Resume of Tariq Ali ACMA, CGMA, Management Consultant

Expertise & Qualifications

Main area of expertise is financial management especially in budgeting and management reporting, organizational development and knowledge management..

A full time consultant for five years. Before that worked for fifteen years in companies, NGOs and government. Has hands on experience in a wide variety of organizational and business settings; ranging from government, private companies, multinational companies, national and international NGOs. This gives a perspective on what would work in a given context of culture, technology, and resource continuum. This coupled with a passion for efficiency, change and success; makes analyses and recommendations free from stereotypical easy fixes.

Has excellent interpersonal and exceptional communication skills. Has trainer-level expertise in desktop IT applications. Motivated to deliver high quality service and thrive in environments where things are done with a view to realize a mission in fair and efficient ways.

Areas of Expertise, Work & Interests

- Financial Management - Document creating, mapping and Knowledge Management- Project Conceptualizing, Planning and Evaluation- Feasibility Studies and Economic Analysis- Budgeting and Financial Planning- Organizational Planning and Performance Management- Management Information System (MIS) Development and Implementation- Process Mapping and Policy Development- Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation Planning- Regulatory and Contractual Compliance Management- Corporate Governance

Education

Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA) Institute: Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka UniversityYear: 1992

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Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA) Institute: Dhaka UniversityYear: 1988

Work Experience

Consulting

Position: Cost Benefit Analyst Title of the assignment: External Evaluation of for the Women by the Women project Client: Action Aid Bangladesh through the Resource Foundation Period: August 2012– September 2012 Responsibility: Assessed cost benefit ratio of interventions targeted for the women beneficiaries of 20 small women headed NGOs. Quantified impact of the project at organizational level of the implementing NGOs, women’s groups, and at societal, group and household levels of the beneficiaries. Separated the benefit that had come to lives of the beneficiaries from the benefits attributable to macroeconomic changes of the recent years. Worked out the ratio of investment and benefits in Excel and visually showed the logic or algorithms using Excel’s drawing features.

Position: Performance Enhancement Specialist Title of the assignment: Developing and Strengthening Enterprise Systems Client: A group of companies in ship repair, building and salvaging

business, Prantik, Desh Shipbuilding Ltd. Period: April 2012– continuing with breaks Responsibility: Created, updated and smoothed the progress in implementing policies, documents, and systems to develop the working culture from ad hoc, founder driven one to where role of the founder owner is limited at providing strategic leadership. Determined the cut off rent or price that the Company could charge to profitably build and operate a crew boat that it was contemplating. Identified redundancies in job descriptions by making a database of all the activities that operatives needed to do. Numbered and standardised each of the activities so that a database analysis would reveal the persons who are doing the same activities, who is supervising what activity and thus facilitate creation of a fact based accountability culture.

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Position: Finance Specialist Title of the assignment: Backstopping Service to the National Tuberculosis Program on

Grant ClosingFunding agency: USAIDName of the firm: University Research Co., LLCPeriod: March 2011– June 2011Responsibility: Provided backstopping service to the National Tuberculosis Program implemented by the Government of Bangladesh, funded by the GFATM for the objective of properly closing the grants. Created financial reports for the grants from basic ledger level data and classified expenses according to programme objectives by analysing transactions’ origin, goals, budgets, and timing. Accomplished this by having iterative and in-depth discussions with many people who were responsible for the expenses including people who had left the job at the time of the assignment.

Identified all assets that were bought with donor’s funds from incomplete and often, rudimentary data by discussing, analysing, and bringing all sources of records to bear on the problem. This was made possible by swiftly mapping work patterns employed at the implementing agency and securing access and commitment of staff at different levels. Made assessment on gaps in skills and systems, and provided recommendations and trainings to the operatives for rectifying the gaps.

Position: Consultant Title of the assignment: Developing Finance Standard Operating Procedures Funding agency: DFIDName of the client: Institute of MicrofinancePeriod: September 2010 to December 2010Responsibility: Drafted a comprehensive finance manual for the Institute of Microfinance, a subsidiary of the Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation (PKSF), leading funding and capacity building body for micro finance providing NGOs in Bangladesh. It enumerated periodic and day to day finance functions in a way that a reasonably competent accountant without prior experience t the organisation or for a particular task, would know what to do, when , how, the authority and quality checks that needs to be employed to fulfil the requirements of the individual tasks. The finance manual exhaustively covered procedures for procurement and payment of salary, reimbursements, bonus, and allowances of staff. The client has been profitably using the manual since it was finalized with their iterative inputs.

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Position: Performance Enhancement Specialist Title of the assignment: Aligning Budget with Business Priorities Client: Cross World Ltd.Period: January 2010– August 2010 Responsibility: Provided financial and administrative backstopping service to Cross World group, one of the largest vendors of diesel generators and maintenance service in Bangladesh. This was an eight months project aimed at bringing qualitative improvement to their planning and execution capacity.

