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An Accounts & Finance Professional - 10+years Experience with diversified Portfolios.

Dubai, UAE
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ABOUT

A finance professional having professional qualification of (ACCA-A) along with working experience of more than 7 years’ in diversified industries like Oil & Gas, FMCG, Shipping & logistics, Steel Processing and Trading & Construction Industries. I have also sound experience of various ERP Software (SAP – FICO, AS 400, Microsoft Dynamic GP, Oracle), Financial & management reporting, Internal Controls, team managements skills, building corporate image and supply chain.

LANGUAGES

English
Full professional proficiency
Urdu
Full professional proficiency

SKILL DETAILS

Finance

Treasurers

Coaching

71 ₪ / hr
Financial Coaching
Financial Accounting- International financial reporting standards.

Senior Executives

Senior Financial Managers

SAP

SAP FI - Financial Accounting

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

November 2017 - Today

Senior Accountant

Lootah Group- Dubai
  •  Monitoring the payments of Sub contractors, Suppliers and their internal controls & compliance.
  •  Preparing receivables & Payables Aging.
  •  Customers & Suppliers reconciliations and resolving discrepancies if any.
  •  Monitoring Projects Petty cash and supervising reimbursement and imprest system.
  •  Liaison with external auditors and handling their quires
  •  Monitoring suppliers LC, LG and TRs.
  •  Monitoring and Supervision for Value Added Tax (VAT) as per the requirement of Federal Decree No. (8) Of 2017.
  •  Maintaining and keeping up to date book keeping for VAT as per procedure of Federal Decree No. (8) Of 2017.
  •  Supervising and guiding VAT return preparation as per FTA Rules, Regulation and Guidelines
April 2015 - September 2017

Credit and Trade Finance Controller

Alam Steel Group
  •  Overseeing payment and internal control, compliance of the same.
  •  preparing MIS report ( monthly PL/ BS, cash flow, Aging, sales report)
  •  Allocation of expenses over respective dept. using appropriate method such as ABC, etc.
  •  Liaison with auditor, legal experts, and insurance companies.
  •  Reviewing Customers Contracts / quotations / sales proposal, negotiation for terms & clauses accordance with past credit history & financial viability of customers.
  •  Follow up with Customers, Sales & marketing, Banks, Finance staff for ensuring proper remittance of funds against delivered goods.
  •  Monitoring Cash inflows with relate to LC / Cash /PDCs and prepare a weekly report to management as per market norms.
  •  Review & prepare LC applications, Negotiation of finance rates, and drafting of additional clauses as per UCP-600.
  •  Monitoring / follow up for import shipment & follow up with suppliers for original shipping documents and arrange marine insurance.
  •  Review of LC Discounting option, Term receipt, and negotiation of financial charges.
  •  Review of LC release as per terms & conditions, validating documents; maintain TR sheet bank wise and month wise.
  •  Ensure proper submission of commercial documents as per LC clauses and UCP and send to customers and banks.
  •  Follow Up with customers / banks for confirmation documents and for LC issuance, Amendment and clarifications.
  •  Supervising GRN / Material reconciliation/ payable reconciliation and resolving of issues related to it.
May 2014 - February 2015

Senior Accountant

Gul Bottlers-
  •  Preparing financial management report and management accounts
  •  Preparing Daily Fund Position and Month wise cash flow positions.
  •  Preparing MIS report (Sales, Receivable’s, payables, fund positions, inventory moment/ production).
  •  Oversee purchase, vendor’s payments and outstanding liabilities.
  •  Regular analytical report on production VS Sales.
  •  Preparation of budgets, forecast for sales and production.
  •  Management and reporting of capital expenditure.
  •  Ensure proper internal controls over raw material and finished goods movement.
  •  Proposal of sales prices, trade discount, relevant targets, cost estimations for each job order
December 2012 - May 2014

Assistant Manager- Payables

Meskay & Femtee
  •  Preparing sales and purchase contracts with various payment terms such as LC, CAD etc.
  •  Preparation of LC application, review, issuance, monitoring and negotiation of LC amendment etc.
  •  Monitoring Packing material, Export Freight procurement and payments Functions.
  •  Dealing with shipping companies for negotiation of freight and payment terms and Free days.
  •  Monitoring Foreign Recievables, receipt, negotiation with banks for exchange rates.
  •  Direct contact with Banks regarding issuance of Import LCs and for negotiation of Export LCs.
  •  Coordinating with logistics team for arranging delivery of the material.
  •  Coordinating with banks for ensuring immediate negotiation of documents presented and immediate dispatch of documents to issuing bank so that customer will get the documents on time.
  •  Follow ups with banks for timely payment of documents negotiated and in case of usance LCs, arranging discounting of the documents if required.
  •  Preparation of various reports as per requirement of the company.
  •  Hands-on experience in billing, monthly payroll and sales tax.
October 2009 - November 2012

Accounts Executive

Mega & Forbes Group
  •  Preparation of Disbursement Invoices (Container Handling Invoices).
  •  Reconciliation of ledger accounts, inter group company accounts and bank accounts.
  •  Preparing weekly & fortnight Commission, containers repairs, detentions, demurrages, port charges and claim reimburment reports to various principal Lines.
  •  Demurrages and detention calculation & invoicing to customers.
  •  Monitoring daily collections and report to management after checking compliance with the internal approved Tariff.
  •  Issue of cheques for Suppliers (Container terminals, Transporters, Stevedores) etc.
  •  Preparing recievables monthly aging and circulating weekly recievables report to sales heads for their perusals.

EDUCATION

January 2010 - August 2014

ACCA

ACCA- UK
August 2006 - October 2008

M.A Economics

University Of Karachi

VOLUNTEER WORK

January 2008 - January 2009

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