Staff Accountant

Mohammad S. Adwan

Johns Creek, Georgia, USA • +1-470-***-****

adg31a@r.postjobfree.com • linkedin.com/in/mohammadadwan/

Accountant

Highly organized and motivated professional with a financial global mindset to analyze and resolve issues. Notable success in saving the company $$ by mitigating loss and saving on cost. Talent for managing financial transactions, auditing financial documents/procedures, and reconciling the balance sheet accounts and bank statements. Well-versed in analyzing the general ledger accounts to verify the variances and trends.

Proficient knowledge of Oracle ERP, Noetix, Hyperion, CRM, Salesforce, SiftScience, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office (Excel), Google Sheets, and AS400. Articulate and refined communicator of Arabic and English.

— Areas of Key Emphasis —

•Corporate Finance & Accounting

•B2C/B2B Financial Transactions

•Client Relationship Management

•Financial Analysis & Auditing

•Preparing & Issuing Invoices

•Analyzing Trends & Variances

•Key Account Reconciliation

•Budgeting & Forecasting

•Documentation & Reporting

Professional Experience.

Finance Associate Yamsafer, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine (Remote) 10/2018 – 07/2020

Acknowledge as a finance associate for performing various financial and accounting tasks, preparing and issuing over 500 invoices on monthly and bi-weekly basis. Contact with over 300 B2B and B2C clients each month to collect on overdue balances and resolve account pending issues. Perform financial and fraud analysis to detect fraudulent activities to mitigate loss. Apply cash, checks, and wire transfer to clients’ accounts. Develop monthly KPI reports to different departments to measure their performance. Strengthen business relationships between Yamsafer and B2B/B2C segments. Examine the credit line requests from clients and verify their completeness.

Key Accomplishments:

Accredited for saving tens of thousands of dollars by mitigating fraudulent activities due stolen cards.

Reduced the aging AR by collecting on past due invoices of 130% by analyzing the financial statements.

Project Accounting Manager PRIME, Beit Jala West Bank, Palestine (Remote) 05/2015 – Present

Prepare budget proposals/forecasts and request funds from donors based on the progress of the project. Co-ordinate researchers’ meetings and follow up with them on the progress of meeting their goals. Develop payment vouchers to pay and get them ready for approval. Communicate the progress of the project matters to donors.

Key Accomplishments:

Tasked with processing financial transactions in QuickBooks as well as bank statement reconciliations.

Delivered continual support to the projects, which resulted in gaining extensions to research being done.

General Ledger Accountant TTEC, Englewood, CO, USA 10/2017 – 02/2018

Prepared extensive amounts of journal entries during month-end close and reconciled/submitted the balance sheet accounts. Organized meetings with government grant personnel on monthly basis to discuss grants status. Ensured the client satisfaction by responding to inquiries from internal clients and auditors in a timely manner.

Key Accomplishments:

Achieved a reduction in the work time by 20% via implementation of general ledger accounting practices.

Efficiently utilized the pivot tables in order to track down past due bills and submit all bills for payment.

General Manager Key Auto Denver, Denver, CO, USA 09/2015 – 02/2018

Streamlined the operations of dealership to assure smooth running of tasks. Analyzed financial paperwork to mitigate areas of losses/risks and forecast sales. Worked with insurance companies to file/follow-up on claims. Established a group of networks to bring in the biggest possible deals to increase the sales and reduce the cost.

Key Accomplishments:

Retained the new customers which saved thousands of dollars on marketing and advertising expenses.

Saved the company up to $5000 per month for performing car services inhouse vs. 3rd party suppliers.

Field Staff Accountant Manheim, Aurora, CO, USA 07/2015 – 10/2017

Tasked with recording and posting journal entries on a daily-basis and participate in closing of books at the end of each month. Processed millions of dollars of EFTs to large corporations on weekly basis. Held accountability for posting payments such as wires, checks, and cash to the clients’ accounts. Accredited for processing inter-company transactions to pay and to receive transactions, while serving more than 500 clients with their inquiries.

Key Accomplishments:

Successfully reconciled the balance sheet accounts and bank statements on a daily and monthly basis.

Analyzed the general ledger accounts to verify the variances as well as trends from a period to another.

Accounts Payable Specialist Manheim, Aurora, CO, USA 11/2014 – 07/2015

Played a vital role in accurately processing and coding the checks/invoices on a daily basis to serve internal and external clients. Addressed the queries of clients in a timely manner according to the company’s SOPs. Recorded and posted journal entries on a daily-basis. Participated in closing of the books at the end of each month. Steered the reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts monthly while resolving impeding issues to assure proper explanation of balances. Led the verification/reconciliation of cash payments to match the company’s records.

Key Accomplishment:

Mitigated losses by checking and correcting flaws in check-requests by processing/issuing payments.

Additional experience as Sales Manager (03/2012 – 05/2014) at AutoZone, Aurora, Colorado, USA, as Financial Analyst Intern (10/2013 – 03/2014) at State of Colorado, Economic Crime Unit, Littleton, Colorado, USA, as Internal Auditor Intern (01/2013 – 05/2013) at Metro State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA, and as Loans Specialist (08/2011 – 03/2012) at Payday Loans Office, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Education and Credentials

Masters of Professional Accounting - GPA: 3.47 (2013)

Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

B.S. Major in Finance and Minor in Accounting - GPA: 3.41 (2011)

University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

Professional Certifications

QuickBooks Certification

Affiliations

Informal Leader, Cox Automotive Future Leadership Program, 03/2017 - 10/2017

Professional Member, National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers, 01/2017-01/2019

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