Accounts Payable Receivable

AHMAD SAMIM, AHMADI

Address: **** ***** ***, ******* **, 20171

Phone: +1-240-***-****

Email: *****.******@*****.***

LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-samim-ahmadi-a63aa670

Driven accounting professional with 12 years of experience in Financial Accounting and Management across for-profit and non-profit sectors. Proven expertise in Financial Reporting and analysis (balance sheets, income statements, labor utilization/profitability, and financial trends), General Ledger management (reconciliations and monitoring), Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable management, Budgeting and Forecasting (preparation, monitoring, and actual vs. planned analysis), Bank and Expense reconciliations, Payroll management (preparation, review, and reconciliation), Project Accounting, Indirect Cost Submission (ICS) preparation, Accounting Research and special projects, Annual Audit preparation and Internal Control implementation, Possess excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in team environments and independently.

Accounting Supervisor: October 01, 2019 – Present

CCS Research Corp – McLean, VA (Government Contractor, Contracts with NIH, NCI, FDA, NIAID, FNIH)

Preparing financial reports (financial statements, utilization, profitability, billable/nonbillable analysis, and financial trends).

Month ending closing (Review of A/R, A/P, GL accounts, bank reconciliation, documentation).

Assisting CFO in creating annual budgets, allocations, and job costing.

Assisting CFO in preparation of Indirect Cost Submission to Government agencies.

Assisting CFO with the annual audit preparation.

GL accounts monitoring, tracking, and reconciliation (A/R, A/P, fixed assets, enter company transactions, employee benefits etc.)

Preparing, updating, and maintaining list of all active contracts in contract master file.

Preparing bi-weekly payroll and maintaining employees’ changes (benefits, incorporation/termination into/from systems).

Preparing, tracking, and reconciling billing, maintaining billing rate files, labor categories, and employees’ rates for job costing purposes.

Accounting Consultant: October 2018 – August 2019

Robert Half – Washington DC

Assignment #1

GL accounts reconciliation (A/R, A/P, executing adjusting entries).

Billing and labor utilization preparation and submission.

Payroll preparation, timecard review, and employee expense reconciliation.

Preparation of form 941 for IRS.

Monitoring, reconciling and reporting accounts receivable.

Monitoring, reconciling and reporting accounts payable.

Reconciling bank transactions.

Assignment #2

Preparing and reporting cash flow.

Monitoring and reporting cut checks and received wires.

Reporting outstanding checks.

Updating management on cash on hand, outstanding checks and wires.

Entering received wires and ACHs on specific reporting databases.

Classifying and entering required entries into Cision database.

Executing month end reconciliation and reporting it to management.

Field Review Accountant: January 2017 – October 2018

International Republican Institute (IRI) – Washington, DC

Assist with annual, funders and program audit preparation.

Visiting and conducting audit/internal control of field offices.

Monitoring field internal controls for compliance with funder, USG, and IRI regulations and/or guidelines.

Conducting training and conference calls for field offices.

Monitoring cash and bank operations of field offices.

Reviewing regional procurement contracts versus payments and tracking them.

Monitoring key accounts such as advance accounts and accrual accounts.

Reconciliation of field offices monthly expenses and uploading them from QB & Quicken to Costpoint.

Resolving any reconciliation issues between Costpoint GL and Quicken and QuickBooks.

Preparing month-end adjustments for GL accounts.

Reviewing calculation of field offices payroll, tax, SSF and severance.

Senior Accountant: June 2013 – August 2016

Voice of Women Organization (VWO) – Kabul

Preparing financial reports (Funders, MoF, MoE) and ensuring that all finance-related documents are regularly checked for accuracy and that they are ready for audit.

Assisting with annual funders and third-party audits and conducting strict internal controls.

Maintaining accounting system and reporting in QuickBooks.

Monitoring fund utilization (budget versus actual) on a project basis.

Preparing and tracking project budgets in assistance with program staff.

Monitoring cash and bank operations of head office and sub-offices.

Reviewing and clearing financial documents received from head and sub-offices and ensuring that every expenditure is in accordance with specific budget lines.

Maintaining proper accounting files such as suppliers, vendors, service providers, and other contracts for audit trials and future references.

Checking and reviewing all purchase requisitions to ensure that all required information is reflected, and calculations are accurate, and authorized signatories have knowledge of the purchases.

Direct supervision of two employees in the head office and 4 employees in the field offices.

Accountant: April 2012 – March 2013

Helal Khosti Construction Company (HKCC) – Herat

Reporting project expenses to head office.

Creating systematic filling system for all documentations such as purchases, sales, vouchers, expenses, advances, and other necessary documents.

Payroll preparation, timecard review, and employee expense reconciliation.

Reviewing invoices and other supporting documentation before processing any payment vouchers.

Processing contractors, suppliers, and service providers payments.

Reconciling petty cash and bank transactions.

Ensuring project’s assets records and their proper depreciation calculation.

Preparing advance and receipt vouchers of daily office expenses and tracking them in the accounting software.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Kabul University, Afghanistan, 2011. Equivalent to GMU Undergraduate. Student of Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) at GMU, August 2023 – Present. CPA exam candidate.

Accounting Skills

Reporting, Budgeting, General Ledger, Annual Audit Preparation, Internal Control, Supervisor, Billing, Payroll, Account Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash Management, Bank Reconciliation, Expense Reconciliation, Document Review, and Attention to Details

Software Skills

GCS Premier, Costpoint, QuickBooks, Quicken, MS Office, Outlook, Deltek T&E (Timecards), SpringAhead (Timecards), Paychex (Payroll), ADP (Payroll), Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables), Alloya (Banking), Summit (Banking), Cision (Credit Union), and Forte (Credit Union).

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