Muhammad Zakarya
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
Results-driven accounting professional with a strong background in programming, specializing in ERP system development, financial process automation, and the seamless integration of finance and technology. Adept at bridging the gap between accounting principles and modern software solutions to drive efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Founder & CEO
Devozilla Information Technology L.L.C
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10.2024 - Current
- Founder & CEO – Devozilla Information Technologies: Founded and successfully led a technology company specializing in ERP solutions , with a mission to bridge the gap between traditional business processes and modern, scalable digital systems.
- End-to-End ERP System Development: Spearheaded the full development of the Devozilla ERP system , taking it from initial concept to full-scale implementation. The system was tailored for SMEs and enterprises , supporting modules such as accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory, HR, and financial reporting.
- Accounting + Tech Integration: Seamlessly integrated accounting best practices into the ERP platform, combining deep financial knowledge with modern software development methodologies to ensure compliance, accuracy, and usability.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Oversaw the entire product lifecycle , including business requirements gathering, system architecture design, UI/UX planning, agile development , testing , and deployment . Maintained ongoing improvements based on client feedback and industry trends.
- Team Leadership & Strategy: Led cross-functional teams across development, QA, UI/UX, and customer support, while driving product roadmap strategy and aligning technical decisions with business goals.
Accountant - Financial Technology Specialist
Dubai Holding Real Estate
Dubai
06.2023 - 09.2024
- Customer and Bank Reconciliations: Effectively managed customer account reconciliations and conducted bank reconciliations with high accuracy, ensuring alignment between internal financial records and external statements, and contributing to timely month-end and year-end closings.
- Salesforce Automation: Enhanced the Salesforce CRM system by developing and integrating Python automation scripts , optimizing data processing, reducing manual input errors, and accelerating workflow execution for the finance and sales teams.
- Web-Based Financial Interfaces: Collaborated with software development teams to design and implement web-based interfaces tailored to communicate accounting and financial requirements , bridging the gap between finance and IT, and ensuring that business rules were accurately translated into technical solutions.
- Client Communication & Financial Reporting: Streamlined client communication processes by introducing structured reporting templates and communication protocols. Improved financial reporting workflows , leading to more timely, accurate, and professional delivery of financial statements and reconciliations to stakeholders.
Accounting Assistant → SAP Administrator
International Group Trading Co. L.L.C
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
10.2021 - 05.2023
- Accounting Operations: Independently managed end-to-end accounting tasks, including creating journal entries , customer invoices , payment receipts , and processing both incoming and outgoing payments , ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal controls and financial standards.
- Customer & Bank Reconciliation: Conducted regular customer ledger reconciliations to resolve outstanding balances, identify discrepancies, and ensure up-to-date accounts. Performed accurate and timely bank reconciliations to maintain financial integrity and prevent accounting mismatches.
- Promotion to SAP B1 System Manager: Recognized for strong technical and analytical capabilities and promoted to SAP Business One System Manager within just 2 months of joining the organization.
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Worked closely with Sales, Human Resources, Procurement, Inventory , and Management teams to streamline business processes, resolve operational issues, and provide financial insights that supported strategic decision-making.
- Automation and Efficiency: Designed and deployed a suite of automated Python tools that dramatically reduced report preparation time from 4–5 hours to under 2 minutes , significantly improving productivity and reducing manual workload.
- Reporting & Data Analysis: Built comprehensive and customized reporting solutions by extracting, transforming, and analyzing data directly from SAP Business One , delivering actionable business intelligence that improved performance tracking and decision-making across departments.
- Process Improvement: Identified inefficiencies in existing workflows and implemented automation strategies , resulting in improved accuracy, time savings, and better compliance with audit requirements.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Accounting
Faculty of Commerce - English Section
Sadat City - Egypt 09.2018 - 07.2021
Skills
Accounting and Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Cost Accounting
- Tax Accounting
- Corporate Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Bank Reconciliation
- Financial Modeling
- ERP Development
- SAP Business One
- Salesforce
- Python
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- React JS
- React Native
- Dart
- Flutter
- SQL
Timeline
Founder & CEO
Devozilla Information Technology L.L.C
10.2024 - Current
Accountant - Financial Technology Specialist
Dubai Holding Real Estate
06.2023 - 09.2024
Accounting Assistant → SAP Administrator
International Group Trading Co. L.L.C
10.2021 - 05.2023
Bachelor's degree - Accounting
Faculty of Commerce - English Section
09.2018 - 07.2021
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