Adnan Qayyum

Professional Experience & Strategic Contributions:

Strategic Reporting & Metrics: Drive financial health by tracking AR Turnover Ratios, Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), and Collection Effectiveness Index (CEI); prepare comprehensive daily, weekly, and monthly Sales analysis reports to identify revenue trends and support executive decision-making.

Aging Management: Proactively manage the accounts receivable aging profile by identifying delinquent trends and partnering with the Sales Team to issue timely reminders; oversee Warehouse loading plans to hold or release deliveries based on real-time customer account status.

Credit & Risk: Execute rigorous Bad Debt Mitigation strategies by assessing new customer applications, performing risk evaluations, and recommending strategic credit limits to protect company assets in accordance with company credit policy.

Process Accuracy & Reconciliation: Ensure 100% accuracy by processing multi-channel payments (Cheques, Cash, TT) and performing rigorous reconciliations of customer accounts, bank statements, and subsidiary ledgers against the General Ledger.

Order-to-Cash Management: Oversee the full life cycle of receivables, from reviewing contractual terms and validating customer orders to generating accurate invoices and financial adjustments.

Collections & Dispute Resolution: Lead collections efforts and resolve complex payment discrepancies in coordination with the Collections Manager and Sales teams.

Treasury & Cash Visibility: Maintain and report the daily morning Bank/ Cash Position directly to the Company Owner, ensuring real-time visibility into liquidity and available working capital.

Reporting, Audit & Compliance: Streamlined the year-end closing process by providing the Finance Manager with audited GL balances and system Trial Balances; prepared critical schedules for Sales, Purchase accruals, and Inventory valuations while leading annual stock counts and supporting external audits in strict adherence to internal financial controls.

Team Leadership & Oversight: Led the Accounts Payable function, overseeing daily financial transactions and ensuring the accuracy of the general ledger within Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

End-to-End P2P Management: Managed the full Procure-toPay (P2P) cycle, including expenditure monitoring, documentation verification, and aging report preparation to streamline payments.

Vendor & Stakeholder Relations: Negotiated favorable payment terms with suppliers and functioned as the primary point of contact for resolving complex invoice discrepancies and account reconciliations.

Month-End & Year-End Excellence: Ensured timely financial reporting by managing General Ledger, bank reconciliations, accruals, and petty cash.

Financial Controls & Compliance: Enforced internal controls by verifying payroll data, processing employee expenses, and managing timely government-related payments.

Financial Reporting & Managerial Support:Budgetary Data Support: Facilitated the annual budgeting process by providing analysed historical financial data to the Finance Manager.

Statement Preparation Support: Prepared the specific schedules and account breakdowns used by management to finalize monthly and year-end financial statements.

VAT & Audit Assistance: Provided the Manager with detailed transaction logs for ZATCA VAT filing and prepared data files to explain transaction flows during external audits.

Treasury & Stock Oversight: Spearheaded annual fiscal year stock-taking procedures and supervised data entry to ensure 100% integrity in reported inventory values.

Job Description:

Oracle ERP Expertise: Executed comprehensive general ledger maintenance and daily journal entry posting using Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2. Financial Integrity & Documentation: Managed and maintained organized accounting records, ensuring all financial documentation complied with internal standards and applicable regulatory laws. Reconciliation & Reporting: Performed timely reconciliations of bank balances and complex accounts to ensure data accuracy for management reports and summaries. Team Coordination: Guided accounting clerical staff by resolving technical queries and coordinating daily activities to improve departmental workflow. Inventory & Audit Oversight: Spearheaded physical inventory verification and annual year-end stock-taking to provide accurate valuations for the company’s financial statements. Production & Controller Support: Managed the accuracy of production data entry and conducted rigorous internal audits and reconciliations to ensure financial integrity prior to final review by the Controller. Cash & Disbursement Management: Administered petty cash funds and prepared payment disbursements, while managing bank deposits and high-volume data entry with precision. Annual Reporting Assistance: Facilitated seamless year-end closings by extracting and verifying General Ledger balances prepared comprehensive audit schedules for Sales, Purchase accruals, and Inventory valuations to ensure 100% data integrity for management review.

Experience Highlights:

Ledger Maintenance: Oversaw daily journal entries and kept accurate records of monthly and yearly expenses in the general ledger.
AP & Team Coordination: Helped coordinate daily accounts payable tasks and supported the payment team to keep operations running smoothly. Vendor Communication: Assisted in resolving supplier disagreements and checked outstanding invoices against vendor statements. Month-End Closing Assistance: Supported the month-end closing by preparing simple account analyses and reconciling balance sheet items. Reporting Support: Assisted the manager in preparing monthly reports and basic variance analysis to help track business performance. Revenue & Inventory Tasks: Calculated daily income from sales and helped research inventory levels to ensure stock was available for customers. Payment Processing: Systematically verified and organized payment documentation to ensure accurate and timely supplier settlements while maintaining strong vendor relationships.