggested, implemented and monitored progress of mitigating plans.
• Formulated and monitored implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Comprehensive audits were conducted for procurement, supply chain management and fix assets in line with Global Audit Plan. Company’s procedures and practices were compared with a benchmark of group policies & procedures and internal auditing guide lines. Control weaknesses were identified and improvements were recommended.

Senior Accountant Sept 07 - April 09
Tethyan Copper Company Pty Ltd -An Australian Mining Company (Former Project of Mincor Resources)
Tethyan is working on world fifth largest copper and gold reserve. This was a project of Mincor Resources NL which was later sold to two big multinational mining giants, Barrick Gold Corporation and Antofagasta plc. I was reporting to Finance Manager and supervised a team of five person including site accountant.
My main responsibilities were:
• Supervision and management of all accounting functions, general ledger, payables, fixed asset register, month end closing etc of Australian holding company and overseas subsidiary.
• Translation of oversea subsidiary and preparation of monthly and annual financial statements (stand alone & consolidated) for both holding company and overseas subsidiary in accordance with the requirements of IFRS.
• Preparation of budgets and forecasts on the basis of annual plan, inputs from other departments and analysis of historical costs. Cost control/monitoring and financial analysis for expenditure reporting.
• Financial modeling, business plans and feasibility studies for different production scenarios.
• Monthly management reporting including variance analysis and flash report preparation showing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Audit and tax compliance.

My main achievements at Tethyan were:
• Improved the month-end procedures by streamlining reporting lines, putting deadline and rescheduling tasks.
• Meet deadlines for monthly management and financial statements reporting to Head office.
• Successfully migrated Australian entity data to overseas and managed accounting and management reporting functions.
• Suggested internal control improvements and designed template documents and standard operating procedures.
• Prepared Australian holding company’s stand alone and consolidated financial statements for year 2008 by translating and incorporating results of foreign subsidiary and coordinated with PWC Perth for the audits.al statements.
• Participated as a team member for successful implementation of Oracle financial. Documented existing processes, finalized wish lists and prepared new process flow charts.

Overseas Experiences
Budgets /Cost Control Division May 05 - Aug 07
Alcatel Lucent Pak Limited – Overseas Company

This is a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent France, which is one of the largest multinational innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. My direct reporting was to CFO and indirect to departmental heads including CEO. I was assisted with a team of four person.
My responsibilities were:
• Budgeting and forecasting. To play a pivotal role in consolidation and preparation of budgets on the basis of annual commercial and operational plans.
• Monitoring and controlling operating and capital cost by comparing actual expenditures against approved budget and reporting over run.
• Project financial management for rollout plans, monitoring deployed resources and highlighting inefficiencies.
• Liaison with tendering team.
• Preparation of monthly financial statements for Head Office in France.

My achievements were:
• Improved and enhances Management Information System by standardization and streamlining different reporting processes. Documented SOPs and put in place.
• Introduced a monthly management report for CEO and departmental heads, established departmental KPIs and reviewed achievements against them on monthly basis.
• Bridged the gap and enlined Head Office and management reporting with IFRS financial statements.

Accounts & Finance Division July 03 - April 05
Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Limited – Overseas Company

PEL is an oil and gas exploration company, operating in more than 15 blocks with many multinational joint venture partners like Novus, Sherrit etc. The Company is in production and gas produced from some of the blocks is sold to National gas supply Company. I was reporting directly to CEO and indirect reporting was to technical departments i.e; exploration, production and drilling. Major achievements were:
• Finalized IFRS compliant financial statements of Company and all the joint ventures for the year 2003 and 2004.
• Accomplished Joint venture reporting including sending cash calls and cost statements within deadlines.
• Holding of JV operating Committee meetings and obtained approval of joint venture’s annual budget for year 2004-05 from other partners.
• Supervised more than 20 staff and managed accounting functions at different sites.
• Provided input for Gas Purchasing Agreement, timely submitted Gas Price data on quarterly basis and prepared monthly Gas Sale invoice.
• Fund management and arranged a financing facility for the Company.
• Finalized income tax assessments of previous years, revised tax calculations by applying Ring Fences principle.
• Achieved the best scorecard for finance department.

Trained as Chartered Accountant in Grant Thornton, Chartered Accountants March 98 –June 03
Carried out and supervised various audits, accounting and consulting assignments for clients from various sectors including, Oil and gas exploration, Construction, Financial institutions, Textile, Cement etc. I also worked as deputy manager finance in Save the Children for one year.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Name Proficiency Years experience
SAGE ACCPAC Advance 1.5 year
SAP Advance 2 years
Sun System Advance 1 year
Quick Books Advance 3 + years
Microsoft Office (Excel spread sheet) Advance 12 years (Pivot tables and other advance functions)

REFERENCES

01. Mr. Brett Clark (former CFM of Tethyan copper)
Director Wembley Resources Pty Limited
Wembley Resources is a private Australian company operating in the Energy and Mineral Resource sectors
Contact number will be provided on request.

02. Mr. Gareth King - CPA
Partner Sovereign Partners, Certified Practising Accountants, 95 Hays Street Subiaco WA 6008
Contact number will be provided on requ