Muhammad Salim Shahzad
Finance, Accounts and General business administration
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. • Collecting, interpreting and reviewing financial information
2. • Reporting to management and stakeholders, and providing advice how the company and future business decisions might be impacted.
3. • Producing financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, expenses etc.
4. • Creating procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention.
5. • Forecasting and Monitoring working capital and cash flow.
6. • Reconciling Customer and Vendor accounts periodically.
7. • Providing support in establishing credit worthiness of customers.
8. • Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions.
9. • Developing and sustaining solid relationships with key clients that bring in the most income for the company.
10. • Communicating and collaborating with the advertising, design, marketing, sales, and logistics departments to ensure that key clients’ needs are met.
Experience as Administration Executive
Nestlé Pakistan Limited
01 August 2004
30 April 2005
Supervised the general Administration tasks like House Keeping, Security, Gate Passes and movement of vehicles.
Supervised & inspection of Canteens &implemented the standards of hygienic food.
Supervised & inspected the horticulture as well as Laundry issues and solved within time frame.
Handled & welcome the foreign delegation & General Guests.
Experience as Deputy Manager Administration
Chenab Limited
01 April 2005
30 August 2008
Supervised the general Administration tasks like House Keeping, Security, Gate Passes and movement of vehicles.
Supervised & inspection of Canteens &implemented the standards of hygienic food.
Supervised & inspected the horticulture as well as Laundry issues and solved within time frame.
Handled & welcome the foreign delegation & General Guests.
Experience as Finance,Credit,Account & Operation Manager
01 October 2008
31 March 2016
• Developing and sustaining solid relationships with key clients that bring in the most income for the company.
• Addressing and resolving key clients’ complaints.
• Acting as the main point of contact between key clients and internal teams.
• Supervising the account teams assigned to each key client.
• Communicating and collaborating with the advertising, design, marketing, sales, and logistics departments to ensure that key clients’ needs are met.
• Compiling reports on account progress, goals, and forecasts for account teams and stakeholders.
• Developing a thorough understanding of key clients' needs and requirements and preparing customized solutions.
• Negotiating contracts with key clients and meeting established deadlines for the fulfilment of each client's long-term goals.
• Managing stock control and inventory checks.
• Communicating changes in an order process to relevant parties.
• Ensuring that health and safety regulations are followed.
• Documenting procedures for third-party monitoring.
• Creating and monitoring projects and teams.
• Reviewing workloads and manpower to ensure targets are met.
• Supporting the CEO or executive team’s vision and process ideals.
• Ensuring staff working on processes are happy and operating efficiently.
• Supporting all functions of the business to work together.
• Collect the shipment documents from bank / Courier services.
• Track the shipment arrival and hand over the documents to clearing department for further process.
• Ensure that all the documents received that are compulsory in UAE like Original Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Quality Certificate etc.
• Follow up the whole process from tracking of shipment to unload the container at designation.
• Calculate the demurrage charges as per shipping lines, in case delay of unloading.
• Check and verify the clearing charges invoices including transportation invoices.
• Contact and hire quality inspection teams and shipping lines representative to conduct joint survey.(if quality issue at arrival)
• Contact with concern municipality department for approval of dispose of wasted items.
• Inform to supplier immediately about quality problems noted during unloading.
• Collect the survey reports and courier to supplier for claim as per agreed term & condition.
Experience as Finance & Credit Manager
20 November 2016
31 May 2017
• Collecting, interpreting and reviewing financial information
• Predicting future financial trends
• Reporting to management and stakeholders, and providing advice how the company and future business decisions might be impacted.
• Producing financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, expenses etc.
• Developing long-term business plans based on these reports.
• Reviewing, monitoring and managing budgets.
• Developing strategies that work to minimize financial risk.
• Analysing market trends and competitors.
• Creating procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention.
• Supervision of Treasury and Cash Management.
• Forecasting and Monitoring working capital and cash flow.
• Reconciling Customer and Vendor accounts periodically.
• Providing support in establishing credit worthiness of customers.
• Monitoring and follow up on collections from customers to ensure that outstanding are maintained at a minimum level.
• Analysed and researched reporting issues to improve accounting operations procedures.
• Analysed monthly balance sheet accounts for reporting.
• Establishing credit limits and send letters to the customer either accepting or rejecting the customer’s application.
• Reviewing credit check report and high balance report.
• Resolving accounts payable discrepancies.
• Reviewed all expense reports for accuracy.
• Supervising accounts receivables & accounts payable team.
• Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions
Master 15 August 2004
Finance & General business administrationBachelor 31 July 2002
General business administration