MOHAMMED SAIFULLAH M A

Al Barsha,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Contact: +971 582513792

Email: mohammedsaifullahma@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/mohammedsaifullah-mohamedabdulla

CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity with an organization of repute, which recognizes & utilizes my
true potential while nurturing my analytical and technical skills.

KEY SKILLS

 Worked as ‘Financial Analyst’ at Ford Motor Company.

 Skilled in Accounting & Finance management, Accounts Administration, Insurance, Taxation and Auditing.
 Communication skill, Critical thinking and problem-solving skill with an inborn quantitative aptitude.
 Ability to multi-task and work as a part of a team or even lead a team.
 High degree of flexibility, creativity, goal oriented, self-motivated and optimism.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software TALLY ERP 9, Workflow II, Lending Automate, GIV, AIMS, Cmod, BLESS.
Tools MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc) and Internet Applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FORD MOTOR COMPANY – FINANCIAL ANALYST – Nov 2019 to Feb 2022

FINANCIAL CONTROL – WHOLESALE LAUNCH – UK / HUNGARY & IRELAND

 Headed the launch of Wholesale financial operations from Coimbatore, India.

 Responsible to maintain Records of Payables and Receivables for Audit purposes.
 Validated and applied all Incoming dealer payments after Reconciliation of the Bank statements received for the
units financed.
 Responsible for the Financial control of process in terms of forecasting and allocation of budgets accordingly.
 Timely calculation and releasing of the funds to the dealers account before SLA (Service level agreement) after
verifying all the invoices and dealer reconciliation report.
 Analyzing customer remittances and system reports to identify any discrepancies.
 Verification of dealer invoices total gross as well as individual components in the price lists including VAT.
 Verifying price lists and rebate percentages from the dealer invoices.
 Performed P&L Analysis in terms of Wholesale operations on a monthly basis.
 Tallying all existing dealer payables before releasing new funds. Investigating and reconciling the differences
before the SLA, if any.
  Performed Month close activities includes Allocation of costs, Accrual records and Prepayment adjustment with
superiors approval, Interest calculations, etc.
 Frequently reviewing and informing dealers to clear all the unpaid/partially paid dealer payables within the
month-end closure.
 Following up with the customers and dealers on queries relating to invoices and resolving it on a timely manner.
 Timely and prompt delivery of ownership document to dealers after reconciliation of payment statements.
 Enhanced skill by getting trained in POLAND location Wholesale operations as a backup and extended support
whenever required.
 Ensured 100% SLA timelines is met in all Financial activities and all business Emails are handled with high
quality also reporting the same to senior management.
 Accurately assigning SOT (Sold out of trust) excess charge fees to the dealers, if fails to make payments after
five days of units (vehicles) sold to customers.
 Actively monitored Financial results of processes by reconciling accounts and accuracy of transactions.
 Analyzed transactions to ensure the existence and ensured good quality in completeness.

NORTH AMERICA RECONCILIATION – FORD CREDIT (Finance)

 Performed monthly reconciliation of financial accounts using financial reports. Researched and reconciled
differences for all accounts.
 Completion of Service level agreement (SLA) on a daily basis with utmost quality and reporting the same to
management.
 Accurately maintained the allocated criteria of 99.35% in DRG (A type of Monthly Audit along with financial
manager to verify the reconciled accounts).
 Implemented an Idea/Project of processing LAR361 (A Reconcile process activity) through Macro file after
presenting the project, verified & approved by the senior management where, I eliminated existing method of
processing manually.
 Resolved complex accounts from Daily and monthly Reconciliation.
 Prepared and Presented Reconciliation metrics to the Management and Location on a monthly basis.
 Handled various methods to reconcile account discrepancies.
 Worked independently to accomplish tasks and interacted well within a team environment.
 Ensured that the reconciliation (performing, reviewing and approving) for each and every month is completed
within the agreed timelines.
 Precisely raising FCNs (Financial change notice) to notify dealer of the shortage payment/overpayment done by
the customer.
 Performing accounting research, balance sheet reconciliation and apply accounting theory to transactions.
 Weekly connect with the location to clarify on any specific issues, backups requirement or necessary documents
required for performing reconciliation.
 Escalating to senior management or contacting location for any misinformation reported on immediate basis.
 Processing of various payments made by customers and routing it appropriately by applying code in application.
 Improved skill set by learning and handling other market reconciliation process activities and extended support
whenever required.
 Trained some of the North America reconciliation processes to other analysts in an effective manner.
 Initiating the payments and waiving the late payment charge fees after the approval of superiors.
 Cancellation of the payments.
  Validating and reconciling of Bank statements and maintaining the records for future usage, if required.
 Performed revenue and intercompany Reconciliation.
 Answered dealer and customer queries regarding accounts and any discrepancies.
 Reviewed and following up on aged items and accurately updating in Aging log for the approval of Finance
Manager.
 Point of Contact for Business improvement meetings (BIM) – Described and clarified the process flow of
reconciliation to the Business Analyst to identify areas where automation is possible.

