Resume of Tariq Ali, a summery of his works and qualifications.

1. 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 University
Year: 1992
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2. Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Institute: Dhaka University
Year: 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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3. Position: Finance Specialist
Title of the assignment: Backstopping Service to the National Tuberculosis Program on
Grant Closing
Funding agency: USAID
Name of the firm: University Research Co., LLC
Period: March 2011– June 2011
Responsibility:
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: DFID
Name of the client: Institute of Microfinance
Period: September 2010 to December 2010
Responsibility:
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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4. 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 Specialist
Title 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 Specialist
Title 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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5. 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 Specialist
Title of the study: Corporate Governance Best Practices for NGOs
Client: Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Period: November 2007– January 2008
Responsibility:
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, Budget
Company name: CARE Bangladesh
Period: October 2003 - October 2007
Responsibility:
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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6. 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 Accountant
Company name: BRAC
Period: November 2001 - October 2003
Responsibility:
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 Bangladesh
Designation: Deputy Commissioner of Taxes
Period: April 1994 – September 2001
Responsibility:
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 SOCIETIES
Name of the organization: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (CIMA), UK
Associate member (entitled to use the letters ACMA as per UK law).
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth July 02, 1968
Nationality Bangladeshi
Contact Details
Address Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh (please ask for full address if needed)
Tel + 88 01715 425 669
E-mail ali.tariq2000@gmail.com
Web www.bd.linkedin.com/in/tariqalimc
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