About

I'm Irfan Manzoor, an accountant in Karachi. Since 2013 I've handled accounts and tax for a film production company, and alongside it for other organizations: bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, payroll, financial statements, FBR withholding tax, and monthly SRB and PRA sales tax returns.

That work showed me where accounting time is wasted: retyping bank statements, hunting reconciliation breaks, and rebuilding the same reports every month. In 2024 I began training in agentic AI with PIAIC and Panaversity, and since 2025 I've passed four of their certification exams.

Now I build the tools. My current project reads bank statement PDFs on the accountant's own computer and checks every row's arithmetic. On a real 14-page statement it verified 337 of 337 rows with zero mismatches.

I work like an accountant and build like an engineer: every number must reconcile, every rule gets a test, and client data stays private.

Skills

Bookkeeping and general ledgerDaily professional useBank reconciliationDaily professional usePayrollDaily professional useFinancial statementsDaily professional useFBR withholding taxDaily professional useSRB and PRA sales taxDaily professional useQuickBooks Desktop and OnlineDaily professional useExcelDaily professional usePythonBuilt real tools withpytest and test-driven developmentBuilt real tools withpdfplumberBuilt real tools withSQLModel and SQLiteBuilt real tools withStreamlitBuilt real tools withGit and GitHubBuilt real tools withClaude CodeBuilt real tools withClaude skillsBuilt real tools withMCP serversBuilt real tools withSpec-driven developmentBuilt real tools withDockerHands-on practiceKubernetesHands-on practiceHelmHands-on practiceFastAPIHands-on practiceOdooHands-on practiceOpenAI Agents SDKHands-on practicen8nHands-on practice

Experience

  1. Accounts & Tax Manager

    2013-08 – Present

    a film production company

    • FBR withholding tax on vendors and payroll, annual returns and statements
    • Monthly sales tax returns with SRB and PRA
    • Financial statements, management reports, quotations and sales tax invoices
    • Receivables, vendor payments and payroll liabilities
    • Project budgeting and internal audit support; bank reconciliations

  2. Accounts & Tax Manager (part-time)

    2023-12 – Present

    a private education institute

    • Maintain the books and reconcile bank statements
    • Process monthly faculty and staff payroll with tax deductions
    • Deposit withholding tax through treasury challans
    • Prepare financial statements; manage petty cash and purchasing

  3. Accountant (part-time)

    2021-01 – 2023-12

    a small business

    • Taxation and bookkeeping

  4. Accountant (part-time)

    2015-03 – 2020-01

    a small business

    • Withholding tax on vendors and payroll
    • Monthly SRB sales tax
    • Bookkeeping and reconciliations

Education

  1. Agentic AI program

    2024 – present

    PIAIC / Panaversity

    Enrolled

  2. PIPFA

    2018 – present

    Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants

    In progress

  3. Bachelor of Commerce

    2013 – 2016

    University of Karachi

    Passed

Certifications

  1. Agent Factory Fundamentals: Building Digital FTEs

    Feb 2026

    Panaversity

    Passed

  2. Model Context Protocol (MCP) Level 2

    Nov 2025

    Panaversity

    Passed

  3. Prompt and Context Engineering: Effective AI Communication

    Sep 2025

    Panaversity

    Passed

  4. Fundamentals of Agentic AI

    Jul 2025

    Panaversity

    Passed

  5. QuickBooks

    May 2023

    DigiSkills.pk

    Passed