habibullah khokhar

1211-47 thorncliffe pk. dr., toronto, on m4h 1j5 / (416) 696-5756 / habibullah_1962@hotmail.com
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accounting/finance professional seeking career opportunity utilizing skills and experience in :

loans and leasing, auditing and coordination of accounts, records keeping, general ledgers, reconciliations,
funds and cash flow, accounting and computers (ms word, excel, quick books, simply accounting)
accomplishments include :
 presented a successful strategy to government for increasing custom duty from 25% to 35%
 introduced a computerized system into factory and integrated with head office, thereby reducing stores
and spares cost 5-7%
 responsible for total abbas steel group sales turnover of rs 1.5 billion (equivalent to cad 28 million)
 successfully managed an accounting staff of 38

work experience

executive director finance 1997 - 2006

m/s abbas steel industries (private) limited, karachi, pakistan

 managed accounts departments and all financial, corporate and tax matters
 responsible for cash flow, rotation and cash management to generate maximum earnings
from idle/excess funds
 performed financial planning, prepared budgets, fixed standards and analyzed estimates with actual
results
 arranged loans and leasing of facilities and coordinated/liaised with financial institutions
 prepared, implemented and monitored company policies
 monitored import activities related to billets (raw-materials) and wire rods (finished goods) by local
traders/users, especially quantities and c&f price for setting-up of asg’s future production and market
strategies so enabling asg to hold its market-share in the steel market
 brought customs matters to relevant ministries for fixation of import valuation or revision in customs
duty/regulatory duty

also acted as company secretary for abbas steel group and was fully responsible for:

 board of directors meetings and shareholders’ annual general and extra-ordinary general meetings
 compliance of filing requirements under the companies ordinance 1984
 maintenance of minutes books of meetings of directors and shareholders

manager corporate affairs 1991 - 1997

m/s hashwani hotels limited, islamabad/karachi, pakistan
(owners/operators of international chain of hotels - marriott hotels in pakistan)

 responsible for all corporate matters of the company

 liaised with company registrar office, securities and exchange commission and tax department
 maintained books, registered and filed forms as required under companies ordinance 1984 and ensured
same available for inspection by shareholders
 maintained minutes of directors and shareholders meetings
 prepared consolidated monthly, half-yearly and annual accounts for company, as well as both karachi and
islamabad marriott hotels

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 supervision of accounts, provident fund departments, reconciliations of inter-company and hotels’ current
accounts and coordination with external auditors
 imported equipment for hotels under various concessionary notifications and liaised with ministry of
tourism, ministry of industries & production, central board of revenue, board of investment and collector
of customs. prepared and maintained records of hotels’ equipment imported under duty exemption
scheme for inspection by the assistant collector customs.

deputy manager finance 1989 - 1991

m/s ghandhara nissan diesel limited, karachi, pakistan
(a joint venture of nissan diesel limited of japan for manufacturing and assembly of nissan buses and trucks
in pakistan)

 responsible for supervision of accounts department and preparation of monthly, half-yearly and annual
accounts of the company
 checked and compared publication of half-yearly and annual accounts as required by companies
ordinance 1984 and listing regulations of the stock exchanges
 circulated of annual report to the shareholders and stock exchanges
 coordinated and reconciled transactions between head office and plant
 conducted physical stock-taking of stores & spares and reconciliations with general ledger
 liaised with external auditors, tax department, controllers general prices, stock exchanges and corporate
law authority

accountant 1988 - 1989

m/s petrocommodities (private) limited, karachi, pakistan
responsibilities included bank reconciliations, books of accounts, accounts receivables/payables, statutory
audit and tax details

professional qualifications & training

 the institute of financial consultants, vancouver, canada mifc and cfc

 the institute of corporate secretaries of pakistan, karachi fcis - fellow member
 the institute of chartered accountants of pakistan, karachi c. a. intermediate
 4 years c. a. articleship from m/s rao & company, chartered accountants, karachi, duly registered with the
institute of chartered accountants of pakistan

education

bachelor of commerce, university of karachi, pakistan

seminars & courses

 total quality management seminar, marriott internal corporation, usa

 company secretarial administration seminar, employer’s federation of pakistan
 corporate legal management course, the institute of industrial & business law, karachi

references available on request