Muhammad Mohsin Ejaz ACA

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)

Languages

• English – Fluent (IELTS General Training 7.5)
• Urdu – Native
• Punjabi – Native