Darwin Gonzales CMA, Senior Accountant

Darwin Gonzales CMA

Senior Accountant

Taqeef Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Trading L.L.C

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
22 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 10 Months

Senior Accountant at Taqeef Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Trading L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2016

- Prepares monthly profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reports.
- Ensures implementation of accounting compliance regulations and controls.
- Monitors the daily cash flow of the company operations.
- Supports the month-end and close year-end process.
- Compiles and analyzes financial information and provides recommendations.
- Collaborates with Warehouse and Service Center to facilitate their daily operations.
- Follow up with Sales and Service Center departments on outstanding collections.
- Liaises with subcontractors to verify contract terms, pricing, invoicing, and payments.
- Interacts with external auditors and provide necessary data to complete audit requests.
- Runs periodic stock inventory check-in coordination with warehouse.
- Verifies and releases payments/checks/bank transfers/cash to vendors.
- Ensures general ledger transactions comply with the approved budget structure.
- Prepares VAT reports in accordance with VAT regulations and ensures all VAT transactions are posted.
- Performs other duties assigned by the management.

Senior Accountant at Elapco Electronics Appliances, Est.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2013 to September 2016

- Supports the Chief Accountant with the month-end and year-end closing process.
- Compiles and analyzes financial information and provide recommendations.
- Collaborates with warehouse and service center to facilitate their daily operations.
- Follow up with sales and service center departments on outstanding collections.
- Liaises with subcontractors to verify contract terms, pricing, invoicing, and payments.
- Interacts with external auditors and provide necessary data to complete audit requests.
- Runs periodic stock inventory check-in coordination with Warehouse.
- Prepares monthly account reconciliation of all general ledger entries.
- Ensures bank statements are reconciled with general ledger entries in the books.

Senior Accountant at Glory Horizons
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2009 to December 2012

- Generates and presents monthly financial statements to senior management.
- Budgeting and forecasting of financial resources reported to CFO
- Coordinates payment runs and accounts across different business entities and territories.
- Analyses files and accounts for discrepancies, accurately resolving variances.
- Prepares Bank reconciliations, Intercompany transactions & related accounts
- Trade shipments receiving & costing transactions
- LPO creation for international and local purchases
- Trade stocks transfers from warehouse to showroom and/or branches
- Any other accounting related work as required

Finance Accountant at JI Tech Electromechanical LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2008 to November 2009

- Performs other duties assigned by the management.
- Assists the Finance Controller with the financial management and related reporting requirements
- Produces detailed financial reports for the senior management
- Prepares the payroll and related reports
- Prepares cost allocation report to see the profitability of each project
- Prepares sales invoices and progress claims of the project
- Prepares and analyzes monthly central cost reports by departments
- Prepares bank reconciliation
- Prepares any financial accounting related reports needed by the management

Senior Accountant at Bank of Tiaong
  • Philippines
  • May 2001 to August 2008

- Prepares profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports
- Complies and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general
ledger accounts and document business transactions
- Establishes, maintains, and coordinates the implementation of accounting and accounting
control procedures
- Monitors and reviews accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness
- Prepares and reviews budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other
accounting documents
- Analyzes revenue and expenditure trends and recommends appropriate budget levels, and
ensures expenditure control
- Explains billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients
- Recommends, develops, and maintains financial data bases, computer software systems and
manual filing systems
- Supervises the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company’s automated
financial systems
- Interacts with internal and external auditors in completing audit reports
- Other duties as assigned

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at De La Salle Lipa
  • April 2001

De La Salle Lipa is a leading university, renowned for its academic excellence, groundbreaking research, and empowering people to gain knowledge and skills.

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Specialties & Skills

managerial accounting
Data Analysis
Microsoft Excel
Corporate Finance
Decision Analysis
Budget Forecast
Risk Management
Financial Statements Analysis
Interactive Dashboard Reporting and Analysis
Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
MS Excel
Microsoft Navision ERP
Financial Statement Analysis
Technology and Analytics
Cost Management
Internal Controls

Languages

English
Expert
Tagalog
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Management Accountants: IMA
  • Member
  • March 2019
Institute of Certified Management Accountants: ICMA
  • Member
  • December 2020

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant: CMA® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2020
Six Sigma White Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2020
Supervisory Management Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training (Spearhead Gulf LLC)
Date Attended:
September 2017
Duration:
24 hours

Hobbies

  • Piano, Keyboard & Guitar playing