Senior Accountant
Union Properties
Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months
• Review the lease agreement details recorded in the accounting software.
• Review daily booked entries and ensure timely posting.
• Review supplier payments prior to forwarding for Managers signature.
• Review & control petty cash handling.
• Review Bank Reconciliation on daily basis and pass rectifying entries.
• Control expenditures actual with Budget.
• Review incomes from rental & etc.
• Review the collection/receivables status and resolve financial discrepancies/disputes raised by clients.
• Ensure outstanding payments are received prior to providing clearance for the unit subject for handover.
• Prepare monthly accruals for recurring expenditures.
• Prepare intercompany reconciliation
• Carry out month end and year end closing
• Prepare monthly cash flow statement
• Prepare monthly reports, management reports and financial statement & budget
• Liase with internal & external auditors.
• Prepare profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to book of accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions
• Standard journal entries
• Prepare Bank Reconciliation
• Manage Petty Cash
• Analyze daily banking transactions and journal entries
• Reconcile sub-ledger accounts (such as inventory).
• Payroll reconciliation
• Prepare monthly sales reports into excel spread sheet for analysis
• Verify and reconcile contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.
• Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Provide advice and assistance and early warning of such problems as cost over-runs, excessive charges, and potential penalties. Develop models to depict financial and related activities tailored for specific operations.
• Will be cross trained in other duties
• compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts
• ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
• make certain all financial reporting deadlines are met
• prepare financial management reports
• ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close processes
• establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance of accounting control procedures
• resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• continuous management and support of budget and forecast activities
• monitor and support taxation requirements
• develop and maintain financial databases
• prepare for financial audit and coordinate the audit process
• oversee accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses
• evaluate and advise on business operations including revenue and expenditure trends, financial commitments and future revenues
• collect and analyze financial information to recommend or develop efficient use of resources and procedures, provide strategic recommendations and maintain solutions to business and financial problems
• ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations and integrity of financial data
• Inter company Reconciliations
Accountant
Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises Co. LLC, Dubai, UAE
April 24, 2008 up to April 24, 2011
• Prepare profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions.
• Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.
• Analyze and review budgets and expenditures for contracts and grants.
• Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
• Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend appropriate budget levels, and ensure expenditure control.
• Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Recommend, develop and maintain financial data bases, computer software systems and manual filing systems.
• Supervise the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company's automated financial systems.
• Interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
• Other duties as assigned in Commercial Department.
Chief Accountant
NS Royal Hotel, Philippines, July 2003 up to March 15, 2008
• Ensure the financial controls and records are maintained in accordance with company policy and legal requirements.
• Responsible for assisting with accounting and statistical reporting functions for the division.
• Assist controller and other staff with review of financial reports, analyses and other information as required.
• Assist controller in preparation of monthly financial forecast
• Review and reconciliation of monthly physical inventories.
• Provide support and assistance for the Division Goals.
• Assist controller with coordination and development of the annual budget.
• Prepare the financial reports of the hotel restaurant.
• Update the Accounting system of the company.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and accountability for payroll and employee records, daily sales operations, profit and loss statements including inventories, labor, petty cash, bank deposits, change orders, and bank deposit verifications
• Manage petty cash, payroll, inventory, member statements, accounts receivable and payable
• Collect payments for customer billing and posted to general ledger
• Prepare correspondence and budget request forms for department
• Maintain EEO statistics on all employees
• Calculate salaries and rates of pay for personnel
• Perform general office duties and administrative tasks.
• Manage the internal and external mail functions.
• Provide telephone support.
• Schedule client appointments and maintained up to date confidential client files.
• Keep daily records for payroll, advertising and office personnel
• Administer compensation and benefits program
• Work on audit with staff
• Oversee all hotel operations and guest relations as management staff.
• Help the company achieve consistently positive audit results.
Accountant
Public Estate Authority (PEA), October 2001 to March 2003 (Philippines)
• Completed and submitted invoices and process for payments
• Handled expense reports with account summaries
• Worked on audits
• Prepared tax return
• Prepared daily, monthly and yearly balance sheets for auditing purposes
• Analyzed allocation and expenditure reports.
• Established and maintain work orders.
Data Processor
Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), March 2001 to October 2001
• Prepared accounts payable, receivable and payroll
• Assisted with all aspects of payroll accounting.
• Utilized Microsoft excels to develop payroll control totals.
• Performed miscellaneous filing and other clerical duties.
• Created and distributed a variety of reports using DBPSC's computer program.
• Conducted new employee orientation - about payroll computation.
Accountant
Rapid Lithographic Publishing Co., October 2000 to February 2001 (Philippines)
• Collected payments for customer billing and posted to general ledger
• Entrusted to process confidential employee records such as salary changes, vacation/absenteeism reports, and performance appraisals
• Interacted with a wide variety of personalities while scheduling meetings/appointments and making travel arrangements for executives
• Maintained inventory control
• Calculated salaries and rates of pay for personnel
• Performed Accounts payable functions for printing press expenses.
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Philippine School of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Far eastern University