Md Ashraful Alam, Service Officer

Md Ashraful Alam

Service Officer

TD Canada Trust

Location
Canada - Ontario
Education
Higher diploma, Accounting and Audit
Experience
25 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 2 Months

Service Officer at TD Canada Trust
  • Canada - Ontario
  • November 2016 to January 2018

Worked in Account Maintenance, Request for Information, and Filing departments in the Transactions Processing. Principally worked in
1. Transferring clients willing to shift their affairs from online to manual and informing them of the change by using Admin Apps, TSYS, Excel, and MS Word
2. Handling returned mails issued throughout Canada and world by using I Weber and Excel software
3. Providing client information to government organizations, such as Canada Revenue Agency (tax & VAT), OSAP (student loan), ODSP (disability financing), etc, upon their requests; by using Excel and I Weber software
4. Transferring small business loan files & audio videos to warehouse, condensing commercial files (big business) within shelf, transferring bulk files (multiple loans to same clients), with the help of I Weber software and Excel

Accountant Assistant at Countax Services
  • Canada - Ontario
  • January 2011 to December 2016

Worked on call basis, constituting a three years works experience. Worked in preparing accounting reports from raw vouchers of clients by using Excel, Quick book and Simply Accounting, tax services both individual & company, and not-for-profit by using profile software, preparing payroll of employees, payable & receivable, cash receipts, Invoicing, etc.

Senior Internal Auditor at Afghan Wireless Communication Company
  • Afghanistan
  • June 2002 to October 2003

The Company:

A Joint Venture of Telecom Systems International Inc., USA and Ministry of Communication of Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Landline services throughout Afghanistan through Local and Provincial calls; International Calls through satellite; sale and services of mobile telephones and accessories; computer networking (e-mail, internet, LAN, WAN etc.) etc.

Investment US$ 02.00 billion + & US$ 400.00 M. annual turnover

Job Description:

Reviewing the current accounting system and internal control under routine checking and carrying out special investigation as and when asked by the management

Cooridnator (Finance and Accounts), Consultant at National Nutrition Project
  • Bangladesh
  • October 2000 to June 2002

The Project is:

Funded by the World Bank, Netherlands, CIDA and Govt. of Bangladesh

Nutrition among children, mothers and adolescent girls so that it ceases to be a public health issue from Bangladesh within next 15 years

Tk. 6, 400, 96, 000.00 (US$1= Tk. 58.5) in Phase- 1 for 4 years and about US$ 2.00 Billion within 15 years

Job Description:

Both routine and expert works in following areas:

Fund Management:
1. Preparation of budget of the project on the basis of PP and Work Plan which was included within the national budget of the country
2. Operating GOB, IDA, CIDA and Netherlands funds through budget; disbursements to executing agencies and; reports in the manner required by financing agencies such as monthly accounts to CAO, IMED, PMR, Withdrawal Application to World Bank etc.Financial Accounting:Consolidation of activities of components to be done through NGOs, training institutes, Unicef, Sub- Projects etc.; in addition to routine works with vouchers and books of accounts; Special Works:Developing TOR and worked in execution of Computerising Financial Management System of NNP; preparing job description of existing and required additional staff under a revised staff plan; preparation of bidding documents of pharmaceuticals under procurement guideline of the World Bank etc.

Abbreviations:

GOB: Government of Bangladesh
IDA: International Development Agency of World Bank
CIDA: Canadian International Development Agency
PMR= Project Management Report for World Bank
CAO= Chief Accounts Officer of Accountant General of Govt. of Bangladesh
IMED= Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning

Procurement Officer at Safe Blood Transfusion Programme (BGD/97/005)
  • Bangladesh
  • December 1999 to October 2000

The Project is:

Funded by UNDP and executed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh under the HPSP

Provide equipment to detect blood carrying diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus etc.) with blood donors/ sellers through supplying equipment, raw materials and support materials; installation and providing training for operating those machinery; training in respect of blood transfusion matters and operating machinery to 97 hospitals throughout the country and providing higher training, fellowship etc. to doctors in the same respect.
Programme Value Bangladesh Taka 162.60 Million (US$ 1= Tk. 46.25)

Job Description:

Procurement consists of national and international done by UNDP, Dhaka, Bangladesh and; UNOPS, Malaysia and the project itself. Main works were maintaining contacts with UNDP, UNOPS officials, local agent of vendors, Clearing and Forwarding agents, Govt. Inventory Control Office (i.e., CMSD) etc. to ensure that goods have been properly entered the store; supplying equipment and materials to 97 centres and; monitoring and evaluation concerned with procurement, supply and inventory control.

Abbreviations:

HPSP= Health and Population Sector Programme
UNDP= United Nations Development Programme

Consultant, Finance at Vaajon Textiles
  • Bangladesh
  • February 1998 to November 1999

The Company is:

Export oriented knit garments that manufacture & export plus undertake knitting and dyeing of yarn.
Turnover: Tk. 120.00 Million

Jobs:

Developing accounting system, inventory control, bank follow up, job order costing, fixed assets management etc. and staff training

National Consultant (Finance) at NIPSOM Expansion and Development Project (BAN HRH 020) of World Health Organisation, Dhaka
  • Bangladesh
  • February 1997 to January 1998

The project is:

Under Fourth Population & Health Programme (FPHP), NIPSOM, Mohakhali, Dhaka

Executed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and funded by the AusAID and part of fund channeled through WHO. The fund was used for development of a post graduate institute in preventive medicine
Project Value: Tk. 197.70 Million (US$1= 45.00)

Jobs:

