Murtaza Hussain

Lahore, Pakistan | +923337666675 | Murtaza_mkri@yahoo.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/-murtaza-hussain-/

Professional Summary
An ACCA member with more than 7 years of experience in different industries in the field of Internal Audit, Accounting,
and Taxation which have been my forte. Currently working as a Sr. Financial Analyst at Solyz in the Finance
department. At PwC, I work on various projects/assignments on internal audits, identify internal control weaknesses,
policies, and statutory requirements, and evaluate risk management and governance systems. Competent in
bookkeeping, taxation, internal audit methodologies, risk assessments, controls review, governance, leadership, and
team building while working with clients in a meaningful capacity, training associates to maximize employee
progression and excellent communication and efficient time management skills.

Professional Experience

Solyz Services | Senior FP&A Analyst | Corporate Finance July 2019 – Present

● Preparation of UK VAT Returns, CIS return filing and drafting UK tax computation. Working knowledge of
Income Tax, Corporation Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax and self-assessment tax return. Familiarity with tax
treatment of expenses, benefits and all VAT schemes. Preparation of Statutory accounts using FRS 102/105
reporting standards
● Perform day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting, and recording
accounts receivables’ data.
● Summarize and prepare financial status and transactions reports, including a profit and loss statement, and
other necessary reports.
● Reconcile the transactions and entries recorded in the correct day book, bank ledger, vendor/supplier’s
ledger, customer ledger, and general ledger.
● Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, and statements.
● Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends and make recommendations for
improvements.
● Maintaining complex excel models, update on a monthly and quarterly basis. Quantify and illustrate financial
reports, comparisons, impacts, variance analysis and ratio analysis.
● Review financial results against Budget/Forecast/Prior Year and provide in-depth analysis and highlight areas
needing management’s attention.
● Managing all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Lease Schedule, Fixed Asset
Schedule, Cost Accounting, Budgeting (OPEX & CAPEX) and Revenue Recognition.
● Assist with the development and completion of financial activities such as budgets, budget reviews, financial
statements audits, month-end processes, and other various related tasks associated with the accounting
department as well.
● Recommends strategies for increasing financial performance and support the target settings and tracks key
performance indicators (KPIs).
● Supervise and review work performed by subordinates and provide qualitative inputs before submission of
deliverables to Managers/client.
● Train and support junior team members within the department to grow their career.
● Responsible for effectively engaging with clients and executing risk management and internal audit projects
under the supervision of Managers.
● Working and understanding of US Federal income tax return (1040, 1065, 1120, 1120s) and state income tax
return. Review and submission of US individual and corporation tax return.

PwC Pakistan | Supervising Senior | Assurance & Business Advisory Services March 2016 – June 2019

 Ensuring the adequacy of reporting systems, compliance with management policies and statutory requirements,
reviewing existing systems to identify any control weaknesses and reviewing financial statements to ensure
compliance with local laws and International Financial Reporting Standards.
 Evaluate and ensure that risk management, control and governance systems are functioning as intended and
will enable the organization’s objectives and goals to be met.
 Review of work papers and providing guidance to team members to ensure that work papers support the audit
conclusion.
 Identifying and assessing risks of material misstatements by gaining understanding of the entity and its
environment, key business processes and internal controls system.
  Supervising and conducting annual audits, interim review of financial statements and agreed upon procedures
including assignments for application / changes in accounting policies.

Professional Skills

● Implement process improvements to accounting processes and procedures to increase efficiency and
effectiveness and meet processing and reporting deadlines.
● Understanding and Familiarity with IFRS/US GAAP, compliance with and understanding of regulatory
requirements.
● Sensitive towards Client’s/Firm code of conduct, values and quality standards and the capacity/capability to
protect confidential and proprietary information.
● Critical thinking, strong analytical, strong listening, interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.
● Ability to work with minimum supervision, multitask and work collaboratively with virtual teams and capability
to meet tight deadlines and work with flexibility and diligent follow-up.
● Strong data analytics including data collection, reconciliations and classification and Excel skills to design, test
and build valuation models (including complex Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP’s and charts).
● Conduct Internal Audits, Internal Controls and Regulatory Compliance Reviews.
● Experience in complex financial modeling, team coordination and managing stringent deadlines.
● Development of Policies and SOPs and Business Process Reviews.
● Excellent reporting drafting and presentation skills to client, with excellent oral and written communication skills.
● Continuous coaching and professional development of team members.
● IT Skills (Microsoft PowerBi, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-Visio, MS-PowerPoint).
● Maintaining financial records using accounting software such as QuickBooks, XERO, Tally ERP, Sage50
accounting and Oracle.
● Completed training on Medical Billing (Revenue Cycle Management) and understands the scheduling,
verification, billing, posting, account receivable, denial and accounting processes in detail.

Education
CFA Level 1 – Cleared
Year of qualification – 2017 (Above 70% overall marks in 10 subjects)

ACCA – Qualified
Year of qualification – 2016
Major: P4- Advanced Financial Management | P7- Advanced Audit and Assurance (International)

B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Accounting – Oxford Brookes University

Year of Qualification – 2024 Expected (Upper Second-Class Honors in bachelor’s degree)

Online Courses
QuickBooks Online Certification (January 2023)
Xero Advisor Certification (October 2022)
Medical Billing Revenue Cycle Management (January 2023)
Corporate Finance: Robust Financial Modeling (October 2022)
Receivable and Collections Explorer (November 2022)

Hobbies and Extra Curricular Activities

● Sports – Football, Table Tennis, Badminton.
● Reading books on self-help and personal success and looking for investment opportunities.