AAB Chartered Accountants

Infobox_Company
company_name = A A BAIG & CO.
Chartered Accountants
company_
company_type = Company incorporated under Chartered Accountants Ordinance 1961 of Pakistan
foundation = 2002; an independent member firm of [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com Leading Edge Alliance International]
location =
key_people = Urooj Ahmed - Partner Corporate and Accountancy Services Mirza Asad Ali Baig, Partner Audit and AssuranceAhson Tariq, Director Consulting
num_employees = Global Alliance Employees: 13,500+
industry = Professional services
services = Audit
Tax
Advisory
Accountancy

revenue = Alliance's global revenues:profit$1.7 billion USD (2007) [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_articles#michaeldavis LEA grows by over 20%] ]
slogan = Excellence-driven

AAB is a professional services firm engaged in audit, accounting, tax and consulting services. As an independent member of the [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com Leading Edge Alliance] , AAB partners with 140 [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_articles#michaeldavis LEA grows by over 20%] ] independently owned accounting and consulting firms in over 80 countries [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_firm_profiles LEA firms in over 80 countries] ] with 390 offices worldwide, 1,200 partners and over 13,500 personnel with network's global revenues exceeding 1.7 billion USD [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_articles#michaeldavis LEA grows by over 20%] ] .

Accreditations and affiliations

In 2005 [http://www.acca.co.uk/pubs/employers/resources/publications/link/archive/2005/7/alink_7_0605.pdf ACCA Magazine Publication] ] , AAB was accredited [http://www.prlog.org/10059070-aab-accredited-as-an-acca-approved-employer.html ACCA Accreditation] ] by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) as an ACCA Approved Employer as a result of which, AAB joined nearly 8,500 companies around the world who are Approved Employers, including Citibank, BP, HSBC, KPMG, World Bank, PepsiCo, ABN AMRO and GlaxoSmithKline.

In 2006, AAB was rated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan as a firm with satisfactory QCR Rating [http://www.icap.org.pk/web/links/0/listoffirmshavingsatisfactoryqcrrating.php AAB and ICAP] ] .

In 2007, AAB became an independent member firm [http://www.prlog.org/10059066-aab-becomes-an-independent-member-firm-of-leading-edge-alliance.html AAB and LEA] ] of Leading Edge Alliance - a global network of over 140 independently owned accounting and consulting firms in over 80 countries.

In 2008, AAB became the fifth Company in Pakistan to become a CIMA Training Partner [http://www.prlog.org/10068769-aab-accredited-as-cima-training-partner.html AAB and CIMA] ] with the other CIMA Training Partners in Pakistan being Philips, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, Hinopak Motors and Pakistan Resins.

ervices

AAB offers the following services lines: [ [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_expertise Global Service Offerings] ]

* Audit
* Tax
* Accountancy
* Advisory & Consulting
* Training

Audit: AAB offers Services such as Statutory Audit, Audit related Services, and Financial Statement Audit

Tax: AAB offers Business Tax services, and Personal Tax services.

Advisory & Consulting: AAB offers Corporate Consulting, Financial Consulting, HR Consulting, Business Risk Management Services, Information Systems Consulting and Internal Audit Services.

Training: AAB offers HR trainings related to Internal Auditing, IFRS for SMEs, Taxation, Strategic Visions, Strategic Time Management and Strategic Negotiation Skills.

Major Clients

AAB serves a large number of major corporations:

*Pharmaceutical & Healthcare: Bayer, B. Braun Melsungen AG
*Financial Services: Meezan Bank, BankIslami Pakistan, [http://www.pakqatar.com.pk Pak Qatar Takaful Group]
*Energy & Allied: Ghulam Faruque Group
*Automobile: Suzuki, Toyota
*Leather: Shafi Group
*Media: WPP Group
*Construction/Real Estate: [http://www.totalconstruction.com.pk/ Total Construction]
*Technology: [http://www.softflux.com Softflux] , [http://www.converget.com Converge Technologies] , [http://www.efrotech.com Efrotech] , [http://www.abmgroup.com ABM Infotech]
*FMCG: National Foods Limited, [http://www.sufi.com.pk Sufi Group]
*Shipping & Cargo: [http://www.pakshaheen.com.pk Pak Shaheen Group]

Training

AAB is an approved Training Organization for Chartered Accountant students registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, an approved CIMA Training Partner and an accredited ACCA Approved Employer.

AAB Resource Center

In 2007, AAB launched a resource center - an online knowledge and information-sharing portal for Accountants, Auditors, Insurers, Bankers and Entrepreneurs as well as for teachers & students of ICAP, ICAEW, ICAI, ACCA, AAT and related business and finance fields.

AAB Resource Center is non-commercial and is an active promoter of [http://www.oercommons.org/ Open Educational Resources (OER)] . OER are teaching and learning materials from around the world that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, professional or self-learner.

References

External links

* [http://www.leadingedgealliance.com Leading Edge Alliance Official website]
* [http://www.icap.org.pk Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan]
* [http://www.cimaglobal.com CIMA Global Official website]
* [http://www.accaglobal.com ACCA Global Official website]