Management Manager

Nurifah muhamad

**** **** ****** *****, *** ***, Bethesda, 20817, MD, USA

Cell phone: 410-***-****, ********@*****.***[pic]

Summary OF QUALIFICATIONS

** ***** ** ******* *** specialization in Operations and Finance

Professional with international and domestic experience. Possessed

exceptional project management skills to implement entrepreneurial ideas

and develop efficient process designs. Delivered cost savings and created

systems/processes that enhance organizational efficiency & productivity.

Contributions include leadership, and analytical competencies with proven

success in developing strategic relationships, building and leading teams,

and effectively communicating Finance & Operations Strategies to Chief

Executives, Board members and across diverse business cultures.

Education

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park,

Maryland, USA

Master of Science in Business & Management, Focus Area(s): Accounting,

Audit, May 2010

Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool,

United Kingdom

BA (Hon) Accounting & Finance, Focus Area(s): Accounting, Finance, June

1996

MARA Institute of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

LCCI, Group Diploma in Accounting Focus Area(s): Management Accounting,

Costing, Economics, June 1993

WORK Experience

University of Maryland Smith School of Business (Education) College Park,

Maryland, USA

Mentor / Advisor, MS Program (Part time invitation position)

2011 to Date

. An advisor/mentor at the University Of Maryland Smith School Of

Business, in the school's MS Program.

. Advise students in the "Action Learning Project" aspect of the MS

program, including identification of consulting projects and providing

oversight and mentoring during delivery of consulting work.

. A guest speaker during MS Program class to link the textbook lessons

to the real world aspects of auditing governance, risk, and controls.

CGS Energy Solutions (Energy & Waste Management Services) Bethesda

Maryland, USA.

Corporate Controller, Finance & Operations (Full time permanent position)

2009 to Date

. Management Duties

. Plan and direct all activities of the Accounting Department

ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting essential for

making optimal management decisions, retained 20% clients with

80% of total gross margin.

. Coordinate the operations of the accounting function, including

the design of an organizational structure, attained on average

25% gross margin.

. Analyze and direct preparation of reports to summarize and

forecast the business of the company including but not limited

to income, expenses, earnings, led to 20% gross profit margin

growth.

. Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations,

especially their control systems, transaction-processing

operations, and policies and procedures.

. Primary Roles

. Establish, coordinate, and administer financial systems and

internal controls and audit preparation.

. Prepare and monitor budgets and forecasts, as well as monitor

financial results

. Establish and manage the financial control and reporting systems

of the Company, including financial statements, general ledger,

budgets, forecasts, audits, and other financial performance

. Participate in a wide variety of special projects and compile a

variety of special reports

. Reengineered the billing and collection process, to process

billing 5 times faster and collection of AR in 7 days in the

same calendar month.

. Reporting

. Issue timely and complete financial statements; released no

gross profit margin clients to vendor.

. Calculate variances from the budget and report significant

issues to management, booming profit after controllable 10%

positive variance.

. Provide for a system of management cost reports, implemented

cost effective measure, increase margin by 15% for top ten

customers.

. Provide financial analysis as needed, in particular for pricing

decisions, and contract negotiations, resulted in retention of

more than 50% existing customers with better terms.

. Secondary and Other Responsibilities

. Manage payroll, human resources and other office management

functions, narrowed HR and third party payroll expenses by 50%.

. Provide analysis of various liability and property insurance

matters, trimmed down insurance premium by 10% whilst within

adequate limit coverage requirements set by clients.

. Recruit, train, deploy, and coach accounting & finance staff for

optimal performance and most effective use of personnel and

resources, staff retention is at 100% rate, zero turnover for

the last 2 years.

. Accounting Manager Role

. Manage, monitor and continuously build the company's books and

financial reporting of the company. (Profit & Loss, Balance

Sheet, Cash Flow, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts

Receivable, Taxes and Payroll & Records, by program).

