ALEEB ZUBAIR AP

Directed full-cycle accounting operations for business units (Events, Real Estate
Brokerage, IT, Clinic, and Salon), ensuring accurate books, IFRS compliance, and timely
month-end and year-end closings to strengthen financial integrity across the group.
• Executed comprehensive internal audits by assessing internal controls, identifying
operational variances, and recommending corrective actions that improved process
compliance and reduced recurring discrepancies across entities.
• Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including Balance
Sheet, P&L, and Cash Flow, by applying IFRS standards, enabling leadership to make
informed strategic and operational decisions.
• Managed bank reconciliations, inter-company accounts, accruals, and journal entries
with precision, enhancing the reliability of consolidated financial reporting.
• Reviewed revenue recognition, expense allocations, vendor payables, and receivables
cycles to ensure adherence to IFRS requirements and internal policies, reducing posting
errors and improving audit readiness.
• Conducted detailed variance analysis, expenditure reviews, and budget monitoring,
delivering periodic MIS reports that supported senior management in controlling costs
and optimizing financial performance.
• Led VAT compliance activities by reviewing taxable transactions, validating
documentation, and coordinating timely filings in line with UAE regulatory requirements,
minimizing penalties and compliance risks.
• Maintained the fixed assets register and depreciation schedules, monitored capital
expenditure, and ensured accurate recording of asset acquisition, disposal, and
amortization across business units.
• Supported annual external audits by preparing audit-ready schedules, addressing
auditor inquiries, and coordinating documentation requirements to ensure a smooth and
timely audit process
Assisted in payroll processing, staff cost allocation, and employee benefits accounting, ensuring accurate disbursements and
compliance across entities.
• Handled corporate tax compliance and return filings for all entities by preparing supporting schedules, validating taxable
income and deductible expenses, and ensuring on-time submissions under UAE CT regulations.
• Supported corporate tax audits by preparing required documentation, responding to authority queries, and coordinating with
tax advisors to ensure full regulatory compliance.
• Reviewed business transactions to verify correct tax treatment for corporate tax and VAT, strengthening the organization’s
compliance framework.
• Maintained tax documentation, entity-wise records, and audit trails to support efficient filings and future tax audits.
• Coordinated with external consultants and internal leadership to ensure accurate tax provisioning, reporting, and payment
schedules across the multi-business portfolio.

Facilitate informed financial decision-making and performance evaluation, conducting budgets and forecasts and generate
insightful variance analysis reports.
• Roll out sophisticated financial modeling, perform break-even revenue analysis, and scrutinize cash flow to inform strategic
financial decisions.
• Enable group-level reporting, presenting holistic view of the organization's financial health while producing detailed financial
statements for individual entities, ensuring their accuracy and compliance, and consolidated financial statements.
• Contribute to the preparation of presentations and reports specifically designed to engage investors, support board meetings,
and provide valuable content for financial conferences, emphasizing the importance of effective communication.
• Craft and submit all essential paperwork and accompanying schedules for tax returns in the UK, Malta, and the UAE, ensuring
a precise and organized filing process.
• Reconcile general ledger account, while supervising compliance of transfer pricing documentation to align with HMRC mandates.
• Create journal entries and manage monthly payroll, and accounting data posting for a team of over 80 staff members.

Prepared long-term projections (LTP), business plans, and financial statements for 10 cinemas within the Star Cinemas Group,
liaising with auditors in compliance with taxation and legal requirements, including municipality taxes and VAT.
• Implemented and analyzed NAV (Dynamics) software, reviewed contracts for financial implications, and managed periodic
book closure while overseeing an internal control system and monthly internal audits at outlets.
• Supervised bank reconciliation and G/L account entries, controlling cash flow for CDC and PDC payments, while advising
management on cost control methods and interfacing with banks, shareholders, and external parties.
• Conducted comprehensive inventory audits to ensure accurate stock levels while leading and executing internal audits,
meticulously assessing company operations and processes to enhance efficiency and compliance.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of UAE VAT regulations, contributing to compliant financial transactions and reporting.
• Applied International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to financial data, ensuring high-quality financial reporting.

Preparation of budgets and forecasts, management accounts, variance analysis report.
Preparation of long term projection (LTP) and business plan.
Financial Modeling, break even revenue analysis, cash flow analysis.
Preparation of standalone & consolidated financial statements of 10 cinemas under the star cinemas group & liaising with auditors.
Ensuring compliance with all taxation, regulatory and legal requirements, including filing of municipality taxes and vat.
Implementing NAV(Dynamics)software & analyzing the software
Reviewing the contracts from financial perspective and highlighting associated risks and proposing solutions to mitigate the risks .
Handling the periodical book closure by ensuring all modules are reconciled & preparation of schedules and closing entries.
Preparation of schedules &Closing of Depreciation, amortizations, prepayments entries.
Reconciliation of all G/L accounts and analyzing financial discrepancies.
Supervising bank reconciliation, and other entries of G/L account.
Receivables management with stringent follow up.
Perform month end inventory reconciliation and cost analysis.
Conducting Monthly Internal Audit in outlets to ensure all outlets are complying with required procedures
Liaising with banks, shareholders and other external parties
Proven ability to deliver quality work within deadlines.
Advising Management on cost controlling methods