Sr. Accountant
Location: Doha
MOHAMMED MINHAJ UDDIN
Seeking assignments in Finance & Accounts with technology driven organization in Financial Services/Construction/Trading & Banking
____________________________________________PROFILE SUMMARY_______________________________________
Offering Plus 12 years of experience in:
Accounting Operations Intercompany Reconciliations
Account Receivables & Payables Process Improvements (Lean & Sigma Methodology)
Visa & Immigration Processing (Qatar) – PRO Activities
I have done the below projects in Qatar, Germany, Nederland’s and South Africa: –
Business on shore/off shore Project 1: KKIA (King Khaled International Airport RIYADH) & STRIEF Baulogistik Qatar
Business on site Project 2: Nederland’s Europe, Finance & Accounting SAP operations in 2012
Business on site Project 3: Germany, P2P, OTC & Global Intercompany improvement project 2013
Business on site Project 4: South Africa Finance Operations for City of Johannesburg 2015.
Trained & Certified Lean & Six sigma methodology.
· Issuing outgoing invoices and postings in SAP
· Posting incoming payments in SAP and updating customer SOA
· Posting supplier, sub-contractors invoices.
· Payments to suppliers, subcontractors and service providers in foreign and local currency
· Preparation of online bank transfer/cheque payments
· Perform petty cash/bank book postings and preparation of Cash/Bank Reconciliations in SAP
· Responsible for monthly prepayment postings in SAP
· Responsible for doing Asset run on a monthly basis
· Booking of the monthly payroll as per company policy and procedures
· Responsible for quarterly and yearly intercompany reconciliations
· Coordination with External Auditors to ensure smooth completion of Annual Audit
· Deft at performing intercompany reconciliation & P2P business process activities for DSM SSC
· Deft at performing internal Audit controls for P2P operations.
· Distinction of handling weekly, monthly & quarterly AP & AR balances for different units of DSM Globally
· Skilled in providing resolution to the suppliers for any outstanding invoices and payments.
· Handled activities related to invoicing, cash application, research and investigation of chargebacks including discrepancies, issuing credit & debit memos, accounts receivable reconciliation, responding to customer requests for documentation, reviewing ageing & trial balance reports to identify past due accounts, collection and month-end close activities
· Exposure in SAP R/3 environment as a KEY USER covering various facets of Finance and Accounting
· A self-motivated team player with strong communication, relationship management and problem-solving skills
______________________________________CORE COMPETENCIES____________________________________________
· Highly analytical accounts receivable (A/R) professional with a thorough knowledge of accounting, billing and collections systems, processes and best practices.
· Maintain A/R records; prepare statements, bills and invoices; process payments; respond to customer inquiries regarding account status.
· Quality check controller for Accounts Payable & Sales and Use U, S Taxation.
· Internal Quality check controller for payment process in SAP.
· Handling accounting functions accounts payable, accounts receivable, and ensures accuracy and timeliness
· Developing, implementing and maintaining systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines
· Ensuring monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information; ensures accuracy of financial statements
· Providing accounting assistance to project managers and operations staff; responds to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs
___________________________________ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________
From Sep 2017 to date as Sr. Accountant in ARAB ENGINEERING BUREAU – Design & Construction Consultant
Environment: SAP Business One
· Preparing AR invoices as per billing schedules/charts to clients for the Services rendered
· Adhering to the deadlines for submission of invoices
· Reviewing timesheets of the staff/Engineers deployed on sites
· Reviewing and updating the billing charts as per contracts or addendums
· Preparing WIP (work in progress) report for the management reports
· Updating commitment schedules for the future invoicing
· Responsible for monthly prepayment postings in SAP
· Regular follow ups with contract & planning for any Addendums or Extension of projects
· Submitting Final Account Invoices to customer upon contract completion
· Sending SOA to clients and LPM’s for outstanding balances
· Posting customer receipts in SAP
· Write off posting as per instruction from management
· Posting AP invoice as per the work orders and required approval process
· Payments to supplier, subcontractors and service providers in foreign and local currency
· Booking of the monthly payroll as per company policy procedures
· Liaises with other business departments to obtain information on time to ensure month end close is done on set deadlines
· Preparation of monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements after all month end & accrual posting
· Coordination with External Auditors to ensure smooth completion of Annual Audit
· Revenue Accruals postings in SAP
· Salary Voucher posting as per company policy & procedure
· Reviewing Debtor & Vendor Balance Review
· Responsible for preparing Cost report for the Mgt.
· Disbursement report for issuing invoice to Client
· Providing remittance details to vendors and payment status through calls & email
· Skilled in providing resolution to the suppliers and vendors for any outstanding invoices and payments.
Visa & Immigration Activities: –
· Close monitoring on staff Qatar ID Renewals/visa status
· Renewing staff QID’s as per MOI process
· Cancellation of QID’s for the staff
· Renewing Business Visa for the staff
· Adding/Deleting staff from the exit permit list on MOI
· Applying for exit permit for the staff under 5% criteria
· Good understanding on visa application process for new hires
___________________________________ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________
From Dec 2015 to September 2017 – HOCHTIEF SOLUTIONS MIDDLE EAST, Doha, Qatar as Accountant
Environment: SAP FICO
SAP Finance Specialist for Accounting operations, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Payment Process, Reconciliations, Cash Book and Bank book.
