Muhammad M Alam

Muhammad Mehboob Alam Flat-32, Building-997, Road-5524, Budaiya, Kingdom of Bahrain Email:-Mobile:- Objective: Seeking to provide a wide range of accounting and bookkeeping services including: accounts receivable/payable; recording of financial transaction; bank reconciliation, financial and management reporting; cashflow management; HR and payroll support; month end and year end closing; dealing with the bank and other service provider and more. Professional Experience: Business Operations Manager- October 2017 to July 2020 Lead and manage the Business Operations Team and provide support to department to run their activities smoothly Lead and supported in financial planning across the business stream. Manage and control Business Operations budget to ensure the planned budget maintained throughout the year and not to overspend Analysed financial data effectively, used to conduct a monthly Trial Balance items review to check for any variance of particular items compared with the same month last year. Lead budget holder meetings every month to discuss the Income and expenditure against plan and year to date variance as well as surplus position across all SBUs and offer advice for any action required. Monitor cost allocation drivers to ensure shared costs are split on SAP each month across the different areas of business. Supported managers in running reports and analysing the data. Ensured all department heads met monthly country and regional deadlines. I have vast experience of managing a resources team. Produce and upload the Management Information Pack Commentary at country level including all activity streams I have good experience in developing and building effective relationship with the external stakeholder like Banks, Government bodies and Ministries, and other professional service providers that help to approach them for official issues and get it fix smoothly with the satisfaction of entire stake holder. Resources Manager – Finance, HR and Facilities- July 2007 to September 2017 Responsible for managing the Finance function in line with the accounting practice and corporate policy Ensured that accounting policies and procedure are implemented and in compliance with the overall company policy Review and monitor day to day accounting transactions to ensure that correct GL and WBS are used and the supporting documents provided for audit trail. Month end and year end closing process are completed by the deadline, ensuring accounting transactions and all the adjusting entries; posting of Journals, off system payments, correction journals, Deferred Revenue, Accruals, Prepayments and Provisions are accurately accounted for in the correct period. Lead the management team in producing and reviewing the month end Management Information Pack report and other related reports for the budget holders to check actual income and expenditure in line with planned and forecasted figures and the surplus position and plans for future action. Lead on submitting the Finance Control & Compliance Framework FCCF) report by the deadline to ensure correctly reported compliance on the basis of various reports and lead FCCF meetings with department heads and asked for action from those not able to meet compliance. Vast experience in managing resources team comprising of Finance, HR, and Facilities. Arranging regular meetings and updating them with any changes and ensuring colleagues are prepared and trained for any changes taking place on regional or global level Finance and Administrative Officer-January 2003 to July 2007 Supervised the Accounts and Finance team Monthly reporting of Accounts and Finance to head quarter. Monitoring of Council budget which was around 50 million pounds. Handled Planning, forecasting and budgeting making financial plan and submit it for approval to HQ London. Provided all the financial data to Director for making Business Plan. Liaise with local and foreign banks accounts and monitor the fund position. Monthly reporting on Business Risk Management. Develop a skill base of staff and have back ups in place to avoid any problems/delays in processing due to staff’s leaves/resignations. Engage staff by developing two-way communication and come up with initiatives, which improve their work life. Senior Accountant-September 1997 to January 2003 Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions. Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information. Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies. Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries. Follow-up for outstanding debts with the clients and customer. Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements. Produces payroll by initiating computer processing. Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors. Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements. Secures financial information by completing database backups. Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential. Accountant-September 1994 to August 1997 Documents financial transactions by entering account information. Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports. Manage all accounting transactions Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings Reconcile accounts payable and receivable Bank reconciliation Ensure timely bank payments Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements Audit financial transactions and documents Comply with financial policies and regulations Audit Experience- July 1992 to August 1994 Worked as an internal auditor for 2 years with the Audit company. Audited in various commercial organisations and earned a good working experience and knowldege of audit processes. Technical Courses/Software Advance Course of MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) Experienced working on software-SUN, QuickBooks, and SAP system where expert in generating various reports for management reporting QUALIFICATION Bachelor of Commerce-Major subject: Accounting and Auditing MBA in Finance - Major subject: Financial & Management Accounting and Management Information System. PERSONAL PROFILE Date of Birth:19 March 1957