Md. Abrarul Islam currently serves as Head of Finance at Rupantar, where he leads organizational compliance, financial management, internal control, and audit systems in line with donor requirements and regulatory standards. He oversees budgeting, financial reporting, grant disbursement, and reconciliation across the organization’s project and institutional accounts, ensuring transparency and accountability at every level.

He is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified through a rigorous three-year article period with a leading Bangladeshi audit firm affiliated with a major international accounting network, where he conducted statutory and group audits across power, telecommunications, and NGO sectors, including donor fund verification, FD-4 reporting, and HACT compliance assessments. He is also a registered Income Tax Practitioner with the National Board of Revenue and a member of the Income Tax Bar Association, Khulna.

At Rupantar, Abrarul has led the development and revision of finance, procurement, and compliance manuals, prepared financial statements in accordance with international and national accounting standards, and provided technical mentoring to partner organizations on budgeting, donor reporting, and internal control systems. He has served as Finance and Compliance Manager for multiple donor-funded programmes, supporting grant management, audit readiness, and statutory tax compliance throughout.

He holds an MBA in Accounting and Information Systems from Jahangirnagar University and completed his Chartered Accountancy qualification under the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.