Senior Accountant
Al Futtaim Private Ltd
Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months
My role at Al-Futtaim is to handle accounting for Dubai Festival City (DFC) Group and its subsidiaries.
The major responsibility is to prepare and consolidate financial statements of the Dubai Festival City (DFC) Group and its subsidiaries, in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to manage statutory audits by having close coordination with business managers and external auditors.
Other responsibilities are to ensure balance sheet integrity, manage finance charges and derivatives, vendors' database, produce reports with commentary and reporting in Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).
★Key achievements★
Recognized as "employee of the quarter" for following achievements:
✔ Introduced stringent controls over preparation of financial statements
✔ Automated fund transfer process
✔ Implemented SAP accrual engine, resulting in automatic postings in general ledger
In this position which began in June 2011 as Assistant Finance Manager, graduating to the full time Finance Manager in Sep 2013, I was responsible to manage projects worth upto 20 million USD and to ensure transactions were fully compliant with the Company’s policy and project agreements.
Job responsibilities:
● Handled financial operations of the Company including accounts payable, payroll, local taxes and month end reporting
● Developed budgets which were always met
● Tracked expenditures and performed financial reporting
● Ensured sufficient cash flows are available to support smooth project operations
● Consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS) and facilitated audits
★Key achievements★
✔Recognized by senior management for successfully managing all projects within budget and implementing strong controls over Company’s asset.
✔ Developed, documented and implemented financial policies and procedures
✔ Facilitated zero fault audits
Joined as an Accountant in March 2008 and promoted to Senior Budget Analyst role in Aug 2010, where I played a key role in managing large projects from international agencies including USAID, AUSAID, EU and EC
Duties:
● Reviewed funding proposals and prepared feasibility reports for management
● Developed robust reporting mechanism to track spending
● Regularly monitored P& to ensure all expenses were timely recorded in books
● Prepared and submitted financial reports which were fully compliant with reporting deadlines
● Processed 800+ invoices on monthly basis and furnished senior executives with various AP reports
● Performed reconciliations, monitored outstanding balances and executed follow-ups
★Key achievements★
✔ All projects were completed within budget and with zero fault audits
✔ Developed tracking mechanism with ageing analysis to monitor outstanding receivables
Qualified ACCA - current status "Member"