1. Providing monthly monitoring, quarterly IMED report, six monthly project implementation matrix, budget and; providing information as and when required by GOB offices, WHO etc.;
2. Giving accounting design for research projects;
3. Monitoring fund channeled through WHO
4. Providing services required by Project Director, Director NIPSOM and International Consultant
5. Proposed for introduction of modern accounting system for the development fund
6. Proposed for introduction of a separate course on financial administration for students of NIPSOM and; proposed revised syllabus of existing courses on management, industrial law, industrial psychology, budgetary control in compliance with modern concepts

Manager, Finance at Daewoo (Bangladesh) Company Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • February 1996 to January 1997

The Company is:

Trading (International), Telecommunication under the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) Contract and; Project Finance
Annual Turnover:
Locally US$ 20.00 Million & globally US$ 40.00 Billion

Job Description:

Heading the accounts and finance department of the company whose trading division worked as an indenting house, telecommunication system worked as a project under the BOT Contract with Bangladesh Rural Telecom Authority (BRTA), project finance was used to provide fund to Zia Engineering Works Ltd. against supply of Daewoo passenger buses to the borrower etc. Since the company turned to limited company from a liaison office immediate before my joining I had to provide first budget to the company, accounting design, Loan accounting design in addition to performing routine works

Deputy Chief Accountant at Southern Group of Mini Enterprises
  • Bangladesh
  • April 1994 to February 1996

The Company is:

Manufacture and export of readymade garments both knit and woven

Annual Turnover:
Tk. 200.00 Million (US$1= Tk. 40.00)

Job Description:
Financial accounting, costing (Material and Job Order Costing), management accounting and bank follow up

Deputy Chief Accountant at Bincop Ltd.
  • Bangladesh
  • July 1992 to April 1994

The Company is:

Indenting, manufacture and sale of plastic products, ball pen and handicrafts

Job Description:

Heading finance, personnel and administration
Managing Director
The products got a temporary market and later on the company went to loss

Accountant at Daewoo Corporation of Korea, Libya BO
  • Libya
  • June 1990 to July 1992

The Company is:

Construction Division, Benghazi, Libya
Construction of buildings, roads, sewerage system etc. independently, in consortium and joint venture
Annual Turnover:
US$ 500.00 Million locally and globally US$ 40.00 Billion

Job Description:
Site Accounts, costing of Goods In Transit and Joint Venture Projects

Financial Analyst at Bengal Biscuits Ltd.
  • Bangladesh
  • June 1989 to May 1990

The Company is:

Manufacture and trade of different types of biscuits

Job Description:

Preparation of project profile and submission of loans application package for a separate industry of Printed Laminated Film

Senior Audit Representative at Rahman Rahman Huq, Chartered Accountants
  • Bangladesh
  • July 1987 to January 1989

The Firm is:

A Management Consultancy Firm agent of present Bearing Point
Audit, tax and management consultancy

Job Description:

Audit, physical verification etc. Noted works go to audit of accounts of BSRS with remarkable success
BSRS: Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha
(Industrial Credit Corporation of Bangladesh)

Senior Accountant at Ambee Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Bangladesh
  • January 1986 to July 1987

The Company is:
Manufacture and trade of medicines
Tk. 50.00 million per annum (US$ 1= Tk. 31.00)

Job Description:
Reconciliation works, preparation of plant register etc. among different jobs

Senior Auditor at MJ Abedin & Co, Chartered Accountants
  • Bangladesh
  • June 1985 to December 1985

The Company is:

Audit, tax and management consultancy

Job Description:

Audit, physical verification etc. Noted works go to audit of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (Agricultural Development Bank of Bangladesh)

Senior Auditor at MJ Abedin & Co, Chartered Accountants
  • Bangladesh
  • June 1985 to December 1985

The Company is:

Audit, tax and management consultancy

Job Description:

Audit, physical verification etc. Noted works go to audit of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (Agricultural Development Bank of Bangladesh)

Education

Higher diploma, Accounting and Audit
  • at Humber College
  • December 2012

Transferred credits to CGA- CPA ON and recognized as Level 3 out of 5 completed. CPA CGA is more advanced by standard than ACCA (UK). Core courses in the program included accounting, auditing, finance, law, cost & management accounting, mathematics & statistics, etc. Other courses included economics, english, and general education.

Diploma, Chartered Accountancy
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
  • June 1982

Course Completed that meets the statutory requirement of attachment with a firm

Master's degree, Management
  • at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • May 1982

Industrial Accounting; Industrial Management; Financial Management and Insurance; Business Research and Industrial Psychology; Tutorial, term paper and viva

Bachelor's degree, Honours in Management
  • at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • May 1980

Principles of Management, Business Communication and Secretarial Practice; Business and Industrial Law; Management Accounting; Business Administration; Statistics; Economic Development and; Principles of Marketing

High school or equivalent, Higher Secondary Education in Commerce
  • at Notre Dame College
  • September 1975

English, Bengali, Book Keeping and Accounting, Business Method and Banking, Economics and Commercial Geography and; Civics

High school or equivalent, Humanities
  • at T & T High School
  • September 1973

English, Bengali, Book Keeping and Accounting, Business Method and Banking, Economics and Commercial Geography and; Civics

Specialties & Skills

Inventory Control
Fund Management
Accounting Analysis
Accounting
Auditing
Writing articles in newspapers and journals, and author of book
Computer: MS Office, Accounting- Quickbook, Simply Accounting, banking: Coin, Excalibur, I Weber, et
Driving of vehicles: G License in Canada and Light vehicles license in Bangladesh

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
French
Beginner

Memberships

Association of Bangladeshi Professionals in Accounting and Finance (ABPAFC)
  • Internal Auditor, a member of the governing body as per reuirement of by-law of the association
  • January 2014

Hobbies

  • Games: Cricket and Football
    A fan of muslim cricket playing countries such as Bangladesh (my own country of origin), Pakistan, and Afghanistan A fan of world cup football