Arslan (Allen) Farooq

• +92 333 5335880

allen.farooq@yahoo.com
US Citizen with over 8 years of experience in the field of Finance/Accounting

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Flexible, Energetic, Motivated, Team player.
• Strong analytical, oral, written and organizational skills.
• Ability to design and implement financial/Cost control policies, procedures and checks and
controls.
• Strong Knowledge of IT Operations Management and Core Operational systems.
• Excellent communicator with emphasis on building strong client relationships.
• Able to learn/adapt new emerging technologies into work area.
CERTIFICATIONS
• Cisco Certified Network Associate • Microsoft Certified Systems
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
Administrator • Microsoft Certified System Engineer
• Microsoft Certified Solution Developer • Microsoft Certified Professional

TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Software: Ms Project, Ms Visio, Ms Office 2003/2010, Ms Share Point, etc
• Financial Reporting Softwares: Synoptix, Microsoft dynamics AX, People Soft.
• Operating Systems: MS DOS, Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/2000/98/95, Mac, Linux.
• Databases: SQL, MS Access, MySQL, RDBMS, MS Exchange, SAP, People Soft, Crystal
Reports
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Financial Statement and Ratio Analysis • Team Leadership
• Budgeting • Financial Reporting
• ERP Systems • Business Process Improvement
• Complex Financial Modelling • Tax Reporting/Planning
• Financial and Strategic Planning • Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX)
• MS Office (Excel Expert) • Basic Programming (VBA, SQL,C++)
• Valuation techniques • Forecasting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chicago Philly Steak – Chicago, IL – USA
Finance Manager (2007 – 2011)
• Created an innovative narrative financial summary report and generated 25% increase in
orders
• Analyzed and interpreted monthly variances and trends between budgets, actual and
prior results in developing projections and forecast
• Developed management tools to measure analyze financial and operational information (e.g.
financial ratios, key performance indicators, sales forecasting platform, integrated
budget model, product pricing, and management reports).
• Implement necessary financial controls to manage costs & efficiencies
• Manage and ensure correct accounting principals & financial reporting
• Management of a team of accountants & payroll
• Preparation of end of month / quarter / yearly accounting cycles
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• Mange the cash flow and reconciliations, recruitments, training and employee promotion
identification
• Involved in regular management meetings and presentations of the fiscal departments
results

Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, MI - USA

IT Specialist/Instructional Design Assistant (2006 – 2007)
• Assisted in the design and development of courses, web pages, relational databases
• Worked with ORACAL and PL/SQL quires to check the integrity of the data.
• Supported User Acceptance Testing

As Development Organization - Pakistan

Manager Accounts & Finance (2004– 2006)

• Responsible for supervision and control of the general accounting area this includes general
ledger, payables, payroll, property, budget reporting, and statistical accumulation.
• Created NPV, IRR, discount cash flow, and ROI models and provided recommendations
to senior management.
• Prepared monthly balance sheets, income statements, and detailed cost and inventory
data and variance reports.
• Reviewed, and corrected errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and
reports.

Pharmacia & Upjohn - Pakistan

Assistant Finance Manager (2001-2003)

• Distributed monthly comparison reports and cost center reports according to schedules.
• Prepared financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and
projected company financial position. Assisted with annual budgets, coordinated monthly
closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts. Developed and implemented
various accounting procedures, worked with both internal and external auditors during
financial and operational audits
• Maintain system of accounts and keep records on all company transactions and assets.
• Ensured compliances with accounting policies and financial reporting standards
• Perform budgeting, cost control, analysis and reporting (SQL/Excel).

EDUCATION
 Master of Business Administration (Finance)
Missouri State University – Springfield, MO - USA
Coursework: Managerial Accounting, Advance Financial Management, Organization Behavior,
Management Information System, Quantitative Methods in Business, Organization
Strategy/Policy, E-business online entrepreneurship, Cost Analysis for Project Management,
and Micro and Macroeconomic Analysis.

 Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance)

Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, MI - USA
Coursework: Business Finance, Intro to Financial Markets, Integrated Communication in
Business, Business Process Productivity, E Finance, Investment Analysis, Corporate Finance,
Computer Application in Finance, Personal Financial Planning, International Finance, and
Strategic Business Solutions.
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 Associate of Business Administration
Kalamazoo Valley Community College – Kalamazoo, MI - USA

 Bachelor in Commerce (Economics/Accounting)

Punjab College of Commerce – Pakistan
Coursework: Economics, Business Ethics, Cost Accounting, Advance Accounting, Auditing,
Banking & Finance, Business Communication & Report writing, Statistics.

 Diploma in Computer Sciences (CIS)

National College of Computer Sciences – Pakistan
Coursework: Introduction of Programming (GW-Basic), Database Management System
(FoxPro & Dbase-III), Principal of Accounting, Cobol Programming Language, Introduction to
Operating System (UNIX), Advance Programming Language (Borland C), System Analysis
and Design, Data Structure and Algorithm, Data Communication and Retrieval (Windows,
LAN).

Fixed asset accounting, business process re-engineering, risk management, value added
analysis, SAP, GAAP, financial projections, general ledger, trial balance, financial
statements, expense analysis, tax reporting, tax planning, payroll, benefits
administration, portfolio management, cross functional team leadership, financial and
strategic planning, P & L management, auditing and compliance, operating and working
capital, budget management, mergers and acquisitions, cash flow
management, business valuations, data warehouse reporting, audits and compliance,
A/P, A/R, regulatory accounting, CA, ICWA, MBA, ICFAI, MS Excel, bank reconciliations,
Crystal reports and spreadsheets.