Jamila Baker

Experience

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  Metromedia International Group/ Azerbaijan CATEL

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Administrative Manager
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  Caspian American Telecom Inc (USA-Azerbaijan JV)

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Call Center Supervisor

  • leading operations and team of 2 of Call Center; • coordination Call Center’s activity with operations of other departments; • reporting and assistance to top management in analyzing and clarification of company’s line in customer care services

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  British Petroleum Azerbaijan

  Jan 2003 - Jul 2011

  • Responsible for receiving/processing and accurately matching up invoices/credit notes with associated client purchase orders• Daily and monthly reports preparation to monitor invoices performance• Responsible for updating company invoices status in the system and arranging payment based on invoice due dates• Managing and resolving queries relating to accounts payable function with vendors and other departmental units• Responsible for maintaining ongoing payments to vendors• SAP User of Accounts Payable system • Ensure that all urgent/manual payments have been approved in line with the DOA and are processed immediately if urgent • Responsible for verification and confirmation that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures• Contact person for both internal and external Accounts Payable issues• Monitor invoice performance by using Invoice Tracking database on daily basis• Regularly review policies & procedures relating to area of responsibility and ensure that they are followed• Identify root cause of invoice processing delays and engage PU Controllers, Budget Holders, Cost Engineers and SCM in agreeing actions to address• Close cooperation with SCM to identify expired POs that require further actions• Responsible for ensuring missing invoices or duplicates are coordinated in due course• Responsible in updating supplier data in the system as well as bank details• Processing of third-party invoices. Verification and coordination of customer invoices to ensure suppliers are paid to agreed contractual terms• Develop and maintain co-operative relationship with key contacts such as budget holders, cost analysts & vendors• Responsible for responding promptly to queries from management and suppliers, ensuring queries are logged and escalated as appropriate Show less

  • Accounts Payable Analyst

    Sept 2005 - Jul 2011

  • BP Travel Consultant

    Jan 2003 - Sept 2005
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  Maternity leave

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2016

  Maternity leave/Further Education
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  London Pumps Limited

  Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  Accounts Assistant

  Bank reconciliations• Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments through online banking• Prepare/post bank cheques for presentation to the bank• Raising Sales invoices through internal program (Protein), sending them to customers and further monitoring in Sage• Liaising purchase invoices with POs and GRNs• Processing supplier invoices• Supplier’s statement reconciliation• Aged debtors report production, review and further chasing• Daily customer credit check via web-based platform (DNBi)• Credit control• Monitoring accounts to ensure the payments are up to date• New suppliers/customers accounts registrations and updating their data base on a regular basis• Resolving issues with suppliers/customers• Suppliers payment runs • Producing customer statements and sending Remittance Advices• Chasing customers/suppliers for any missing invoices• Able to work to strict deadlines and time constraints with no supervision• Other accounts related tasks• Escalating queries and concerns to the appropriate members of Finance or the Sales/Service Team and ensuring these are followed through and resolved. Show less