Bash Hussain

Experience

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  ADT Fire & Security Plc (UK & Ireland)

  Dec 2001 - Feb 2006

  Sales Ledger Administrator

  •Checking and verifying high volumes (over 500 a week) of service engineer visits. •Checking the chargeability of these specified to customer contractual terms and conditions.•To ensure the service visits are invoiced in a timely manner to maintain individual and team targets.•Dealing with any customer or branch queries and issuing credit notes where discrepancies have incurred.•Liaising with the credit control department in achieving a quick and timely resolution to the queries. •The role also involved communicating with team leaders, ADT branches and national account managers.Nominations :•Nominated for an ADT Fire and Security Blue Stars Award, for consistent commitment to customers and hard work. Show less

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  Carillion

  Feb 2006 - Feb 2009

  Costing Administrator

  •Managing own set of clients, working from engineer’s reports, compile a cost and sale price using schedule of rates and submit through clients own system on a daily basis in order to meet client’s monthly deadline for invoicing.•Complete all extra work jobs on the system, ensuring all the costs and relevant paperwork are correct.•Raise sale invoices promptly, ensuring that any client requirements are met in order to minimise queries and maximise cash flow, filing paperwork each day to maintain an easy reference filing system.•Submit all spreadsheets to clients in a timely manner in order to invoice promptly and efficiently.•Raise purchase order numbers for materials, tools and plant hire to enable jobs to be completed on time.•Chase suppliers and subcontractors for paperwork in order to keep the work in progress (WIP) below 60 days.•Produce weekly works in progress reports to enable management to see all outstanding liabilities.•Solely responsible for the calibration of all engineer’s test equipment for the Leeds branch.Achievements :•Carillion values award winner for professional delivery.•Top rating of excellent (constantly exceeding requirements) achieved in performance review.•Consistently achieved the highest contract invoicing sales profit margins within the Northern region.•Successfully chased suppliers and subcontractors to constantly have the best work in progress figures nationwide.•Managed the calibration of engineer’s test equipment to comply with health and safety and audit purposes. Show less

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  Connaught PLC

  Feb 2009 - Sept 2010

  Sales Ledger Assistant

  •Raising of sales invoices and applications based on information received from site.•Processing receipts (cheques & BACS) accurately to meet deadlines.•Balancing receipts to both the sales and nominal ledger•Assisting with month-end procedures and reconciliation’s•Dealing with queries from external customers•Dealing with enquires from sites and other internal personnel.•Preparation and banking of cheque payments.•Updating daily and weekly excel spreadsheets•Assisting with general Sales Ledger administration.•Assisting with the provision of management information as required•Providing Credit Control cover as required.•General office duties – banking, filing, post, archiving, etc.Achievements :- Successfully, designed and managed Excel Credit Log Spreadsheet for Credit Manager. Show less

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  Lovell Partnerships Ltd

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2011

  Sales Ledger Assistant

  •Produce daily banking, sales and credit invoicing reports and update daily, weekly excel spreadsheets.•Manage the contract and reactive sales ledger for the Intercompany, Southern region and Welsh ledgers.•Raising manual, automated and electronic sales invoices with values ranging from £50.00 - £1,000,000.00•Responsible for all rebate invoicing, daily and weekly uploads and special instruction invoicing.•Liaising with external clients, credit control and quantity surveyors, to resolve any queries and credits.•Posting client payments and credits onto the system to ensure all ledgers are reconciled and up to date.•Setting up of new contracts, billing addresses and adding revenue codes.•Assisting with general Sales Ledger administration, month-end procedures and reconciliation’s.•Assisting with the provision of management information as required. Show less

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  Phoenix (IT Infrastructure Services)

  Mar 2011 - Jun 2012

  Revenue Reconciliation Clerk

  • Update, manage and circulate transaction log to identify contract movement and net new business.• Accurately raise, amend, monitor and run the contract billing schedules for over 2,000 clients.• Raising sales invoices/credits for consultancy, sundry, time & materials covering 3 business units.• Raising and hard copy posting/electronic issue of manual foreign currency sales invoices for overseas clients.• Liaise with clients, credit control, commercial support and account managers regarding any invoicing queries.• Monthly contract ledger reconciliation : update and sense check all variances to identify accrued revenue.• Prepare, interpret, analyse and circulate monthly contract and sundry billing reports using Excel.• Prepare, analyse and report monthly various analysis expenditure using vlookups and pivot tables.• Create and upload journals using Sage. Show less

