Human Resources
Training to all employees and staff at Naveed Zafar Ashfaq Jaffery & Co. are carried out in light of the requirements of its international brand – PrimeGlobal International. It requires of its member firms that they are committed to ensuring that our people have the skills and expertise necessary to provide the range of quality services and technical excellence required by our clients. More specifically the following are the key philosophies followed by our firm with respect to development of its staff:
- All partners and qualified staff are required to keep up to date with professional guidance, including the firm’s own risk management, ethical and independence requirements.
- All those with specialist disciplines or serving specialist markets including statutory audit, comply with mandatory training requirements, which are actively monitored.
- On an annual basis, all staff is required to prepare a training plan and, where relevant, submit continuing professional development returns, which the firm actively monitors.
- Internally, we provide technical resources and support which can include electronic technical updates, training workshops, professional and personal development courses, and access to national technical teams.
- While the majority of technical training takes place within the firm . PrimeGlobal International makes a significant investment to train auditors in all member firms in the global audit methodology. The audit methodology, known as Horizon, is supported by state-of-the-art technology. Significant effort and resource have been committed to make the training program technically rigorous to support implementation throughout member firms so that the audit needs of both public interest and privately held companies can be met appropriately, regardless of their size or complexity.
- The firm is also an approved training center for Chartered Accountant institutions including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Wales (ICAEW) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). With most staff being qualified accountants, they are subject to attend seminars and trainings sessions offered by their respective institutions. Such training and seminar session count towards the mandatory Continued Professional Development (CPD) hours per annum for each staff member. The firm encourages the staff to undergo all such trainings and attend seminars.