Description

Atlas Verum delivers senior finance support to UK and Europe direct clients across sectors and sizes. Service lines cover audit support and audit-ready file preparation, statutory accounts with audit firm coordination, group reporting and consolidation cycles, board pack drafting, internal controls including ICFR and SOX 404 and UK CGC Provision 29 readiness, IFRS technical advisory, process re-engineering across R2R P2P O2C, finance-enabled automation, and stress testing and risk advisory.

Founder and Director: DK Buledi, ACCA chartered. Eleven years across PwC Pakistan, Deloitte Middle East, three years at PwC UK Banking and Capital Markets at 7 More London on FTSE-100 banking, three years as BDO UK Audit Manager on the FS portfolio. Currently Manager at Christiansons Chartered Certified Accountants in London.

Verified delivery: SOX 404 first-year build with 147 controls across 12 process cycles, framework template-adopted across subsidiaries. Group reporting transformation: close compressed from 18 to 9 working days on a six-entity FRS 102 consolidation, intercompany errors down 45 percent, sustained 12 months.

Atlas Verum Limited, Companies House 17203202. Outside-IR35 default. UK and Europe primary, GCC opportunistic. Default day rate £900 to £1,100. Audit opinions delivered by Atlas Verum's trusted UK partner audit network.

. London. PII 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
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2026 - Today (5 months)
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.
Financial Reporting Internal Controls Audit Finance sector Risk Management
Christiansons Chartered Certified Accountants
Audit Manager
December 2025 - Today (6 months)
Audit Manager at Christiansons Chartered Certified Accountants, London. Statutory audit and financial reporting for owner-managed businesses, professional services firms, and complex private groups. End-to-end engagement management: risk assessment, planning, fieldwork supervision, file review, and partner sign-off support. Lead client delivery across the full audit lifecycle. Multi-entity group structures, subsidiary standalone accounts, component audit coordination. Record-to-Report cycle oversight from trial balance to signed statutory accounts. Direct client relationship management with Finance Directors, CFOs, and audit committee representatives.
BDO UK LLP
Audit Manager
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
August 2022 - March 2025 (2 years and 7 months)
Audit Manager at BDO UK LLP, Financial Services audit practice. Manager-grade engagement ownership across a regulated banking and FS portfolio — FinTech, mortgage advisory, regulated building societies, and investment businesses. Full lifecycle delivery from planning through fieldwork, technical clearance, and partner sign-off.

Portfolio of clients with differing governance structures, regulatory regimes, and business models. Risk-based audit planning tailored to each entity's specific profile and operating environment.

Technical depth across financial instruments, regulatory capital, fair value reporting, effective interest rate income, mortgage impairment, and liquidity disclosures. Deep expertise in financial reporting for regulated UK financial services entities.

Client engagement management including leading technical clearance discussions with engagement partners and direct liaison with client finance and compliance functions. Journal entry analytics and data-driven audit procedures at scale.

Supervision and development of junior and mid-grade audit staff. Quality review across complex working paper files and financial statement disclosures.
Audit Financial Reporting Risk Management Finance sector Internal Controls