Operations & Admin manager - Commidity Divisin
SAFCO INTERNATIONAL GEN TRDG CO LLC
Total years of experience :35 years, 4 months
Commodity Division Head.
Entire control of Commodity Division, Including Procurement, Import & Export, Finance, Operations and costing.
Head Finance and Admin
Safco International Group of Companies, DUBAI: Handling two units two units in Seychelles CITI MART SUPER MARKET (Ex Spinnies based Dubai) and The Maharajas Fine Dining Restaurant (Eden Island) in Seychelles since from 01 May 2010 - 17 May 2014.
• Complete control of handling unit business
• Drive business of USD 1 Million per month by international trading and merchandizing
• Finding gaps within the market and updating for mileage
• Operating specialty counters for bottom line mileage
• Ensuring key merchandizing SKU's are available all the Time
• Refine The Master With Assortment From Food Expo Events.
• Drive Business with Customer Satisfaction and Building customer care.
• Effective cost control management and efficient manpower management including interim staff training and encouraging local knowledge.
• Maintaining 16% net profit
General Manager
Safco Foods Lanka Pvt Ltd
Jan 2012 - July 2012 ( on deptation)
• Finding gaps in the market and driving business by procuring the right merchandise.
• Operating Specialty counters for bottom line mileage
• Building customer care departments and driving business to ensure optimum customer satisfaction
• Training local staff on various product items
• Efficient man power management and effective cost control management
Assistant Manager
Finance and Accounts,
Ernst&Young India Pvt Ltd
Apr 2007 - Oct 2009
• Transitioning and stabilizing processes in India to comply with the firm's financial accounting policies and procedures
• Identifying and implementing new cost saving processes.
• Meet the timelines as per service level agreement (SLA)
• Fixed Asset Management as per US Tax Laws and accounting principles.
• Managing and motivating teams and monitoring and resolving issues on a day-to-day basis.
• Reconciliation Management: Assigning responsibilities to staff and conducting reviews monthly.
Team Manager
Finance and Accounts,
IBM Daksh India Pvt Ltd
Aug 2005 - Apr 2007
• Transitioning and stabilizing processes in India to comply with the firm's financial accounting policies and procedures
• Identifying and implementing new cost saving processes.
• Meet the timelines as per service level agreement (SLA)
• Fixed Asset Management as per US Tax Laws and accounting principles.
• Managing and motivating teams and monitoring and resolving issues on a day-to-day basis.
• Reconciliation Management: Assigning responsibilities to staff and conducting reviews monthly.
Assistant Finance Manager
Maldives Inflight Catering Pvt Ltd
Aug 2004 - Aug 2005
• Supervising vouching, invoicing, and primary data sources prepared by Accounts Assistant and Accounts Officer.
• Reconciling the inventory transactions updated by the stores department.
• Preparing of ledger accounts, keeping track of debtors and creditors, preparing monthly and quarterly Profit & Loss accounts
• Consolidation of cash flow, balance sheet and hotel and inflight kitchen accounts.
Accounts Supervisor
Maldives Inflight Catering Pvt Ltd
Apr 1999 - Aug 2004
• Preparing and forecasting yearly budgets.
• Reporting monthly statements and performance reports to SATS Singapore.
• Budgeting, possible areas of cost control, and projections.
Accounts Officer
Maldives Inflight Catering Pvt Ltd
Nov 1996 - Apr 1999
• Preparing and consolidating quarterly accounts of inflight kitchen and hotel to be sent to Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Republic of Maldives.
• Hands on experience in Tally (Accounting Software) and IDS Intellect Data Systems (Inventory Software)
Accounts Assistant
Shri Ram Refrigeration & Industries Ltd.
Nov 1996 - Apr 1999
• Preparing company sales tax statement and filing sales tax returns
• Preparing creditor payments and tracking outstanding debtors
• Reporting to the Hyderabad head office with monthly sales tax statements
Accounts Assistant
Forward Electronics & Leasing Ltd.
Dec 1989 - Oct 1998
• Independently handling the hire purchase department, process hire purchase application and submit to bank for loan payments.
• Preparing monthly debtor outstanding statements, monthly bank reconciliation statements and debtor ledger accounts
Accounts Assistant
Bureau Veritas (BVQI) - Industrial Division
Nov 1992 - Oct 1996
• Maintaining all books of accounts in both manual and tailor-made accounting software
• Reporting to BVQI France with monthly statements
• Processing creditor payments and monthly payrolls
Accounts Assistant
Shekar & Co. Chartered Accountant firm
Sep 1986 - Sep 1988
• Preparing and maintaining client accounts.
Diploma in Computers 1989 Completed diploma in computers from ABC Computer training centre in Mumbai with excellent grades and an expertise in computer science fundamentals.
Bachelors Degree in Commerce 1983 - 1986 Completed Bachelors in Commerce with upper class honours from Bharatidasan University, University of Madras. Key subjects included accounting, business economics, banking, and communication and decision analysis.