SAP
MD. KOWSER GAZI
Finance & Accounts
Summary
Business-minded Finance Manager promoting more than 3 years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates
2
2
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager - Finance
Foodpanda Bangladesh Limited
Dhaka
09.2021 - Current
- Executed vendor enlistment setup and payment, administration of bank accounts and account reconciliations which improved time efficiency by ~20 minutes/day.
- Created organizational structures to improve accounting and finance functions.
- Forecasted trends and recommended improvements based on financial risk analyses.
- Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
- Prepared and managed large capital expenditure budgets to effectively handle infrastructure investment and long-term operations.
- Supported operations management, sales, and marketing efforts to increase revenue by ~4.5% and overall financial health.
- Evaluated project applications and verified with outline specifications to approve, reject and recommend adjustments.
- Researched and facilitated software integration to streamline accounting and financial processes.
- Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
- Monitored budget and revenue trends, compiling reports for company leadership to inform decision-making.
- Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
- Collaborated with purchasing department to reconcile vendor invoices and facilitate payments.
- Addressed problems with accounting, billing, and service delivery to maintain and enhance client satisfaction.
- Liaised with marketing and sales teams to develop targeted campaigns.
- Reviewed and mitigated discrepancies to increase sales, reduce costs and streamline processes.
Senior Finance Executive
Foodpanda Bangladesh Limited
Dhaka
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Reviewed debits and credits to rectify deficiencies and investigate nature and appropriateness.
- Reported financial progress upon request of HoD and other executive leadership.
- Disbursed and processed payables, verifying TDS and VAT compliance and other important documentation.
- Utilized state-of-the-art accounting tools to record activities and keep up-to-date on taxable transactions.
- Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
- Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
- Reduced process discrepancies through measured implementation of performance reporting and data systems which lead to time saving of 15 to 20 minutes/day
- Enhanced internal control systems and procedures to mitigate risk and support opportunities.
Audit Associate
EY Bangladesh (A. Qasem & Co.)
Dhaka
08.2016 - 12.2019
- Analyzed trends in financial data to investigate fluctuations.
- Conducted financial, compliance and operational audits.
- Performed auditing work in accordance with rigorous auditing standards and principles.
- Assessed internal control risks of network through information system audits.
- Performed extensive assessments of assets, liabilities and equity to verify accuracy in financial reports.
- Identified audit risks, prepared budgets, and coordinated with management and audit team in preparing related reports.
- Handled planning and budgeting for audit engagements.
- Analyzed accounting systems for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Gathered and analyzed financial data to determine improvement efforts.
- Identified various risks and errors to propose corrective action to decision makers.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Established audit and internal control procedures and recommended process improvements to address issues.
- Coordinated, managed and implemented auditing projects and prepared for evaluation.
- Administered auditing program to address risks and evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Produced and reviewed audit reports for submission to inspector general and advised on audit recommendations and internal controls.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
- Maintained professional knowledge by attending more than 10 Audit Risks and GAM workshops annually.
Education
Chartered Accountancy - Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
Dhaka 11.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Finance and Accounting
North South University
Dhaka 05.2011 - 03.2016
Skills
Budget forecasting
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 5 staff members.
- Documented and resolved APAC IC Reconciliation which led to accurate IC reporting & mitigate audit risks.
- Optimized Y2Y costs by ~7% by introducing Smartsheet & SAP H2H payments to automate & utilize maximum resources.
- Achieved golden employee awards by completing Group & Regional reporting with accuracy and efficiency in timely manner.
- Contributed side by side while Entity's ERP system migration from Xero to SAP Finance System in Feb 2020.
- 13% cost reduced compared to last year at zone level expansion due to new hub business model setup.
- Time reduced by 4 Hours in a week for team through automation of mass data collection form 94 zones by Smartsheet
- In 2020 Q4, 4 million BDT marketing cost reduced compared to 2019 Q4 with maximum coverage.
- Automated vendor enlistment process through Smartsheet which reduced significant volume of bottleneck.
Timeline
Assistant Manager - Finance
Foodpanda Bangladesh Limited
09.2021 - Current
Senior Finance Executive
Foodpanda Bangladesh Limited
01.2020 - 08.2021
Financial Crime: Money Laundering, Tax Evasion and Terrorist Financing
08-2019
Financial Forecasting with Big Data
07-2019
Programming for Everybody: Python
12-2018
Excel Skills for Business
08-2018
Fundamentals of Data Visualization with Tableau
08-2018
Chartered Accountancy - Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
11.2016 - Current
Audit Associate
EY Bangladesh (A. Qasem & Co.)
08.2016 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Finance and Accounting
North South University
05.2011 - 03.2016
Software
Tableau
Google Looker
SQL
Excel / Google sheet
Smartsheet
Python
Power BI
LucaNet
Microsoft Visio
Certification
Excel Skills for Business
Additional Information
- Innovative Star, 2020 Q4 -Foodpanda
- New Business Model Setup Team- 2nd Runner Up -Daraz
- Star Team in AQR, 2018 Q2 -EY India
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