. Drive the waste division's profit and loss by managing

operations and auditing quarterly margin statistics, increasing

margin by 15%.

. Develop an electronic database for vendor and customer

information. Lead and manage billing, collections,

disbursements, and cash planning functions.

. Customer & vendor relationship management, negotiation,

inquiries, compiling customer service delivery agreements, and

defining corporate financial policies.

. Lengthen accounts payable (AP) credit terms from 60 to 150 days.

Accounts receivables (AR) credit terms from on average 75 days

to 15 days.

. Managed more than 25,000 billings and receivable in a weekly

basis while billed on time. Reduced outstanding balances to a

nominal level. Day's sales outstanding (DSO) averages 20 days.

Lebar Daun Bhd (Publicly Traded Company - Construction & Property

Development) Selangor, Malaysia

Senior Manager, Internal Audit and HR

2007 - 2008

. Reported directly to the audit committee and the Board of Directors

concerning enterprise wide risk-management of the company.

. Introduced, led and enhanced risk assessment exercise for an effective

risk based audit, resulting in mitigating risk profiles to an

acceptable level to the stakeholders.

. Led a team of 18 and accomplished the ISO9001:2000 Quality Management

System (QMS) certified, in 4 months.

. Redesigned and reengineered processes with various department heads,

Completed the manual policies and procedures that aligned with the

ISO9001:2000 QMS.

. Identified bottlenecks in pricing and cost structure, structured and

executed a new pricing/costing model, to boost revenues and allow for

expansion

Jaycorp Berhad (Publicly Traded Company -Manufacturing) Melaka, Malaysia

Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management

2004 - 2006

. Developed a well-structured internal audit and risk management

protocol from scratch, end result, the board and the Company has a

solid framework for the Enterprise Wide Risk Management portfolio.

. Assist the IT Steering Committee and led the IT, Operations and

Finance team to implement SAP, an ERP and MRP system in a 3 months'

time, reduced product life cycle by 30%.

. Audited and eventually restructured costing calculations, leading to

increased net margin.

. Led extensive Europe market research analysis, penetrated the Europe

market through cost structure recommendations & training. Specifically

to comply with the European regulations for performance, safety and

dimensional requirements. (Regulatory Issues and flame retardant usage

in upholstered furniture in Europe, and Technical Committee 136

Furniture (TC 136))

Golden Arches Restaurants Sdn. Bhd. - McDonalds (Fast Food Service) Melaka,

Malaysia

1st Assistant Manager

1999 - 2004

. Recognized opportunity in "Home Delivery Sales" which increased sales

by 30%.

. Excellent record of on the job coaching and counseling, increasing

productivity by 30%.

. Created a harmonized and motivated workplace increasing storewide

revenue by 20%

. Awarded dean's list & best contributor award led to four promotions

career growth.

Public Bank Bhd. (Publicly Traded Company -Banking & Financial Services)

Melaka, Malaysia

Senior Operations Officer

1996 - 1999

. Secured five hundred new students' deposit accounts within 2 weeks of

launching.

. Improved year end closing process and turnaround time for account

reconciliations.

. Achieved dean's list during training session for graduate trainee

management program out of 65 graduate trainees.

AWARDS, skills and achievements

. Awards: Dean's List, Best Contributor Award

. Computer: Microsoft Office, Accounting Software (QuickBooks,

Peachtree, SAP Business One) Payroll Software (Paychex, Intuit

Payroll)

. Language: English, Indonesian, Malay, Basic Hindi and Basic French

. International: Medan Indonesia, Manchester & London UK, Paris France,

Zurich Switzerland, Stuttgart & Berlin Germany.

. Professional Affiliations: Associate Member of the Institute of

Internal Auditors Washington DC

SCHOLASHIPS RECEIVED

. Scholarship for Graduate study - The Talented and Bright Program, 2008

- 2009

. Scholarship for Under Graduate study- Excellence in academic and co-

curriculum activities, 1994 - 1996

references

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