Sirar Shihab

Laerdal Medical is an international market leader in training and therapy products for emergency medicine and critical care. The products and services are used by hospitals, ambulance services, first aid organizations, educational institutions and others around the world.

Financial Administration

· Accounts payable process.
· Setting up and maintaining supplier records in Forum/QAD
· Entering supplier invoices via readsoft (Kofax) to Basware (SAP) for management approval
· Initiating payment runs as and when required.
· Setting up direct debits for monthly invoices and maintaining direct debit records
· Liaising with suppliers on Invoice queries
· Covering Finance Manager tasks when and as required (using excel, creating pivot tables and charts)
· Accounts Payable Tasks, review Expense Reports from Employees and prepare reports detailing VAT amounts

Financial Analysis

· Look to learn and interpret financial data to identify deviations from trends and anomalies, using financial appraisal techniques.
· Produce and create monthly management reporting using PowerBI
· Dive in to figures to understand the ‘why’?

Responsibilities

· Ensuring the accuracy of posting incoming customer payments (cheques, credit card, and EFT’s) into debtor’s accounts daily.
· Check customer on credit hold and release orders as needed
· Posting of reminders to customers monthly and follow-up
· Review customer’s credit limit periodically to make sure the limit setup is appropriate.

. maintaining accruals on a monthly basis
· Constant liaison with Customer Service informing them of credit limit movements.
· Update Customer records on QAD after being notified by customer via email/post (NHS trusts merging into new Trust/Customer moves).
· Sending monthly statements to customers.