Muhammad Arsalan Email & Phone Number

CAREER SUMMARY:Accomplished business management professional with MBA in Finance & Accounting, Certified SAP FI & CO Consultant, Professional Accounting Affiliate and Fellow Public Finance Accountant; 25+ years of rich & diverse experience in Managing Accounting & Finance operations, E2E ERP implementations, and conducting Financial Audits & Internal Audits across various industries.CORE COMPENTENCIES & SKILLS:# Expert in Financial Accounting and Reporting including bookkeeping, management of receivables & payables, Inventory & fixed assets, taxation, consolidation, Financial Statements Analysis, Audit & Compliance.# Experienced in Management Accounting and Reporting, including cost accounting, cost controlling, project accounting, margin analysis & business performance reporting, Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting, Treasury Management, and Financial Risk Management.# Successfully delivered Statutory Audits, Internal Audits and Special Assignments during Chartered Accountancy Articleship.# Sound understanding of financial systems, business processes, Financial Controls, development & implementation of internal controls, accounting rules & procedures including IAS/IFRS requirements.# Adept in reviewing business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing action plans to achieve targeted results and performance & productivity enhancements.# Extensive experience in managing complete application lifecycles for ERP implementations, covering pre-implementation as-is studies, Business Processes Re-engineering (BPR), requirements gathering, to-be solution design (BBP), BBP walkthroughs, fit & Gap analysis, customization, cross-modular integration, implementation, roll-out, end user training, data migration and post-implementation support. # Well versed in SAP Project Management (FI, CO & IM) using SAP Solution Manager (7.2 & 7.1) and ensuring adherence to SAP Activate and ASAP Methodology.# SAP ECC-6 & S/4HANA hands on: FI (Profit Center & Cost of Sales Accounting, GL Planning, Accounts Receivable & Payable, General Ledger, Asset & Inventory Accounting, Cash Journal, Bank Ledger), CO & IM (Cost Element & Cost Center Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profitability Analysis, Investment Program, Internal/Investment Orders).# Deft in coordinating with all internal & external stakeholders and leading, motivating & monitoring teams eliciting superior performances.# Proactive, achievements driven manager with excellent communication, coordination, problem solving, planning, execution and project management skills.

• Accounting Manager

  Al Jomaih And Shell Lubricating Oil Company Limited (Josloc)

  Mar 2018 - Present - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Supervising & managing core accounting operations (including receivables & payables, cash & bank, Inventory, fixed assets, payroll accounting, manufacturing & cost accounting) & SAP FI/CO.• Monthly closing of books and issuance of monthly Management Financials, ensuring adherence to accounting policies & procedures.• Supervising taxation matters to ensure compliance and timely tax submissions (Zakat, Corporate Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Withholding tax, Transfer Pricing).• Managing and Liaison with External Auditors and Tax Consultants for timely completion of Annual Audited and other certifications (IKTVA, Rebate Claims, Transfer Pricing).• Review & evaluate existing Business Processes, Accounting Policies & Procedures and identify opportunities for improvements & better controls to ensure Transparency, Efficiency & Accuracy.• Review & evaluate mapping of business processes into SAP for effective SAP utilization and ensure that required controls are built into SAP. Suggest improvements in SAP, if required.• Continuous cross functional business support, Knowledge Sharing, Staff management & training.• Ensures compliance to JOSLOC’s health, safety, security, and environmental (HSSE) procedures to promote a healthy and safe work environment.