Aamir Iqbal

AR & Billing Specialist with 9+ years of experience reducing DSO, recovering aged receivables, and protecting revenue across high-volume service environments. Proven success managing high-value customer accounts, improving billing accuracy, resolving billing discrepancies, and strengthening cash flow through end-to-end invoicing, collections, cash application, and revenue reconciliation. Recovered BHD 35,000+ annually in overdue receivables, improved financial reporting accuracy by 25%, and reduced month-end close from 5 days to 3 days using stronger AR controls, billing governance, and process optimization.

Senior AR & Billing Operations Analyst at BNET (National Telecommunications Infrastructure Provider) (2020-10 – 2025-12)

Owned day-to-day billing operations for 10,000+ monthly enterprise broadband and B2B transactions, ensuring accurate customer invoicing aligned with service activity, fee schedules, and contract terms across multiple programs and carrier relationships.

• Reduced customer onboarding cycle from 21 days to 9 days by redesigning billing approvals, provisioning workflows, and service activation processes, accelerating revenue recognition.
• Improved service delivery efficiency by 20% by streamlining vendor coordination, escalation handling, and approval workflows across 15+ telecom vendors.
• Strengthened billing governance by improving invoice validation, payment controls, and dispute resolution processes, reducing operational revenue leakage and improving turnaround time.
• Tracked SLA compliance, billing cycle performance, backlog control, and service delays using executive KPI dashboards to support senior leadership decisions.
• Resolved high-priority billing escalations and customer disputes, improving customer retention and reducing service disruption risks.
• Delivered financial dashboards and reporting frameworks that improved account management decisions and operational planning.

Accounts Receivable & Credit Control Analyst at Multipoint Services Co. WLL (Commercial & Financial Services Provider) (2019-01 – 2020-09)

• Improved financial reporting accuracy by 25% by redesigning reconciliations, billing validation controls, and month-end close procedures.
• Reduced reporting turnaround from 5 business days to 3 days by automating recurring billing reports and optimizing SAP ERP financial workflows.
• Recovered BHD 35,000+ annually in overdue receivables through proactive collections strategy, AR aging analysis, payment application, and customer follow-up while improving collection efficiency and reducing payment delays across customer accounts.
• Managed full-cycle accounts receivable for high-value customer accounts including invoice generation, cash application, customer ledger reconciliation, collections follow-up, short payment investigation, unapplied cash resolution, and billing dispute resolution to improve cash flow visibility and protect revenue continuity.
• Supported month-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and financial reporting for leadership review.
• Improved VAT compliance and audit readiness by strengthening documentation standards, reporting controls, and tax filing accuracy.
• Supported budgeting, forecasting, and working capital planning to improve payment prioritization and operational cash flow management.
• Trained junior finance staff on billing controls, reconciliation standards, and reporting compliance, improving departmental productivity.

Billing & Reconciliation Analyst at Mobitel Communication WLL (Retail & Telecom Operations) (2016-03 – 2019-01)

• Reduced stock and revenue discrepancies by 15% through stronger reconciliation controls, invoice verification, and reporting accuracy across billing operations.
• Built reporting frameworks for inventory movement and billing records, improving purchasing decisions and reducing stock shortages.
• Prevented recurring financial losses by identifying workflow gaps and implementing stronger reconciliation procedures and internal controls.
• Supported invoice validation, inventory accounting, and operational reporting to maintain accurate financial records and reduce audit exposure.
• Strengthened billing controls and financial reporting standards across inventory operations, improving audit readiness, reducing reporting errors, and increasing compliance across finance functions.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance (2019 – 2021)

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) (2014 – 2017)