AMIR ALAM
Treasury & AP/AR Accountant
Riyadh
Summary
Adept at optimizing financial transactions and systems, I enhanced vendor relationships and streamlined payment processes at Surbana Jurong Pte LTD Singapore. My expertise in Microsoft Excel and strong vendor management skills contributed to efficient accounts reconciliation and a significant improvement in payment timelines.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Treasury & AP/AR Accountant
Surbana Jurong Pte LTD Singapore
04.2023 - Current
- Support the company in optimizing its financial transactions and systems Strengthen and grow relationships with vendors and suppliers through timely payments
- Ensured timely payments to vendors by accurately tracking due dates and sending reminders as needed.
- Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts payable process Review invoices for appropriate documentation before payment Perform invoice and general-ledger data entry
- Execute credit card and bank account reconciliation Generate purchase orders when necessary Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted.
- Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements
- Managing and reporting on the Foreign currency exposure of the organization.
- Preparing Daily cash management and debt facilities reporting Monitoring daily cash balances and determining cash requirements needed.
- Prepare Monthly Bank Reconciliation Statement.
- Finalize entries, schedules, and the proposed adjusting journal entries to support bank recon items as attached to the Bank Reconciliation Statement.
- Verified & approved vendor or related party invoices, related party statements, aging reports and quickly prepare payments schedule for settlement of the outstanding.
- Supporting forecasting, billing and collection activities
- Responsible for sending new invoices to customers/clients and making sure all invoices are paid in full and time.
- Also supporting customer and billing process to make sure the internal paperwork has been completed.
- Professional user of SAP software/program and intermediary user of S4 Hana.
- Supporting Mobilization Team for booking tickets, as per the schedule and company policies workshops and meetings.
- Managing job service tickets, filling and uploading in a concerned timesheet related WPS.
- Coordinating with departments to allocate the services of WER (Work Estimate Request) in case of issue raised.
- Smoothly Managing inter-Company/Related Party Accounts and Accounts Receivable Accounts.
General Accountant
AL YOUSUF LLC, Dubai, U.A.E., Dubai
01.2015 - 02.2023
- Solely handling the 160+ suppliers for payments more than AED 10 million on average in a month including WESTCONME, Blue MENA Group, GBM and APTECH Dist. FZ LLC.
- Solely handling the import documents and payments for well renowned brands like AVAYA HUNGRY, NEC NETHERLANDS, ADVATEL AUSTRALIA and HUAWEI.
- Booking invoices in accordance with UAE VAT Regulations i.e. Standard rated, zero rated and exempted.
- Assisting finance team by preparing and updating the monthly payments schedule.
- Preparing monthly supplier payments being made for management's decision perspective of all four divisions.
- Processing of payment requests along with important documents, relevant signatures and suppliers and company's ledger statements.
- Forwarding the payment request to Finance dept. along with Payment voucher or TT with attached bank details and bank copies.
- Disbursing/Dispatching the cheques to the suppliers and settling the suppliersʼ accounts in software.
- Careful verification and handling of documents, amounts, freight charges and all other important aspects of payments.
- Performing payables reconciliation at the end of each month.
- Preparing payables report at each month end for four divisions with details
- Supplier name, amount and date paid to keep track for net treasury position.
- Performed the payables audit of 11 years for specific suppliers as directed by internal audit dept.
- Answering the suppliers/Employees calls for locating, resolving and any misunderstanding or discrepancy among payments, invoices paid/unpaid and payment status updates.
- Preparation of monthly intercompany–related reconciliations including US merchandise reconciliations, miscellaneous reconciliations, and intercompany balances reconciliations.
- Completion of all monthly bank reconciliations for all bank accounts. Review of reconciling items follow–up and work with relevant accounting team members to clear all reconciling items in a timely manner.
- Perform monthly depreciation run and post the monthly depreciation journal before month.
- Run the month end reports and reconcile the fixed assets register to JDE.
- Preparation of Sub ledger reconciliations and liaising with the finance team members on aged items and reconcile any differences promptly.
- Receiving documents from the store e.g. Store receipt vouchers, LPOʼs and invoices to cast the inventory & other related entries necessary to book in the inventory ledger.
- Preparation of stock reports at the end of each month along with the movements, aging analysis and expiry with the help of software.
- Rechecking margins on all stock at the month's end.
- Responsible for quarterly stock-taking activities
Payables & Payment Officer
Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel Peshawar, Peshawar
03.2013 - 12.2014
Accountant
NOVOTEL PVT LTD, Peshawar
01.2011 - 02.2013
Education
MBA - Finance
Arid Agriculture University Islamabad, Pakistan,
Pakistan,islamabd 04.2001 -
BBA - Finance
Agriculture University Peshawar, Pakistan Peshawar
Pakistan,peshawar 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Malakand
Pakistan, Malakand 04.2001 -
Skills
Microsoft Excel expertise
Bank Reconciliation
Accounts receivable management
Invoice Processing
Payroll Administration
Payment Processing
Fixed Asset Accounting
Cost accounting
Vendor Relationship Management
Customer Relations
MS Office Suite
Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable and Receivable
Languages
Urdu
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Interests
Learning new Skills
Timeline
Treasury & AP/AR Accountant
Surbana Jurong Pte LTD Singapore
04.2023 - Current
General Accountant
AL YOUSUF LLC, Dubai, U.A.E., Dubai
01.2015 - 02.2023
Payables & Payment Officer
Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel Peshawar, Peshawar
03.2013 - 12.2014
Accountant
NOVOTEL PVT LTD, Peshawar
01.2011 - 02.2013
MBA - Finance
Arid Agriculture University Islamabad, Pakistan,
04.2001 -
BBA - Finance
Agriculture University Peshawar, Pakistan Peshawar
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Malakand
04.2001 -
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