Sufyan Qayyum

Spearhead reconciliation processes for:
Modern Trade: Panda, Danube/Bin Dawood, LULU, Tamimi, Al-Othaim, Carrefour, Manuel, SAMCO & others
E-commerce: Noon, Ninja, Hunger Station, Doos, Trolley & others
Wholesales customers across KSA in Western, Central & Eastern provinces
Making sure as per the BDA terms, customers are paying on time
With effective controls, improved wholesales collections from 3M to 9M in 2024
Reduced overdue balances by 50% through improved reconciliation startegies
Enhanced cash flow management strategies by forecasting AP & AR projections
Assisting finance manager in monthly closing operations
Assisted in the VAN sales operations by arranging POS machines from the bank & monitoring collections effectively
Provisions related to BDAs & other marketing expenses
Preparing BTL expenses comparison report
Payroll processing
AR monitoring & reconciliations
AP monitoring & reconciliations
VAT calculation & submission in ZATCA
Preparing aged receivables report & conducting meetings with the sales team across KSA for payments & overdue balances follow up
Bank reconciliation
Purchase, registration of new assets & configuring depreciation
Controlling staff expenses/advances claims.
Customs duty payments
Conducted periodic stock audits as per the management requirement
Supervising sales admin for timely booking of market returns
Creating new customers in system along with their pricelist & rebate configurations

• Reconciliation with customers (Panda, Danube, Bin Dawood, Lulu Hypermarkets, Manuel, Al-Raya, Matajar Saudia, Farm, Othaim & many other Key account customers) (Monthly, Quarterly, Half yearly & yearly)
• Leading a team of three junior accountants to achieve goals through proactive planning & coaching.
• Bank reconciliations (Monthly, Quarterly, Half yearly & yearly)
• Processed payroll & calculated deductions by accurately using Oracle ERP to secure payment traceability.
• Ensuring departmental financial reporting deadlines are met by assisting business units with month-end closing functions.
• Managed & prepared journal entries & reconciliation to support monthly general ledger closing activities.
• Partnered with auditors to prepare yearly audits & ensure compliance with governmental tax guidelines.
• Reviewed & processed employee expense reports & vendor invoices for payment.
• Prepared reports & presentations for management using data visualization.
• Analyzed files & accounts for discrepancies, accurately resolving variances.
• Identified areas of cost improvement that resulted in cutting costs.
• Auditing annual business contracts with customers.
• Preparing Excess/Shortage reports
• Stock audit
• Handling of advances
• Serving as a liaison between departments to enhance coordination.
• Creating & improving accounting process.
• Recording debit & credit notes
• Preparing monthly collection reports
• Preparing sales reports.
• Supervising sales team for overdue collections
• Monitoring the overall financial activities
• Maintaining discounts & marketing support offers to customers as per the agreed annual contracts.
• Analyzing market returns
• Controlling the petty cash disbursement
• Following up with customers to eradicate discrepancies.