Director Of Finance
World Class Properties LLC
Total years of experience :10 years, 6 Months
• Maintaining portfolio of off-plan, Resale (Seondary Market) and Leasing properties
• Preparing the Quarterly and Annual budgets and variance analysis reports to the management.
• Preparing Management Reporting Package and reporting to Group CFO on monthly and Ad-Hoc Basis.
• Cash flow planning for the organization.
• General Ledger Management & Rconciliations along with the team.
• Coordinating with developers regarding receivables reconciliations and inventory management.
• Managing, Drafting and negotiating of Property Consultant’s commission agreeements.
• Ensuring that bank compliance activities are performed in timely manner.
• Managing the Team Of 6 accounts staff, training and ensuring that reporting deadlines are met.
• Responsible for closing and preparation of financials on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Preparation of the Group Financial reports and presenting to the Group CFO.
• Accounts Receivables & Payables Supervision.
• Restructured and revamped the whole finance department.
• Planned and Implemented the new ERP Accounting Software.
• Reporting the Performance of Agents and organizational divisions on monthly bais.
• Closely working with Property Consultants to create a sound and confidential environment for clients.
• Supervising cash functions (Telegraphic trasnfers, Remittances)
• Specializing in high volume real estate payments for Property consultants and third party real estate brokers, which included Leasing Resale, Conveyance, Off-plan).
• Coordinating with the conveyance team of 5 persons to smoothly transfer of properties in Dubai Land Department.
• Handling the compliance queries from the banks in reagrds to real estate transacions.
• Maintaining fixed assets register and fix asset schedule as per company guidelines.
• Filing of Value Added Tax returns in timely manner and reconiling the ledgers.
• Overseeing the accounts of DAND B Properties, Be my Guest Holiday Homes, Bayari Holding, Roya AL Ghad Development (Subsidiaries).
• Intercompany reconciliations of the whole group.
• Maintaining portfolio of properties
• Preparing the annual budgets for all departments.
• Finalisation of financial statements and reporting to board of directors.
• Compliance with Developers policies and procedures related to properties.
• Coordinating with developers regarding commissions disbursement.
• Managing agent and company commission agreeements.
• Preparing Management Information reports on monthly and AD-Hoc basis.
• Cash flow planning for operations.
• Responsible for financials on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Periodically bank reconciliations, variance analysis and other major financial reportings.
• Closely working with Property Consultants to create a sound and confidential environment for clients.
• Analysing the cost effectiveness for Property road shows in different countries (China, Angola, Nigeria, Singapore).
• Managing cash functions (Telegraphic trasnfers, Remittances)
• Specializing in high volume real estate payments for Property consultants and third party real estate brokers, which included Rentals, leases and personal.
• Responsible for accruals, general ledger reconciliations and revenue recognition for property commissions.
• Maintained records of real estate rented properties of directors at various locations.
• Managed more than 1.5 Billion Dirham revenue from different developers (Emaar PJSC, Meraas Real Estate, Dubai Properties, Damac Properties, Azizi Developers).
• Coordinating with developers finance departments regarding commission remittances related to sold properties and reconciling the outstanding commissions with them.
• Maintained Tenants ledgers for accurate postings.
• Maintaining fixed assets register and fix asset schedule as per company guidelines.
• Filing of Value Added Tax returns in timely manner and reconiling the ledgers.
• Overseeing the accounts of EMAD motors Fzco (Subsidiary).
• Overseeing the shipping documents and logistics related issues related to car import & export.
• Coordinating with corporate clients in Angola and South Africa to identify the issues in services.
Filing and planning of VAT returns regularly.
•Compliance with government policies and procedures related to Value added tax.
•Handling import and export documents and shipments to international clients.
•Participate in the formation and implementation of company financial plans.
•Preparation of all monthly Management Information Report (MIS).
•Maintaining fixed asset register along with depreciation schedules.
•Analyzing job order cost estimates and reports monthly.
•Provide variance analysis and budgeting as required by the senior management.
•Ensuring that proper review of results are done and that variance against prior months and forecast are fully understood and explained properly.
•Ensuring that necessary internal controls are in place and adhered to all times.
•Identifying and raising the weaknesses in controls to management and suggesting necessary actions and controls to put in place.
