A Young, Accomplished, and Talented Certified Public Accountant CPA Finalist
Strategic, Self-driven, Gulf experienced Financial Management Accountant equipped with 8 years of diverse experience within Multinational Co. and diversified Industry in UAE and Pakistan.
Manifest outstanding knowledge in Accounting, Taxation (Pakistan UAE VAT, Income Tax) Financial Reporting, Finalization of Accounts, MIS Report, Credit Control, Receivable Payable Management, Budgeting, Variance Analysis maintaining General Ledger Accounts, and updating internal financial information and statistical data. Also, I have a good hand with Accounting Software like Symbols, Optimum, and Quickbooks and am also well conversant with Advanced MS Excel and MS Word. Possess excellent analytical, planning, monitoring, critical thinking, attention to detail, leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making interpersonal skills.
I have been working since 2013 and have rich experience in the above-mentioned areas. My total professional work experience is 6 years including 3 years of UAE experience. I have worked in Senior level management.
The attached resume outlines all that I could offer to your organization. I look forward to learning more about the opportunity and discussing how I can contribute my strengths to the organization. I appreciate you taking the time to review my credentials and experience.
With hope for a positive response, Thank you in anticipation.
▪ Responsible for organizing the budgeting process. This shall include but not be limited to the following.▪ Collect historical data on running and capital expenditures.▪ Organizing a Budget meeting with all the concerned stakeholders and getting signed clearance for the Budget along with recording salient points and concerns expressed in the meeting.▪ Collecting any and all notices of a financial/Tax nature and reporting. Keeping track of responses and following proceedings of any such notices till resolved.▪ Prepared monthly financial statements & financial reviews for the management.▪ Revise and improve the financial policies and procedures of the school, and maintain a well-documented system for these policies and procedures.▪ Ensure that monthly and yearly financial reports are completed in a timely manner.▪ Prepared monthly cash reports and bank reconciliation statements.▪ Prepared payroll sheet and straight to Bank for proceedings.▪ Maintains the fixed asset register, including recording all items in inventory and maintaining relevant records for fixed asset acquisitions and disposals.▪ Ensure the efficiency of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and Fee billing in the school.▪ Provide financial analysis to support decision-making, including capital investments, Admission fees, monthly fees, and vendor contract negotiations.▪ Interact with suppliers and clients to ensure the smooth running of daily operations.▪ Performed any other necessary duties as required.
• Responsible for the monthly reporting, variance analysis and KPI’s for active projects, ensuring accurate and timely submissions.
• Responsible for reviewing and issuing the utilization reports to project managers, ensuring any required adjustments are accurately completed within the deadline.
• Ensure new projects are set up correctly, including donor contracts, Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) and Project Financial Analysis (PFAs).
• Prepare monthly, adhoc reports and analysis to enhance understanding of the performance of the Projects.
• Assist the Senior Accountant with all audit requirements, donor reporting and monthly Programme and Project income accruals.
• Provide first line support to Programme and Project Managers and Regional Office Finance Staff.
• Assist in accounting, budgeting and re-forecasting processes for externally funded Projects
• Ensure good financial controls and compliance with CABI accounting procedures to satisfy audit requirements.
• Extracting data from the accounting application, analyzing the same and preparing the required management reports on periodic basis.
• Recording revenues based on the reports of POS and deposits collected at sales units.
• Calculating cost of goods sold and working to account for the inter-company / unit transactions.
• Preparing bank reconciliation statements.
• Comprehensive financial reporting and analysis.
• Ensuring that all the expenses are correctly accounted for in the books of accounts.
• Tracking the unrecorded transactions and accounting for of the same.
• Financial reporting on quarterly basis to the group which includes submission of financial statements, disclosures and other information.
• Implement the accounting standards for accounts payable journals and ledgers.
• Process invoices duly approved by the proper authority.
• Ensure that the right accounts payable for each type of invoice are in their proper ledger accounts.
• Ensure correct invoice entries into the accounts payable module of any accounting system.
• Matched cheque issued with invoices amount and ensure the proper cheque signatories are reflected for approval.
• Ensure that the invoices have been properly matched with actual deliveries or services performed with 3rd parties.
• Prepared monthly financial statements & financial review for the management.
• Prepared bank & cash reconciliation statement.
• Reported Charts of Accounts (RCOA) on quarterly basis.
• Monthly / yearly end activities which includes closing of monthly / yearly accounts.
• Maintained a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
• Managed company's Budget, financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems.
• Performed research on factors influencing business performance.
• Developed financial management mechanisms that minimize financial risk.
• Managed vendors and bank reconciliation.
• Managed financial departments with responsibility for Budgets, Forecasting, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivable.
• Ensured compliance with accounting deadlines.
• Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll departments.
• Administered online banking functions.