Sohail Ishaq
About Me
Education
Virtual University of Pakistan 2019–2021
Master of Commerce (M.Com) — Accounting
CGPA: 3.14 / 4.00
University of the Punjab 2016–2018
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
Work & Experience
UniSwift Group 10/26/2023
Senior Accountant
Sports goods trading and manufacturing organization operating across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution. • Manage and review key accounting activities covering financial reporting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash and bank transactions, reconciliations, inventory, and management reporting. • Provide functional accounting supervision to 4 accounts staff and accounting/system guidance to approximately 10–15 cross-functional users across sales, procurement, production, warehouses, and management. • Prepare and review sales-tax workings, sales and recovery reports, financial reports, account reconciliations, stock reports, and management information. • Monitor customer receivables, outstanding balances, recoveries, and aging to improve visibility of collection positions. • Support accounting and ERP operations across 2 factories, 3 warehouses, and approximately 400 customer accounts. • Perform and support inventory reconciliations, physical stock audits, stock controls, and resolution of inventory discrepancies. • Led the transition from manual/Excel-based invoicing toward system-based accounting and transaction processing, improving record control and reporting consistency. • Lead the organization's Zoho ERP implementation project, including finance and inventory process mapping, requirements analysis, testing, issue resolution, user guidance, and coordination with external consultants/developers. • Designed the accounting and ERP workflow for football manufacturing, including Bills of Material, production planning, production orders, raw-material issuance and consumption, labor costing, and finished-goods processing. • Coordinate with sales, procurement, production, warehouse, and finance teams to ensure operational processes are aligned with accounting controls. • Provide functional support for the group's UAE Odoo ERP operations, particularly accounting entries, order-processing workflows, and system-related issues.
Better Deals 04/03/2023 - 09/29/2023
Senior Account Officer
Brokerage firm facilitating commercial transactions between local importers and overseas exporters. • Managed day-to-day manual accounting activities, including voucher preparation, ledger posting, bookkeeping, and maintenance of supporting records. • Maintained accounts receivable records in Excel and monitored customer outstanding balances. • Performed bank reconciliations and recorded banking transactions. • Maintained records relating to brokerage commissions, intermediary charges, and other transaction-related amounts. • Prepared Profit & Loss Statements and management reports for review by the Accounts Manager. • Maintained cash and petty-cash records and supporting documentation.
Gull Jee Textile 01/02/2023 - 02/28/2023
Accountant
Maintained records relating to brokerage commissions, intermediary charges, and other transaction-related amounts. • Managed the complete accounting function of a high-volume wholesale sales outlet, coordinating with the company's central accounts department. • Recorded and reviewed sales, sales returns, receipts, expenses, journal entries, and other accounting transactions in QuickBooks through Remote Desktop. • Managed accounts receivable and customer ledgers, monitored outstanding balances, and performed customeraccount reconciliations. • Accounted for inventory received from the company's manufacturing operation and maintained records covering stock received, stock sold, returns, and closing inventory. • Prepared daily sales reports, stock reports, stock valuation reports, and warehouse balance reports for management. • Performed physical stock audits and stock reconciliations to verify inventory records. • Managed and reconciled cash collections and settlement balances with the main branch. • Supported a high-volume wholesale operation with sales reaching approximately PKR 10 million on high-volume days and around PKR 40 million per week. • Coordinated with the central accounts department regarding reconciliations, stock movements, financial records, and reporting.
Corporate Brilliance (Pvt.) Ltd 10/26/2020 - 09/30/2021
Assistant Manager Accounts
Accounting, audit, tax, and corporate advisory firm. • Supported accounting, financial reporting, audit, and advisory assignments for approximately 10–12 business and corporate clients. • Prepared and reviewed complete sets of financial statements, including Profit & Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, Statements of Changes in Equity, Trial Balances, schedules, and Notes to the Accounts. • Prepared year-end adjustments and closing entries and assisted in finalization of client accounts. • Worked on complex assignments involving businesses with multiple entities, preparing individual company financial statements and combined management reporting. • Participated in audit assignments involving voucher verification, stock verification, fixed-asset testing, transaction testing, and review of accounting records. • Performed audit procedures for Ranchers (Pvt.) Ltd. and voucher/accounting-record reviews for Islamabad Golf Club. • Led the functional setup of a QuickBooks implementation project for Gloria Jean's, including Chart of Accounts design, opening balances, customer/vendor setup, inventory configuration, data migration, report testing, and user training. • Used QuickBooks and Sage 50/Peachtree for financial-statement preparation, ledger review, reconciliations, and account analysis. • Participated in a three-month Odoo historical-data project for a UAE client, organizing approximately two years of incomplete bills and expense records to support reconstruction of accounts and financial-statement preparation. • Assisted senior team members with income-tax return preparation and filing for multiple clients.
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