Accountant
Vamed Engineering GmbH & CO KG-Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :13 years, 7 Months
A leading international company in the field of health service committed to providing holistic health care in all worldwide projects. Vamed generates comprehensive services and solutions, from health tourism, prevention, treatment, care and rehabilitation, to elderly care. Core competencies in planning, building, and managing complex public health care facilities.
● Assists in quarterly financial reports and management reports for submission to head office in Austria.
● Posting AP, AR, Cash works Project & Job Costing & GL transactions in Sage.
● Prepares Bank Reconciliation Statements.
● Prepares bank transfer payments, cheques &WPS payroll.
● Updates weekly cash flow for submission to head office in Austria.
● Updates monthly project cost to complete (Project Costing Report).
● Attends to day to day activities in finance department.
● Maintains systematic filing of documents.
TAKAMUL is one of the subsidiaries of Bin Salem Holding - an emirati owned company having diversified business in the UAE. Apart from being a parent company of 2 subsidiaries namely: Takamul Urbina Scaffolding & Ceres Management Services; Takamul is also engaged in studying new & huge business opportunities in Oil & Gas, Community Development & others. As a stand-alone accountant of 3 entities, the job is a multi task responsibilities covering complete accounting process & administration functions. The job starts from recording up to creation of financial statements, management reports, schedules, reconciliations & analysis mandated at regular board meetings & annual general assembly meetings of shareholders & board members.
● Prepared monthly & annual trial balance, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and budgets for 3 companies and submitted to Group CFO for review.
● Regularly met with GM's of subsidiaries to discuss financial reports & to address any issue that hinders smooth running & growing of the business. Highlighted significant variances noted in the actual against budget.
● Prepared investment analysis of business projects under study - calculates NPV, IRR, ROE, payback & other profitability ratios. Developed projected financial statements & cash flow.
● Performed complete accounting process in Quickbooks Enterprise 2011 for monthly & annual closing. Competent in financial reporting, GL, AP, AR, payroll, accruals, amortizations, depreciation, accounts reconciliation schedules, etc.
● Prepared agenda and communicated with shareholders & board members for setting regular board meetings & annual general assembly meeting. Prepared & distributed final minutes of meetings.
● Managed day to day accounting matters and banking. Coordinated with banks for account openings & application of facilities.
● Processed monthly WPS payroll.
● Direct liaison with top external auditors in year-end audit.
● Accomplished immediately ad hoc reports requested by Group CEO & CFO.
● Worked very well & independently under pressure & delivered reports on time.
● Maintains systematic filing of documents.
An MNC Company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. SNC has tied up with Worley Parsons to carry out Emirates Aluminum (EMAL) project in Taweelah Abu Dhabi. The project covered EPCM - Engineering, Procurement Construction & Maintenance of the biggest single site aluminum plant in the world.
● Produced monthly trial balance, balance sheet, income statement & other management reports.
● Established schedules of balance sheet accounts and reconcile month-end balances from local-AED currency to functional-CAD currency.
● Encoded journal vouchers in GL books - adjusting, reclassification, reversal & reallocation entries. Managed accuracy & completeness of all entries in ACCPAC.
● Checked completion of revaluation entries in the system.
● Prepared and validated billings to inter companies.
● Prepared huge report of detailed monthly summary of expenses billable to client-EMAL and substantiated each expense with validated supporting papers.
● Amortized prepaid expenses monthly.
● Analyzed & monitored numerous post-dated checks.
● Assisted in the processing of numerous payable invoices.
● Handled day to day accounting matters. Skilled in GL, AP, AR, payroll & bank reconciliation.
● Accomplished immediately ad hoc reports requested.
● Worked well & independently under pressure and delivers reports on time.
● Maintained systematic filing of month-end financial reports & schedules.
● Liaised with external auditors during audit season. Prepare plenty reports needed by them.
ISO Certified company engage in the design, procurement, construction & commissioning of district cooling energy plants and General EPC projects. The company operates under SNC-Lavalin International, an MNC company in Montreal Canada. Reporting to Director, Finance and Administration and handled 4 qualified Accountants & Jr. Accountants.
● Working with Chief Accountant in the monthly finalization of accounts and preparation of Financial Statements & Management reports along with accounts reconciliations/ schedules.
● Performed and maintained analysis of short term investments, accounts receivable, inter-company accounts and other supporting balance sheet accounts.
