Dr Farooq Mahmood

Contact

Email: farooq.mahmood@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Kingston Hill
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
School: Kingston Business School
Department: Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics

About

Farooq is a Chartered Management Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant who has served on the board of an NFP as its Finance Director. He has also been serving in an advisory role for a global organisation, working on the harmonisation of accounting practices for its international operations. Farooq's industry experience encompasses positions at Fidelity International as a Fund Accountant and at RSM International (formerly Baker Tilly Accountants) within the audit function.

Aside from his professional roles, Farooq has been involved in academia, teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the London School of Economics (LSE). He has also been a lecturer for the ACCA and CIMA professional qualifications. Additionally, he has served as the Secretary of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) SEAG.

Farooq's contributions to teaching and learning have been recognised through several prestigious awards at the University. These awards include Lecturer of the Year, Best Use of Technology, Personal Tutor Award, and University-wide Personal Support Award.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Qualifications

Chartered Management Accountant
Chartered Global Management Accountant
Fellow Higher Education Academy
PhD in Accounting
Masters in Research

Teaching and learning

Secior Lecturer of Accounting

Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Best Lecturer 2019-20

Lecturer of the year 2017-18

Lecturer of the year 2016-17

Lecturer of the year 2015-16

Best use of Technology award 2016-17 and 2015-16

Best use of Technology award 2015-16

Personal support award 2016-17

Personal Tutor of the year 2015-16

Farooq has also been a lecturer for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualifications. In addition, he has been lecturing at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as a Guest teacher.

Qualifications and expertise

FHEA

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Accounting and Finance MSc

Research

Farooq is interested in all aspects of Financial Misreporting, Earnings Management and more specifically Financial Reporting in the NFP sector.

Areas of specialism

UK Charity Accounting
Earnings Management
Financial misreporting by NFPs
Expense classification shifting

Scholarly affiliations

Peer Reviewer - Financial Accountability and Management
Secretary - British Accounting and Finance Association (Previously)

Business, knowledge transfer and international

Dr Farooq Mahmood is a Chartered Management Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant. He has served as a finance director of an NFP and in an advisory role for another global organisation for the harmonisation of its global accounting practices in several dozen countries. Farooq's industry experience includes roles at Fidelity (Investments) International as Fund Accountant and RSM International (formerly Baker Tilly accountants) in its audit function. Farooq has also been a lecturer for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional qualifications.

Qualifications and PROFESSIONAL expertise

Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)
Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Farooq is currently involved with consulting a couple of NFP organisations with their financial reporting matters.

Leadership and management

In addition to being the module leader for Management Accounting, Farooq is currently the year tutor for the final year undergraduate students.

University responsibilities

Module leadership - Management Accounting