SYED ZOOHAIR HASSAN
Cell # : +92-312-*******
Email : ***********@*******.***
Country of Residence: Pakistan
Express Entry profile number: E002800861
Job Seeker validation code: 6751
Self-motivated and result oriented Accounting and Finance Professional with more than 10 years of experience in GL Accounting, Accounts Payable, Audit & Assurance; and Sales Quality Management with proven expertise in the areas of information systems specially Oracle R11, Oracle R12, SAP R/3, SAP Analytical Reports, Microsoft Excel.
CORE COMPETENCIES / SKILLS
Leadership abilities Time Management Cross Cultural Environment Interpersonal Skills MS Excel Accounts Payable General Ledger Analytical Reports SAP & Oracle PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JUBILEE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
“ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN-CHARGE” Nov 2021 till Date;
Roles & Responsibilities:
Manage Accounts payable section work- flow effectively.
Verify and process all disbursement of insurance claims, vendors payments, employee reimbursements and ensure that these are in line with company policy, delegation of financial power and other statutory laws.
Verify and ensure all expenses of different line of business are recorded in correct accounting stream and cost center.
Ensure all disbursements are processed with in specified timeline.
Perform month end closing of accounts payable and timely coordinated with other sections and departments for recording of financial data in system.
Prepare and record month end accruals and provisions.
Prepare schedules of Prepayment, Prepaid Expenses, Sundry receivable, Payable to supplier, payable to employee and other /sundry creditors on each month.
Analysis of monthly expenses and report to management with rational.
Review and approve all un-posted payments and transactions prior to payments being processed in order to manage cash flow.
Monitoring of Sales and Marketing expense of banks and ensure that the expenses are in line of SECP bancassurance guideline.
Prepare revenue expenditure projections for future years. MARSH SAUDI ARABIA INSURANCE & REINSURANCE BROKERS
“AST. FINANCE MANAGER” Apr 2019 till Oct 2020;
Roles & Responsibilities:
Daily reporting to CFO.
Reviewing notes to the Financial Statements
Checking accuracy of Schedules and aging of creditors and debtors and of different heads of accounts
Supervising Preparation of Bank Reconciliation
Analyzing multiple reports and troubleshooting the findings, if any.
Conducting trainings for the development of new / current staff.
Liaising with internal auditors and external auditors.
Handling tax related issues by coordinating with our tax firm.
Allocating and supervising staff work to ensure resource utilization. Achievement: Managed to maintain Rating 4 throughout my tenure with this organization. Page 2 of3
“GL ACCOUNTANT” Aug 2016 till March 2019;
Roles & Responsibilities:
Handling complete AP Function – IProcurement, Invoicing, Payment.
Troubleshooting of any issues related to AP, GL with global team.
Handling complete Payroll function of over 150 employees via WPS system.
Maintaining schedule for Employee personal deduction & HRA. While recovering almost 70% of previous balances related to employee advances worth more than 300K.
Preparing and maintaining various annual schedules: Housing Allowance, EMP Advances, End of Service Benefits, Long-Term Prepaid Rents / AMC Invoices, Educational Allowances.
Preparation of Sales incentives, monthly Bank Reconciliation, Intercompany Reconciliations & Balance sheet Reconciliations while keeping reconciling items at low level.
Preparing and filing of Withholding Tax & VAT on timely basis monthly.
Reporting Treasury each month end and CIT each quarter.
Performing a month end function, which includes ensuring all controls over payment & expense journals, any adjusting entries relating to PO/Petty Cash allocation/ BRS or Balance sheet recon related entries.
Overviewing employee expenses though I-Expense system.
Preparation of list of accruals each month end, while reviewing TB and any unaccounted invoices.
Closing AR & FA modules each month.
ISAM K. KABBANI & PARTNERS CO. LTD- UNITECH
“Accounts & Finance Officer” Sep 2015 to July 2016; Roles & Responsibilities:
Recording invoices in ERP System followed up by certain control procedures.
Assistance in payroll and preparation of Creditors’ age analysis report.
Recording & Settlement of LCs and reconciling them each month with Bank.
Assisted in ratio analysis of the company financials.
Assist management with Adhoc reports as they are demanded and deliver on time.
Redevelop Accounts payable module along with recommendations on internal controls. BAYER PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD
“Accounts Officer” May 2013 to March 2015;
Roles & Responsibilities:
Establish and maintain control procedures in the accounts payable and timely booking and payment of all liabilities by collecting and reviewing of all source documents.
Coordinate with purchasing, receiving, stores other departments and the suppliers.
Prepare Creditors’ age analysis report at the end of each month.
Check and Verify Bills, Invoices and Sale Tax Invoices.
Check Purchase Order and verify price, Quantity & Item.
Payable and Payment in compliance with Sales Tax and Income Tax rules (FBR and SRB) with regards to GST and W/H tax.
Follow up of advance to the vendors from concerned persons by reviewing ageing report.
Reviewing ageing reports to identify old outstanding balance and then taking necessary actions.
Prepare Income tax & sale tax payment Challan Weekly & Monthly.
To assist “Payable In-charge” in Month-End closing.
To perform other duties as assigned by “H.O.D” and “Manager Accounts”.
Resolves collection and invoice discrepancies.
Daily interaction with vendors.
Prepare analysis of vendor accounts and clearing open items.
Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
Check accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
Assist department to overcome long pending approval issues with SBP & FBR in order to process foreign payments Page 3 of3
A. R. SURIYA & CO., CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
“External Auditor” from April 2012 to March 2013
Roles & Responsibilities:
Worked as an audit trainee and conducted audit of following companies: External Audit
The Next Big Thing (TNBT)
MIMA Constructions
First Solutions
Internal Audit
HUJJAJ TRAVEL & TOURS (PVT) LTD
Special Assignment
National foods limited (NFL) - AR
DAMCO - PF
Dubai Islamic Bank - PF
Bayer Pakistan PVT LTD - PF
Highnoon Laboratories Limited - Stock Taking
Job responsibilities include:
Performing audit of various departments and processes to ensure appropriate controls are suitably designed and implemented
Preparing SOPs and ensuring their compliance by partnering with the relevant business teams
Preparation of various Audit Working papers relating to audit Activity.
Performing physical stock counts of the INVENTORY
Assisting client with the preparation and presentation of financial statements.
Preparation of final audit deliverables – the audit report, the covering letter to the Board of Directors, the Management Letter, reporting packs
Summarizing the audit fieldwork & preparing conclusion documents to get senior management review & approval QUALIFICATION
Year Qualification Institute
2016 ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountant 2015 BSC Applied Accounting (Hons) Oxford Brookes University