afifa shahid

• Ledger Management: Process invoices, bills, and journal entries in QuickBooks and Xero, ensuring accurate
postings and clean trial balances.
• Reconciliations: Perform bank reconciliations through CSV uploads; investigate and resolve discrepancies
promptly to maintain financial integrity.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documents for comprehensive
financial reporting.
• Jurisdictional Compliance: Manage accounting for DIFC, DMCC, and ADGM entities, ensuring strict
regulatory and compliance alignment.
• Payables & Receivables: Monitor aging reports, execute payment runs, and track outstanding balances to
optimize cash flow.
• Audit Readiness: Review and correct mispostings to maintain structured and audit-ready financial records.
• Tax Support: Support UAE VAT compliance, including FTA updates and return preparation.
• Correspondence: Maintain structured client records and handle professional financial correspondence with
stakeholders.

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• CBCR Compliance: Supported submissions for UAE MNEs per Ministry of Finance guidelines.
• AML & KYC: Assisted in AML policy drafting, KYC, and due diligence frameworks.
• Internal Controls: Identified control gaps and recommended regulatory-compliant improvements.
• Tax Compliance: Handled corporate tax registration, filings, FTA coordination, and health checks.
• Tax Implementation: Aligned systems and processes with UAE Corporate Tax regulations.
• Transfer Pricing: Conducted TP risk assessments and maintained compliance documentation.
• Regulatory Advisory: Advised on tax, regulatory updates, and compliance obligations.
• Documentation & Training: Created accounting manuals and compliance material for internal use.

• Accounting Tasks: Posted journal vouchers (JVs), performed vouching, and cross-referenced financial
documents to ensure accuracy and compliance with auditing standards.
• Client Interaction: Attended and actively participated in client meetings, addressing and resolving issues
promptly to ensure client satisfaction.
• Data Management: Utilized Clara, KPMGs data management tool, to extract and analyze data, enhancing the
efficiency of the audit process.
• Client Exposure: Gained valuable insights into different client operations, financial systems and industry
practices, broadening professional knowledge and expertise.
• Cross-departmental Assistance: Contributed to creative projects and tasks in various departments,
demonstrating versatility and a collaborative approach.

• Strategic Growth: Succeeded in signing agreements with international institutions for bulk student
admissions, including KSA, Italy, Brazil, and Ukraine, totalling more than 2, 000 students.
• Market Research: Performed client research and identified opportunities for account growth, account
penetration, and market expansion.
• Strategy: Collaborated with company departments to develop new strategies to capitalise on emerging
customer and market trends.
• Outreach: Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email, and in-person inquiries.
• Reporting: Completed and submitted monthly reports in CRM to support executive decision-making.

• Support: Assisted with account reviews and account preparation.
• Data Management: Updated financial data in databases to ensure information is accurate and immediately
available when needed.
• Reconciliation: Reconciled petty cash statements and helped locate discrepancies.