Senior Financial Accountant
Rise Enterprise
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :9 years, 3 أشهر
SELECTED ACCOLADES
• Accredited with Best Employee of the Month Award for exceeding expectations
• Played a vital role in implementing:
ERP - EAPS while working in close collaboration with Sun Smart technologies, resulting in reducing the manual payables
work by 30% and ensured better internal control in the payable process
• Conducted comprehensive inventory reviews on stores while coaching staff on how to correct and prevent errors
• Instrumentally suggested various cost control measures and performed various internal control reviews to evaluate
effectiveness and efficiency of operations in accordance with management policies and procedures
• Deftly improvised few existing processes including vendor payments in Pakistan, Lebanon & Jordan in close collaboration
with Meezan bank
• Ensure that all operational functions are effectively coordinated. Oversee human resources, finance and accounting,
operations and contracts and implemented process updates to close gaps in the processes
• Demonstrated experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts
payable and receivable, general ledger, payroll and accounting
• Designed and performed audit tests to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the controls
• Resolved customer concerns, complaints and inquiries using exceptional problem-solving skills
• Reimplemented the internal control mechanism in payroll processes resulting in increased accuracy and higher productivity
• Prepared reports on results of audits and made recommendations for control and operational improvements to management
• Adroitly handled 714 payment requests in 1 month and out of that 98.04% of the payments were done to the respective
vendors globally within a turnaround time of 3 working days
• Audited, approved, processed, and paid an average of 150 monthly expense reports and ensured in compliance
• Identified $70K revenue recognition error resulting in additional revenue, profit and financial statement accuracy
• Investigated internal fraud activities, collected over $125K by pursuing fake invoices
• Identified cost-effective vendors during acquisitions process and managed their integration resulting in 12% cost savings
• Re-negotiated payment terms with dozens of suppliers/vendors from Net 7/Net 15 to Net 30/Net 45 days
• Successfully streamlined corporate reporting, realigned control procedures and simplified financial accounting processes
• Drafted and published policies and procedures
• Redesigned and implemented DOAM (Delegation of authority matrix)
• Designed and implemented a payable and fixed asset tracking system
• Established "Alert Line" to enable whistleblowers report fraud confidentially
GL & Payments
• Deftly coordinated with the International offices to coordinate monthly payroll, expense reimbursement, bank reconciliations
and year-end audits and ensured proper controls are implemented
• Exposure in managing day-to-day operation in a high-volume accounts payable environment; efficiently managing a budget
of around 40 million USD
• Supervised the junior accounting office staff, managed time off request, reviewed work, and conducted personnel reviews
Accounts
• Instrumental in directing the overall financial accounting operations including payroll, financial reporting, accounts payable,
cash receipts, fixed assets, budgets and revenue control functions
• Analyzed records, reports, project contracts, regulations and operating procedures, made recommendations to management
based upon findings
courses: Project Management Essentials Certified (PMEC), Management & Strategy Institute (MSI, USA) • Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC), Management & Strategy Institute (MSI, USA) • Advanced Certification in International Finance Management
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CFM), Global Association for Quality Management (GAQM, UK) • Accredited Payables Manager (APM