Mubbashar Rashid

• Led and optimised Payments & Accounts Payable operations in a fast‑paced, multinational environment, consistently delivering KPIs and SLAs while maintaining a strong SOx‑compliant control framework.
• Improved on‑time vendor payments by identifying root causes of delays and partnering with Procurement to deliver targeted training on PO quality, invoice accuracy, and aligned payment terms.
• Drove automation and efficiency gains using macros (including one‑click vendor statement reconciliations) and AI‑enabled tools, reducing manual effort, error rates, and operational risk.
• Embedded robust governance and audit readiness, strengthening inbox management, business control reviews, and end‑to‑end process discipline while eliminating backlogs.
• Translated data, trend analysis, and AI‑supported insights into action, identifying performance risks and delivering continuous process improvements that supported business growth.
• Led, coached, and developed a high‑performing Payments Operations team, setting clear objectives, conducting regular 1‑to‑1s and reviews, and driving accountability and engagement.
• Owned end‑to‑end payments performance reporting, delivering clear, insightful dashboards to senior stakeholders to support decision‑making and compliance.
• Partnered cross‑functionally with product, systems, and project teams, ensuring operational readiness for system changes and business initiatives.
• Balanced high‑volume operational delivery with strategic change, championing automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across AP and payments.

• Implemented a new supplier reconciliation process, ensuring accurate BACS payment runs and reducing payment delays.
• Set and achieved clear VIM processing targets, transforming inbox management and improving invoice turnaround times.
• Increased team output within one month, using performance tracking and targeted process changes.
• Designed team productivity and backlog reports, providing transparent weekly updates to senior management and external stakeholders.
• Redesigned AP and AR processes, including urgent payment handling, dunning procedures, and approver reminder systems.
• Partnered with the Financial Controller and Director to deliver a structured plan to clear backlogs and stabilise operations.
• Led SAP HANA migration testing, validating transactional processes and supporting system readiness.
• Developed team capability and leadership, training AP/AR staff on new processes and mentoring the Team Lead on people management and 1‑to‑1s.

• Led transactional teams (AP & AR) through a dual‑system implementation, setting clear transition targets and delivering all milestones on time.
• Owned end‑to‑end Sales and Purchase Ledgers, including invoicing, contractual changes, direct debits, price updates, and multi‑currency payment runs.
• Managed the migration from Access to NetSuite, retraining teams, closing skills gaps, and embedding improved operational processes.
• Completed a full review of transactional workflows, streamlining processes to improve efficiency, control, and handover resilience.
• Created comprehensive process documentation, ensuring continuity during staff absence and long‑term operational consistency.
• Restructured and upskilled AP and AR teams, increasing proficiency in NetSuite and strengthening performance delivery.
• Line‑managed international direct reports, conducting 1‑to‑1s, annual appraisals, and performance reviews across locations.
• Strengthened governance and stakeholder confidence, enforcing controls, resolving customer queries, and supporting audits and management reporting.

• Led cross‑functional Operational Finance teams (AP, Banking, Assistant Accountants), restoring KPI/SLA delivery after prior missed deadlines.
• Cleared transactional backlogs and stabilised Q2 delivery, reallocating resources, resetting workloads, and re‑establishing team accountability.
• Directed a complex group bank migration, closing legacy accounts, securing supplier re‑routing, testing new accounts, and completing switches without disruption.
• Rebuilt AP team performance, coaching and motivating staff to regain KPIs and enforce a strict No PO, No Pay policy.
• Developed team capability and succession, training an Assistant Accountant to lead the Banking team and manage tight operational deadlines.
• Redesigned and documented core finance processes, embedding best practice, audit changes, and continuous improvement across AP, Banking, and GL.
• Resolved high‑risk supplier and utilities debt across 10 buildings, enabling supplier switches and reducing financial exposure.
• Strengthened governance and reporting, delivering daily bank balances, KPI dashboards, multi‑currency BACS approvals, and timely quarter‑end close.

• Led end‑to‑end Finance & Credit Control operations across 5 schemes, managing AR, billing, cash flow, and debt performance.
• Reduced aged debt by 30% and halved DSO from 60 to 30 days by creating a new credit control policy, reporting suite, and automated dunning process.
• Designed senior‑management debt reporting, improving visibility and accountability across credit control performance.
• Reduced suspense payable balances by 55–65% and cut open items by 40% through tighter reconciliation and controls.
• Implemented and led AR functionality within a new CMS system, streamlining billing and cash allocation.
• Managed and developed 3 AR Officers, delivering weekly 1:1s, KPI reviews, and annual appraisals with clear performance outcomes.
• Ensured high‑volume accuracy, overseeing 700+ invoices and 10+ credit notes weekly, meeting SLA and policy requirements.

