Description

Audit-grade financial controls, group reporting and risk — delivered at consultant pace.

I'm an ACCA-chartered specialist with 11 years across PwC, Deloitte and BDO, working with banks, capital markets firms, fintechs, insurers and PE-backed groups in the UK and internationally. I run engagements through Atlas Verum Ltd, my London consultancy.

What I deliver:

Financial controls & SOX/ICFR — control design and documentation, walkthroughs, testing (TOC/TOE), deficiency evaluation, remediation, SOC 1/2 reliance, UK Corporate Governance Code readiness. Built to withstand external audit and regulator scrutiny.

Group reporting & consolidation — multi-entity consolidation, intercompany eliminations, FX translation (IAS 21), month-end close acceleration, IFRS technical accounting, Xero-stack consolidation and project accounting for PE-backed groups.

Risk, stress testing & resilience — enterprise risk registers, scenario design, covenant and liquidity stress testing, going-concern assessments (ISA 570-grade), business continuity and operational resilience aligned to FCA/PRA expectations.

Sustainability & regulatory reporting — TCFD / UK CFD climate disclosure and gap analysis, ARA disclosure consistency, regulatory reporting uplift.

The differentiator: I build automation into everything I deliver. Reconciliations, controls testing, consolidation checks and reporting packs are engineered with modern AI and data tooling — so the capability stays with you, cheaper every month, not more expensive.

Who I work with: CFOs, FDs and Heads of Finance at PE-backed companies, scale-ups and regulated financial services firms who need Big 4 rigour without Big 4 overhead. Fully remote or London on-site. Atlas Verum Ltd (17203202) · outside-IR35 · PI bound.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent
Sindhi
Native or bilingual
Urdu
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

Atlas Verum Limited
Director | Senior FS Auditor & Advisor, Business and finance process consultant
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Director of Atlas Verum Limited, a UK consulting firm. Senior advisory and subcontracted engagement support delivered to audit firms, financial services businesses, and mid-market groups across the UK.

Engagement delivery across statutory audit, financial controls, and group reporting. Direct client-side exposure to CFO and Finance Director functions, board-level reporting, and financial close governance.

Senior advisory across financial services, banking, and regulated industries. Eleven years of Big Four and mid-tier audit experience brought directly to client engagements.
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