Mansoor Lodhi

• Delivered quality audits to top notch clientele.
• Solved complex accounting and auditing matters including take or pay lease arrangements, service concession arrangements, hedge accounting, financial model for value in use / building block calculations, investment decisions involving complex control assessments etc.
• Awarded with ‘Most innovative and thinking outside of the Box'.

Key responsibilities:

• Led a team of 20 people, reviewed their work, hours charged and provide constructive feedback for their improvement.
• Gave quality presentations to audit committees and Board members which comprises of local and international shareholders and answering the queries.
• Developed professionals to become competent lead auditors and create opportunities for their learning and growth.
• Timely coordination and consultation with other teams to make appropriate decisions.
• Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
• Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
• Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
• Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
• Liaise with key client personnel, finding solutions which led to built strong relations.

Key contributions:

• Built a successful e-commerce female wear brand which is now delivering exceptional products within and outside Pakistan.
• Sourced initial funding to get business up and running while planning initial structure and making strategic first hires.
• Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
• Identified target customer segments through in-depth research, building tactical marketing strategies.
• Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
• Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
• Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
• Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase sales and profit levels.
• Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
• Secured sufficient funds to cover business obligations by tracking expenses and budgeting accurately.
• Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.
• Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
• Formed senior leadership team through rigorous interviews and extensive candidate research.
• Developed strong partnerships with other businesses to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
• Directed market expansions to propel business forward, meet changing customer needs.
• Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations.
• Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.
• Monitored key business risks and established risk management procedures.
• Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Oversaw divisional marketing, advertising and new product development.
• Created succession plans to provide continuity of operations during leadership transitions.
• Collaborated with legal, accounting and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
• Analyzed industry trends and tracked competitor activities to inform decision making.
• Developed innovative sales and marketing strategies to facilitate business expansion.

• Developed exceptional relationships and appointed as 'Account Manager' on Firm's Premium client. This includes resolving risk assessment queries, cross-selling opportunities, resolving appropriate conflicts, liaising with multiple departments to assess budget and actual delivery, monitoring relationship matrix and who has influence.
• Delivered complex opening balance audit involving IFRS 1 and related interpretations for a newly established Group, liaise with multiple international audit teams for group audit engagements and facilitated quality reviews etc.
• Elected as ‘Firm's Emerging Leader'.

Key responsibilities:

• Managed financial audits of multiple clients including IPO entities.
• Implemented COSO framework on multiple clients, built risk libraries, reviewing fraud risk scenarios, group audit implications and providing quality deliverables.
• Planning engagements and providing deliverables to the various stakeholders.
• Reviewing work of team over the evaluation of internal control systems, identifying control weaknesses and making appropriate recommendations to the management for improving their system.
• Managing engagement teams in the execution of audit field work, reviewing the work of audit team, identifying key accounting and audit issues and effectively interacts with management for their appropriate solutions.
• Consult with IT, legal, actuary and other professionals in case the audit requires specialist from different fields and make appropriate decisions.
• Worked actively in implementation of corporate governance reporting.
• Building strong client relations and bring new opportunities to KPMG including working on the proposals which were successfully won.

• Started my journey as a junior auditor however within 6 months i was given opportunity to become Job-Incharge.
• Spent 1+ year on UAE secondment at multiple times and subsequently joined KPMG Lower Gulf Limited.
• Delivered exceptional audits of OGDCL, BHP Billiton etc. proposed significant adjustments involving complex accounting matters involving ring-fencing tax obligations and related deferred tax interpretations, provision pricing and true up adjustments, auditing IFRIC 4 disclosures under exemption, power and water tariff implications under IFRIC12, regulatory reporting for effective budget utilization for power distribution and transmission companies etc.

Key responsibilities:

• Led engagement teams from planning to the conclusion phase whilst following a risk based approach focusing on understanding the entity particularly its operational and control environment
• Assisted clients in preparation of financial statements in compliance with the applicable financial reporting framework along with other legal and regulatory requirements
• Supervised, reviewed and finalized a number of audit engagements
• Took a proactive role in on-the-job training for professional development of staff.