● Reconciled actual overhead expenses versus budget.
● Checked and gathered all journal entries and filed systematically.
● Encoded journal vouchers in Peachtree for term deposits, prepayments, sales invoices, collections, fund transfers, foreign exchange hedging contracts, depreciation & other adjusting, accrual/provision & reversal entries.
● Prepared all projects job ledgers reports for submission to Cost Control department at month-end.
● Liaised with the auditors in the interim and annual audit.
● Reliever in processing & payment of bi-weekly salaries & contractors invoices.
● Prepared weekly/monthly cash flow and quarterly/annual projects forecast/budget.
● Verified completeness of accounts at every month-end closure in Peachtree system.
● Strong exposure & highly experienced in full cycle of Accounting - GL, AP, AR, Payroll, Cash, and Bank Reconciliations.
The company is a famous aviation-MRO provider offering world class maintenance, repair and overhaul services to the A330/A340 fleet of the world’s top airlines. The company is operating under Lufthansa Technic AG, an MNC company in Germany. Reporting to Manager, Financial Accounting:
● Handled accounts in the monthly closing of books for cash & cash clearing accounts, inventories, full taxation, short and long-term debts.
● Calculated and prepared corporate tax returns for monthly, quarterly and annual payment of taxes and dealt with bureau of internal revenue for tax matters.
● Prepared variance analysis of expense accounts and explained significant changes.
● Encoded journal vouchers in Oracle Financials related to petty cash expenses, term deposits, fund transfers, bank loan remittance, foreign exchange hedging contracts, corporate taxes, revaluation of accounts and other adjusting, accrual and reversal entries.
● Prepared monthly bank reconciliation statements.
● Monitored inventory accounts balances in the general and subsidiary ledgers to correct and update abnormal costs and errors in the system.
● Maintained schedules of short and long-term debts, amortizations, revaluations and payments.
● Prepared statutory reports on sales, purchases, importations and others.
● Liaised with the auditors in the interim and annual audit.
The authorized manufacturer & dealer of shoes, apparels and accessories of famous CONVERSE brand.
Reporting to the Audit Manager:
● Conducted regular audit of nationwide shops’ operation through monitoring, checking and conducting surprise count of all cash funds, sales and inventories to determine losses after detailed review.
● Verified bank reconciliation statements.
● Inspected and counted tools, furniture and equipments in all shops for any damages and losses.
● Conducted year-end physical inventory of raw materials, goods in process and finished goods and performed detailed verification on items with material discrepancy against the books.
● Observed inventory taking of goods held on consignment and reviewed in details inventory reconciliation.
● Reviewed compliance and proper implementation of existing policies and procedures which includes improving policies and procedures; formulating best internal controls; identifying and analyzing problems; recommends solutions for weaknesses and implements strict controls; and following-up proper compliance for best practices. Good knowledge of concepts of risk & controls to properly safeguard and protect company’s assets against fraud, theft, malpractices & malversation or inappropriate usage of funds for personal purposes/use.
● Prepared audit report & memorandum after thorough review on important findings noted and recommended suggestions for improvement.
● Followed-up whether all the necessary action as mentioned in the report has been dealt with and all dues have been settled by liable persons.
A leading non-life insurance company, reporting to the Audit Manager:
● Conducted regular audit of head office, branches and agencies’ operation nationwide through validation of production/premiums written, collections, premiums receivable, insurance claims and operational expenses.
● Conducted surprise count of all cash funds and unused insurance policy forms.
● Verified bank reconciliation statements.
● Performed special audit assignment on special insurance line projects.
● Approved head office transactions related to insurance claims, reimbursements, liquidation and cash advances.
● Reviewed compliance and proper implementation of existing policies and procedures which includes improving policies and procedures; formulating best internal controls; identifying and analyzing problems; recommends solutions for weaknesses and implements strict controls; and following-up proper compliance for best practices. Good knowledge of concepts of risk & controls to properly safeguard and protect company’s assets against fraud, theft, malpractices & malversation or inappropriate usage of funds for personal purposes/use.
● Prepared and discussed audit report after thorough review containing noted observations and findings, analysis and recommendations.
● Followed-up whether all the necessary action as mentioned in the report has been dealt with and all dues have been settled by liable persons.
Passed Lifetime CPA licensure Examination
