1. Muhammad Irshad Anwer
Mobile: +92 322.4146148 Email: irsdhuddi@gmail.com
House No. 1AB, Street 5, Block H, Soan Garden,
Islamabad, Pakistan. Skype: irsdhuddi
Key Qualifications:
With more than 14 years of experience in financial management, administration & procurement / assets
management with United Nations Projects and Programmes and other development organizations, I have
sound theoretical and practical knowledge of operations and financial management. Hands on expertise
over online financial management systems i.e. People soft (ATLAS ERP), Financial information System
(FIS) and offline software’s PROMIS, Payroll management system, Credit MIS, MS Office. Proven ability to
manage the program budgets, annual work plans, funds, treasury and cash management, HACT, IPSAS.
Responsible for organizing successful annual audit along with close and effective coordination with
business partners and key stakeholders. Significantly contributed for the success of Early Recovery
Programme for flood affected areas. Possess master in Business Administration with major in Finance.
Profession Experience:
Operations & Finance Manager, CSRED / NCSP Jan 2015 to June 30, 2015
Preparation of budget and financial reporting, bank reconciliation statement; budget variance and analysis
reports, compliance policies and procedures, timely corrective actions on audit observations, submission
projects to donors, treasury and cash management, petty cash management, preparation of internal control
and business processes, hiring of staff, preparation of expenditure reports and donor reporting, processing
of payment, payroll, internal control, tax matters, final accounts, monthly and year end closing, audit of
accounts, field assurance and spot checks, manage contributions and contracts, procurement and sub
contract management, personnel and admin matters, trainings of staff, inventory and assets management,
Admin & Finance Associate, UNDP – Strengthening Participatory Federalism and Decentralization
Project (SPFD), Democratic Governance Unit, Pakistan May 2013 to Jan 2015
Preparation, administration and management of effective program and operations budget; management
and monitoring of financial resources, preparation of budget revisions, budget analysis and donor
reporting, Audit and risk management, assist in preparation of budget for Letter of Agreements & Micro
Capital Grant, effective resource management and oversight; preparation of multi years budgeting &
planning; bank reconciliation statement, ensure effective financial support to field offices, close coordination
with business partners; preparation, review and submission of quarterly and annual Financial Reports,
regular financial monitoring of project & implementing partners; review staff advances ledger for
settlements; preparation of periodical imprest return; prepare financial matrix of IP’s, facilitate for annual
audit; processing of payments for recording transaction; preparation of vouchers; Preparation of various
financial & budgetary reports; regular analysis of budget according to the planned and approved activities,
periodical review the resource availability; review of quarterly progress reports; review encumbrance and
commitment reports for funds management; Petty cash management & replenishment; management of
cash flow process for project activities; Conduct capacity assessment & HACT monitoring visits to IP’s;
monitor cost sharing agreement, review and analysis of financial reports of IP’s; monitor expenditures;
participate in project board meeting; Treasury and cash management, regular liaison with banks; timely and
accurately year end closing accounts; respond audit observations; Briefing on budget & advances to IP’s;
provide operational and managerial support; trainings and capacity building of staff & IP’s on operational
and financial protocols, ICF and business processes; ensure MOSS compliance; event management for
workshops / seminars; apply sales tax exemptions; Inventory & assets management; apply VISA and NOC
and coordination for timely support; fleet card & vehicle management; ICT support, filling management
Procurement & Contract Management:
Procurement of goods & services, hiring of consultants / firms/CSO’s, initiate tendering and procurement
processes, preparation of travel plan, compliance of procurement policies, procurement budgeting; vendor
creation and follow-up of PO; management of procurements contracts; ensure procurement ICF
implementation; implementation and compliance of procurement strategies; assist in capacity assessment
of IP’s; raise RFQ’s for procurement; maintain vendor roster; processing the payments of consultants &
firms; raise requisitions & receipts; coordinate with consultants/firms for deliverables & payments; disposal /
transfer of assets; Prepare, review Cap to ACP; initiate hiring of staff, leave management
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2. Finance Associate, UNDP-Early Recovery Programme (ERP) Direct Implementation Modality from
March 2011 to May 2013
Preparation of timely, effective Programme & operational budget; projects budget management, effective
financial planning and analysis, financial resource management, prepare oversight reports, Review &
