CV – Muhammad Mohsin Ejaz ACA
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mohsinejazaca
Professional Summary
ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA) and ACCA member with 10+ years across audit, UK accounting practice and in-house group finance. Currently Head of Finance, Green Coffee at Origins 1450 Ltd. Group / Qima Coffee, a UK-headquartered group, working directly with the CEO and CFO on FP&A, deal tracking and investor repayments and communications. Previously cleared 1-2 years of accounting backlog across ~10 UK companies, kept VAT, tax and payroll filings 100% on time, built the monthly management reporting pack, ran payroll for 50-70 staff and led the financial integration of a UK acquisition.
Work Experience
Origins 1450 Ltd. Group / Qima Coffee – Lahore, Pakistan
Head of Finance, Green Coffee August 2026 - Present
- Lead finance end to end for the green coffee business, with a business-facing FP&A focus
- Track deals across the green coffee business
- Manage investor repayments and investor communications
- Continue to oversee group reporting across the UK entities, working directly with the CEO and CFO
Senior Finance Specialist April 2024 - July 2026
- First eight months (Apr-Nov 2024) contracted to Qima through Cooper Young as Financial Accounting Manager; hired directly by Qima in Dec 2024
- Cleared 1-2 years of accounting backlog and modernised the books of ~10 UK companies
- Kept VAT, tax and payroll filings 100% on time across the UK entities
- Designed and ran the monthly management reporting pack (P&L by vertical, KPIs, forecasts) with the CFO and CUO
- Ran payroll for 50-70 staff across multiple entities and contract types, in line with HMRC requirements
- Oversaw AR and AP: customer invoicing and collections, supplier payments, and coordination with business development, procurement and logistics
- Coordinated group reporting and intercompany reconciliations with upstream and downstream sister companies across 9 countries
- Led the financial integration of a UK acquisition (roastery and cafe): systems migration, staff onboarding and process alignment
- Drafted financial statements and worked with local accountants for group entities in the USA, the Netherlands, the UAE and elsewhere; maintained the accounts of a UK charity and prepared annual accounts for the UK entities
Adroit Accountax Ltd. – Lahore, Pakistan
Head of Management Accounts (promoted Sep 2023 from Senior Accountant) Dec 2022 - Mar 2024
- Prepared and reviewed bookkeeping and VAT returns for a portfolio of 30+ UK clients
- Prepared and reviewed management accounts, and advised clients on dividend and salary planning
- Prepared and reviewed statutory accounts for small and medium-sized businesses
- Handled VAT registration and deregistration, PAYE registration and company incorporations
- Ran payroll and pensions for 10+ employees
- Captured and reconciled sales data from e-commerce and booking platforms (Shopify, Square, Stripe, PayPal, Amazon, eBay, Skedda, bsport, ClassPass, Treatwell, Mindbody, Buildium)
- Liaised with clients and vendors
TS Partners Ltd. (formerly Tax Shop Accountants), Chartered Tax Advisors & Accountants – UK practice
Senior Accountant Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
- Prepared statutory financial statements for small and medium-sized UK companies
- Prepared corporation tax and personal income tax returns
- Reviewed and maintained books, including payroll, CIS and VAT
- Prepared and submitted VAT returns
- Prepared month-end management accounts to tight deadlines: P&L, fully reconciled balance sheet and debtor/creditor analysis
Zahid Jamil & Co. Chartered Accountants (member of Prime Global) – Faisalabad, Pakistan
Supervisor and Senior Audit Associate Oct 2015 - Dec 2019
- Produced and reviewed 50+ sets of financial statements for small, medium and economically significant entities, for local and foreign (USA, Canada, UK, UAE) businesses
- Prepared projected financial statements used to secure bank financing
- Statutory audit: drafted audit programmes, reviewed financial statements and accounting systems, and prepared and reviewed working papers in line with the Audit Practice Manual
- Internal audit: assessed accounting systems, processes and SOPs, identified control weaknesses, and reported recommendations to management
- Designed and implemented internal control procedures; carried out stock counts and reconciled them to management and third-party records
Education
- ACA – Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), member since 2019
- ACCA – Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 2015 (Professionals Academy of Commerce, Lahore). Focus: Financial Management, Audit and Assurance, Taxation (UK)
- GCE O Level – 2011. 4 A*, 2 A, 2 B; Business Studies, Economics and Statistics
Fellowships
- Amal Fellowship (2019) – Selected from 3,000+ applicants for a 3-month, Stanford-funded professional skills fellowship (communication, leadership, problem-solving, teamwork)
Certifications
- Intuit QuickBooks Certification Level 2 (UK) – ProAdvisor (2026)
- Dext Certified Expert (2026)
- A2X Certification for Accountants and Bookkeepers (2026)
- Xero L3 Certified Specialist; Xero Payroll Specialist (2026)
- Excel for Accountants; Advanced Excel Formulas and Functions
- Financial Modelling
- Data-driven Decision Making (PwC, via Coursera)
Skills
- Core: UK statutory accounts, management accounts, group reporting and intercompany reconciliation, month-end close, VAT, PAYE / payroll and pensions, corporation tax and income tax, audit and internal controls
- Accounting software: Xero, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Sage 50, Sage Cloud, Zoho Books, FreshBooks, ClearBooks, Oracle
- Payroll: BrightPay, Moneysoft Payroll Manager, Xero, QuickBooks
- Receipts and expenses: Dext (Receipt Bank), Hubdoc, Rydoo, Pleo
- Practice and filing: IRIS Practice Manager, Senta, Glide, VT Accounts, TaxCalc, HMRC online services
- Excel and Google Sheets: multi-sheet financial models, Power Query and Apps Script automation, reporting dashboards
Languages
- English – Fluent (IELTS General Training 7.5)
- Urdu – Native
- Punjabi – Native