Finance Officer Manager
Resume:
SHAKIL MAHMOOD
** ** ***** *****, ****** Village, NY 11427, U.S.A, Email: ********@*******.***, Cell: +1-718-***-**** Skype ID: live: shakilmahmood02
Residency status
US permanent resident (green card holder)
Career statement
Chartered certified accountant (CCA) and a member of ACCA with an extensive experience in accounting of which a large proportion has been in a specialist financial management role including, month end closing, budget development, analysis and execution aiming to provide support to the management of the financial resources of different types of health care systems including hospital system- both private and academic (teaching) hospitals. The family has relocated from UK to USA obtaining permanent resident status thus seeking job in the US system.
Skills and strength
Excellent problem-solving skills with extensive experience in balancing priorities for short- term and long-term goals, ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines under extreme pressure
Prepare/review general journal entries, Prepare/review monthly and quarterly general ledger account reconciliations including month-end closing
Exceptionally skilled at gathering, spread sheet analysing, and managing very large amount of data
Experience in financial and budget forecasting.
Advance user of excel such as Pivot table, V-look up, SUMIFS also proficient in computer applications Word, Power Point, and a wide variety of other software.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships through solid communication and excellent interpersonal skills & highly oriented to details
Ability to use of accounting accruals and provisions, knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Relationships between the balance sheet, revenue accounts and cash flow statements
Experience of working in financial system such as ORACLE, APTOS ( SQL), Open Accounts, Xero Quick book.
Superb ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines under extreme pressure
Work/ professional experiences
September 2019 to Current
Finance Manager (Remote), Basildon and Brentwood CCG NHS, SS14 3HG U.K.
Preparation and maintenance of the clinical commissioning budgets.
Production of monthly management accounts including variance analysis, reports and reconciliations, inputting journals and budget virements.
Assisting with annual budget setting process.
Provision of financial information, and advice to support budget holders. Regular meetings with budget holders to ensure that they fully understand their budgetary position and their own responsibilities in terms of financial management.
Responsible for maintaining good communication with stakeholders internally and externally to the CCG, acting as a point of contact for managing financial queries and providing comprehensive advice to sometimes complex and sensitive situations.
Assisting the Senior Finance Manager with providing detailed analysis to the Deputy Chief Finance Officer & Chief Finance Officer of the monthly financial position and explain variances.
Promote and maintain close working practices with teams across the CCG, internally and externally to the finance directorate to ensure that there is a strong financial relationship across the various departments.
Promote and maintain close working relationship with colleagues in the Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) to ensure seamless services are provided to meet the requirements of CCG Financial management.
Support any QIPP savings schemes as appropriate to the role areas of responsibility.
Cover where appropriate in the absence of the Senior Finance Manager.
Assist with the line management of the Band 4 Finance Assistant.
Implements accounting policies and financial procedures within own area of responsibility.
June 2019- August 2019
Finance Manager Interim, King’s College Hospital, SE5 9RS London, UK
Produce high quality, timely, accurate and appropriate analytical and interpretive financial management information to Senior Finance Business Partners, Finance Business Partners, General Managers, the senior management team, operational managers and other senior staff throughout the Trust.
To the agreed deadlines, prepare robust annual budgets, standard monthly forecasts, standard monthly management accounts (including variance analysis), Board reports, and external regulatory reports that meet the specified requirements, the needs of the business and support the work of the Business Partner.
Support the quantitative and statistical methods of financial analysis to support the development of business cases, planning and budget setting processes, cost improvement initiatives and other ad hoc internal and external reports.
Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures to deliver an efficient and effective month end process and ensure there is a robust process for the dissemination of the relevant information in a timely manner.
Adhere to the standard operating procedures and KPIs to deliver a high-quality service across all areas of own responsibility.
As part of the month end process provide variance analysis and identify areas for investigation.
Prepare the monthly budget upload journals, forecasts and journal amendments to ensure the integrity of the financial management reporting information.
Support the Business Partner by attending budget holder meetings and relevant operational business meetings to improve the quality of the narrative circulated as part of the month end process.
Distribute the month end reports in accordance with the month end timetable.
April 2019 to May 2019
Finance Manager (Interim), Basildon and Brentwood CCG NHS, U.K.
Preparation and maintenance of the clinical commissioning budgets.
Production of monthly management accounts including variance analysis, reports and reconciliations, inputting journals and budget virements.
Assisting with annual budget setting process.
Provision of financial information, and advice to support budget holders. Regular meetings with budget holders to ensure that they fully understand their budgetary position and their own responsibilities in terms of financial management.
Responsible for maintaining good communication with stakeholders internally and externally to the CCG, acting as a point of contact for managing financial queries and providing comprehensive advice to sometimes complex and sensitive situations.
Assisting the Senior Finance Manager with providing detailed analysis to the Deputy Chief Finance Officer & Chief Finance Officer of the monthly financial position and explain variances.
Promote and maintain close working practices with teams across the CCG, internally and externally to the finance directorate to ensure that there is a strong financial relationship across the various departments.
Promote and maintain close working relationship with colleagues in the Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) to ensure seamless services are provided to meet the requirements of CCG Financial management.
Support any QIPP savings schemes as appropriate to the role areas of responsibility.
Cover where appropriate in the absence of the Senior Finance Manager.
Assist with the line management of the Band 4 Finance Assistant.
Implements accounting policies and financial procedures within own area of responsibility.
November 2018 – March 2019
Management Accountant, Norwood Charity, Stanmore HA7 4HB London, UK
Responsible to provide Management Accountant and Business Partnering, to support the organization in the preparation of management accounts, management reports, variance analysis, to monitor spend against agreed budgets and all other relevant reporting requirements to meet financial and organizational deadlines.
