Senior Consultant - Financial Risk & Regulatory Advisory

Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants is looking for the position of Senior Consultant – Financial Risk and Regulatory Advisory for its Karachi office. The candidate will be responsible to:

• Assist clients with the challenges surrounding GL and management reporting.
• Develop and review policy and procedures, including process maps across accounting, operational and technical domains.
• Provide insights on key risks and challenges in ERP/Financial system implementation projects.
• Assist clients with identifying their accounting/reporting challenges by carrying out root cause analysis and developing solutions for the same.
• Assist the team manager with engagement planning and overall project management.
• Assist the team and client with preparation of Business Requirement Document (BRD) encapsulating all requirements from business stakeholders.
• Assist clients with preparing financial statements as per applicable accounting framework.
• Assist clients with transforming their finance function, restructuring processes, management reporting & design of control framework.
• Draft Target operating model (TOM) for Finance department leveraging client input and strategy.
• Preparation of approach/methodology in proposals in response to client RFP.
• Interact and develop relationships with key client staff and engage in a professional and confident manner.
• Document complex business processes by applying a variety of techniques, tools, and technologies to identify operational inefficiencies and non-compliant situations.
• Navigate multiple commitments on a regular basis to balance tasks across various client commitments.

• ACCA / CPA / CFA / CA Finalist or Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Business / Accounting & Finance / Economics or equivalent from a reputable university.

• Experience with IFRS GAP/Impact assessments and Implementation.
• Expertise in providing advisory services to clients transitioning between accounting frameworks (e.g. IFRS for SME to full adoption of IFRS).
• Experience in providing complex accounting and reporting advice across the public and private sector.
• Knowledge of Middle East accounting practices and regulations.
• Fluency in English is a must.
• Bilingual candidates having fluency in Arabic will be preferred.

• 4+ years of prior working experience in a relevant professional discipline.
• Big Four Firms’ experience is a plus.