Zuhair Hassan, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN-CHARGE

Zuhair Hassan

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN-CHARGE

JUBILEE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
High school or equivalent,
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN-CHARGE at JUBILEE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since November 2021

Manage Accounts payable section work- flow effectively.
Verify and process all disbursement of insurance claims, vendors payments, employee reimbursements and ensure that these are in line with company policy, delegation of financial power and other statutory laws.
Verify and ensure all expenses of different line of business are recorded in correct accounting stream and cost center.
Ensure all disbursements are processed with in specified timeline.
Perform month end closing of accounts payable and timely coordinated with other sections and departments for recording of financial data in system.
Prepare and record month end accruals and provisions.
Prepare schedules of Prepayment, Prepaid Expenses, Sundry receivable, Payable to supplier, payable to employee and other /sundry creditors on each month.
Analysis of monthly expenses and report to management with rational.
Review and approve all un-posted payments and transactions prior to payments being processed in order to manage cash flow.
Monitoring of Sales and Marketing expense of banks and ensure that the expenses are in line of SECP bancassurance guideline.
Prepare revenue expenditure projections for future years.

Assistant Finance Manager at MARSH SAUDI ARABIA INSURANCE & REINSURANCE BROKERS
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2019 to October 2020

Daily reporting to CFO.
Reviewing notes to the Financial Statements
Checking accuracy of Schedules and aging of creditors and debtors and of different heads of accounts
Supervising Preparation of Bank Reconciliation
Analyzing multiple reports and troubleshooting the findings, if any.
Conducting trainings for the development of new / current staff.
Liaising with internal auditors and external auditors.
Handling tax related issues by coordinating with our tax firm.
Allocating and supervising staff work to ensure resource utilization.
Achievement: Managed to maintain Rating 4 throughout my tenure with this organization.

GL ACCOUNTANT at Marsh Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2016 to March 2019

Handling complete AP Function - IProcurement, Invoicing, Payment.
Troubleshooting of any issues related to AP, GL with global team.
Handling complete Payroll function of over 150 employees via WPS system.
Maintaining schedule for Employee personal deduction & HRA. While recovering almost 70% of previous balances
related to employee advances worth more than 300K.
Preparing and maintaining various annual schedules: Housing Allowance, EMP Advances, End of Service Benefits,
Long-Term Prepaid Rents / AMC Invoices, Educational Allowances.
Preparation of Sales incentives, monthly Bank Reconciliation, Intercompany Reconciliations & Balance sheet
Reconciliations while keeping reconciling items at low level.
Preparing and filing of Withholding Tax & VAT on timely basis monthly.
Reporting Treasury each month end and CIT each quarter.
Performing a month end function, which includes ensuring all controls over payment & expense journals, any adjusting entries relating to PO/Petty Cash allocation/ BRS or Balance sheet recon related entries.
Overviewing employee expenses though I-Expense system.
Preparation of list of accruals each month end, while reviewing TB and any unaccounted invoices.
Closing AR & FA modules each month.

Accounts & Finance at ISAM K. KABBANI & PARTNERS CO. LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2015 to July 2016

Recording invoices in ERP System followed up by certain control procedures.
Assistance in payroll and preparation of Creditors’ age analysis report.
Recording & Settlement of LCs and reconciling them each month with Bank.
Assisted in ratio analysis of the company financials.
Assist management with Adhoc reports as they are demanded and deliver on time.
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Accounts Officer at BAYER PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • May 2013 to March 2015

Roles & Responsibilities:
Establish and maintain control procedures in the accounts payable and timely booking and
payment of all liabilities by collecting and reviewing of all source documents.
Coordinate with purchasing, receiving, stores other departments and the suppliers.
Prepare Creditors’ age analysis report at the end of each month.
Check and Verify Bills, Invoices and Sale Tax Invoices.
Check Purchase Order and verify price, Quantity & Item.
Payable and Payment in compliance with Sales Tax and Income Tax rules (FBR and SRB) with regards to
GST and W/H tax.
Follow up of advance to the vendors from concerned persons by reviewing ageing report.
Reviewing ageing reports to identify old outstanding balance and then taking necessary actions.
Prepare Income tax & sale tax payment Challan Weekly & Monthly.
To assist “Payable In-charge” in Month-End closing.
To perform other duties as assigned by “H.O.D” and “Manager Accounts”.
Resolves collection and invoice discrepancies.
Daily interaction with vendors.
Prepare analysis of vendor accounts and clearing open items.
Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
Check accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by
other workers.
Assist department to overcome long pending approval issues with SBP & FBR in order to process foreign payments

External Auditor at A. R. SURIYA & CO., CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2012 to March 2013

Worked as an audit trainee and conducted audit of following companies:
External Audit
The Next Big Thing (TNBT)
MIMA Constructions
First Solutions
Internal Audit
HUJJAJ TRAVEL & TOURS (PVT) LTD Special Assignment
National foods limited (NFL) - AR
DAMCO - PF
Dubai Islamic Bank - PF Bayer Pakistan PVT LTD - PF
Highnoon Laboratories Limited - Stock Taking
Job responsibilities include:
Performing audit of various departments and processes to ensure appropriate controls are suitably designed and implemented
Preparing SOPs and ensuring their compliance by partnering with the relevant business teams
Preparation of various Audit Working papers relating to audit Activity.
Performing physical stock counts of the INVENTORY
Assisting client with the preparation and presentation of financial statements.
Preparation of final audit deliverables - the audit report, the covering letter to the Board of Directors, the Management Letter, reporting packs
Summarizing the audit fieldwork & preparing conclusion documents to get senior management review & approval

Education

High school or equivalent,
  • January 2016

courses: ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountant

Bachelor's degree, Applied Accounting
  • at Oxford Brookes University
  • January 2015

courses: ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountant

Specialties & Skills

sap r 3
Cost Accounting
Microsoft Office
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCRUALS
BALANCE
CLOSING
RECORDING
TAX PLANNING
AP STYLE
BANK RECONCILIATION

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ACCA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016