Achievements & Highlights

 Rewarded with early ‘Promotion’ (SG1-FAS to SG2-FA) for maintaining the process/role with NIL errors,
stability in performance and supporting other location activities.
 Rewarded with ‘KAIZEN Certificate’ for completion of Idea/Project - LAR361 Macro Method, resulted in
reduction of processing time and improvised the process.
 Appreciated by senior management for individually handling & retaining quality output in North America
reconciliation process for four months in the absence of another core analyst.
 Secured second place in the overall ‘QUIZ’ conducted, related to Financial control- Wholesale operations
during closure ceremony of the ‘Knowledge transfer’ session.
 Appreciated for the role of Point of Contact for BIM - Business improvement meetings.
 Received appreciation from US Business center superiors for completing the North America Reconciliation
month-end audit accounts before the due date provided.
 Presentation done on topic COVID-19 in COMM (Communication) CLUB and won ‘1st PRIZE’ on the same.
 Appreciated for the presentation done individually on topic ‘Build Ford Tough’ which is one of the values of
Ford and selected among Top 3 Best presentations.
 Received the award ‘STAR of the AHM (All-hands meet)’ for performing multi-events like song, dance and
other games conducted by Ford among its employees.
 Achieved ‘Runner Up’ in FSL (Ford Soccer League) conducted among the teams/associates of Ford India
business centers.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

MBA Financial Management - Completed 17 out of 18 papers

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore India.

Bachelor of Commerce (General) - 69% (Year of completion - 2019)

Sri Krishna Arts & Science (Bharathiar university), Coimbatore India.

HSC - State board - 92% (Year of completion - 2016) & SSLC - State board - 82% (Year of completion - 2014)

DRIVING SKILLS

Two wheeler & Four Wheeler (Having Indian license valid upto, April 2038)
EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOLADES

 Science Project performed at NCSC, STATE LEVEL (Team Leader)

 Paper Presentation done on topic ‘DIMENSIONS ON CASHLESS ECONOMY’ (January 2017)
 Internship Project completed on Title - A Report on ‘SHOCK ABSORBER MANUFACTURING UNIT’ in
GABRIEL Pvt.Ltd, Hosur India (May 2018-July 2018)
 Credit Certificate course completed on ‘International Marketing’- Course/lectures provided by ‘ CONCORDIA
College’ of New York, USA.
 FOOTBALL ‘Nehru Yuva Kendra’ (Government of India), DISTRICT LEVEL Winners.
 Secured RUNNER UP in ‘Inter Matric Sports Meet- Football’ (October 2012)
 Carrom competition DISTRICT LEVEL Runner up.
 Running race 100.Mts First, DISTRICT LEVEL.
 Completed ‘Economy Talent Test’ (March 2018)
 Solo Song Performed in STATE LEVEL (Cultural programme)
 Kabadi DISTRICT LEVEL Runner up.
 Rewarded as ‘IT Champion’ for securing First prize in DISTRICT LEVEL, IT (Information technology)
competition.

Languages Known: English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi (Read & Write), Arabic (Read & Write)

Father's Name: Mohamed Abdulla Date of Birth: 27/02/1999 Nationality: Indian

Passport Details
Passport No : S4973768
Place of Issue : Coimbatore
Date of Issue : 28/06/2018
Date of Expiry : 27/06/2028

References: Available on request