Mirza Sonaver Baig, MA, FCCA

Mirza brings over 20 years’ experience in accountancy and more than a decade overseeing complex, regulated businesses. He provides strategic leadership across the firm’s client portfolio, ensuring high-quality, decision-ready financial information for businesses with annual turnovers of up to £430 million.

Key expertise includes:

He is a senior adviser to FCA-regulated, SRA-regulated, and ATOL-licensed businesses, providing full accountancy, tax, and compliance services to sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies across multiple sectors.
Moreover, he also serves a lead adviser on FCA matters, including authorisations, Variations of Permission (VoP), RegData submissions, regulatory returns, and ongoing supervision.

Extensive experience in FCA Client Money (CASS) assurance:

• CASS 5 and CASS 7 Client Money Audits
• Client money systems and controls reviews
• Preparation and submission of CASS Assurance Reports
  
  

Core responsibilities include:

At MMBA Accountants, Mirza Baig is overseeing multiple sectors, such as:

• He is managing partner-level responsibility for SRA Client Money audits. This covers planning, risk assessment, file review, and final reporting.
• He is acting as ATOL Approved Accountant, responsible for ATOL reporting, annual renewals, and ongoing compliance monitoring.
• Oversight of IATA compliance engagements, including financial assessments and regulatory reporting.
• Practice-wide responsibility for quality control, technical review, governance, and regulatory risk management.
• He offers advisory role to regulated firms on business planning, financial resilience, tax efficiency, and governance frameworks.