Accountant
International Knee and Joint Centre
Total years of experience :17 years, 3 Months
•Preparation of monthly & quarterly financial reports.
•Review and process routine accounting data for revenue and expenditures.
•Ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with corporate requirements.
•Analyze, reconcile, balance and maintain accounting records.
•Contact units for vendors to resolve problems and expedite payment.
•Review purchasing, petty cash and personal claims.
• Process complex invoices for payment.
•Maintain listing of accounts payables.
•Maintain the general ledger.
Accounting responsibilities
• Preparation of group financial statements.
• Review and process routine accounting data for revenue and expenditures.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with corporate requirements.
• Analyze, reconcile, balance and maintain accounting records.
• Contact units for vendors to resolve problems and expedite payment.
• Review purchasing, petty cash and personal claims.
• Process complex invoices for payment.
• Maintain listing of accounts payables.
• Maintain the general ledger.
• Preparation of monthly & quarterly financial reports.
Tax Responsibilities
• Calculating, preparing and submitting accounts and tax returns;
• Undertaking accounts administration, including auditing financial information;
• Calculating and legally minimizing tax liabilities;
• Liaising with Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise departments.
Accounting responsibilities
• Preparation of group financial statements.
• Review and process routine accounting data for revenue and expenditures.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with corporate requirements.
• Analyze, reconcile, balance and maintain accounting records.
• Contact units for vendors to resolve problems and expedite payment.
• Review purchasing, petty cash and personal claims.
• Process complex invoices for payment.
• Maintain listing of accounts payables.
• Maintain the general ledger.
• Preparation of monthly & quarterly financial reports.
Tax Responsibilities
• Calculating, preparing and submitting accounts and tax returns;
• Undertaking accounts administration, including auditing financial information;
• Calculating and legally minimizing tax liabilities;
• Liaising with Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise departments.
External audit responsibilities
• Planning individual audits, defining audit objectives and preparing audit plans.
• Reported risk management issues and internal controls deficiencies identified directly to the audit committee and provides recommendations for improving the organization’s operations, in terms of both efficient and effective performance
• Performed analytical procedures on expected or unexpected variances in account balances or classes of transactions
• Tested documentation supporting account balances and classes of transactions
• Evaluated information security and associated risk exposures
• Evaluated regulatory compliance program with consultation from Partners.
• Maintains open communication with management and the audit committee
• Engaged in continuous education and staff development
• Inquiring of management and others to gain an understanding of the organization itself, its operations, financial reporting, and known fraud or error
Internal audit responsibilities
• Interviewing business teams about working practices
• Attending meetings with auditees to develop an understanding of business processes.
• Travelling to different sites to meet relevant staff and obtain documents and information.
• Performing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide what to cover in audits.
• Anticipating emerging issues through research and interviews and deciding how best to deal with them.
• Providing support and guidance to management on how to handle new opportunities.
• Preparing reports to highlight issues and problems and distributing the reports to the relevant people.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communications.
• Collecting and reviewing financial accounts and other data.
• Proactively evaluating risks and internal controls against changing trends and market conditions.
Audit Responsibilities
• Plans financial audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives; preparing audit programs.
• Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues.
• Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing and analyzing items and collateral to documentation.
• Completes audit work papers and memoranda by documenting audit tests and findings.
• Communicates audit progress and findings by providing information in status meetings; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing final audit reports.
• Improves protection by recommending changes in management monitoring, assessment, and motivational practices, in the internal control structure, and in operating processes; identifying root causes.
Accounting Responsibilities
• Responsible for the Company cash flow management.
• Responsible for preparation of budget, monthly and quarterly forecast and cost analysis.
• Ensure integrity and control of financial information, internal procedures and processes are in-line and consistent with the Company policies and guidelines.
• Generate timely financial reporting including the month-end and year-end reports submitted to head office.
• Ensure the Company has complied with the statutory and tax requirements.
• Liaise with auditors, financial institutions and government agencies for all the accounting and financial matters.
• Performs analysis of financial reports submitted by countries in the Asia Pacific region which includes the monthly management report, quarterly forecasts and three year strategic plans.
Tax Responsibilities
• Calculating, preparing and submitting accounts and tax returns;
• Undertaking accounts administration, including auditing financial information;
• Calculating and legally minimizing tax liabilities;
• Advising about business plans, mergers, take-over’s and investment opportunities;
• Liaising with Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise departments.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s), IFRS’s, GAAP and prevailing laws
• Have experience in different costing tools like budgeting, tracking cost, variance analysis.
• Finalization of accounts, working capital management, graphical and pivot presentation
• Preparation and disbursement of payroll & Inventory Management
• Management Reports(daily, monthly, annual) &A/P, A/R Management
• Proficient in Advance Excel, Peachtree, QuickBooks, Tally Software
Financial Reporting standards, International Standard of Auditing, Taxation, Corporate Laws has been tested in ICAP Exams.
Financial Reporting Standard, Auditing Standard, Corporate law, Taxation are major Subjects which has been tested in Professional exam of PIPFA
