ABDUS SAKUR TALUKDER

Role Across Assignments:
Since Jan’15 - Till Date: Finance Manager, Dubai
Aug’10 - Dec’15: Chief Accountant, Abu Dhabi

• Formulating & implementing policies, procedures and internal control systems for effective financial operations, supported by a team of 7 members
• Preparing short & long-term financial plans and budget (CAPEX & OPEX)
• Managing the preparation & finalization of monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements such as Profit & Loss Account, Cash Flow Statement, A/R & A/P Aging Reports and Cost Centre Report
• Monitoring maintenance of other records such as general & subsidiary ledgers, accounts receivable, revenue distribution, depreciation, cost, property, and operating expenses, and insurance records
• Developing, analyzing & implementing budgets; monitoring budgets for deviations, conducting variance analysis and making recommendations
• Ensuring timely realization of debtors and monitoring payments to vendors; tracking all expenditures, purchases, encumbrance, receipts, and receivables; verifying pending GRNs, pending supplier invoices for booking and pending LPOs and take necessary actions
• Making month-end adjustments entries like pre-paid expenses, provisions, depreciation to determine trends & make changes
• Facilitating the smooth execution of all legal contracts & financial covenants including treasury activities
• Monitoring preparation of financial reports (MIS) that summarize & forecast the organization’s financial position on maximizing profits
• Supervising preparation of CTC details; ensuring compliance of headcount wise,
• project wise and service wise profitability with the forecasted budget
• Ensuring timely output of month-end closing activities by segregating duties and responsibilities of staff
• Finalizing audit schedules for internal & annual statutory audits; coordinating preparation of external audit materials

• Headed accounting functions for prestigious, multi-million dollar projects of King Abdullah University Science & Technology (KAUST)
• Successful track record of serving as Finance Business Partner and supporting decision making by senior management through exceptional contribution to the functions of financial planning & analysis, financial forecasting, budgeting and financial performance tracking & control
• Conducted analysis & quantitative research of company financials (such as P&L, Working Capital, Cash Flow, Product Volume Variance, Margin Management, Manufacturing Cost, Sales, Finance Cost, Depreciation, EBIDTA, PBT and PAT)
• Monitored the preparation of financial reports, such as Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, General Ledgers and Monthly & Annual Profitability Report using JD Edwards Accounting System
• Successfully reconciled around 156 ledgers
• Created budget and conducted analysis of variance between budgeted & actual; monitored cash flow and forecasted requirement of funds
• Created robust financial & management reporting system that summarizes & forecasts the organization's financial position
• Developed Fixed Asset Register, including depreciation and provided inputs for capitalization/expensing of outlays & grouping of fixed assets
• Ensured timely processing of payments under various categories such as sub-contractors’ bills, payroll, advances, leave, final settlement, utility bills, shareholder’s payments, so on
• Supported year-end audit (internal/external) and compliance requirements
• Analyzed costs and treasury forecasts; ensured correct booking of revenues

• Set-up & managed accounting functions for Qatar Olympic Committee (involving 50 sub-contractors)
• Established & implemented ERP System within a span of 6 months
• Consolidated monthly management accounts using JD Edwards System
• Generated monthly financial statements including balance sheet, profit/loss statements, and accumulative general ledger
• Ensured that all general ledger accounts were reconciled to subsidiary records on a monthly basis; prepared monthly closing general ledger entries
• Developed & maintained financial record keeping and reporting systems
• Tracked inflow & outflow of funds; monitored cash flow of the company and forecasting funds required for capital expenses
• Administered billing, receivables, payables, cash receipts, cash disbursements, and general ledger functions
• Followed-up on receivables outstanding for long periods of time
• Tracked revenue and costs of all projects
• Fostered agreements with clients, sub-contractors and service providers
• Performed analysis of extend cost and costing for tendering

Responsibilities:
• Finalized accounts including Trial Balance, Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, A/R & A/P ageing reports as per Group Accounting Policy & IAS (International Accounting Standard)
• Delivered monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annual reports to MD, including Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and Statement shows changes equity with comments according to the BAS
• Calculated various metric such as Cost, GP, NP, NPV, BEP and ROI
• Advised on VAT and other Tax related matters

Responsibilities:
• Prepared & finalized accounts for KFC, Pizza Hut, A&W and Pepsi projects
• Developed primary statement and comments for reporting to the Manager
• Enabled smooth processing of matters related with banks, VAT, Taxation and other duties; created annual budget
• Undertook reconciliation and reporting of inventory