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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

Oracle

Axapta

Salesforce

MS Office Suite

Written and interpersonal communication

Process implementation

Reporting familiarity

Relationship building and management

Procure to Pay

Order to Cash

Credit Control

Collection

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
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