Ather Ansari, Financial Cost Controller

Ather Ansari

Financial Cost Controller

Alstom Saudi Arabia

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
Experience
25 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 11 Months

Financial Cost Controller at Alstom Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2020

➢ Monthly reporting to management on the actual results and
submitting financial statements and other analysis reports at
the Organization reporting portal.
➢ Prepare stand-alone and consolidated Financial Statements
for the external audit, these includes Balance Sheet, Income
Statement, Cashflow Statement, statement of Change in
Capital Equity along with all the disclosures.
➢ Responsible for month-closing activities, run SAP month-end
closing steps, Cost assessment cycle, Result Analysis,
Settlement of projects, ensure to maintain zero difference in
FI/CO closing.
➢ Support team on the project cost estimate at completion

Country Controllership Associate Manager at Accenture SaudiArabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2011 to May 2019

➢ Lead finance controllership function of Accenture Saudi
Arabia and Oman, (Geography volume >$200MN).
➢ Timely submission of monthly financials reports to the
management viz Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cashflow
Statement.
➢ Preparation of financial annual budgets, strategic plans and
management reports for informed decision making.
➢ Lead IFRS convergence of Accenture Saudi Arabia from
local SOCPA standards for FY18.
➢ Driving tax compliance and assessment and filing of
corporate income tax return of Accenture Saudi Arabia &
Oman.
➢ Project profitability analysis on monthly basis.
➢ Liaised with External Auditors for fiscal Year-end Audits.
➢ Liaised with Tax Advisors for annual CIT return filing and
securing unrestricted Zakat Certificate.
➢ Ensure timely WHT and VAT return filing on monthly basis.
➢ Responsible for smooth month-end closing activities, ensuring all the
recurring entries, provisions, accruals are correctly recorded.
➢ Monitor AR aging and collection status.
➢ Verify / Approve vendor invoices and other payments.
➢ Supervise payroll process in coordination with HR.
➢ Review and approve all GL account reconciliations on monthly basis.
➢ Authorized signatory with the JP Morgan Bank and SAMBA,
authorize to release payments to vendors/employees/payroll via e-banking platform.

Accouting Supervisor at FBTC, Ebttikar, MEE-HP (Al Faisaliah Group)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 1997 to October 2011

 Preparation of Annual Budget
 Preparation of Monthly Financial Statements
 Running SAP month-end activities (Result Analysis, Cost Allocation, Settlement of Orders, Depreciation.
 Reconciling FI/CO for month-end closing.
 Analysis of Project Profitability report.
 Prepare Account Receivable aging report and calculate provisions based on Group policy.
 Issuing Debit Notes / Credit Notes for IC transactions.
 Liaison with Group Treasury for Short Term Loan arrangement.
 Maintain complete records for all company assets and tag new assets.
 Responsible for Account Payables for major business partner account, HP, Cisco, SAP, Microsoft, Philips (formerly known as Agilent Technologies).
 Daily bank statement posting and reconciling.
 Preparation of Direct Cash Flow statement on daily basis and Weekly and Monthly Forecast cash flow statement.
 Involve in yearly physical inventory.

Education

Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
  • at Osmania University
  • April 1994

Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Osmania University
  • April 1992

Specialties & Skills

Month End
Prepaid
Administration
MS Office
SAP User
Well verse in MS Excel
SAP FI-CO function

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

SOCPA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019

Hobbies

  • playing cricket and watching movies