monitoring the budgets and Financial Reports of the IP’s; budget management & administration of 8 donors
& 10 UNDP field offices; manage 14 projects resources, Preparation of Financial Matrix for NGO’s to
ensure outstanding payments; Coordinate with Projects & HQ for cleaning of dashboard reports; monitoring
of project expenditures and adjustments; Conduct HACT assurance monitoring audit & spot checks;
Monitor cash outflows of the Projects; posting/verify of financial data; ensure quality assurance &
correctness in recording transactions during processing of payments; Liaison with the banks; receivables
from donors; Compliance the audit observation, HQ queries; review and preparation of Year End reporting,
accounts and accruals; Treasury & cash management, Petty cash management, processing of payments;
audit and risk management, preparation of vouchers to record transactions; effective implementation of
IPSAS; Monitor and follow-up the advances from the IP’s, aging and coordinate with IP’s for cleaning of
advances; Preparation of Budget revision proposal; Preparation and submission of Financial reports;
management & administration of financial resources; prepare financial, budgetary & analysis reports;
prepare monthly imprest return; maintain record of cost sharing donors; Allocation of funds in different
Projects; provide financial & operational support to UNDP Finance unit; implementation of financial &
operational strategies; Inventory & assets management; Timely corrective actions; preparation of bank
reconciliations. Preparation of monthly cash flow forecast; Conduct audit of field offices on internal controls
mechanism & recommend improvements; preparation of encumbrance and commitment reports and take
immediate actions; Assist the Audit firm for conduct financial review of the IP’s; Coordinate & compliance of
audit finding of the IP’s; Pre & post audit of the Programme to ensure policies and procedures; facilitate
Internal Auditors from UNDP HQ, knowledge building of staff; Facilitate for external audit of Projects;
prepare the management response; vehicle & fleet card management; inventory and assets management &
disposal of assets; ensure MOSS compliance, vehicle and office building; operational and financial support;
Procurement & Contract Management:
Initiate tendering processes, procurement process for construction firms, sub-contracting of CSO’s,
amendment in contract, assets disposal and transfer process to Govt., raise requisitions and receipt,
technical and financial evaluations, Purchase orders reconciliations, contract management, hiring of
individual consultants, provide equipment to Govt. offices, track of procurement, Compliance of
procurement policies, procurement budgeting; vendor creation and follow-up of PO; management of
procurements contracts; ensure procurement ICF implementation; implementation and compliance of
procurement strategies; assist in capacity assessment of IP’s; raise RFQ’s for procurement; maintain
vendor roster; coordinate with consultants/firms for deliverables & payments; weekly updates on
procurement processes; disposal / transfer of assets; Prepare, review Cap to ACP RACP; staff hiring
Admin & Finance Officer, UNDP-Strengthening PRS Monitoring Project (SPRSM) & Strengthening
Public Grievance Redress Mechanism (SPRSM) from Nov 2008 to March 2011
Preparation and supervision of consolidated programme & Operation budgets of field offices; Supervise the
financial management system of the project & Regional offices; prepare cost estimation of project activities;
preparation and submission of quarterly and annually financial and budgetary reports; Preparation of
Budget Revision proposal for allocation of funds; ensure effective financial, administration and operational
support; preparation of budget analysis report; Processing of payments and preparation of vouchers for
record transaction; Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement; maintain the staff receivables &
advances ledger, settlements and reconciliation; preparation and certify of annually financial expenditures
reports; ensure the quality assurance of business processes; preparation of monthly imprest return;
Coordination for overdue advances of IP’s; monitor the cash outflows; liaison with Bank for financial
matters; review periodical budgetary & financial reports; management of financial resources & verify the
available funding; coordination with field offices for funds management; Petty cash Management and
replenishment, monitoring of expenditures; generate procurement reports; Treasury & cash management;
Conduct the post audit; Facilitate the external auditors; improvement in internal control processes;
inventory & assets management; vehicle & fleet card management; processing of exemption certificates,
VISA’s and NOC’s; coordination with IP’s for allocation of budget in different programme activities; ensure
MOSS compliance; disseminate security updates; hiring of project staff & staff HR management;
processing of payroll and record keeping of staff benefits; logistic arrangement for national / international
workshop; event management for conferences / seminars; spot checks of provincial offices; capacity
