General Accountant
Engineering Contracting Co. LLC
Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months
Key Responsibilities:
• Planning, organizing and evaluating all accounting procedures and policies to ensure transactions are efficient/ effective, accounting is accurate and complete.
• Ensuring accurate recording of transactions for joint venture projects with partner-company as well as journalizing monthly invoices of partners against the joint venture projects.
• Ascertaining the accuracy and correctness of suppliers' invoices; preparing debit notes for any difference and posting the same in the accounts payable ledger, simultaneously formulating corresponding adjustments on cost.
• Directing the preparation of inter-company reconciliation statement, while ensuring strict adherence to company guidelines.
• Instrumental in preparing monthly bank reconciliation statement for all current accounts and journalizing the essential book adjustments whenever necessary.
• Spearheading the preparation of daily schedule of post dated cheques issued and preparing monthly cost center report for batching plant operations.
• Assisting in the preparation of cheque payments for petty cash funds replenishments and sub-contractor cheque payments, thus updating the same in the system for easy/speedy retrieval.
• Supervising verification of materials receipt vouchers for materials and services incurred at construction sites, central store, batching plant and camp accommodations.
• Composing monthly schedule of sub-contractors’ work done and payments made as well as reviewing work done by them.
Key Responsibilities:
• Proffered support to operations, productions and sales in the areas of financial planning, control and decision making.
• Ensured that necessary steps are taken to safeguard company assets and expenses as per company policies.
• Streamlined the preparation of monthly financial statements that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position.
• Led overall operations of the finance management and handled an array of tasks associated with treasury functions including cashiering and payment processing.
• Examined validity of all claims against the company in accordance with company rules/regulations.
• Liaised with internal and external auditors to efficiently carry out yearly financial audit and arranging company meetings with auditors to evaluate audit findings.
• Managed overall activities of the finance team and conducted performance reviews periodically to maintain a professional and skilled team.
Key Responsibilities:
• Performed verification, validation/ reconciliation of all funds account for the region and reported any deviation from company policies on funds.
• Monitored the preparation of monthly gross contribution report per product type, per market segment and per area, thus recommended control procedures to ensure integrity of reports.
• Actively involved in the development of records retention program (databank), thereby ensuring availability of historical data.
• Established operating/capital expenditure budgets in conjunction with Finance Managers, monitoring performance to achieve budgeted results.
• Lend a helping hand to the members of management team to ensure conformity of actual results to standards, thus initiating corrective actions.
• Drafted IRR study for business partners and expansion projects along with prepared consolidated financial statement to recommend and effect requisite modifications.
• Actively reviewed funds and accounts receivables on quarterly basis to verify accuracy of balances and communicated with the sales department regarding disposition of problematic accounts for better workflow.
• Compiled detailed reports on sales/ revenues, costs and expenses and submitted to upper management for further/ efficient decision making.
• Managed the preparation of various reports in conjunction with Head Office and presented the same to government regulatory bodies, shareholders, financial institutions and suppliers.
Previous Professional Experience:
• July 1995- February 1999: Branch Accountant with Pure Foods Corporation, Philippines