Updated accounting software Tally by partitioning data, calling the vendor to enable standard features and trained staff on their use. This speeded up transaction processing and in turn helped in faster invoicing, which in turn freed up working capital. Applied experience of accounts closing that was honed at CARE to bring the accounts up to date. Analysed bottlenecks and found that delivery of generators and cash flow were being help up for depending upon inadequate number of locally made accessory suppliers. Solved the bottlenecks by signing up new suppliers, negotiated standing price with them, and brought quality checks in confirming dependable local supplier status.This work contributed to the company’s establishing a goal driven work culture and was empowered to go for ambitious business objectives in sales and service.

Position: Financial SpecialistTitle of the study: End line study of CIDA’s assistance to Acid Survivors

Foundation Phase II. Funding agency: CIDA Period: September 2009– January 2010 Responsibility:This was a multi disciplinary, multi week in-depth evaluation of the project. Assessed performance of finance, HR, and IT functions of the NGO. Provided concrete reasoned suggestions for improvement in those sectors including designing and maintaining database of the programme for better organizational effectiveness. Assessed business performance of the NGO’s income generating projects in relation to generating free cash flow and providing work and skill development opportunities for its stakeholders. Provided second opinion on the work of other consultants on core programmatic areas as part of the mandate in order to get a rounded view of the programme.

Position: Financial & Tax SpecialistTitle of the study: The State of Tax Law on Donations and General Tax Burden of

the Non Profit Charitable Sector in Bangladesh

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Funding agency: Bangladesh Freedom Foundation (Formerly Ford Foundation, Bangladesh)

Period: February – April 2008 Responsibility:Wrote a policy paper for the Bangladesh Freedom Foundation on taxation laws and practices on NGOs and the general treatment of charity in taxation. The paper detailed the current anomalies in the tax structure that is faced by NGOs and the way the current law discourages official donation by the better off sections of the society, though there is a long culture of informal giving in the country. Made a comparative analysis of tax burden of NGOs and tax incentive for donations made to them for USA, Philippines, India and Bangladesh.

Position: Governance SpecialistTitle of the study: Corporate Governance Best Practices for NGOs Client: Bangladesh Enterprise Institute Period: November 2007– January 2008Responsibility:Developed a module for Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, for compiling and disseminating better corporate governance practices for NGOs. This was in line with global best practices after taking into account local laws, capacity and practices. The guideline was made in a way that organizations intending to enhance corporate governance would be able to self-score on their current standing vis-à-vis the recommended best practices.

Non-Consulting Work Experience

Designation: Section Manager, BudgetCompany name: CARE BangladeshPeriod: October 2003 - October 2007Responsibility: Was responsible for invoicing donors; contractual and regulatory compliance; making final financial project closing to donors and for budgetary planning for new projects and ongoing operations. Was in charge of the account receivable module of the Scala computerized Financial Information System.

Developed a risk-based sub grant monitoring system and trained staff on implementing it. Prepared background documentation for USAID mandated A-133 audit by international auditors and carried out post audit adjustment and communication for two audit cycles. Balanced intra-country receivables including ones which were

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inconsistent for over a decade. Actively lead the process of analysing jobs and identify opportunities for cost saving by rationalising administrative positions.

Designation: Senior Management AccountantCompany name: BRACPeriod: November 2001 - October 2003Responsibility: Discharged company secretarial functions of BRAC and its subsidiary BRAC Bank Ltd. Advised directors on important regulatory matters, led budget preparation projects for the subsidiary and the main organization. Made feasibility studies and led process improvement initiatives for in-house business ventures. Made changes in internal processes in transactions among group companies that resulted in lower tax liability. Made the first multi-year budget for the Bank. Drafted the Bank’s first pay structure and human resource policy.

Company name: National Board of Revenue, Government of BangladeshDesignation: Deputy Commissioner of TaxesPeriod: April 1994 – September 2001Responsibility: Assessed business and individuals’ incomes. Created a large number of new tax payers through hands on follow up of directives in this regard. Filed appeals and fought appeals for and against decision of the Deputy Commissioner’s office according to best understanding of law and application of law having regards to intrinsic justness of the particular cases. Later in the tenure, shifted to the training wing on own volition where trained staff and junior officers and developed training processes.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESName of the organization: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (CIMA), UKAssociate member (entitled to use the letters ACMA as per UK law).

PERSONAL DETAILSDate of Birth July 02, 1968Nationality Bangladeshi

Contact DetailsAddress Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh (please ask for full address if needed)Tel + 88 01715 425 669E-mail ali.tariq2000@gmail.comWeb www. bd.linkedin.com/in/tariqalimc

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