Afzal Ahmed Kazi, Sr. Business Solutions Consultant

Afzal Ahmed Kazi

Sr. Business Solutions Consultant

Dynamic Cloud

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Master's degree, MBA in Finance & Marketing
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Sr. Business Solutions Consultant at Dynamic Cloud
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since August 2017

Dynamic Cloud provides Enterprise Resource Planning and Business Management Solutions which are designed for small, medium and large businesses. Dynamic Cloud helps clients to automate a major part of their operations such as HR & Payroll, Finance, Electronic Document Management, Customer Relationships, Service Management, etc.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination between end customer, consultants, and developers.

• Have a good working experience of SAGE EMHR (X3 People) Human Resource, Payroll, Personnel Administration, Time Management.

• Configuring General Ledger, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Bank Services, Asset Management, Inventory Control, Purchase Order, and Order Entry, PJC and uploading Masters in SAGE X3 and SAGE 300 ERP.

• Conduct End user training in accordance with predefined Training Plan and Methods.

• Prepare UAT Plans that delineate roles and responsibilities, test cases and process flow.

• Sage X3 people application Implementation, Client Functionality Training, requirement gathering, handling Demo Session (Pre-sales).

Project Lead & Sr. Functional Consultant at Badran Middle East
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • July 2014 to July 2017

BADRAN Middle East (SAB) is a Multi-dimension Technology Consulting Company focusing on business continuity solutions and services in the field of Engineering and Information Technology. Having technological expertise and professionals Badran implemented solutions and skilled professionals that provide corporate to get the benefit of improved productivity at a lesser investment.

Responsibilities

Refine implementation practices to improve project turnaround time, meet scope and budget commitments and minimize contingencies.

Planning:

• Progressive elaboration of high-level information into detailed plans, identify key project team members and define roles and responsibilities, to schedule project activities that occur within the project, obtain project plan approval from the customer and conduct a kickoff meeting with all key stakeholders.

Execution:

• To satisfy the project specifications mentioned in the Project Management Plan.

• Integration of people and other resources to carry out the Project Management Plan.

• Implement approved changes according to the Change Management Plan.

• Co-ordination between end customer, consultants, and developers.

• Configuring General Ledger, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Bank Services, Asset Management, Inventory Control, Purchase Order, and Order Entry, PJC and uploading Masters in SAGE X3 and SAGE 300 ERP.

Monitoring & Controlling:

• To track, review and regulate the project’s progress and performance.

• Reporting progress review to top management on a weekly basis.

Training & UAT:

• Conduct End user training in accordance with predefined Training Plan and Methods.

• Prepare UAT Plans that delineate roles and responsibilities, test cases and process flow.

• Manage new business requirements/change identified during this process.

Project Closure:

• Prepare Go Live plan and handle parallel run

• To Formalize and obtain final acceptance for the project.

• To obtain financial, legal and administrative project closure (AMC contract, contract signoff).

• To create and distribute the final project report.

Deputy Manager - Customer Support, Software Implementer & ERP Finance Coordinator at MIMsys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2010 to May 2014

MIMsys Technologies are developing various Finance-related software packages, major being SAGE 300 (ERP) and customized package for Hospitals known as Hospital Information System (HIS). Based in Bangalore, it has a subsidiary in Dubai (U.A.E.) and its users and clients are spread over major Gulf countries).

Based on my performance with the parent company (Indian Designs), IDMsys Technologies chose me for the position of Software Implementer & ERP Finance Coordinator. At the end of first year’s staff performance review, I was rewarded with the promotion and given the position of Deputy Manager, Customer Support.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing SAGE 300 (ERP) and HIS (Hospital Information System) at client offices in various countries.

• Studied client-company profile, financial structure and working culture of the company. Interacted with the technical team to extract the maximum benefit out of the application of the ERP system.

• Submitted the documents to IT Engineers in the company to customize the software package according to the needs of the client.

• Visited the client and implemented the package, held a presentation and trained the employees in operating the package.

• Created vendor master vendor group, vendor account set, customer master, customer group, customer account set, item master, inventory account set, categorization of inventory, inventory segmentation, chart of accounts, account groups and its mapping, COA segmentation, etc.

• Collected client’s opinion and further requirements, if any, with a view to upgrading the package offered to them. Reconciled Finance with HIS Modules after and before posting.

• Conceptualized and implemented financial & accounting policies/ principles and tracking systems for various functional areas while ensuring compliance with accounting standards

Finance Executive at INDIAN DESIGNS
  • India - Bengaluru
  • November 2006 to December 2009

One of the leading Manufacturers & Exporters of Readymade Garments. Based in Bangalore, its major Importers are from the USA and Europe).

Responsibilities:

• Handling of funds and management of receivables

• Forward Contracts Booking

• Daily Sales Accounting

• Dealing with banks/customers particularly on L/Cs and remittances.

• Handling company’s Bank accounts and cash transactions

• Reconciliation of Bank Accounts

• Working closely with sales and marketing teams to maintain a competitive margin.

• Consistently used Accounting packages such as TALLY and SAGE ACCPAC (General Ledger, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Bank Services, Inventory Control, Purchase Order and Order Entry).

Education

Master's degree, MBA in Finance & Marketing
  • at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore
  • April 2006
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce
  • at MGM College, Manipal
  • April 2002

Specialties & Skills

HR Software
ERP Management
Microsoft Excel
Sage 300 Finance & Distribution
Sage X3 Distribution
SQL Server & Crystal Report
Sage 300 & X3 Finance Presales
Sage X3 People
Sage X3 Finance

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Sage X3 Finance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
Sage 300 Finance & Distribution (Certificate)