Accounts Payable Data Analytics

ZAINAB KAREEM

Houston, TX 832-***-**** **************@*****.***

ACA Certified Accounting & Travel Expense Specialist Summary

ACA Certified accounting professional with over 5 years of experience in managing diverse financial functions, including travel and expense reporting and accounts payable. Proven ability in streamlining financial processes, utilizing ERP systems, and maintaining high standards of accuracy in documentation and reporting. Committed to delivering exceptional service and supporting organizational efficiency. Invoice Logging

Travel & Expense Reporting

Corporate Credit Card

Business Acumen

Skills

Vendor Relationship

Expense Tracking

Accounts Payable

Invoice Processing

Account Reconciliation

Policy management

Data Analytics

MS Excel Automation

Professional Experience

SchoolPaddy Inc. Oct 2024 – Present

Travel & Expense Specialist

Responsibilities

Performing monthly expense report audits for review and reporting all exceptions to management with resolution to employees.

Processing Amex expense reports/ travel and expense reports using the Concur web app.

Resolving tickets and requests in in timely manner.

Managing Concur Admin activities, including employee profile setup, corporate card assignment issues, expense report audit, reconciliation, etc.

Troubleshooting and resolving Concur-related queries encountered by Employees.

Processing and reconciling reports including expense reports, prepaid expenses, assets, and postage.

Analyzing reports using Microsoft Excel

Ardova PLC (Formerly Forte Oil PLC) Oct 2022 – Aug 2024 Finance Analyst

Responsibilities

Maintained reports relating to inter-company/intra-company transactions and balances daily, increasing operations efficiency by 40% with satisfactory solutions/feedback in record time to the management.

Monitored and reviewed incoming payments in over 100 subsidiary account and main bank account for accurate posting of receivables on ERP.

Responsible for the review and processing of employee expense reports, assuring employees are abiding by corporate policy.

Successfully managed postings, of all bank transactions to the appropriate journal and documenting financial transactions received across hundreds of stations in the country.

Reconciled sales and payment made into the bank accounts to ensure accurate and timely remittance furthermore provide liquidity report to the management.

Perform continuous accuracy check of inventory stock quantity and audit, providing ratings to the management.

Responsible for audit and direct follow up with employees regarding violations of policy, resolution of issues, or questions regarding the expense management program.

Functioned as corporate credit card administrator ordering and terminating employee accounts as necessary.

Provided support to users in resolving various issues related system and expense reporting policies.

Conducted monthly expense report audits for review and reported all exceptions to management with resolution to employees.

Responsible for the review and processing of employee expense reports, assuring employees are abiding by corporate policy

Maintained good relationship with vendors and ensure proper communication. Real Estate Millionaire Limited (REMS) Apr 2020 – Oct 2022 Account Officer

Responsibilities

Liaised regularly with 5 - 10 account officers on issues related to direct debits, standing orders, unidentified credits and installment or outright payment discrepancies, charges from time to time.

Ensured rents are billed accurately, revenue and lease cost are accounted for properly in accordance with GAAP. Also, reviewed property vendor invoices into the A/P system in preparation for cash disbursements of such payable.

Worked and contributed to service scores, strengthened teamwork with cross functional internal teams like finance unit to ensure compliance with accounting principles, identified opportunities to cut variable cost by 25%.

Successfully verified confidential documents of designated properties for audit and tax purposes by comparing them to customers account, investigated discrepancies to adjust errors and reduce process lags to achieve a balanced account.

Processed and reconciled reports including expense reports, prepaid expenses, assets, and postage.

VLOOKUP & XLOOKUP

Pivot Tables

SAP Concur

Technical Skills

MS Excel (Advanced)

Workday

Coupa

Teams

VBA

SmartSheet

Education:

LAUTECH – Bachelor of Technology in Accounting 2020 Professional Membership:

Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Association of Account Technicians (AAT)

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