Abdul Rehman
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Ambitious and self-motivated Accountant with 10 years of experience working in distribution, large automotive company with multicultural and cross-functional teams. Had the privilege of managing leading Brands such as Kroger, Albertsons, Amazon, Rite Aid, Publix Michelin, Castrol, and Ac Delco. Expert in accounts receivable, forecasting, credit collections, accounts reconciliation and credit analyzation. Looking to secure a challenging position in a reputable organization to expand knowledge, learning and skills whilst making a significant contribution to the success of the company.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Accounts Receivable Supervisor
Albatrans Inc
07.2023 - Current
- Prepare and reconcile all account receivable accounts and prepare monthly reports for same.
- Supervising 3 staff members in the A/R department. Monitoring and setting performance levels and weekly review of progress and achievement.
- Cash applications & collections: manage AR team members in timely, accurate application of daily cash receipts and resolution of discrepancies. Lead weekly companywide AR collection committee to resolve outstanding balances.
- Developed, implemented and managed company-wide standard operating procedures resulting in more efficient office management, record-keeping and invoicing processes.
- Preparation and general ledger journal entry of daily receipts and bank deposits. Coding of chargeback claims for accrual depletion.
- Responsible to see that payments were applied to customers account accurately and managed the collections on delinquent accounts.
- Creation and implementation of improvements in the preparation and cash application of receipts for more efficient ledger journal entry.
- Maintaining relationships with key companies to increase communication and ensure consistent cash flow.
Senior Accounts Receivable & Collections
L&R Distributors
07.2022 - 02.2023
- Responsible for account collections, reconciliations, and credit reviews, which included monitoring the company's outstanding invoices and taking action to reduce bad debt.
- Obtaining information from other departments to ensure records are accurate and complete and that accounts receivable ledger and journals are up-to-date.
- Monitoring accounts that are past due by regularly reviewing the collections queue, aging and other reports. Analyze and interpret accounts receivable and credit/collections data.
- Interact with and advise various members representing the customer account team on client account status that is subject to collections review.
- Manage complex, high value account to ensure that customers adhere to agreed terms whilst developing and enhancing effective customer relationships that protect Company's revenue.
- Filing claims against past due skipped invoices in customer’s portal including Kroger, Unfi, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize.
- Promptly research and resolve any invoice posting issues and/or discrepancies, investigating chargebacks and escalating more complex issues to the appropriate department for further resolution.
- Determined the necessary action to assist customers in getting the pay against overdue, researched disputes and worked with internal and external staff to resolve them.
- Identified payments deposited into bank account, bank transfers, and allocating them to the right customer’s accounts and reconciling to ensure that payments are correct.
- Promote strong collaborative relationships between the collection’s teams and all other staples internal teams, especially sales, accounts receivable and customer service.
- Gathering, synthesizing, analyzing and present data and findings, recommending next steps and actions.
- Responsible for reconciliation of all accounts receivable general ledger accounts for month end close process.
- Identifying customers that are potentially at risk and initiate credit reviews in order to determine if the credit limit and/or terms should be modified.
- Responsible for developing and delivering complex financial ad hoc reports both internally and to our clients.
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Central Trading Company
06.2017 - 01.2022
- Opening new accounts of customer after verifying accuracy, full documentation and checking customer history to ensure it adhere to company policy and setting up credit limits.
- Responsible for running credit control team, reducing write off rates and bad debt provision year to year.
- Handling over 3500 Customer’s accounts, which includes all government sectors.
- Reducing debts and DSO to target minimum per month.
- Ensure all receipts and credits are correctly allocated.
- Conduct periodic review of credit facilities granted and ensure changes in customer's profile are updated in customer database accordingly.
- Handling Checks (PDC'S) and clearing on daily basis.
- Making over 50 exception invoices, dealing with high volumes of calls, emails and letter on daily basis.
- Resolution of disputes with assistance of field Leaders and finance Support.
Accountant
Sadaf Group Of Companies
04.2015 - 05.2017
- Preparation of Daily Sales Report and submitting to higher level of management.
- Follow up with the branch Manager/Cashier to solve issues related to Sales & cash report.
- Maintaining Debtors report and updating Sales Journal Vouchers.
- Design all local purchase orders for all stock and less stock items and ensure timely delivery of all products.
- Reviewing vendors' invoices and verify it with quantity received as per store record and manage inventory of all items.
- Maintain records of all purchase order and supporting documents.
- Conferring with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
- Tracking status of back orders and informs appropriate department of any issues.
Junior Accountant
Sarrar International
12.2013 - 02.2015
- Maintaining data of customer to follow-up on weekly and monthly basis for payments.
- Maintenance of all documents relevant to clients for future concern and legal purpose.
- Maintains accounting records and filing documents.
- Calculating and checking to make sure payments, amounts and records are correct.
- Carrying out monthly reconciliation of banks accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Accountancy - Accounting And Finance
University Of The Punjab
Sialkot,Pakistan02.2012
Skills
- SAP
- Debt Managment
- Accounting Investigations
- Account Reconciliation
- Account Analysis
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Validation of Discrepancies
Timeline
Accounts Receivable Supervisor
Albatrans Inc
07.2023 - Current
Senior Accounts Receivable & Collections
L&R Distributors
07.2022 - 02.2023
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Central Trading Company
06.2017 - 01.2022
Accountant
Sadaf Group Of Companies
04.2015 - 05.2017
Junior Accountant
Sarrar International
12.2013 - 02.2015
Bachelor of Accountancy - Accounting And Finance
University Of The Punjab
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