Tax Manager
BDO
Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months
• Process and manage VAT implementation projects for different sectors such as investment sectors, manufacturing industry, hospitality and many others.
• Advise clients on VAT requirements and responding to queries with appropriate level of knowledge.
• Supervising VAT team and ensuring the assignment will deliver on time with high competency.
• Enhancing VAT team to share their respond to client’s queries to minimize the risk of wrong advice.
• Managed and lead a portfolio of over 30 clients diversify between VAT, Zakat, Tax and withholding.
• Prepared annual Zakat, Tax return and also monthly and annually withholding filling.
• Responding to GAZT on behalf of clients.
• Liaise with GAZT for audit inspection and compliance.
Individual tax return, sales tax return (VAT) & bookkeeping:
• Responsible for managing, planning and scheduling engagements to ensure overall work is within budget constraints
• Responsible for payroll data, execution, and reporting
• Responsible for monthly sales tax returns.
• Assisted with calculations for year to date tax and allocation taxable income; prepared/reviewed federal and state estimated tax payments
• Interfaced with IRS for client’s tax issues
• On-boarded new staff, e.g., tax software, etc.
• Verified, allocated, and posted details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts through GL system
• Managed and prepared the profit and loss statement using QuickBooks
• Created reports to show statistics for bills and other items pertinent to the business operations
Assisted audit manager during planning, and oversee the audit performance and process.
•Performed annual risk assessment, and ensured efficiency of internal controls.
•Performed regulatory audit of functional areas and reporting significant internal control deficiency.
•Presented audit findings and communicated with audit manager to find better solutions.
• Reviewed general ledger accounts and checked suppurating documents to make sure that all information and disclosures in financial statements are accurate.
• Performed audit testing for the major accounts to ensure that closing balances are related to the current year financial information to avoid overstatement or understatement certain accounts.
• Evaluated clients’ internal controls and prepared the audit program outlining the extent of required sampling.
• Prepared accurate audit program based on business understanding and risk assessment.
• Lead multiple engagements for companies in different industries, such as manufacturing, retail, banking, hospitality and many others.
• Participated in all assurance engagements, preparing reports and schedules for clients, by working with other team members, departments and also maintaining strong professional relationships with clients
courses: CPA Certification - In process -Passed AUD, Scheduled REG November 2017, FAR February 2018
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