ABDUL SATHAR C, Senior Accountant cum Financial Analyst

ABDUL SATHAR C

Senior Accountant cum Financial Analyst

Next Level

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, BCom
Experience
17 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months

Senior Accountant cum Financial Analyst at Next Level
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2019

✓ Financial Reporting: Prepared Consolidated Financials (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Sales
Analysis Report on monthly basis). Prepared monthly Financial Presentation. Draft various account
analysis report using SQL, Power BI, Excel Power Query & Power Pivot.
✓ Cash Flow: Developed automated up to date cash flow statement using Power BI.
✓ General Ledger: Maintains and reconcile general ledger accounts; amortizations, prepaid and
reconciling TB, ledgers & accruals.
✓ Project Accounting & Invoicing: Create project accounts in the system, maintain project-related
costing & records, including contracts and variation orders. Verify Contractor Progressive Payment
Certificates. Render invoices to clients on a timely basis according to contract terms and follow up
with Project Managers. Process bulk quantity of supplier invoices. Maintain overhead charges and other expenses to be applied to a project. Report on project profitability to management. Prepare and update cost report, cash flow and project updates. Prepare & compare budgeted cost and actual cost analysis.
✓ Accounts Payable & Receivables :
✓ VAT: Preparation, validation and submission of VAT returns. Maintain & reconcile VAT Balances on General Ledger.
✓ Developing interactive dashboards, reports and financial models using Microsoft Power BI, Power Query and Power Pivot.
✓ Liaise with Auditors: Assist in Internal and external audit activities. Preparation of audit schedules and work closely with the auditors to ensure the completion of a timely audit.

Senior Accountant at MARLIN FURNITURE LLC (ARENCO GROUP)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2017 to September 2019

• Handled full spectrum of financial and cost accounting role (AR, AP, GL, forecasting, budgeting etc.)
• Prepare Consolidated Financials (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow, on monthly basis). Prepare monthly Financial Presentation.
• Draft various account analyses and reporting package using Power BI, Power Query / Power Pivot.
• Prepare monthly journal entries for Accruals, Prepaid, Provisions, etc.
• Create project accounts in the accounting system, maintain project-related records, including contracts and change orders.
• Render invoices to clients on a timely basis according to contract terms and follow up for payments.
• Review and approve costing & sales orders.
• Process supplier invoices related to a project.
• Review and approve overhead charges and other expenses to be applied to a project.
• Preparing budget for various projects undertaken by the company
• Prepare & compare projected cost and actual cost after the project completion and submit it to Board.
• Compilation of ICV ( In Country Values).
• Report on project profitability to management.
• Report to management regarding the remaining funding available for projects
• Prepare bank guarantees upon requirements.
• Approve the write-off of any project-related billings that cannot be billed to or collected from customers
• Close out project accounts upon project completion
• Compile information for internal and external auditors, as required.
• Consolidation of inter-company transactions and reconciliations
• Process Monthly Payroll: Computation of salaries, attendance, leave, fixed & variable entitlements. Handling final settlement, annual leave settlements, combined salary register and maintaining register for every employees.
• Prepare the monthly reconciliation of VAT Report, Ensure timely payment, Maintain VAT Balances on General Ledger.

Accountant at MARLIN FURNITURE LLC (ARENCO GROUP)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2011 to September 2017

 Assisting senior manager in the preparation & review of annual budget process in accordance with prescribed guidelines and formats.
 Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing, preparing monthly financial reports, P& L accounts, Balance sheet, debtors aging, stock aging etc.
 Consolidation of inter-company transactions and reconciliations, Bank A/C reconciliation.
 Balance sheet accounts reconciliations, Record monthly journal entries for payroll, fixed assets, employee accruals, prepaid expenses, provision for utilities, sales commission etc.
 Assist in Internal and external audit activities. Preparation of audit schedules and work closely with the auditors to ensure the completion of a timely audit.
 Handling and reconciling petty cash (for all branches), making entries after ensuring the vouchers are signed.
 Opening LC for purchase, bank guarantee for customers. Resolve all concerns and issues involved in generation of LC (Letter of Credit).
 Process monthly Utility bills (Telephone, Fuel and Electricity) on time.
 Ensure that all revenues and costs are correctly allocated and monitored including regular reconciliations of accounts.
 Processing separate payrolls for 2 inter-companies under the group as per WPS system
• Computation of salaries, attendance, leave, fixed & variable entitlements; developing and maintaining documentation, pay-slips & controls for all payroll related activities, Handling final settlement, annual leave settlements, combined salary register and maintaining register for every employees.
 Sales Accounting & Accounts Receivables
• Approve daily schedule/Sales Order after verifying & checking sales order, receipt and discounts, PO/Contract terms.
• Preparation of the daily sales report and detailed analysis of the sales on daily basis for management information and decision making.
• Prepare invoices for credit customers and send out. Follow up through email and phone contact, allocate payment after receipt.
• Monitor customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
• Review AR aging to ensure compliance.
• Journal entries and adjustments for the debtors’ accounts reconciliation.
• Scrutinizing Accounts Receivable plan and reconciliation for debtor’s ledgers; preparing schedule of outstanding liability at the year end. Analyze the Sales with targets and expenses.
• Arrange daily collection reports from retail branch managers and reconcile cash, cheque and credit card receipts with bank account and passing necessary entries on time.
• Calculate and prepare quarterly sales commission after checking the sales target of sales persons.
 Effective Cash flow Management
• Managing total collections / receivables (both local and outstation) of all the corporate & Project customers on daily basis and reporting the same to centralized hub.
• Fund managing within limited fund situation and satisfying the vendors, employees and the management

Accountant at Al Naboodah Construction Group LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2006 to July 2011

Education

Bachelor's degree, BCom
  • at Calicut Unviersity
  • May 2002
Higher diploma, Business Professional Programmer
  • at DOEACC Society, Ministry of IT, India
  • August 2001
Diploma, Typewriting English -Higher
  • at Kerala Government Technical Education
  • February 1998
Bachelor's degree, Pre-Degree Commerce
  • at Calicut Unviersity
  • May 1995
High school or equivalent, SSLC
  • at Kerala Board of Public Exam.
  • March 1993

Specialties & Skills

Payroll
Tally ERP
Oracle ERP
JD Edwards
Office Packages: Ms Excel, Ms-Word, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Visio, Open Office Calc., Open Office Org,
DTP & Graphic Designing: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Page Maker, Quark Express, Adobe Ill
ERP & Data bases: JDE, AS400, Ms Access, Oracle, Tally.ERP 9 & Foxpro
Programming Languages: C & Visual Basic
General Ledger, Account Receivable, Account Payable, Cash Flow, Fixed Asset & Inventory Control
Preparing Financial Statements, General Ledger Accounting, P& L Statements, Balance Sheets
Account Reconciliations, Report Generation, Compliance to Accounting Standards, Strategizing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Football, Swimming