Provided excellent communication skills to establish an effective business partner relationship with our core services across the organization (i.e. Adult Service, Learning Disability Services in London and Ravenswood, as well as, Children and Family Services).
Supported the information needs of departmental Directors and Managers in the Group and to develop such reports to meet these needs ensuring that Management receive these in an accurate and timely manner.
Assisted in the preparation of the Annual Budget, the preparation of Business Reviews and Business Plans where relevant in a timely manner and to agreed standards by working closely with the Finance Manager, Budget Holders and the Head of Finance.
Management & Financial Reporting. Responsible for timely production of management accounts and circulation to the relevant budget holders and assisting the organization and other departments with tender processes and contract negotiations where relevant
Providing Business Partnering by working with Heads-of and other budget holders, contributing to the financial strategic direction of each service area.
Liaising with non-financial unit managers and provide financial advice, budget analysis and information in order to assist them in their decision making. Ensure good relations and communications with all members of the team and all others responding politely and in a timely fashion to internal and external customers and provide excellent customer service.
Internal controls such as providing support to the Finance Manager in ensuring there are effective internal controls in place and be prepared to report promptly breaches in sound financial governance.
August 2015 – October 2018
Management Accountant, Homerton University Hospital, London E9 6SR, UK
Provide proactive support to the directorate management team, to ensure that financial control is maintained.
Responsible for month-end closing including prepare/review general journal entries, prepare/review monthly and quarterly general ledger account reconciliations
Analyse monthly budget reports to identify variances from target and changes in trends and to advise the Finance Manager and relevant budget holders of significant variances
Ensure that variances and their causes are appropriately reported, and that required remedial actions are documented and monitored
Assist in the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve costing information.
Provide budget, expenditure, and variance figures for input to the monthly Trust Board finance report, including forecast to year-end and description, analysis and interpretation of significant variances within the directorate.
Meet on a monthly basis with the departmental budget holders to ensure full understanding of monthly budget statements, and to see year-end forecasts.
Assist the directorate management team and other managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, undertaking reviews of all existing practices with the aim of improving efficiency.
Personal achievements:
An area identified where there was the risk of duplication of tasks between divisions or where accurate information was not obtained before billing, was highlighted from the number of invoice queries being received. Having identified the problem I devised a process to log contracts/SLA details and save copies of agreed contracts. The implementation of this process has had the advantage that invoices are now all raised with the correct details, appropriate backing and by the correct division. The outcome is fewer invoice queries and any queries which may arise can be addressed quickly. The cash flow for the Trust also benefits from prompt payment.
As part of adding value and reducing the need for manual tasks I reviewed the time taken to create and distribute the monthly staff lists to budget holders. I created a template which now updates the staff in post template from the ERS staff download. A task which previously took half a day can now be completed in an hour. The impact has been to significantly reduce time spent on processing tasks and increase efficiency as errors are less likely to occur.
June 2008 - July 2015
Accountant, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
Assisted in month-end closing including prepare/review general journal entries, prepare/review monthly and quarterly general ledger account reconciliations
Met regularly with Head of Medical staffing and budget holders to review establishments and ensure that all income expected has been correctly assigned.
Acted as finance lead in the preparation of the medical staffing budgets. To calculate the cost of staff in post on a regular basis to ensure funding is correctly assigned.
Prepared balance sheet reconciliation, weekly cash flow forecast and monthly journal into financial system APTOS,
Responsible for month-end closing including prepare/review monthly and quarterly general ledger account reconciliations
Maintained the Provider payment Ledger, ensuring that professional fees are accurately recorded and debt recovered on behalf of consultants is paid within the agreed time scales.
Assisted with the process of the Month and Year End close down in respect of reconciling total income for the month/year.
Analysed the information by developing and designing spreadsheet to the specific areas in order to provide data for business plan for the Manager.
Assisted with the implementation of new system and procedures to improve the efficiency of the billing function.
Personal achievements
I had identified another area where invoices sent to insurance companies through electronic data interchange with invalid parameters resulting invoices rejected and remained unpaid. To identify the root cause of problems, I met with insurance companies, contract manger provider of electronic data interchange and billing system. Having identified root cause of problems, I devised a plan to change the parameters within billing systems and trained billing team and credit control team. This had led invoices passed through electronic system and paid without any delays. Thus, improved the efficiency and improved cash flow.
I had also implemented a project to create an interface between billing system and other diagnostic and pathology test. Previously billing team used to print out different type of tests and to enter manually within the billing system which used to take huge amount of time with incorrect details and pricing. Having created the interface improved the efficiency of billing system.
February 2005 - May 2008
Hospital booking officer, Royal National NTNE hospital, London, UK
Led in implementation of electronic booking system
Responsible for booking system in relation of 62 busy clinics for the hospital
Maintained and updated clinic lists and rotas for the doctors and consultants using electronic data system
Developed office support systems and maintain an efficient filing system both electronically and paper
Job experiences prior 2008
Customer accountant executive, Instamoney Limited, Surry, UK
April 2004 - February 2005
Store assistant, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, UK
May 2003 - January 2004
Manager (Sales), national system solutions (Pvt) Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
December 1998 - February 2003
Assistant director, Ministry of Defence, Dhaka, Bangladesh
June 1997 - December 1998
District manager, Singer Bangladesh (Pvt. Ltd), Dhaka, Bangladesh
November 1995 - June 1997
Education and Certification
Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 2015 -present
Master of business administration (MBA) in Management Science, Bangladesh, 2001
Master of Science (MS) in Mathematics, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1994
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