Accounting & Close
- Month-end and year-end close
- Multi-entity consolidation
- Multi-currency bookkeeping
- Reconciliations
- IFRS and GAAP reporting
Lahore, Pakistan · UTC+5
Profile
Hello, I'm Muhammad Hassan Raza.
A Chartered Accountancy finalist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), and a Senior Associate at a Chartered Accountancy firm in Lahore. 3+ years in practice across bookkeeping, tax compliance and finance operations under IFRS and GAAP, for clients in Pakistan, the UK, North America and Australia.
I prepare consolidations, bookkeeping reviews and tax filings for manager, partner and director review, and I like replacing manual work with systems. Alongside practice I study M&A, valuation and financial markets.
3+Years in practice
4Regions: Pakistan, UK, North America, Australia
25Certificates and courses
S1·S2Studied in the CA syllabus
Expertise
Four disciplines. One ledger.
Tax Compliance
- UK VAT and Self Assessment
- Ontario HST and US sales tax
- Australian GST
- Duty drawback claim files
Sustainability ReportingStudied
- IFRS S1 and S2 in the CA syllabus
- SASB standards
- ICAP CPD workshop
- University coursework
Finance Analysis
- Earnings normalisation
- Working capital and cash flow
- Retail profitability and inventory valuation
- Coursework in M&A and valuation
Hands-on across accounting and ERP platforms, from Xero and QuickBooks Online to Sage 300 and SAP.
Selected work
Engagements, in brief.
Automated weekly Shopify to QuickBooks bookkeeping
Worked with the partner to replace manual transaction entry with an A2X workflow across 18 currencies.
5 → 1data entry team to one reviewer
300+transactions a week
Outsourced finance support for a multi-entity group
Prepared monthly bookkeeping reviews, retail profitability, inventory valuation, royalty and influencer-seeding accounting, and the multi-entity consolidation, all reviewed by a manager and partner.
Sales tax and duty drawback
Prepared Ontario HST returns across a group's entities and quarterly cycles, US sales tax returns for CPA review, and duty drawback claim files for partner review and filing.
Accounts, VAT, Self Assessment and payroll
Prepared statutory accounts and VAT returns for director review and filed them as agent after owner sign-off. Submitted Self Assessment returns under agent authorisation and processed payroll with RTI submissions.
Personal and corporate returns
Prepared T1 personal and T2 corporate tax returns for partner review and filing.
Supported a client's S/4HANA Cloud implementation
Under partner supervision, mapped finance processes, documented reporting requirements, coordinated testing and supported go-live of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
Bookkeeping across systems and borders
Prepared bookkeeping and GST returns for an Australian client, and kept the books on Sage 300 for a listed North American company.
Credentials
Certifications & learning.
Accounting, Tax & Systems 15
Xero Certified Specialist (L3)Xero
QuickBooks Online Certified (L2)Intuit
SAP Business One traininge-Hunarmand, Government of Punjab programme
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Xero Certified Professional (L2)Xero
Xero Certified Associate (L1)Xero
QuickBooks Desktop CertificationIntuit
QuickBooks Online Certified (L1)Intuit
QuickBooks Online Payroll CertificationIntuit
Intuit Bookkeeping CertificationIntuit
Exploring End-to-End Business Processes in SAP Business SuiteSAP
Understanding UK Personal Finance and TaxLinkedIn Learning
Understanding UK Business Finance and TaxLinkedIn Learning
Google Project ManagementGoogle
Microsoft OfficeICAP
Professional and Personal EffectivenessICAP
Sustainability 03
Building Sustainability Reporting, Assurance & Advisory PracticeICAP · CPD workshop (6 hours)
Sustainability Reporting: From Regulation to ImplementationGies College of Business, University of Illinois
The Intersection of Finance, Strategy, and SustainabilitySaïd Business School, University of Oxford
IFRS S1, S2 and SASB are also covered in the ICAP CA syllabus.
Corporate Finance 07
Financial Markets (with honors)Yale University
M&A Finance: Valuation and Deal DesignGies College of Business, University of Illinois
Investment and Portfolio ManagementRice University
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Mergers and AcquisitionsGies College of Business, University of Illinois
Financial ManagementGies College of Business, University of Illinois
Risk ManagementNew York Institute of Finance
Wealth ManagementCorporate Finance Institute (CFI)
★ Vendor-issued certification. Credential IDs are on LinkedIn.
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Journey
The route so far.
2019
ICAP student
Registered to begin the Chartered Accountancy qualification.
2022
University of the Punjab
Associate Degree in Commerce, completed 2024.
2023
Associate
Joined a Chartered Accountancy firm in Lahore, Pakistan, in May for articleship.
2024
Senior Associate
From July, alongside remote contract work for UK and Canadian practices.
2025
Hailey College of Commerce
Began BCom, expected 2027.
2026
CA Finalist
Finance contract with a Canadian e-commerce group, sustainability CPD and Xero L3.
Contact
Let's talk numbers.
For roles, collaborations, or a conversation about accounting, tax or finance.