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  St Ives Direct

  Jun 2012 - Mar 2013

  Sales Ledger Administrator

  • Daily cash postings, payment allocations, resolving any unidentified payments and updating cash sheet.• Manage own portfolio of clients varying complexity in operations, sectors and contractual requirements.• Invoice production ensuring all purchase orders, correct VAT element and sales order are matched.• Hard copy posting, e mail or uploading electronic file to ensure invoices are received in a timely manner.• Query resolution : liaise with account managers, credit control, clients to ensure queries are resolved.• Credit note production and write off bad debts where appropriate.• Aged debt reporting, chasing up outstanding payments via e mail, letter or direct with clients.• Customer statement production/reconciliation and month end reporting using vlookups and pivot tables.• Systems used Epicor, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. Show less

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  KCOM

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2014

  Sales Ledger Controller

  • Billing management of key customers sectors including Aviation, Consultancy and Public Sector Network.• Solely responsible for the project billing of the NRSWA (New Road & Street Works Act 1991) contract.• Review project billing reports and update any timely information to address any anomalies before billing.• Liaise with credit control and client order desk so that any errors found are addressed to prevent further issues.• Prepare invoices in accordance with contract terms and project managers instructions including paperwork.• Issue invoices within contract timescales and agreed frequencies and milestones.• Projects with multiple installations – check progress to ensure accurate consolidated invoices are produced.• Be aware of any changes in project valuations and the reason for the change in margins and update the system.• Maintain any related contract support once the project is complete and invoice accordingly to contract terms. • Contract management – process cease requests, end of life pass information to renewals department.• Deal with special projects as required – multiple sites and discipline, managed service, special arrangements.• Deal with queries from internal and external customers regarding invoices within an agreed SLA.• Prepare project works in progress (WIP) balances as required by specific contract, finance or project manager.• Systems used Star Projects Accounting, Service Director, Epicor Front and Back Office, Crystal Reporting.Achievements :- Designed new invoice layout for a high profile customer making it simpler and easier to understand.Nominations :- Nominated twice for Kcom Finance Employee of the Quarter - recognising achievement for high performance. Show less

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  Zenith Vehicles

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Billing Analyst

  • Produce accurate billing information for customers in their defined format and to agreed service levels.• Complete complex billing requirements to precise customer requirements to show all monthly charges.• Ensure all billing data is validated, accurate, up to date and reconciled to the sales ledger before distribution.• Produce consolidated invoicing spreadsheets for customers using vlook ups and concatenate functions.• Reschedule any changes/early terminations on the system ensuring an accurate contract position at all times.• Post cash allocations in a timely manner to keep the aged debt within 60 days and assist cash collections.• Resolution of any discrepancies in advance of the monthly bill runs to ensure costs are correctly charged out.• Maintain positive relationships with internal/external customers with prompt resolution of billing issues.• Systems used KWIK Fleetware, Fleet on Demand, Qlikview, as well as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. Show less

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  AECOM

  Feb 2015 - now

  • Project set up to approved budgets on AECOM system according to agreed scope and fee.• Provide early warnings, update change order variations, risk register, and billing.• Monitor budget expenditure of project staff for labour, expenses and supply chain.• Undertakes monthly forecasting accurately to reflect anticipated project financial outcomes. • Support revenue recognition process and be point of contact for non-financial managers.• Attend and participate in project reviews and loss margin calls.• Understand the root cause of each project's billed or unbilled position and revenue implications.• Work closely with senior stakeholders, cross functional teams to manage the full project life cycle.• Review areas of overspend and ensure scope changes are routed through change request process.• Expenditure reports to identify any overspends to avoid scope creep and erosion in as sold margins.• Systems used Salesforce, EcoSystem, Oracle, ENFOS, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. Show less • Draft invoice preparation as per contract requirements for a portfolio of projects, for Project Managers review.• Aim to prepare invoice within 24 hours of request being received.• Distribute final invoice to Client/Project Manager according to instructions (mail, post or portal upload).• Ensure daily adherences to the final invoice release routine.• Update and track daily billing progress.• Become the expert regarding knowledge on all projects – develop a firm understanding of billing requirements.• Review and monitor unbilled balances to ensure timely billing of transactions.• Be able to explain work in progress (WIP) unbilled balances.• Interact with internal and intra-office departments to resolve project specific discrepancies.• Provide assistance to the Project Managers and Credit Control in the collection of outstanding invoices.• Develop excellent relationships with Project Managers and Project Accountants.• Refine billing set-up in Oracle, check funding, billing address, template, billing rates, VAT, PO’s if necessary.• Timely project time transfers to show an accurate up to date position on costs and revenue.• Regularly chase Project Managers for new invoice requests, or for approval of draft invoices.• Systems used Oracle, ABC, APIC as well as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. Show less

  • Senior Business Project Manager

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Project Controls Lead

    May 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Business Project Manager

    Sept 2019 - May 2021

  • Financial Project Manager

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Project Biller

    Feb 2015 - Feb 2018