Mohammad Zeeshan Arif

Mohammad Zeeshan Arif LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-zeeshan-arif/ Professional Summary: Strategic Finance Leader with nineteen years of experience comprising Finance, Accounts, Corporate Secretarial Practices, Risk Management, Internal Controls and ERP (Oracle Financial R 12 and Oracle Net Suite) with exposure of Oracle NetSuite in Implementation and Business Process Outsourcing Skills: - Cash Management Operations - Month End Closing and Reporting - ERP Implementation - Corporate Secretarial - Microsoft Excel and Word - Accounts Payable Management - Oracle R12 and NetSuite - Workflow Management - Regulatory Reporting - Software Integration - Accounts Receivable Management - CAPEX and Amortisations - Compliance and Internal Controls - Risk Assessment and Reporting - Budgeting Ei1Tech August 2024 to date - Assistant Vice President Accounting & Finance January 2023 to July 2024 - Manager Accounting & Finance Ei1Tech is a US based firm of business consultants provides services for implementation and business process outsourcing services of Oracle Net Suite Redirect Healthcare – Phoenix – Arizona – USA: • Strategy design and Scope of Work implementation with workflows hence enabled effective operations • Implementation of legacy data from the legacy system to the Oracle NetSuite • Execute monthly closing OPEX and CAPEX reports, along with prepayments and accruals to the group • Approve vendor bills, payments on Oracle NetSuite and perform monthly analysis of bills • Accurate and effective financial reporting with approval of bank reconciliation review and adjustments • Approve revenue invoices to customers with adjustments to reflect 95% accurate sales accounting • Escalate quarterly budgets to bring robust internal controls over revenues and expenditures • Expedite biweekly payroll 1HomeOffice – New York - USA: • Brainstorm on Implementation of NetSuite Modules such as Demand Planning, Work Orders and Assemblies, Procurement, Advance Revenue Management, Configure Price Quote, NetSuite Projects • Team engagement, strategize and implement test scenarios in NetSuite of the respective modules • Implement and validate business processes in the Oracle NetSuite • Finalize weekly closing of income, expenses and balances • Transform Point-of-Sale revenue data to Oracle NetSuite and approve revenue transactions Hutchison Ports KICT Assistant Manager Treasury and Contracts January 2022 to January 2023 Hutchison Group Company Treasury Specialist December 2014 to December 2021 Treasury and Finance • Escalate with team on treasury functions of cash collections, lodgement, and accounting • Compliance management with group policies for fund management, risk assessment and controls • Incorporate banking facility agreements specifically Bank Guarantee and Letter of Credits • Approve replenishments of petty cash float • Finalize statutory audits by external auditors and group audits from the parent • Implement online banking systems of collection with access to online portal • Finalize the payment digitization system and expedite the group approvals on proposal • Process foreign remittances and finalize FX transactions with banks • • Implement bank mandate in accordance with management approval Incorporate accurate accounting through tracking of trial balance • • Risk Management Risk Assessment and reporting of associated strategic, operational, financial and compliance risks Scrutinize and implement the control measures in treasury, and report the compliance with revised controls • • Corporate Secretarial: Expedite for board approvals with draft board minutes Compliance of the statutory requirements from security and exchange commission • • • Assignments and Projects: Implement and fulfill the integration of AR transactions from billing to financial module Assess the credit worthiness of the customers Integrate transactions from supply chain software to the Oracle Financials R 12 Baskin Robins Middle East-UAE Accounts Payable Supervisor Galadari Ice Cream L.L.C March 2014 to November 2014 • Approve purchase orders in Oracle Financials • Expedite and ensure CAPEX approvals • Validate vendor invoices in accordance Goods Receipt Notes, Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders • Enable accurate Accounting for expenses, income, assets and liabilities • Finalize trial balance to identify inaccuracies and ensure reclassifications • Month end close of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger in Oracle Financial • Escalate outstanding payments with extraction of supplier aging analysis • Conclude and escalate Intercompany receivables to joint venture companies in KSA, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain Hutchison Ports KICT A Hutchison Group Company Treasury and Corporate Secretarial: Included in the earlier section above Taxation: • Finalize Sales tax payments and returns as per regulatory requirement • Implement changes in tax regulations Senior Treasury Executive June 2008 to March 2014 Puma Energy Senior Executive- Finance June ’07 to May’08 • Review and approve sales invoices • Maintain accurate fixed assets records • Analyse expense data on periodic basis. • Execute monthly Cash Flow Statement • Ensure accurate accounting records to reconcile company’s bank balances with the General Ledger Ernst and Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder • • Dec’04 to Apr’05 Assess the internal controls to ensure effective operations Expedite substantive procedures on fixed assets Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. - Financial Reporting • • • Auditor ACCA-Trainee Oct'05 - Nov'06 Assess financial performance with Balance Sheet and Monthly Profitability to implement rectifications Audit accounting records and internal controls on petrol station site visits Ensure accurate and complete transactions through Recording receipts and expenses in SAP Professional Qualifications: ACCA - Associate Chartered Certified Accountant – Final paper to be attempted Academic Qualification: B.Com - Bachelor’s of Commerce