Accounting Service Representative
Resume:
Nadeem Mughal
Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable / Staff Accountant Profile
***************@*****.*** • 443-***-****
LinkedIn • Abingdon, MD 21009
Summary
Dynamic, dedicated, and versatile accounting professional with significant expertise covering wide range of private and public sector entities. Demonstrated excellence in managing diverse ledger activities, reconciliations, payroll administration, financial reporting, accounting automation, purchase order raising, invoicing, accounts payable / accounts receivable, and auditing.
Qualifications Summary
Leverage acute stakeholder management and vendor management to build strong working relationships and meet business commercial goals.
Highly experienced in all aspects of general accounting, including performing calculations for journal entries and posting to appropriate journals, reviewing transactional records and adjusting as needed, and overseeing bank reconciliations.
Technically proficient in industry standard software packages, with record of integrating system improvement changes to enhance efficiency of work output while mitigating errors and miscalculations.
Career Experience
State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 2019 – Present
Admin Specialist II, Department of General Services
Assist department in continuing smooth operationality by completing ad-hoc administrative and financial tasks, which include general accounting and reconciliation, as well as processing accounts payable. Execute stakeholder management, collaborating with various Directors and supporting payroll administration function as Fiscal Payroll Office Backup. Perform acute vendor management and utilize industry standard accounting software for invoicing and purchase order raising.
Cut 1-2 hours per batch off time taken to process invoices, subsequently reducing errors and inaccuracies to near-zero.
Introduced well-documented deposit log, decreasing deposit time and raising accuracy to 100%.
State of Maryland, Columbia, MD 2018 – 2018
Fiscal Accounts Technician II, Howard County Department of Social Services
Oversaw reconciliation of accounting systems and controls, as well as financial management and reporting. Contributed expertise in producing numerous financial reports and cascaded to relevant stakeholders. Enabled fiscal staff’s use of automated internal accounting controls and technology by leading the design, creation, integration, and continuous review of these systems. Collated financial data and performed various analyses to maximize value and reliability of data.
Overhauled accounting systems and controls to bolster overall efficacy and reliability and reduce discrepancies.
Drafted user guides for automated controls to ensure fiscal staff extracted maximum value from technologies.
State of Maryland, Columbia, MD 2014 – 2018
Fiscal Accounts Clerk Supervisor, Howard County Department of Social Services
Led general accounting activities in entire fiscal division, coordinating resources accordingly and building robust working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to meet commercial goals. Reviewed agency ledgers to approve posted transactions, evaluating and resolving discrepancies as needed and authorize financial transaction data to be released to relevant stakeholders. Engaged in financial planning and strategizing, which included managing the submission of wide range of source documents, from invoices and purchase orders to payroll reports and check registers. Operated in close conjunction with Assistant Director and engaged with various entities to maintain full transparency regarding status of financial records.
Headed team of two Fiscal Accounts Clerks, as well as related support staff.
Slashed time needed for daily banking procedures by 2-3 hours and eliminated all mistakes.
Proposed and integrated vigorous changes to existing procedures which boosted operational efficiency.
Held previous role of Fiscal Accounts Clerk II (Accounts Payable) in Department of General Services.
State of Maryland, Columbia, MD 2012 – 2014
Fiscal Accounts Clerk II; Accounts Payable, Department of General Services
Maintained and executed accounts payable function. Analyzed and confirmed source documents including bills, receipts, transmittal sheets, invoices, vouchers, and purchase orders for application to appropriate agency accounts. Paid vendors invoices.
Updated accurate data by recording accounts for additional source documents. Summarized numerical data to prepare financial records reports.
Collaborated with external and internal customers about incomplete or inaccurate invoices or reports or delinquent accounts.
State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 2008 – 2011
Fiscal Accounts Clerk II
Managed inmate accounts and assumed control of payroll administration and validation of timecards. Engaged in credit / debt management, determining credits and debits for appropriate accounts and recording within various ledgers. Audited ledger accounts and verified against source documents to highlight discrepancies, adjusting as needed to eliminate transactional errors as a result of inaccurate posting or miscalculations.
Maximized accuracy in all accounting records and balances by auditing against source document totals.
Klein’s Family Markets, Baltimore, MD 2004 – 2008
Customer Service Representative
Managed workplan development and scheduling for Cashiers. Operated checkout counter and resolved client queries while delivering exceptional customer service.
Additional Experience
Full Charge Bookkeeper, Multiple Organizations
Freelance Bookkeeper, Multiple Clients
Auditor, Khalid and Company
Audit Trainee, Samvir and Company
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Online, (In-Progress)
University of The People
Associate of Science in Accounting
Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD, In Progress
Relevant coursework: Accounting Principles I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II, Computerized Accounting, Introduction to Business, Legal Environment of Business, Introduction to Informational Sciences, Microeconomics, English Composition, Introduction to Statistics, Macroeconomics
Accounting Coursework
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Glasgow, UK
Licenses & Certifications
Accounting Technician Certificate
Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Exam
Languages
English Punjabi Urdu Hindi Kiswahili
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