Ali Raza
Bradford,United Kingdom
Summary
Offering strong analytical skills and solid foundation in financial principles. Knowledgeable about bookkeeping, reconciliations, and basic accounting tasks. Skilled in communication, problem-solving, and attention to detail. Ready to use and develop skills in financial analysis, reporting, and software applications desired for the role.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Assistant Accountant
Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Ltd
Bradford
2022.03 - Current
- Working in the fixed asset team and prepares period end balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Assisted senior accountants in preparation of monthly and yearly closings, improving process efficiency.
- Prepared accounting related entries to numerous registers, journals and logs, enhancing data accuracy.
- Run period end reports on Oracle BI.
- Maintain fixed asset register.
- Processing recodes and write offs for fixed asset transactions.
- Review PO/invoices as per the capitalisation guidance.
- Manage fixed asset processing through offshore team in Chennai India.
Assistant Accountant
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Bradford, United Kingdom
2018.12 - 2022.02
- Post revaluation journal and period end journals for currency payments.
- worked in treasury back office function to process the foreign currency trades booked on wall street.
- Reconcile treasury payments on a daily basis on the wall street.
- Prepare net debt report and counter party exposure reports on the daily basis.
- Prepare period end net debt report to support the period end cash position.
- System admin on HSBC, Barclays and various banking platform.
- Approve and authorise daily payment runs on H'net and Experian.
- Manage direct debits master file on the Morrison PLC main account.
- Involved in the projects assigned to me from my line manager. e.g I was involved in the BOS Brother payments setup trough H'Net and closing down account with ABN Amro shifting all the payments and DD to HSBC. Also involved in project CONCUR designed for colleague to submit their expenses.
- Provide relevant information regarding payments back up to auditors at period end.
Associate
PwC LLP
Leeds
2018.05 - 2018.11
- Independent verification of SSis, payments and invoice processing.
- Bank reconciliations and database queries. Logging and processing Cheques. Prepared ad hoc reports and documents for senior team members.
- Verified data integrity and accuracy. Responded to customer requests via telephone and email.
- Creating and approving payments on the different banking platforms.
Trainee Accountant
Rehman Michael & Co
2017.04 - 2018.05
- Prepared financial statements (profit or loss statement, Statement of financial position) for small businesses.
- Bank reconciliation and VAT returns processing. Account payable and receivable ledger.
- Income and expense account calculations for self employed clients.
Education
BSc - applied accounting
Oxford Brookes University
OxfordACCA -
Kaplan
OnlineSkills
- Listening hard and respond quickly
- Analytical reasoning
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Cash flow analysis
- Financial statements
- Excel and google sheet
- Accruals and prepayments knowledge
REFERENCES
Given upon request.
Affiliations
- Cricket and football.
Timeline
Assistant Accountant
Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Ltd
2022.03 - Current
Assistant Accountant
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
2018.12 - 2022.02
Associate
PwC LLP
2018.05 - 2018.11
Trainee Accountant
Rehman Michael & Co
2017.04 - 2018.05
BSc - applied accounting
Oxford Brookes University
ACCA -
Kaplan