Assoc Accountant
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Total years of experience :13 years, 7 Months
• Post journal entries.
• Prepare accounts analysis for GL balances under responsibility, as advised by Financial Accounting Supervisor or Financial Accountant to ensure appropriate valuation.
• Prepare accounts reconciliations for all clearing other and prepayment accounts to ensure that accounts used are regularly reviewed and cleared.
• Revaluation of monthly AP and AR balances in foreign currencies;
• Review of Monthly ICO reconciliations. Responsible for ensuring that all inter-company balances are agreed;
• Assist in preparation of consolidated Balance Sheet books
• Assist in month end closing tasks - uploading journals, reconciliation of management P&L vs. TB, running standard month end reports, updating management P&L’s
• Daily download of bank statements. Entering of data onto ledgers. Daily reconciliation of bank accounts.
• Identify rejected customer payments and inform AR and collector.
• Monthly formal reconciliation of bank accounts to General Ledger, to ensure that all bank transactions are booked into the GL accounts.
• Reconciliation of cash clearing accounts, to ensure that temporary differences are properly booked into GL accounts.
• Apply cash cut-off policy and record any adjustment at month-end
• Reporting to Central banks where required.
• Reconciliation and confirmation of Intercompany loans. Ensure documentation of all loan agreements is updated.
SYSTEM USED : SAP
Assisting with the timely and accurate preparation of the monthly management accounts.
- Standard journals, accruals and prepayments.
- Reconciliation of Balance Sheet Accounts on a regular and timely basis. These include
:
o Assisting with VAT returns, P11D's.
o Accruals and prepayments
o Intercompany reconciliations
o Payroll Reconciliations.
- Participate in, and suggest improvements to, the management accounts process.
- Contribution to annual budgeting, and quarterly forecasting.
- Assisting with the year-end audit.
- Supporting the Financial Controller in preparing other ad hoc financial reporting,
analysis, and accounts department duties.
- Management of the Intercompany relationship between Russia and the rest of Europe
- Involved in Internal Control Testing in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
- Assisted a team and performed tests on various e-business modules
- Current Project - Implementation of ORACLE eBusiness Suite (Financials R12) project,
migrating from Lawson to Oracle.
o Data Mapping of Lawson to Oracle GL module (Data Cleansing and mapping)
o Attending CRP's / Walkthroughs
o Assisting the technical team with the Business Knowledge
o Assisting with mapping of the AP and AR modules.
o Gathering Financial Reporting Requirements
o Exposure to the Oracle Financials R12 Application.
o Exposure to Oracle Discoverer Reporting Tool
Actively involved in the credit control process, liaising with debtors to facilitate
prompt and accurate payments in line with agreements. Coordinating payment plan proposals
where applicable via telephone, invoicing, emailing etc
- Carrying out ad hoc administrative duties associated with the finance function
including maintaining filing and archiving systems in line with company policies.
- Liaise with colleagues and external suppliers
- Raise Sales invoices and process purchase invoices.
- Chase up and resolve any issues that arise.
- Update utility spread sheets with details of invoice numbers/vat/date issued.
- fulfil general administrative duties such as telephone answering, faxing, word-
processing etc
- Manage customer and clientele relations over the telephone as well as face to face.
- Ordering Stationary, dealing with post and Arranging Couriers
Achieved 1st Class Honours in BA Accounting & Finance. MainSubjects: Advanced Accounting Theory & Practice Advanced Corporate Finance Auditing and Assurance Case Study Management Accounting 3 Theory and Practice of Taxation Business Law Personal Aspects of Management Economics/Law Information Technology Quantitative Analysis
Achieved 1st Class Honours in BA Accounting & Finance. MainSubjects: Advanced Accounting Theory & Practice Advanced Corporate Finance Auditing and Assurance Case Study Management Accounting 3 Theory and Practice of Taxation Business Law Personal Aspects of Management Economics/Law Information Technology Quantitative Analysis