building of finance and operations staff; capacity building and trainings of staff on operational and financial
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3. matters, ICF and business processes; trainings of IP’s staff;
Procurement & Contract Management:
Manage the Procurement cycle; initiate bidding process RFP/ITB/RFQ/ITB; evaluations; award contract;
Procurement process for consultants, Preparation & manage the processes of CAP & RCAP; Procurement
of goods & services, equipment & Inventory, Issue purchase orders, prepare receipt & inspection; Develop
SOP’s & internal control for procurement processes, manage rental & repair contracts & agreements;
Preparation and monitoring procurement plan, preparation procurement plan; ensure implementation &
compliance of procurement strategies, prepare the logs for IC’s & contracts; Preparation documents for
transfer / disposal of assets; maintain supplier roster; Preparation of bidding & tendering document,
preparation of EOI’s, RFP & ITB, initiate procurement process; physical verification of equipment, Trainings
of staff & IP’s on procurement procedures, ensure transparency in procurement cycle & ensure ,best value
of money; management of procurement contracts; periodically updates on procurement plans;
UNDP-BIOSALINE II PROJECT
Acting Senior Admin & Finance Officer August 2007 TO Sep 2008
Admin & Finance Assistant June 2007 TO Nov 2008
Preparation of effective, timely budget and financial support for Federal & field offices; budget management
and administration of financial resources; Processing of payments & preparation of vouchers for record
transaction; monitor commitment ledger; reconciliation of staff overdue advances and settlements; ensure
timely and efficiently funds management; preparation of cash outflows; Preparation of Budget Revisions
and financial reports; preparation of timely & accurately Bank Reconciliations statement; review and
submission of timely and accurately year end accounts; close liaison with Bank for financial matters;
preparation of feasibility report and revision of PC-1; preparation imprest return; review, Preparation and
submission of Financial Reports; reconcile NEX advances, periodical review the commitment ledger;
prepare internal control processes; Treasury & Cash Management; petty cash replenishment; conduct
monitoring and spot checks of field offices; preparation and submission of annual expenditure reports;
preparation of budget variance report; preparation of financial disbursement ledger for monitoring and
controlling of expenditures; Conduct social and financial audit of Community Organizations; Preparation
and processing of Payroll, monitoring and controlling of expenditures; analysis of field offices expenditures;
review the Financial reports of field offices; quality assurance of UNDP business process; final settlements
& record keeping of staff benefits; logistic and event management for seminars and workshops; Inventory
and assets management; Capacity building of project finance and operations staff; coordination with
Implementing Partners for budget delivery; facilitate the external auditors; preparation compliance report
and draft management response; vehicle & fleet card management; conduct internal audit; ensure MOSS
compliance of vehicles, buildings and staff; attend monthly ASMT’s; provide support for recruitment of
project staff; leave record management; hiring of staff; filling management system,
PROCUREMENT & CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Procurement of good & services; management of contracts; Develop SOP’s & internal control mechanism
for procurement strategies for Community Organizations; assist in preparation of procurement manual
process for CO’s; preparation and submission of CAP cases, manage the procurement cycle, initiate
tendering & evaluations; Preparation tendering documents, hiring of consultants / firms / CSO’s;
coordination with MoFA for exemptions & clearance; preparation and management of contracts; assist for
review and certification of deliverables; physical verification, prepare disposal / transfer process of
equipment; vehicle repair and maintenance agreements; manage vendor profile and vendors roster;
Maintain logs of consultants; Orientation workshop for project staff & Govt.officials on procurement policies;
Assistant Programme Officer- Finance, Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP), Head Office,
Lahore. Feb 2006-June 2007
Preparation of effective budget and financial reports; monitoring of funds and management of financial
resources; Review the Financial and budgetary reports of different project, submit to donor with progress
reports, prepare budget variance reports; Financial reporting analysis; review and preparation of quarterly
and annually Financial reports; preparation of accruals and year end account; preparation of annual
financial statement; Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement; Procurement of goods and services;
ensure the quality assurance of business processes; preparation of quarterly and annual expenditures
reports; periodical review the available funds; follow-up overdue advances; funds managements of different
projects and reporting to donors; facilitate the auditors and compliance the audit observation; preparation of