•Ensuring that monthly payroll preparation is meeting the deadlines and proper leave balances and payroll register is maintained coupled with supported documentation.
•Manage organizational cashflows to meet finance requirements.
•Supervise accounts payable and accounts receivable staff and functions for effective cash cycle maintenance.
•Checking Credit Department Collection sheet (Serial Number, cash receipt & bank deposit receipt) are matching with recorded data.
•Control all balance sheet accounts by preparing, monthly reconciliation for all assets & liabilities and actions accordingly.
Ensure policies and procedures related to Finance/Accounts are adhered.
•Coordinated inter group Accounting & Finance activities.
•Facilitated monthly sales invoices preparation.
•Inter group account reconciliations.
•Organised group General Ledger maintenance and reconciliations.
•Administered correct contractual billing to the clients.
•Monitoring & Preparing cash flows.
•Managing two complete divisions of company (Security Services & Manpower Services Divisions)
•Monitoring group petty cash of various departments and projects.
•Preparing long term budgets for various departments of Organization
•Preparation of Monthly, Quarterly & Annual Variance analysis & MIS reports to Finance Director.
•Analyze revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a
monthly basis
•Prepare monthly payroll of more than 250 employees, leave salaries, and EOSB data.
•Managing accounts recievables and payables transactions.
•Reviewing trial balance at periodic time intervals.
•Keep tracking of all banking transactions.
•Preparing Monthly MIS for management and reporting to Finance director.
•Prepare debtors and creditors report.
•Monitor day to day accounting & operational activities.
•Review and evaluate processes to find cost reduction opportunities.
•Reporting finance director in monthly and year end closing activities.
•Liaise with internal and external auditors (Earnst & Young).
Responsible for whole group accounts and Finance functions.
Coordinated & Motivated a Team of 5 underperformers, involved in day to day functions of Finance, Accounts, administration of the group. After one Year they were handling independently our subsidiaries accounts.
Enhanced outdated organizational accounting procedures and implemented the advanced procedures in accounts & sales department in return sales has been increased by 16.67 %.
Summarizes financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement on Etravel2000 (Oracle Based Accounting Package).
Negotiating the contracts with foreign & local suppliers and corporate customers.
Performing IATA BSP (Billing & Settlements Plan) Reconciliations for Global Holidays Travel & Tourism.
Payroll Preparation & Staff benefits for group on wps.
Preparing the assets and depreciation schedule.
Preparing financial statements for group of companies according to the IAS & IFRS.
Work with internal and external auditors during financial audit .
•Reduced Receivables & payables by effectively following up them all..
Coordination, preparation and monitoring of annual budgets of the group.
Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and ommisions in financial entries, documents, and reports .
Monthly and Yearly closings of companies accounts.
Report, analyze, and ensure integrity of all financial information.
Dealing and negotiating finances from banks for the companies.
Arranging the financing facilities from the financial Institutions (ADNIF, DIB, ADCB, RAK BANK, CBD, Emirates NBD).
Heading and development of accounts and finance department staff.
Communications with suppliers and Customers.
Coordinating the work of all companies in group and reporting to Managing Director.
Cash flow management and variance analysis reports preparation.
Independently managing the accounts department.
Compiling financial statements.
Maintaining and reconciling the Ledgers.
Accounts payables and accounts recievables management.
Handling and Issuing checks to suppiers.
Preparing and paying salaries for staff on WPS System.
Ageing and following up customers.
To ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and year end closings.
Preparing Asset and liability accounts and fix assets schedule.
Participating in the budgeting and forecasting process as requested.
Petty cash management.
Cash flow preparations.
Coordinating with the auditors.
Preparing reports on pivot tables and pivot charts.
Data entry and managing the confidentiality of company data.
Implementing the audit engagement plan.
•Applying engagement and data gathering tools regarding specific engagements.
•Preparation of audited financial statements of clients and reporting it to Managing partner.
•Annual and Quarterly Stock taking of different audit clients.
•Communicating with client executives regarding emerging and important issues.
•Filing of tax returns of clients and assisting in the generation of NTN (National Tax Number).
•As part of engagement team assessing the risks of the clients in different areas.