Haris Riaz

· Responsible for the preparation of group consolidated financial statements and standalone financials.

· Manage audits by coordinating with external auditors to issue the financial statements and various departments within Merex.

· Supervise the "Fixed Assets" domain, including cost clearing reviews, asset acquisition and disposal, capitalization, and running depreciation.

· Review intercompany reconciliations for all retail entities and entities within and outside the Group, ensuring timely booking of adjustments for reconciling differences.

· Supervise monthly trial balance reviews, analyze trends and unusual movements for all retail entities, and suggest necessary adjustments.

· Review monthly, quarterly management reports, including performance analysis of all retail entities, for presentation to the CFO/Senior Director.

· Responsible for the preparation of group consolidated financial statements (50 plus entities) in accordance with international financial reporting standards (IFRS)

· Involved in the preparation of financial reporting packs for the senior management to report the financial result of the group

· Maintenance of financial information in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) to ensure smooth group consolidation at ultimate Parent company level.

· Responsible for preparation of standalone financial statements and cleaning of books

· Ensuring compliance of VAT data collection along with its review, consolidation, validation, and submitting all required VAT returns, supporting schedules and any documentation/responses as may be required by the Federal Tax Authority.

· Preparing and submitting reports on the VAT related activities of the Group to the management

· Responsible as an audit coordinator to carry out smooth internal and external audit

· Supported quarter and annual audit process by preparing detailed schedules, reconciliations, and responding promptly to auditor inquiries

· Mentored junior finance staff, fostering a positive work environment and promoting professional growth

· Facilitated transparent communication between finance department and executive leadership through regular updates and presentations

· Streamlined month-end closing process by automating tasks and establishing clear deadlines

· Prepare accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with IFRS

· Manage the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance and bank reconciliations and report preparation

· Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance updates

· Collaborate with external auditors to ensure successful audit results and compliance

· Resolve collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line, coordinating contact with collections department

· Manage and analyze budget and prepare financial forecasts and compare with actual results

· Assist the finance manager in arranging bank facilities for the company, comply and provide all the requisite documents to bank for the facilities

· Contacted customers to immediately find resolutions for escalated issues

· Trained and mentored junior staff members on various aspects of general accounting principles, software applications, and best practices in order to foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development

· Cash flow forecast of the projects on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis

· Monthly and quarterly project forecasting including yearly project budgeting

· Prepare the variance report of actual sales & cash flows reports on quarterly, and annual basis for the management

· Support the sales team in calculating the bid price of the project

· Order cost calculation (OCC) analysis and present it to top management

· Review and monitor routine transactions & ensure accurate recording

· Perform age debt analysis on monthly basis and deal with customers for timely payments

· Perform system billing, GR, SES, Damex check in SAP

· Involved in month end closing activates and order revaluations in the system

· Processing and managing purchase orders

· Control direct payables, handling payments of suppliers, and related correspondence