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Awais Alam | Data & Automation

Data & Automation

I build systems that save you time.

Operations specialist with 2.5+ years of experience automating business workflows, building data pipelines, and turning chaotic processes into clean, repeatable systems.

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Services

Workflow Automation

Connecting your tools so data flows automatically—no more manual copy-paste between systems.

Data Reconciliation

Finding discrepancies in your data before they become expensive problems—whether it’s inventory, billing, or operational logs.

Systems Integration

Integrating your existing software into one coherent workflow instead of ripping and replacing. Making your current stack talk to each other so data flows without manual re-entry.

Process Documentation

Creating SOPs, checklists, and handoff documents so your operations don’t live in someone’s head.

Selected Projects

Operations

Collections & Receivables Management

Built a daily tracking system for monitoring customer payments, reconciling bank transactions, and forecasting cash flow with client-specific payment terms.

  • Daily AR tracking with aging analysis using client-specific net payment terms
  • Bank reconciliation to match payments against outstanding invoices
  • Collection flags tied to cash-flow needs and payment priority
  • Dispute investigation and resolution tracking
  • Coordination with collection agencies for escalated accounts
  • Cash-flow forecasting inputs for finance team planning
→ Cash-flow crunches eliminated, AR health visible daily

Data Analysis

Job Profitability Analysis

Created a weekly review system that catches jobs invoiced below cost—before they hit the books.

  • Aggregates labor hours and material costs per job
  • Compares total cost against invoiced amount
  • Excludes fixed-price quotes from analysis (only finalized invoices)
  • Handles multi-invoice jobs by aggregating totals before comparison
  • Weekly exception reports sent to management flagging under-billed work
→ Recurring protection against revenue leakage

Payroll

Payroll Operations & Workforce Administration

Weekly payroll processing with timesheet verification, GPS validation, and complete employee lifecycle management.

  • Timesheet verification cross-referenced against GPS data from company vehicles
  • Flag anomalies: incorrect clock-outs, location mismatches, missing job notes
  • Time adjustments and corrections communicated daily before payroll runs
  • Employee onboarding and offboarding workflows
  • Reimbursements, deductions, and payroll exception handling
→ Reduced fraud and payroll errors, clean employee records

Infrastructure

Operations Infrastructure & Talent Acquisition

First employee at the company—built operational infrastructure from scratch and own the end-to-end hiring process.

  • Vendor and subscription management across ~20 tools
  • IT troubleshooting and system administration
  • Full hiring pipeline: job posting, resume extraction to CSV, screening coordination
  • Employee onboarding/offboarding and documentation
  • Participate in interviews and contribute to candidate evaluation
→ Operational foundation built from scratch

Compliance

Compliance & Integration Readiness

Led compliance research for product launch and tracked cross-team requirements for QuickBooks integration.

  • Researched GDPR and CCPA requirements; determined applicability based on company structure
  • Built compliance checklist for data handling and privacy
  • Created integration readiness tracker for QuickBooks (QBO) partnership
  • Coordinated cross-team deliverables between marketing and development
  • Regular progress check-ins and status reporting to leadership
→ Integration on schedule, compliance gaps identified pre-launch

Tools & Technologies