management response; processing of payments and preparation of vouchers; verification and monitoring
of staff and institutional advances; preparation of different financial reports; prepare internal control
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4. monitoring system; provide financial support to regional and project offices; reconciliation of all debtors and
creditors ledgers; preparation of cash flow statement; conduct internal audit of projects and Regional
offices; preparation of funds transfer roster to projects and field offices; posting of financial reports of
projects; preparation of payroll of the Organization; record benefits and final settlements; deduction of taxes
and deposit in Govt. account; treasury & petty cash management; preparation of annual expenditure
report; assist regional offices for the better monitoring of allocated budgets and expenditure analysis;
prepare internal control monitoring system; trainings of field operational and financial staff on PRSP
business processes and procedures; procurement of goods; processing of vendor payments;
Assist Accounts Officer, National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) from Nov 2002-June 2005
Preparation of programme and operations budgets; management of financial resources; preparation of
budget variance analysis report; preparation of quarterly and annual financial & budget reports; preparation
of cash forecasting report; processing of payments and preparation of vouchers; Close liaison with bank for
funds disbursement; Preparation of bank reconciliation statement; certify the annual expenditures
statements; preparation of Year end closing accounts; Treasury and petty cash management; preparation
of Micro finance recovery report and coordination with banks for reconciliation; verify the available
resources; preparation of ratios analysis reports; preparation of defaulter report; preparation and follow-up
of overdue advances report; recording and posting of financial transactions; maintain financial matrix of the
CO’s; Maintain funds disbursement ledger to Community Organizations; conduct social audit of the
Community organization; review the financial processes of infrastructure projects; preparation & processing
of Payroll; event and logistic arrangement for seminars, workshops and conferences; procurement of goods
and services; processing of medical claims; hiring of unit staff & leave management; vehicle and fleet card
management; conduct monitoring visits to CO’s; inventory and assets management; provide day to day
operational and administration support; training of operational and finance staff;
Accounts and Admin Officer; Lasani Agrochemicals / Sunny Medical Store Nov 2000-Nov 2002
preparation of budget; petty cash management; preparation of monthly cash flow statement; preparation of
monthly accounts; preparation and submission of tax reports; processing of salaries; certify annual
expenditure reports; preparation of financial reports; recording of transactions; processing of payment;
preparation bank reconciliation statement, recovery from field, inventory and assets management, internal
audit, maintenance of accounts, prepare internal control mechanism, prepare budget & financial reports;
procurement of goods & services; initiate procurement processes; logistic arrangement for trainings &
workshops; fleet card and vehicle management; contract management; maintain data of suppliers
Qualifications & accreditations
MBA (Banking & Finance) Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad-Pakistan
Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com) Bahaudin Zikria University (BZU), Multan-Pakistan
Certifications & Diploma’s
Financial Management Pakistan Institute of Management (PIM), Lahore
Financial Management Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore
Skills:
Work under pressure to meet strict deadline; team player; work in complex project; prioritize the
assignments; supervise a diversified team; conflict resolving skill; motivation; working experience in
partnership with EU,USAID, Ausaid, Usaid, BCPR, Italy, ODA, Kuwait, DFID, Federal & Provincial Govt
Professional Development & Trainings
Conducted International conference on federalism & Decentralization-UNDP, Pakistan
RBAP Follow-up IPSAS Workshop Regional Office, UNDP CO, Islamabad
Procurement processes & procedure for rehabilitation of Govt. building through BOQ and preparation of
procurement bidding documents for hiring of Contractor during flood in Pakistan
Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Conducted by UNDP RBAP at Pakistan
Attend HACT monitoring training session for Implementing Partner (Government & Projects) at UNDP
Financial & Budget Management & ATLAS ERP, conducted by NY HQ Trainer, UNDP-Pakistan
Ethics & First Aid Training, UNDP, conducted by PACIFIC, UNDP-Pakistan
IPSAS (Expense Management, Revenue Management, Staff benefits, Procurement & Supply Chain
Management), UN Mandatory Courses
REFERNCES
Mr. Usman Haider Dogar, United Nations, Somalia usman.dogar54@gmail.com
Mr. Moriken Camara, Programme Manager, UNDP, DRC morikencamara@yahoo.fr
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