“ACCA Pakistan recently awarded Approved Employer status to Ufone”
Islamabad – June 25, 2010: ACCA Pakistan recently awarded Approved Employer status to Ufone. Currently, Ufone has 20 ACCA trainees working in the audit and finance department to complete their PER (Practical Experience Requirement), which is a mandatory milestone towards attainment of the ACCA membership.
Ufone is a Gold Approved Employer, a prestigious title endowed by ACCA to appreciate the unwavering commitment of an organization towards development of ACCA professionals. This is proof of Ufone’s continuous strife towards establishing best practices and international standards in internal and external operational processes of the organization.
Mr. Arif Masud Mirza, Head of ACCA Pakistan presented the Approved Employer certificate to Mr. Nadeem Khan, Chief Financial Officer, Ufone. ‘As the world of telecommunications advances, Ufone promises its customers to stay ahead and to achieve this, an organization must have the right people with the right set of skills, who can lead with their innovation and expertise. The partnership with ACCA will help us achieve this goal to a great extent with finance function being the backbone of the business strategy,’ commented Mr. Nadeem Khan.
Mr. Arif Masud Mirza, Head of ACCA Pakistan lauded Ufone for their continuous support and extended commitment towards helping Ufone in tackling key development issues of finance professionals and establishing a diligent finance function. He added, ‘ACCA talent fits very well with Ufone’s organizational culture of innovation. The ACCA Approved Employer scheme is a 360 degree solution for recruitment, retention and development of Accounting and Finance professionals who not only come with an in-depth knowledge and skill background but also deliver to the standards of professionalism and ethics’.
About Ufone: Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with a comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 375 franchises and 26 company-owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide.
