An ACCA Member,currently working as an Assistant import Manager, looking forward towards challenging opportunity within an environment where professionalism is valued, enhanced and rewarded.
• Plan and implement all import transportation strategies according to all supplier and customer demand.
• Design, evaluate and renew all contracts as per requirement and monitor and prepare reports for all import activities.
• Read and comprehend legal documents, such as contracts or import agreements.
• Obtain best freight rates at all times.
• Perform all shipment bookings with carriers.
• Partner with suppliers and inventory planners and ensure accurate movement of all international goods and ensure arrival of goods within required timeframe.
• Keep detailed records, generate reports, and develop presentations to help management understand the logistics perspective.
• Manage all communication with vendors, shipping agents, clearing agents and customers.
• Preparing, examining, and analysing accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports according to International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRSs.
• Maintaining files (bank receipts, bank payments, petty cash etc.) and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices.
• Preparation of monthly Bank reconciliation statements.
• Preparation of supplier account and customer account reconciliations.
• Preparation of outstanding debtors report with the ageing of debtors.
• Booked assets purchased by the company in register and charging depreciation.
• Identify differences in accounting ledgers and the bank balances, and taking measures to post differentiating transactions.
• Reviewing all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment and ensuring timely payments.
• Responding to all vendor inquiries.
• Keeping record of all financial transaction.
• Performing other tasks assigned by finance manager.
• Worked at Pepsi-Cola International (Pvt) Ltd. as Finance Auditor (accounts payable) from (Dec 15 to May 16).
• Executed 3-way matching of purchase invoices in Oracle.
• Ensured accurate deduction of sales tax and withholding tax based on applicable tax rates for different suppliers.
• Processed payments of invoices for materials purchased by the company.
• Performed supplier reconciliations and reporting results to Financial Analyst.
• Prepared aging analysis reports including invoice aging report & pending GRN report.
• Attended monthly and year-end inventory count as a company representative for inventory held at third party premises, reconciled results of physical count with stock in record and reported discrepancies.
• Assisting financial analyst on month end closing.
• Kept track of every transaction and logging details into a system.