Mohamed Siraj

Responsible for three Business units:
Lazard Asset Management
Lazard Gulf Limited (Dubai)
Lazard Asset Management Bahrain
Accounts Payable

•Obtain approval and code Vendor invoices
•Book Vendor Invoices into Financial Systems
•Raise payment against Vendor Invoices
•Booking Employee Expenses
•Raise Payment against Employee Expenses
•Reconcile individual Vendor accounts against Vendor’s statements
•Matching up company credit card purchases
•Booking of all company credit card statements within

Month End Task
.
•Forecasting in Monthly cash management operations.
•Provide support to the Financial Controller as required in respect of general ledger postings (foreign invoice postings) and assisted in monthly trend analysis.
•Responsible for estimating monthly accruals
•Responsible for reviewing and reconciling prepayment expenses,

Intercompany

•To ensure all liabilities are to be matched to the correct entities’ assets
Raise Intercompany invoices (with supporting documentation)
•Prepare monthly reports to the Senior Financial Accountant to facilitate reconciliation

Key Duties and Responsibilities include;

•Obtain approval and code Vendor invoices
•Book Vendor Invoices into Financial Systems
•Raise payment against Vendor Invoices
•Booking Employee Expenses
•Raise Payment against Employee Expenses
•Raise Payment against Honoraria requests
•Reconcile individual Vendor accounts against Vendor’s statements
•Matching up company credit card purchases
•Booking of all company credit card statements within Financial System
•Liaise with US colleagues to ensure appropriate authorization on US payments
•Provide weekly creditors reports
•Daily Cash Statement reporting
•Weekly Bank Reconciliations for five banks
•Issuance of Petty Cash and Study Floats (including foreign currency petty cash)
•Booking of Petty Cash and Study Floats into Financial Systems
•Weekly Petty Cash Reconciliations
•Completion of annual PSA forms and upkeep on a regular basis (UK Only)
•Ensure prompt payments to the correct authorities
•Assisting the Management Accountant with preparation of quarterly VAT return

Month End Task

•Assisting in the completion of accurate yearly PSA analysis to reflect HMRC requirements.
•Forecasting in Monthly cash management operations.
•Managing for fixed asset coding and ensuring accurate information are reflected on the fixed asset register.
•Provide support to the Financial Controller as required in respect of general ledger postings (foreign invoice postings) and assisted in monthly trend analysis.
•Responsible for estimating monthly accruals
•Responsible for reviewing and reconciling prepayment expenses,
•Supported the Financial Controller and Management Accountants team with audit preparations and being a point of contact for the auditors for any AP inquiry related,
•To ensure all liabilities are to be matched to the correct entities’ assets
•Raise Intercompany invoices (with supporting documentation)
•Prepare monthly reports to the Senior Financial Accountant to facilitate reconciliation

Key Duties and Responsibilities include;

•Providing and interpreting financial information;
•Responsible for the financial planning, monitoring, reporting and the development of policies Improve and progress financial Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends;
•Analysing change and advising accordingly;
•Formulating strategic and long-term business plans;
•Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance;
•Analysing competitors and market trends;
•Developing financial management mechanisms that minimise financial risk;
•Managing a company's financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems;
•Developing external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g., solicitors, bankers and statutory organisations such as the Inland Revenue;
Producing accurate financial reports P&L and Balance Sheet to specific deadlines
•Reporting and accounting to meet legal requirements including taxation, annual report and accounts and liaising with auditor and managing the audit process.
•Preparation of accurate and timely financial information and monitoring of monthly results and reports, including comparison against budget and prior months, to provide
•Managing budgets;
•Arranging new sources of finance for a company's debt facilities;
•Maintaining the organisation’s ‘Sage’ accounting software,
•Entering month end and year end journals,
•Reconciliations Bank Statement items and variances

Key Duties and Responsibilities include;

•Accurate billing of clients.
•Helping company departments to plan, manage and report their budgets forecasts and variances
•Managing finance purchase ledger, posting of supplier invoices.
•Reviewing the company credit control procedures and developing and implementing enhancements as required.
•Responsible for processing sales ledger invoices.
•Balance sheet Reconciliation.
•Maintaining the company’s Client accounting records.
•Credit control chasing payments and resolving queries from customers within the UK, Europe and the Middle East .
•Investigated and solved any disputes with clients and followed up with sales team.
•Report weekly aged debt to the Management Accountant.
•Assisting with preparation of monthly KPI reports for the group, including variance analysis and commentary.
•Preparation and review of divisional vat returns.
•Assist with the preparation of annual statutory accounts, audit and tax packs