1. Curriculum Vitae – Usman Azhar
Objective: Seeking a challenging and growth oriented opportunity in a fast paced environment
Proficiencies:
- 5.5 years of BIG4 (PricewaterhouseCoopers) experience and industry experience
since June 09. Name: Usman Azhar
- On hand practical experience of: Date of Birth: Oct 13, 1981
ERP solutions: Sage ACCPAC, HySiS, Orion Marital status: Single
Audit software: MyClient Visa Status: Resident
Current Company: Ali & Sons LLC
Knowledge software: Comperio (PwC knowledge database software)
Address: Electra Street, Abu Dhabi
Lotus Notes Contact: +971-50-2590316
Ms Office Email: osmann.azher@gmail.com
Qualifications: Extra-curricular activities:
Particulars Institute Remarks Interschool debate competition 1996
(awarded third prize)
Chartered Accountant Institute of Chartered Accountants CA Finalist
World Wild Life inter-school quiz 1997
of Pakistan (ICAP) (awarded first prize)
Certified Internal Auditor Institute of Internal Auditors Enrolled and due Vice-captain of school 1998
to appear Inter-college debate competition 2000
Graduation – Economics Punjab University, Pakistan Completed
References: Will be provided on request
Career History: From Dec 03 to date
Organization Designation Year Job Description
Ali & Sons LLC – Group, UAE Internal Auditor Sept 10 Internal audit of departments/ divisions/ subsidiary
Includes following companies audited by me: to date companies in a centralized internal audit environment.
Ali & Sons Contracting LLC Highlighting internal control weaknesses and
Ali & Sons Marine Engineering Factory recommending best industry practice.
Ali & Sons Motors Reengineering of policies and procedures by gap
Ali & Sons Investments Division analysis of data flows/ process flows.
Amwaj Jewellery Carry out adhoc assignments directed by senior
Spectrum Glass Factory management.
Spectrum Block Factory Involvement in pre-transaction audits.
Maxrock LLC Coordination with external auditors.
Eurostar Rent-a-car Implementation and monitoring of controls to improve
operations.
Preparation and implementation of authority matrix
Review of implementation and up-gradation of
accounting systems (SAP, HySiS, ORION)
Afghan Wireless Communication Senior Manager – Jun 09 Managing day to day finance functions
Company, Afghanistan Finance to Preparing financial statements/ financial reports and
May 10 ensuring completeness of disclosures
Coordination with ERP software (Sage ACCPAC)
vendor for custom reports, integration of modules,
implementation of new modules
Acting administrator of the ERP (Sage Accpac)
Preparing and monitoring of budget
Analyzing change and advising accordingly
Researching and reporting on factors influencing
business performance
Review financial aspect of analysis of competitors and
market trends
Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is
carried out
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pakistan Internship/ Junior/ Dec 03 I led assurance teams through the planning, execution
Semi Senior/ to and conclusion stages of statutory audits, validation of
Senior/ Supervisor Jun 09 financial reporting packages of multinational concerns,
management and financial consultancies
Responsible for engagement management, team
mobilization, client relationship management and
compliance of financial statements with applicable
framework like IFRS and USGAAP

2. Key assignments during experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pakistan
Government Sector
Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE Government entity Financial Due Diligence (2006) covering all three areas
(a UAE Government owned International Airport) aviation, duty free and catering
Oil and petroleum
Attock Petroleum Limited, Pakistan Oil and Gas Annual Audit 2004
(an oil sector leading listed company in Pakistan) Industry Reporting on IFRS as adopted in Pakistan
SHV Energy (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan Oil and Gas Annual Audit 2004
(a LPG selling and marketing company incorporated in Industry Reporting on IFRS as adopted in Pakistan
Netherlands)
Telecommunication & Media
Afghan Telecom, Afghanistan Telecommunication Financial and Tax Due Diligence (2007) from buyers’
(sole land line telecom operator in Afghanistan) Industry (Etisalat, UAE) side
MTN, Afghanistan Telecommunication Half yearly review 2008
(a wholly owned subsidiary of MTN, South Africa with Industry Reporting on IFRS using International Reporting Package
more than 2 million subscribers all over Afghanistan) of MTN, South Africa
Afghan Wireless Communication Company, Telecommunication Annual audit 2007 and 2008
Afghanistan Industry Reporting on USGAAP
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone Systems
International, USA with more than 2 million subscribers
all over Afghanistan)
Ariana Television Media Annual audit 2006, 2007and 2008
Reporting on IFRS
Financial institutions
Afghanistan International Bank, Afghanistan Financial Formulation of Accounting and Operational Manuals
(a commercial bank with more than 15 commercial Industry
branches all over Afghanistan having shareholding
history of Asian Development Bank, World Bank, ING
group etc)
Askari Bank Limited, Pakistan Financial Bonus shares certification (2006)
(a commercial bank with more than 125 commercial and Industry Certification for issuance of Term Finance Certificates
15 islamic branches all over Pakistan and an international (2005)
branch in Bahrain)
Certification of ‘Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR)’
under Basel II, as applicable in Pakistan
Certification on provisioning for non-performing loans
(2005 and 2006)
Certification of compliance of ‘Code of Corporate
Governance’ as applicable in Pakistan (2006)
Askari Bank Limited, Pakistan Financial Half Yearly Review 2005 and 2006
(a commercial bank with more than 125 commercial and Industry Annual Audit 2005 and 2006 (including branch audits)
15 islamic branches all over Pakistan and an international
branch in Bahrain)
Arian Bank, Afghanistan Financial Annual audit 2007
(a joint holding commercial bank of Bank Milli, Iran and Industry Reporting on IFRS
Bank Sadarat, Iran)
Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan Financial Audit of branches in Rawalpindi/ Islamabad (2005)
(a commercial bank with more than 1000 commercial Industry
branches all over Pakistan and several international
branches)
Others
Fauji Foundation Workers Profit Participation Funds Annual audit 2005 and 2006
Fund (WPPF), Pakistan
Supreme Group Logistics/ Supply Planned and supervised stock check at Supreme
chain Afghanistan in the year 2007
Projects of UNHCR, UNDP, WFP, UNAMA in Non-profit Forensic/ performance/ project/ annual audits
Pakistan and Afghanistan organizations Organizational micro assessments
Civic Center Company (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan Investment property Annual audit 2006