Key Achievements

• Led and performance‑managed 8 Finance Officers, setting weekly KPIs, delivering 1:1s, PDRs, and personalised development plans.
• Delivered timely, compliant payments, overseeing £15m+ weekly payment runs and £200k+ daily payments across 4 bank accounts.
• Maintained high‑volume throughput, ensuring 1,200 AP invoices and 50 expenses weekly were processed and paid within SLA.
• Cleared AP & expenses backlog and cross‑trained AP/AR teams, restoring SLA compliance and improving resilience.
• Strengthened financial controls, authorising refunds and credit notes across 3,500+ invoices and introducing enhanced vendor bank‑detail verification to reduce fraud risk.
• Delivered reliable month‑end close, completing AP/AR balance sheet reconciliations and achieving Day‑3 close, while partnering with senior leadership on process improvements.

• Progressed due to exceptional performance to lead end to end finance, accounts payable and credit control operational delivery across 4 main entities and 7 subsidiaries. Inspire, develop, and motivate finance team. Transform financial operations processes to enhance cost efficiencies. Implement accounting and reporting guidelines in compliance with external accounting regulations.
• Key Achievements:
• Key player in reducing month end close from 5 to 3 days.
• Directed development of new dunning process to reduce Days Outstanding of Sale (DOS) from 60 to 25 days.
• Executed new bad debt collection procedures to reduce collection from +120 – 90 days and by £857k, a record-breaking collection timeframe.
• Devised and instilled automated and paperless invoice / credit memo process department wide to reduced AR data input timeframes.
• Pioneered implementation and integration of ‘Event bright platform' to allow events online payments, drastically resolving long standing aged debt problem.
• Conceived debt policy to mirror and executive new finance strategies.
• Led smooth transition of new Banking provider to minimise income loss and maximise direct debt collections.

• Delivered highly proficient accounts payable control, handling invoices, aged debt, VAT, Gift Aid, direct debits, credit control and bank reconciliation to high quality standards. Expert user of SAP. Streamlined accountancy processes to attain cost and time savings.
• Created new procedures to enhance payment allocations and debt collection.
• Streamlined Direct Debit processes to attain collections faster.
• Built key stakeholder relations to introduce and attain new financial targets.
• Processed 30 invoices daily, ensuring accurate uploads and delivery to deadlines.
• Controlled Archbishop Account and Allocating sums received, accurately matching invoices daily.
• Collected outstanding month end aged debt in line with credit control policy.
• Resolved unsolicited and unexpected investigations through effective internal and external customer liaison.
• Generated and maintained accurate customer SAP records.
• Investigated and processed customer refunds from £52 - £50k value
• Effectively attained and cleared money by month end deadlines, ensuring bank clearing accounts were properly maintained.

• Eliminated a 2‑month reconciliation backlog, reconciling 100+ daily invoices across IFS & GDS while still meeting monthly close deadlines.
• Designed and implemented audit‑ready bank & worktop reconciliation processes, improving accuracy and meeting external auditor requirements.
• Resolved 50–70 complex unreconciled invoices and multiple month‑end banking discrepancies, ensuring suppliers were paid within agreed terms.
• Managed high‑volume daily operations, including reconciliation across 156 branches, processing 300 cheques, handling 30–50 invoice issues, and executing BACS payments with zero delays.

• Handled effective processes of 49 invoices ranging from £500k - £2M daily across GDP, USD and Euro currencies. Partnered with senior stakeholders to provide financial support, advice, resolve discrepancies and obtain authorisation. Accurately maintained purchase ledger, reconciled purchase invoices and managed supplier statements. Handled sales invoices from £500 - £2.5K, reconciled customer accounts, maintained sales ledger, processes expenses claims up to £1k, performed bank reconciliation, created cost / variance analysis, posted correctional journals and assisted month end process to tight deadlines.
• UK internet company

• Processed 50 daily invoices from 50 – 60k in GDP, USD and Swiss Franc currencies. Cleared 1-month accounts backlog. Analysed annual financial accounts. Conducted weekly payment runs from £50k – 2M. Led monthly purchase ledger reconciliations. Processed sales invoices from 80 – 80k in GDP, USA and Swiss Francs. Led bank reconciliations, monitored cash balances across multiple accounts, assisted with month end and analysed variances in expenditure across group to high standards.
• UK Media Company

• Enhanced weekly pay run by creation of new procedure to attain £5230 annual cost savings.
• Implemented electronic invoice receipt process to increase deadline delivery.