Muhammad Hashim
Accounts & Finance Professional
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. Accomplished, qualified and practiced ACCA Member having 7 years of progressive experience in field of accounting & finance spread over foods & beverages, pharmaceuticals and IT industry.
2. Highly adept in financial accounting, bookkeeping, accounts reconciliation, taxation and budgeting & forecasting. Familiar with VAT, tax compliance and working capital management.
3. Skilled in maintaining consolidated financial reports with ability to produce timely reports. Enthusiastic professional aligning financial initiatives to achieve strategic objectives.
4. Holds meticulous and particular proficiency in BAAN ERP System, Catalyst Software and Advance MS Excel. Expert in managing multiple tasks by enhancing efficiency. Talented in maintaining profitable stakeholders relationship.
5. Effective team player possessing excellent planning and analytical skills at strategic and operations levels in dynamic environment.
6. Knowledgeable contriver and convincing communicator with demonstrated cross functional coordination skills along with problem-solving and decision making abilities.
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Experience as Accounts Executive
Health Tech. Software (Pvt.) Ltd
12 February 2018
31 January 2020
A Software Development Company, involved in developing best in class healthcare software applications having clients in more than 6 countries including Middle East and US.
Handled multiple modules of BAAN ERP System i.e. purchasing, payroll, asset management and payable. Developed payroll procedures coupled with tax deductions & benefits for 120 employees.
Reviewed purchase invoices, prepayments and matching purchase invoices with purchase orders of worth PKR 5 billion annually.
Performed bank & cash reconciliations in financials module of BAAN and carefully and executing control account reconciliations with individual ledgers leading to final accounts covering 1500 transactions per month.
Prepared monthly budgets and forecasts for top management. Managed internal audit task comprising Liaison with external auditors, tax consultants and devising strategies to implement audit
recommendations that saved company PKR 40000/month.
Experience as Accounts Officer
Bin Ajmal Travels (Pvt.) Limited
25 October 2015
10 February 2018
A leading travel agency having 17 branches in different cities in Pakistan. Services cover Hotel Reservation, Airline Tickets, and Tour Packages all over the world including Umrah and Hajj packages etc.
Implemented Catalyst Software from manual bookkeeping by giving recommendation that reduced paperwork by 60% and saved the company cost of 2 accounts personnel i.e. PKR 70000/month.
Spent 60% time each day managing receivables and collection w.r.t to cash book coupled with creditors’ management and respective control accounts and prepared reports that influence daily cash flow decision making.
Reviewed daily payment vouchers through verification of supporting documents and bills made by 3 trainees and prepared cheques and cash payments along with vouchers coding with cost center and account codes in system.
Analyzed daily sales reports from all locations for accuracy and completeness applicable commission rates, taxes, fares, rebates and revenues. Monitored and located daily banking transactions to ensure proper internal controls and won 3 times employee of the month award.
Experience as Accountant
Everest Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Limited
01 May 2012
31 July 2014
One of the fast growing company in Pakistan. Operations include manufacturing and sales of wide ranging pharmaceutical and healthcare products with over 150 distributors across the country.
Dealt with fixed asset management of over 300 assets covering depreciation, profit/loss on disposals, additions, and transfers and managed vehicle lease contracts, maintenance schedules and annual licensing requirements with all relevant documentation.
Compiled monthly sales and purchase analysis reports of various zones; comprising preparation of receivable ledgers & control accounts of over 200 customers along with payable ledgers & payable control account of over 30 suppliers.
As in-charge of company petty cash, single handedly produced bank reconciliations of 5 bank accounts and posted all transactions to relevant ledgers coupled with working on monthly payroll processing of over 400 employees.
Experience as Inventory Controller
Gourmet Foods Lahore
01 July 2011
31 March 2012
Pakistan's largest retail chain of food products with headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan. It has 7 processing units across the country and over 200 branches in the country.
Monitored and maintained inventory levels of over 50 item groups; processed purchasing orders on required basis daily; performed tracking of orders and investigated problems.
Spent 40% time each day on recording purchases, maintained database, performed physical count of inventory and reconciled actual stock count according to system generated reports.
Thoroughly controlled inventory supply chain of 7 branches and labeled shelves for smooth operations that improved efficiency by 20%.
Also served as cashier and handled cash & cash related payments of same branches. Led, guided and trained 4 interns in performing their relevant jobs.
Bachelor 30 June 2015
University of the Punjab, PakistanMaster 30 June 2017
ACCA Member-Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK