Abdul Azeez

Experience

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  United Arab Shipping Company Ltd.

  May 2010 - May 2017

  United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is a global shipping company based in the Middle East. Founded in 1976, UASC has more than 185 offices around the world. The company is the largest container shipping line in the Middle East. My primary responsibility involved overseeing the General Ledger accounting department within the Finance department.•Responsible for the monthly financial statement preparation and the management of daily tasks and reconciliations.•Helping during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing procedures for the books of accounts.•Conducted analysis and reconciliation of Cash, Cheques, and Intercompany suspense accounts.•Managed daily bank entries and reconciled accounts, ensuring the accurate status of daily bank balances.•Prepared and maintained a variety of files and reports to meet audit requirements.•Collaborated with both internal and external auditors to ensure compliance and accuracy.•Process payments to vendors in multi-currency (end to end).•Process and fulfil Cheque requests and wire transfers.•Ensuring input and timely payment of all vendor invoices.•Manage the cash flow requirements for accounts payable.•Prepare payments schedule and Age Analysis.•Interact with treasury department for fund arrangement.•Prepare to send remittance details to all vendors.•Handle GL Reconciliation for major Accounts Payable accounts and for the control accounts.•Keep complete record of contracts with different vendors and analysis of rates in comparison to the market. Show less Primarily responsible for overseeing the Accounts Payable department within the Finance division.•Thoroughly validate invoices by cross-referencing them with contracts, purchase orders, and repair orders.•Scrutinize and record transactions related to spare parts purchases, ship repair orders, and L.P.O. to ensure compliance with budgetary allocations.•Investigate and resolve issues pertaining to billing and invoices.•Maintain comprehensive documentation of all account's payable transactions.•Perform analyses of accounts payable metrics, including days outstanding, supplie• Recorded and processed vendor invoices payments.• Collecting all invoices and obtaining approval for payment.• Validating Invoices against contract/ purchase orders/ Repair orders.• Recording and checking transactions for all spare parts purchase / ship repair orders/L.P.O.• To ensure that all the expenses are as covered under relevant budget.• Researched and resolved billing and invoice problems.• Interacted with Fleet Technical Engineers and purchasing officers.• Processed a high volume invoices.• Documenting all accounts payable transactions.• Vendor accounts reconciliation.• Analyzing accounts payable days out-standings, supplier balances and accuracy in supplier accounts statement. • Coordinated with Internal and External auditors.• Assisted in month end closing and year end close. Show less

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    Jul 2013 - May 2017

  • Financial Accountant

    Aug 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Trainee

    May 2010 - Jul 2010
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  Hapag-Lloyd AG

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  Regional Financial Accountant

  Hapag-Lloyd, a prominent international liner shipping company headquartered in Germany, was founded in 1847 and ranks as the fifth-largest container shipping line globally. In my capacity, I was responsible for managing General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable functions specific to the Arabian Gulf region, encompassing the UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, and Bahrain. My role focused on ensuring the completion of tasks in accordance with established guidelines.• Supported monthly financial closing by ensuring the accuracy of balance sheet and profit and loss accounts.• Conducted financial analysis, participated in budgeting and forecasting.• Managed Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) to improve cash flow.• Prepared weekly liquidity plans and cash flow statements.• Prepared Outstanding work orders reports and submit to Operations team.• Maintained OVH provision/accrual analysis.• Analyzed and reconciled Cash, Cheques, and Intercompany suspense accounts.• Managed daily bank entries, reconciliations, cash, AP and AR functions, payment runs, and coordination with country accountants while maintaining accurate records for audits.• Part of accurate and on time monthly, Quarterly and Yearend financial closing for GL/AP & AR.• Coordinate with respective country accountant for the various tasks assigned.• Prepare and maintain various files and reports for audit requirements.• Accounting security deposits and refunds as well as offsetting customer out-standings.• Prepare and process electronic transfers and cheque payments.• Reconcile prepaid terminal vendors and private vendor’s accounts.• Timely checking and accurate processing of terminal/port invoices.• Vendor Master Review and updation. Show less

