General Accountant
Restaurant in Dubai
Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months
--Daily maintenance of accounting books and records.
-Daily posting of journal entries of cash and accrual transactions and ensuring all transactions are recorded and documented in accordance with company policies.
-Bank and credit-card account reconciliation and timely resolution of outstanding items.
-Invoicing clients and managing A/R process.
-Liaising with vendors and suppliers; managing A/P process.
-Daily treasury functions.
-Petty-cash management and reconciliation.
-Assisting the Finance Manager with monthly payroll.
-Monthly reconciliation of general-ledger accounts; timely identification and resolution of the issues.
-Assisting the Finance Manager with financial statement preparation and monthly closing for all entities.
-Assisting with quarterly VAT filing and ensuring compliance with GCC VAT framework.
-Assisting with annual audits.
-Assisting with various ad hoc reports for management.
-Monitoring and creating controls and suggesting process improvements.
• Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers and journals.
• Daily Sales Collection (cash, credit/debit ) and Process of Refunds
• Preparing statutory accounts.
• Calculating and checking to make sure payments, amounts and records are correct.
• Sorting out incoming and outgoing daily post and answering any queries.
• Managing petty cash transactions.
• Controlling credit and chasing debt.
• Reconciling finance accounts and direct debits.
• Petty Cash payments and reimbursement.
• AR cheques posting to clear outstanding credits and to clear overdues.
• Invoicing on cash and credit transactions - valid LPOs for Credit transactions
• Substituting the role of Branch Accountant
Achievements
o Established and maintained an effective system for analysing and reporting on operating and capital expenditure.
o I Deal with a turnover of over AED 3 million per year.
o I prepared revenue budgets, forecasts and plans Marketing Managers
Assistant Accountant
Achievements
o I was in charge of the reconciliations for 3 large bank accounts
o I recovered AED 2.1 million in outstanding debts from clients.
o Worked successfully with lead 3 junior accountants in completed two quarter end close procedures in extreme deadlines.