Management Accountant
Middle East Switchgear Ind. Ltd.
Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months
- Manage the finance function of organization including month end closing of P&L, maintaining internal controls, quarterly VAT filing submission, payroll submission, and reporting timely and accurate information to management
- Provide leadership and on the job training to finance support team and provide training of financial processes and procedures to other departments
- Liaise with auditors, banks, and government departments for statutory filing and legal reporting in compliance with rules and regulations of the UAE
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of company strategy using techniques such as capital budgeting and opportunities and threats analysis to conduct cost-benefit analysis of proposed new investments and expenditures
- Partner with sales team to optimize project pricing and cost reduction and ensure competitive submission of project quotes, bids, and tenders
- Lead project to re-engineer business processes and update standard operating procedure manuals to comply with ISO 9001:2015
- Drove in-country PMO function and Sarbanes Oxley compliance for critical cybersecurity project including controlling procure to pay process and liaising with contract managers and CFOs
- Prepared annual budgets and monthly forecasts and identify business risk and opportunities across 18 countries for MENA and Eastern Mediterranean Region,
- Conducted month-end and quarter-end Flash and P&L review for MENA and EM region, EBITDA analysis, Year over Year, variance analysis against budget and forecasts, balance sheet movements, and ensured reconciliation with Oracle HFM for reporting to regional leadership team.
- Built the business case to restructure UAE telecommunications inventory to deliver Year over Year savings of £3 million for the market unit
- Supported senior accountant to prepare financial statements and liaise with external auditors
- Prepared and monitored journal entries and reviewed General Ledger and individual accounts and performed monthly reconciliation of balance sheet
- Handled Petty Cash receipts and disbursements, coordinated with banks to conduct wire transfers and ensure adherence with AML/CFT and FATCA regulations
- Initiated and led an interdepartmental project to improve job costing process to better gauge customer profitability in a manufacturing setting
Dissertation: “When’s the Best Time to Buy a Ticket? Evidence of Day of the Week Price Discrimination on International Routes” Strategic Management Accounting: 81%