· Maintaining sales tax compliance; assuring timely preparation and submission of monthly sales tax returns of all group companies in compliance with Federal and Provincial Tax authorities.
· Preparing and filing annual income tax returns of all group companies, in consultation with tax consultants.
· Ensuring proper withholding tax deductions, timely tax payments and submission of statements under relevant tax laws.
· Preparing replies along with supportive details, reconciliations and evidence, to comply with notices from tax authorities.
· Coordinating with auditors for preparation and finalization of Statutory Accounts, furnishing necessary details and evidence, and recording/reversing necessary adjustments/provisions.
· Maintaining vendor and customer accounts, recording necessary adjustments, issuing debit/credit notes, to assure accuracy and completeness.
· Verifying and processing service invoices, resolving discrepancies, maintaining payment terms and tax codes of vendors’ master data concerning their profiles. Managed all payables of professional services during successful IPO.
· Verifying import bills and preparing landed costs of imports (direct & indirect materials, machinery, etc.) for reporting to management.

· Maintained sales tax compliance; prepared and filed monthly sales tax returns/payments by accumulating sales and purchases from 10 countrywide stores with over 80,000 monthly transactions.
· Facilitated deliberate compliance to notices from tax authorities by preparing and furnishing supportive details, reconciliations, and evidence.
· Reported directly to the CFO and CEO, facilitated one window operation for all sales tax matters, coordinated with tax consultants.
· Developed and implemented SOPs for 100 percent input tax adjustments through persistent liaison with hundreds of suppliers, which reduced input and output tax gaps to three times in a few months, ultimately reducing sales tax payments.
· Maintained tax ledgers; assured accuracy and transparency through monthly reconciliations, necessary adjustments, regular liaison over taxation matters with suppliers and the revenue team.
· Maintained sales tax rates as per prescribed schedules in item master data for over 36,000 items.
· Prepared annual financial accounts and income tax return/payment.
· Verified and recorded off-invoice discounts/rebates from suppliers every month, and issued debit notes.
· Successfully and timely consolidated and validated supplier’s ledger balances and master data in a short window for data migration during a system upgrade.

·  Prepared monthly management accounts; recorded necessary adjustments/provisions; coordinated with all process owners to ensure all account heads were accurate.
·  Prepared statutory financial statements; furnished necessary details and evidence to external auditors.
·  Managed foreign vendor payments; sought approvals and processed remittances as per schedules to avoid service disruption.
·  Maintained recovery status against satellite service links to propose service terminations of links with overdue recoveries.
·  Maintained tax compliance; ensured timely preparation and submission of tax returns/payments for Federal & Provincial Tax authorities (SRB, PRA, KPRA & BRA); coordinated with consultants; prepared and furnished supportive details, reconciliations, and evidence to comply with notices from tax authorities.
·  Prepared daily funds position report for presentation to management, facilitating deliberate funds allocation.

·  Verified and recoded payable invoices performing three-way match; rectifying discrepancies through close coordination with the supply chain.
·  Organized and implemented payment schedules for smooth and compliant AP process with zero surprises/backlogs.
·  Processed and disbursed payments in accordance with payment terms, schedules, and tax levies.
·  Disbursed and adjusted advances to suppliers and employees; assured timely adjustments with swift follow-ups.
·  Recorded and adjusted provisions for administrative expenses every month to facilitate accurate disclosure in management accounts amid delays in service billings.
·  Prepared details for submission of tax returns; processed tax payments on an ad-hoc basis; and maintained/reconciled all tax accounts.
· Maintained control registers and filing of physical records in a sorted and safe manner for easy access.