· Accountable for:
· Incoming Invoice postings (3 Way & 2 Way match)
· WHT tax invoice postings
· Submitting WHT information to External Auditor for the payment execution
· Outgoing Invoice postings
· Payments to supplier, subcontractors and service providers in foreign and local currency
· Reconciliations of Accounts (Intercompany & 3rd party suppliers)
· Performing supplier statement reconciliation
· Petty Cash book postings in SAP & Monthly Reconciliations
· Bank book posting in SAP & Bank Recon.
· Asset Depreciation RUN on a monthly basis
· Month End closing: –
FX revaluation
General Accrual postings in SAP
Salary Voucher posting as per company policy & procedure
· Reviewing Debtor & Vendor Balance Review
· Responsible for preparing Cost report for the Mgt.
· Disbursement report for issuing invoice to Client
· Providing remittance details to vendors and payment status through calls & emails.
___________________________________ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________
From Dec 2014 with UNIVEN Software Services to August 2015, Hyderabad as Functional Finance Specialist–SME (Training & Implementation Co-ordinator)
Environment: SAP FICO
Business Onsite Project City of Johannesburg (COJ):
SAP Finance Specialist for Accounting operations, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payment process and Reconciliations.
Role:
· To provide our client with best practices can be implemented in Finance covering AP, AR & Intercompany reconciliations.
· Developing dashboards reports of Sales & Revenue for different business operations.
· Providing knowledge on Global Intercompany reconciliations.
· New tooling implemented for Payment Processing.
· SOD for FO & BO hierarchy.
· Accountable for:
o Following up unless they are matched with our AR balances
o Booking all the intercompany and 3rd party invoice in SAP
o Assisting AR Team for getting the parked items cleared during BPS i.e. quarterly reconciliation
o Making payment runs for inter-company & 3rd party suppliers and also payments to one-time vendor
· Performing supplier statement reconciliation
· Reviewing open and cleared items
· SPOC contact for business in extraction developing payment reports.
· SPOC for vendor master changes/setting up new suppliers in SAP as per business.
___________________________________ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________
From Aug’12 to Nov 2014 with Royal DSM Shared Financial Services One of the Leading Trading Industry in Nederland’s, Hyderabad as General Ledger & Accounts Payable Specialist–SME (Training & Implementation Co-ordinator)
Environment: SAP FICO
Transition One: Nederlands, Managed Transition for P2P business to back office in Hyderabad in 2012
Second Transition: Nederlands, Managed Transition for Intercompany project for P2P & BPS Reconciliations
Clients: Shared Financial Services
Role:
· Spearheading a team of 5 Members for P2P business (Client: DSM IC Nederlands)
· Attending weekly calls with Project Team & BPE’s in Front Office, Nederlands
· Developing dashboards of the team’s productivity
· Performing supplier statement reconciliation
· Reviewing open and cleared items
· Creating BP open request for Master data change in SAP
· Providing:
o Dispatching remittance details to vendors and payment status through calls & emails
· Handling:
o Order to cash activities
o Workflow process for Service Provider & Service receiver for approvals on PO & SO creations and workflow system for billing team on the creation of invoices
· Overseeing creation of:
o Shopping Carts via BPMS Tool
o Sales Order based on the agreement details between SP & SR
May’2010-Jul’2012 with THOMSON REUTERS as Process Associate
Role:
· Functioned as a:
o SME in Accounts Payable & Cash Application (SAP FICO)
o Helpdesk Agent for Accounts Payable Department
· Processed service and quantity-based invoices in SAP.
· Followed up for the open items and looked after reversal posting & clearing operations
· Updated vendor bank details & dispatched remittance details to vendors and provided payment status through calls & emails
Highlight:
· Successfully introduced work process that increased work productivity and recognised with an appreciation from Senior Management on the same
06’2008-04’2010 with GENPACT – DELPHI & NISSAN (An Automotive clients) as Accountant.
Role:
· Organised trainings on process uses in SAP FI/CO to new joinees in team
· Functioned as a SPOC for ‘Organization Committee’, which is responsible for organizing various team activities
· Performed maintenance of accounts receivable ledger, identified overpayments and adjusted customer claims
· Identified payment discrepancies and initiate dispute resolution process
__________________________________________EDUCATION________________________________________________
· MBA from Sikkim Manipal University: 2014
· B. Com from Osmania University: 2008
______________________________________________IT SKILLS______________________________________________
· Conversant with SAP FICO R3, SAP Business One, Oracle ERP, SAP BPC and MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
______________________________________TRAININGS ___________________________________________
· Trained and Certified as Yellow Belt – Lean & Six Sigma
· Green Belt Session – Lean & Six Sigma
· DSE (Developing Self Excellence), Voice and Accent Neutralization Training
· Presentation Skills
· Delegating Skills (QuicKnowledge Module)
· Effective Feedback Skills (QuicKnowledge Module)
· Various Organizational Trainings on Time Management, Team Management, Personal Mastery & Business Etiquettes
________________________________________PERSONAL DETAILS____________________________________________
Date of Birth 15th June 1986
Current Address Building no. 32 Al Thumama near, Health Centre – Doha Qatar
Languages Known English, Hindi & Urdu
Passport Details R8199215
Qatar Driving Licence Yes
Date of Expiry 2023
Notice Period Can Join immediately
Education
- 2011/2014
MBA FINANCE at Sikkim Manipal University
- 2005/2008
Bachelors of commerce at OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
Experience
- 2017/2020
SR. ACCOUNTANT at ARAB ENGINEERING BUREAU
- 2015/2017
SAP ACCOUNTANT at HOCHTIEF GmbH
- 2014/2015
FINANCE SPECIALIST at UNIVEN TECHNOOGIES
- 2008/2014
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST at DSM NEDERLAND'S
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