BIODATA Date of Birth: 26th of May, 1968
Marital Status: Married
OBJECTIVE To work in a challenging environment in which I can gain as much experience as I am able to, as well as contributing my fullest potential to the company
EXPERIENCE September '93 - present
Accounts & Admin Manager
E|A|C Tobacco Distributors Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of E|A|C Holdings Sdn. Bhd.)
reports to the Controller in managing the Accounts & Admin Dept.
manages full set of accounts
ensures correct, timely and complete monthly closing of accounts
prepares monthly comments on company performance and other routine management reports as well as ad-hoc analyses
formulates annual budget and periodical revisions to current year budget to reflect up-to-date expectations
designs, writes system queries, downloads data and maintains company's EIS system via Hyperion software
monitors debtor accounts to ensure average payment days do not exceed allowed credit terms
monthly reviews of control and suspense accounts and of account reconciliations
conducts on-going reviews of current processes and improvise wherever possible. Translates all accounting processes in detailed flow-chart format
writes and runs system queries (AS400 based) for downloading into Windows-based softwares (for reporting/analyses purposes)
acts as cost controller - i.e monitoring the maintenance costs of company fleet (of more than 150 vehicles)
oversees store-keeping and security functions. Conducts monthly stocktake to ensure minimal stock discrepancies.
writes and updates company manuals/guidelines on vehicle care, staff claims
liases with suppliers/contractors and external auditors during year-end audit

November, '91 - August '93
Assistant Finance Manager
Percetakan Yayasan Islam Terengganu Sdn.Bhd. (A Terengganu SEDC Company with a paid-up capital of 9.1million )
Head of the Accounts/Finance Dept & reports directly to the General Manager
managed full set of accounts
prepared monthly management reports and quarterly reports for Board meetings
charted company's annual budget
liased with local financial institutions for credit facilities
prepared final annual accounts for auditing
pursued/obtained new accounts as well as maintaining present
supervised the Desk Top Publishing Dept.
initiated the computerization of the Accounts Dept.

EDUCATION
January '89 to August '91
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, Texas.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, August, 1991.
Honors: Malaysian Government Academic Scholarship.
Major courses in Accounting Theory I, IIA and IIB, Operational Use of Financial Data, Costs and Budgets, Transaction Processing Systems, Federal Income Tax I and II, Advanced Accounting Problems and Auditing.
May '86 to December '88
COLLEGE OF PREPARATORY STUDIES (PPP)
Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Completed all general educational requirements to pursue a Baccalaureate degree in Business Administration (Accounting) at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
January '81 to December '85
PENANG FREE SCHOOL
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
SPM '85 - Grade One
ACTIVITIES
Committee member of EAC Holdings Staff Shop & Sports Club. Played bowling for Division in the intercompany games. Represents Philip Morris in the Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers Security Sub-committee
SKILLS
Proficient in various business and accounting softwares (Lotus123, Excel, Hyperion, Word Perfect, MS Word and others). Also familiar with DTP softwares. (Aldus Pagemaker, CorelDraw! etc). Able to write basic web pages and knows a little of JavaScript programming
INTERESTS Photography, Cycling, Travel, Snorkeling, Badminton and Fishing

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14, Lorong Ibukota Kiri
Taman Ibukota, Gombak
53100 Kuala Lumpur
House Tel: (03) 423 7061
Office Tel: (03) 794 8311 (ext 317)
shamsul@bigfoot.com

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