Danushka Walisingha

(Live animals (Horse/Pet) transporting all over the world) Accountant

• Overseeing and assisting in day-to-day accounting and to ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial transactions (revenue, expenses, overheads and other transactions).
• Ensure to book all accruals required for monthly closing of financials.
• Monthly and quarterly job closing to ensure timely reporting.
• Managing the flow of multi-currency cash and credit payments.
• Monitoring balances of various bank accounts, maintaining balances in different currency accounts to ensure timely payments and regular checks on Forex rates.
• Performing monthly reconciliations promptly without compromising accuracy.
• Preparation of Supplier Reconciliations Report on weekly basis.
• To review the Supplier ageing report on quarterly basis.
• Review and ensure timely updates of Supplier Bank Account details in ERP system.
• To prepare the payment on time as the invoice gets due.
• To record the invoices in particular head of account.
• Assist in timely implementation of agreed internal/external audit recommendations.
• Process the monthly payroll with WPS & Non-WPS employees.
• Maintaining petty cash

(A luxury shopping Mall) Accountant

General Ledger & Financials Reporting:
• Overseeing and assisting in day to day accounting and to ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial transactions (revenue, expenses, overheads and other transactions).
• Ensure to book all accruals required for monthly closing of financials.
• Monthly and quarterly closing to ensure timely reporting.
• Monthly department wise management reporting and its true up every six months.
• Monitoring, analyzing and reporting monthly operating results against budget and forecasts.
• MIS reports -Monthly Consolidated Management Accounting Reports, Income statements with variance analysis.
• Managing the flow of multi-currency cash and credit payments.
• Monitoring balances of various bank accounts, maintaining balances in different currency accounts to ensure timely payments and regular checks on Forex rates.
• Performing monthly reconciliations promptly without compromising accuracy.
• Ensuring accurate data within the ERP system by evaluating vouchers and other related documents prepared from ERP system.
• Preparing Yearly Financial Reports and liaison with auditors.
Accounts Payable Module:
• Administering A / P of more than 25 foreign and local suppliers according to company policies.
• Preparation of Supplier Reconciliations Report on monthly basis for critical suppliers.
• To review the Supplier ageing report on quarterly basis.
• Ensure to follow the companys internal control system in all Accounts Payable processes and procedures.
• Analyze the advances account and identify issues as well as long outstanding transactions to take the appropriate actions.
• Review and ensure timely updates of Supplier Bank Account details in ERP system.
• To prepare the payment on time as the invoice gets due.
• To record the invoices in particular head of account.
• Assist in timely implementation of agreed internal/external audit recommendations.
• Process the monthly payroll with WPS & Non-WPS employees.

(Outsourcing Company) Accountant

Managing Billing Process and Receivables:
• Appropriately recording revenue and invoicing to customers on timely basis.
• Maintaining customer master data, price master data and updating based on adequate approvals.
• Following up with customer based on credit terms and credit limits.
• Ensuring proper cut-off of revenue and receivables.
• Adequately performing month end closing process for Sales and Receivable Module. Managing expenses and payables:
• Adequately recording expenses and managing payables.
• Ensuring timely payment to vendors and ensuring that adequate cash forecasting is made to ensure that obligation will be fulfilled.
• Maintaining Vendor Master Data and updating based on adequate approvals.

Managing payroll: Complete payroll functions in order to ensure staff are paid in an accurate and timely manner. Main Activities include:
• Establishing and maintain confidential casual employee files
• Calculating salaries and benefits
• Verifying pay amounts, hours of work, deductions, etc.
• Maintaining Employee Master Data and updating based on adequate approvals.

Preparation of Financial Statements and Financial Reporting:
• Maintaining accounting controls by establishing a Chart of Accounts; defining Accounting Policies and Procedures.
• Guiding other departments by researching and interpreting accounting policy; applying observations and recommendations to operational issues.
• Adequately reporting Financial Statements to management on monthly basis

Achievements;
• Introduced a control sheet to monitor payroll up to invoice delivery to avoid duplication.
• Introduced a control sheet for rechargeable expenses to avoid duplication.
• Managed to finish month end process on given deadline.
• Could maintained DSO below 40 days.

(Royal brand Glass fittings & Glass whole seller) Accountant

General Accounting:
• Played the finance team leader of Sales, Procurement, Payroll and Inventory
• Maintaining financial daily and prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Verifying all the local purchases and imports against purchase order, delivery notes and invoices.
• Periodically attend inventory audits.
• Maintaining bank balances up to date performing the bank reconciliations daily basis.
• Verifying attendance details against time sheets and process salaries as per wps system.
• Preparation of L/C documents and liaisons with bank for the payment.
• Liaisons with audits for audited financial statements.
• Maintaining debtors and following up for payments.
• Preparing project invoices after verifying the job reports and estimates.

Achievements;
• Introduced a control system for Project Department which Management was able to refer to the production up to the payment details.
• Prepared Stores/Ware House procedure to comply with ISO.
• Awarded as The Best Employee for the month of November 2010

(Textile embroidery, printing & embellishments) Asst. Finance Manager

Work profile
• Preparing Financial Accounts
• Preparing Tax Returns (VAT, ESC, NTB…) and attending for tax audits & inquiries done by Dept. of Inland Revenue.
• Preparing salaries, EPF & ETF
• Preparing Costing
• Monitoring purchasing, and Inventory
• Handling Debtor & Creditor Control Accounts (Up to date)
• Working as the office administrator.

- Coordinating with foreign buyers & local buying officer
- Preparing Costing & Arranging Materials
- Preparing Shipping Documents (L/C)
- Price Negotiations
- Production Monitoring

- Handling Lectures
- Maintaining Student Register