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Muhammad Bilal Shakir

Accounting & Finance
Islamabad
Muhammad Bilal Shakir

Summary

Highly motivated and success driven professional possessing extensive knowledge and insights into Credit Control, Collection, Payables & Receivables Management, Complex Reconciliations, Process Improvement & Automation and Wholesale interconnect financial operations.

  • Overseeing worldwide projects involved in streamlining and upgrading customer account management system and ERPs.
  • Managing a monthly B2B revenue of NOK 200 million through collaboration with 250+ international partners.
  • Played a crucial role in reducing receivables turnover from 51 to 24.
  • Successfully implemented a tailored lean solution within the ERP system for invoice dispatching resulted in a saving of 70 manpower hours per individual.
  • Efficiently achieved the transfer of I2S (Invoice-to-Settlement) operations for Financial Clearing Roaming at two enterprise entities through collaboration with senior executives, project personnel, and relevant users.
  • Served as a primary liaison by collaborating with management, project team and the vendor to enhance the billing system and streamline the bank reconciliation procedure.
  • Maintained an exceptional record of disbursing payments accurately and on schedule, achieving a 90% on-time payment rate as an Accounts Payable Officer.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
12
years of post-secondary education
3
Languages

Work History

Telenor Linx AS
Islamabad

Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts
06.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Supported operations management, sales, and marketing efforts to increase revenue and overall financial health.
  • Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
  • Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
  • Efficiently overseeing and directing the overall functioning of various departments, including Credit Control, Collections, Cash and Bank Reconciliations, Payments and Receipts, Account and General Reconciliations, Dispute Resolution, and End-of-Month Closing.
  • Building robust connections with both internal and external stakeholders; creating effective credit management and debt collection protocols in partnership with the commercial, legal, and high-level leadership.
  • Conducts analysis of the aging of accounts receivable and implements appropriate measures to enhance the company's Days Sales Outstanding (DSO); creates records and exhibitions for top executives.
  • Collaborates with teams from different departments including Billing, Invoicing, Disputes, Sales, and Legal, to enhance the effectiveness of procedures and address any concerns that may arise; helps with both internal and external audits.

Telenor Global Services AS
Islamabad

Finance Specialist
02.2017 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Adeptly performed duties related to Invoicing/Billing, Payables & Receivables Management, Collection, Complex Reconciliations, Month end closing and Reporting.

Self Employed
Islamabad

Self Employed
08.2015 - 12.2016

Job overview

  • Took a break to extend a helping hand to my family business

Telenor Global Shared Services Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
Islamabad

Finance Executive
07.2013 - 07.2015

Job overview

  • Skillfully performed duties related to revenue and cost invoices booking in ERPs as per SLA.
  • Ensured effective working capital management by timely disbursement of payments and collection.
  • Aging analysis of accounts payables and receivables, bank reconciliations and assisted in internal & external audits.

Telenor Global Shared Services Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
Islamabad

Accounts Payable Officer
02.2012 - 07.2013

Attock Petroleum Limited
Rawalpindi

Management Trainee
04.2011 - 01.2012

Education

Advanced Diploma in Public Accounting
, Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Of Pak

Diploma from Accounting
01.2018 - Current

Bahria University
, Islamabad

MBA from Finance
08.2008 - 08.2010

Virtual University of Pakistan
, Islamabad

Bachelor of Science from Accounting And Finance
07.2003 - 07.2008

Skills

MS Dynamics 365

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Interests

Adventure Sports

Reading

Timeline

Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts

Telenor Linx AS
06.2021 - Current

Advanced Diploma in Public Accounting

Diploma from Accounting
01.2018 - Current

Finance Specialist

Telenor Global Services AS
02.2017 - 06.2021

Self Employed

Self Employed
08.2015 - 12.2016

Finance Executive

Telenor Global Shared Services Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 07.2015

Accounts Payable Officer

Telenor Global Shared Services Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
02.2012 - 07.2013

Management Trainee

Attock Petroleum Limited
04.2011 - 01.2012

Bahria University

MBA from Finance
08.2008 - 08.2010

Virtual University of Pakistan

Bachelor of Science from Accounting And Finance
07.2003 - 07.2008
Muhammad Bilal ShakirAccounting & Finance