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  Milavous Group

  May 2019 - now

  Milavous is Group is Holding company and operating commodity trading, Tanker Shipping, and Investments. Finance Planning and Analysis Team lead is responsible for analysing financial data, creating financial models, and preparing reports for senior management to support business decisions.•Overseeing and directing all facets of fundamental financial planning and analysis, including but not limited to planning, budgeting, forecasting, monthly management reporting, and handling ad hoc tasks.•Conducting comprehensive reviews of consolidated monthly management reports and offering insightful commentary to senior management.•Delving into financial and operational outcomes to gain a deeper understanding of the group's performance.•Summarizing monthly group financial performance into concise executive summaries.•Providing in-depth analysis and commentary on the results of various cost centers.•Collaborating with different business units to project income and expenses for the next five years.•Working closely with business unit leaders to develop their annual budgets and quarterly forecasts. Show less • Prepare Board Pack comprising of Group Consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash-flow Statement.• Analyze and report the financial results of periodic operations including revenues, margin analysis, and product line profitability, operating profit and balance sheet activities.• Co-ordinate with BU finance for submissions of the financials for board pack preparation with analysis and commentary.• Prepare detailed expense, capital expenditure and working capital analysis where required in order to ensure targets and KPI’s are met.• Play a key role in Preparing Group Budget, forecasts and comparison.• Co-ordinate preparation of the company budget with Finance Managers, following guidelines on budget process.• Transform data into relevant information, identify trends and deep-dive into data taking a no-stone-unturned approach. Use acquired skills and insights to better understand what drives business and costs.• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analysis.• Meet critical business and corporate deadlines such as the monthly accounting close, reconciliations and reporting.• Liaising, collaborating and working closely with all Group functions and profit centers to deliver team objectives.• Prepare Group Cost Center reports, analyze and highlight any anomalies to the Head of FP&A.• Perform financial reporting & deep dive analysis of Group Cost Centers.• Work on adhoc projects anticipating the potential impact of change on performance in order to develop and adapt strategy so the team maintains its competitive edge. Challenging and supporting business decisions with analytical rigor, insights and judgments so that better decisions are made in line with the overall strategy and vision.• Play a key role to the continuous improvement of key financial planning and analysis and management decision support processes across the group thereby sharing knowledge, harmonizing such processes and implementing best practices. Show less Max Energy is operating in the Commodity Trading Industry. The Group’s portfolio includes Own tanker vessels, Shipping and International trade in Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Polymers, and LPG products. Accountable for the execution of Management Financial Reporting, specifically focused on Monthly consolidation and prepare performances of Group. Specialized in trade cases and vessel-level analysis, with a primary responsibility for delivering trade-wise and vessel-wise reports to the Management team.•Prepare Monthly Group Consolidated Performance Reports which includes financial statements such as P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash-flow Statement.•Prepare the MBR Deck and deliver it to the management along with commentary.•Prepare Vessel wise and trade wise performance reports and provide the comments to the management.•Conducted in-depth analysis of periodic operational financial results, encompassing revenue, margin analysis, operating profit, product wise profitability, and vessel wise profitability.•Contributed insights and input towards setting departmental goals and establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).•Maintained comprehensive summaries of inventory by product and tank categories.•Actively participated in financial standards development and contributed to the budgeting and forecasting process.•Evaluated and proposed enhancements to accounting systems and procedures.•Prepared daily liquidity reports and delivered timely reports to senior management.•Provided valuable support in the quarterly financial closing process by analyzing and reviewing Trial Balances, profit and loss accounts. Show less

  • Financial Planning and Analysis Supervisor

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Senior FP&A Analyst

    Jun 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Financial Analyst

    May 2019 - Jun 2021
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  Confidential

  Feb 2024 - now

  Group Financial Controller