Muhammad Sulaman

CMA Finalist (17 of 18 ICMA Pakistan papers cleared, each on the first attempt) with 3+ years of progressive experience spanning financial audit, IFRS-based financial reporting, cost & management accounting, and tax-aware compliance across pharmaceutical, industrial, and retail sectors. Currently lead multi-branch compliance audits for a 17+ branch pharmacy retail network, applying DRAP regulatory testing, internal-control assessment, and cost-variance discipline that has surfaced unrecorded and mispriced transactions across seven branches. Combines hands-on audit execution with an accounting-and-finance qualification covering audit & assurance, taxation, and costing — well suited to roles spanning audit, tax, accounts, and cost/management accounting.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Audit & Assurance • Risk-based internal, operational & compliance auditing across multi-branch retail operations • Regulatory compliance testing (DRAP), control-gap identification, and corrective-action tracking • Inventory, asset, and expiry-stock verification against physical counts and ERP records Financial Accounting & Reporting • IFRS-aligned financial statement preparation and month-end / period-close support • Bank, vendor, and customer reconciliations with posting-error identification and resolution • Accounts payable & receivable oversight and cross-functional AR/AP coordination Cost & Management Accounting • Budgeting, cost control, and variance analysis grounded in ICMA CMA coursework • Cost-conscious review of branch-level operating expenses and vendor pricing accuracy • Analytical Excel/ERP tools that turn raw cost data into decision-ready management reporting Taxation & Regulatory Compliance • Working knowledge of Pakistan taxation principles (income tax and sales tax fundamentals) via the ICMA CMA curriculum • Documentation and audit-trail discipline that supports statutory and tax-related reporting readiness • Exposure to corporate and regulatory compliance frameworks alongside core audit work