Solutions focused Finance Professional with a career demonstrating visionary leadership, expertise and outstanding performance in business start-up and financial/operational management of multisite, nationally and internationally based operations. Proactive change agent, combining implementation of strategic operational initiatives with solid direction of cross-discipline departments to enhance bottom-line financial performance and company growth.
I have worked for Siemens Healthcare Private Limited as a Commercial Assistant in the Financial Accounting Controlling department from the period January2016 to May2021. Im SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting (FI) consultant, having professional experience of more than five years on SAP (AP, AR Asset) Modules at Siemens. I have quickly mastered the requisite skills for the role and assist the department to meet Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly closing tasks and activities.
In my role, I have also interacted with banks to support and liaison treasury related assignments, arranging the issuance of bank guarantees for participating in the tender, shipping guarantees for customs clearance and Letter Of Credit in a timely manner.
Processing customer payments related to account assignments and ensure recording of local bank deposits and foreign payments/transfer in a timely manner. Ensure proper posting of sale invoices, advance receipt and clearing of incoming and down payment in SAP.
Processing vendor bills for their completeness, valid authorization and posting in SAP thereof for payment. Posting of bill stickers with/without purchase order, advance receipt, clearing of outgoing & down payments and credit memo. Support invoice verification process by maintaining variances like invoice reduction, invoice verification, blocked and released blocked invoice.
Keep tracking and ensure recording of day to day accounting transactions and bank vouchers. Managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department. Process payment run for both internal and external customers.
Coordinating in reconciliation of bank statements, tracking local bank deposits and foreign payments/transfer; and also Month/Quarter/Year end reconciliations and resolution of the issues, if any, in professional manner.
Ensure timely execution of procure to pay process by interacting with commercial & technical team within the organization and liaising with the financial institution - bank, from the time the product is required to the time it is shipped and payment is made to the ultimate vendor.
Processing of intercompany invoices (ICC invoices), debit and credit note for timely posting and reconciliation with SFS (Siemens Financial Services) balance, which is mandatory for Siemens AG and all its subsidiaries. Monitoring and clearing ICC interim accounts ensuring zero balance at each month’s closing.
Processing payment for Customs Duties & Other Related Charges; along with Sale Tax & Advance Income Tax and arranging Pay Orders for custom clearance.
Processing of petty cash requests/payments for all three locations i.e. Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
Ensure posting of WHT, Sale Tax, EOBI, Provident and Gratuity related to their account assignments.
Processing and ensure posting of employees reimbursements after required approvals in SAP.
Managing & overseeing company’s fixed assets in SAP and assist in running monthly depreciation in SAP and other related tasks such as asset creation, asset disposal, asset deletion and asset buy-back as per policies and procedures.
Support treasury related assignments at given targeted time, liaison with bank for arranging bank guarantees/earnest money for participation in tenders. Coordination with bank for timely issuance of securities at respective locations and reconciliation of outstanding guarantees with bank.
Preparing documentation for opening of import contract & issuance of Shipping Guarantees and process Letter Of Credit by coordinating with banks for timely issuance.
Preparing documentation for payment of ICC invoices related to various services such as application training, IT services, SLAs and equipment/spare parts etc.
Assistance in preparing documents required for arrangement of banking facilities.
Processing the documentation for SBP approval regarding to Three Way Trade Mechanism and resolve the discrepancies; if any, for onward approvals.
Responsible to provide best Customer Services to client. Handling Inward/Outward Remittance, Clearing, Demand Draft/Pay order, Online Banking, Personal Banking, Accounts Opening & Collection of cheques.