Mohammad Hanif Email & Phone Number

Oakville

• Between August, 2010 and July, 2011 worked as Business analyst on Finance core team for ITS project for SAP implementation at Plexxus and its member hospitals. Worked on all phases of the project which included preparation of Blueprint documents, business requirement gathering, preparation of BPPs (Business Process Procedures) and training documents, unit and integration testing and implementation.• After ITS Project completion I was involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Implementation of SAP at Plexxus as a user. Currently responsible for Asset Accounting and full cycle accounting under SAP including cost centre budget Vs actual analysis.• Provide Sales Tracing analytical report to 50+ Vendors within critical timelines.• Supervised AP function, vendor maintenance and cheques printing.• Conduct complex financial analysis of daily margin report for corrective actions in case of unusual variances saving tens of thousands in lost margin.• Reduced the risk exposure against some vendors due to pricing variances by bringing down the balance of this account.• Mine existing data to understand relationship between various data elements to look for reasons of price variances and provide insightful analysis using Macros.• Re-engineered the expense schedules for quick updates, for Corporate Office and Distribution centre, and achieved a higher accuracy level.• Prepare cash disbursement forecasts, balance sheet account reconciliations, capital asset accounts, book accruals, adjusting journal entries and other month-end functions.• Support physical inventory stock count and prepare documentation to support external audit and interact with auditors if and when needed.• Documented policies, procedures and updated process documentation of Finance operations to improve efficiencies and also get involved in special projects as needed.

• Provided analytical and financial reporting support to the Controller and VP finance.• Prepared bank and balance sheet account reconciliations, fixed asset continuity, depreciation schedules, financial statements and other regular month-end activities. • Responsible for maintaining the general ledger including preparation and posting of journal entries.• Preparation of weekly cash flow & cash forecasts for Canadian and US dollar accounts.• Compilation of sales analysis and preparation of weekly Flash Sales report and its distribution to senior management.• Updating of Corporate Tax worksheets, R&D schedules, Customer and Vendor rebates worksheets on quarterly basis and their submission to the corporate office.• Involved in SOX testing of various business processes against control model.• Other ad hoc projects as required by management.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Supervised Inventory and AP functions with responsibility to prepare GST/PST/QST monthly returns.• Developing, implementing and maintaining integrity of job costs for standards and engineered products for materials, labor and overheads in Navision ERP.• Analyzing, interpreting and communicating usage variances from Bill of Materials and budget to the management and reporting on obsolete and slow moving inventory items.• Ensuring inventory movement data used for analysis is complete and accurate.• Reconciling raw materials and work-in-progress and conducting annual and cyclical physical inventory.• Auditing and verifying purchase orders, packing slips and vendors’ invoices.• Preparing the journal/accrual entries for month-end and year-end reporting.• Participating in continuous improvement initiatives, mapping of business workflow, strengthening of internal controls and special projects as required from time to time.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Management of critical period end reporting requirements within tight deadlines.• Preparation and submission of results in the form of month end package to senior management and parent company in USA.• Maintenance of financial reporting structure including chart of accounts and financial statements for both actual and budget amounts under AS400 and Essbase (Hyperion).• Preparation of daily and monthly sales flash with margins and other analytical reports on operations and their reporting to senior management and parent company.• Administration of specific accounts including remittance and coordinating payments for Insurance, Business and Property taxes, Vehicle leases and their reconciliation. • Monthly reconciliation for a variety of balance sheet accounts.• Reporting of monthly/quarterly financial/statistical data to Statistics Canada.• Aiding in implementing controls and process improvements in Corporate Accounting and other ad hoc projects.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Preparation of high volume depository, disbursement and payroll bank reconciliations on monthly basis using advanced Excel tools. • Preparation and maintenance of month end supplementary schedules.• Research, identify, follow-up and resolve discrepancy items.• Develop root cause analysis and actions to permanently eliminate discrepancies.• Respond to queries from plants at multiple locations and ensure their quick resolution.• Notify bank of errors and make adjusting entries needed to bring GL cash accounts up to date with bank accounts.• Liaise with regional accounting to discuss and resolve anomalies with regard to outstanding items.• Booking of monthly sweep, funding entries and Visa /Master/Debit card charges & their allocation to process/plant levels.

Accounting And Finance

Master'S Degree, Accounting And Finance