Lorie Joy Catapang, Financial Accountant

Lorie Joy Catapang

Financial Accountant

Financial Shared Services Center Majid Al Futtaim Ventures LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
9 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 8 Months

Financial Accountant at Financial Shared Services Center Majid Al Futtaim Ventures LLC
  • My current job since July 2016

through its subsidiaries, develops and manages leisure, entertainment, and
cinema facilities at Majid Al Futtaim and third-party malls in the Middle East and North Africa region. It
also provides a platform for the introduction of fashion and retail brands in the region for developing their
presence across the Middle East and offers Najm credit card and prepaid card services for consumers
and businesses.
Reporting To: Finance Managers/Business Units Managers/Controllers
Responsibilities and Functions:
• Responsible to manage assigned day-to-day operational activities of assigned books of business
units including monthly book closing activities
• Prepares financial statements and consolidations
• Receive, review and complete bookkeeping for accounting entries related to recurring/non-
recurring expenses based on inputs from business units’ Finance and control of general ledger
entries
• Perform monthly reviews of profit and Loss and balance sheet accounts relating to area of
responsibility, including business indicators such as profitability and liquidity
• Assist with financial planning, forecasting and comparison of budgets and actual costs
• Assists inventory, sales, fixed asset and administrative teams in managing operational activities
• Ensures timely recording and reconciliations of intercompany transactions including loan
transactions and interest calculations
• Ensures proper accounting of VAT transactions and assists in preparation of VAT reconciliations
for UAE/Bahrain/KSA entities.
• Provide accounting and documentary support to external accounting partners
• Run integrity reports and monthly expense variance analysis
• Support the finance team for consolidation and elimination entries during monthly end closing
activities
• Support and manages internal and external audits
• Support necessary accounts payable and receivable activities
• Identify internal control weakness and support and drive continuous finance and operational
process improvements

Audit at Services
  • Philippines
  • May 2011 to August 2011

Co., a

Associate at Audit Services
  • Philippines
  • November 2010 to April 2011

Co., a

Accounting Specialist at Finance and Outsourcing Services Punongbayan & Araullo, member firm within Grant Thornton International
  • December 2009 to October 2010

Reporting To: Partners/Managers
Responsibilities and Functions:
• Checking for the mathematical correctness of staff’s and vendor’s claims
• Review for proper substantiation and completeness of supporting documents in compliance with
company policies and statutory rules and regulations
• Ensuring proper recognition of value added and withholding taxes covered by the RFPs
• Preparation of bank reconciliation statements and other financial reports
Punongbayan & Araullo was established in 1988. P&A is the Philippine member firm within Grant Thornton
International, one of the world’s leading organizations of independently owned and managed accounting and
consulting firms.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at University of Batangas
  • October 2009

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at University of Batangas
  • January 2005

High school or equivalent, Accountancy
  • at Dr. Juan A. Pastor Memorial National High School
  • January 2001

Primary

Specialties & Skills

Financial Planning and Analysis
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Accounting Standards
Auditing
ACCOUNTANCY
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORTS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ADMINISTRATION
BOOKKEEPING
BUDGETING
CLOSING
CONSOLIDATIONS

Languages

English
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