Cost/Accounts Specialist
Sadara Chemical Company
Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months
Designation: Cost/Accounts Specialist
Duration: Oct 2014 to till date
Job Profile
• Responsibilities include insure compliance with contractual terms and conditions to identify any financial or risk issues
• Vendor document maintenance and correspond along with vendors and react to inquiries.
• Supporting P&P Analyst for Budgeting, forecasting & Invoice verifying etc.
• Produce weekly and monthly highlight report .
• Prepare Cost Sheet & allocate necessary cost centre.
• Coordinate the external auditor’s activities to ensure the auditing functions are completed on time.
• Set the invoices up (Process & Review) for payment procedure.
• Recommend cash calls for the beneficiary proponents.
• Reviewing Manpower Invoices for KBR.
• Receiving and Tracking transmittal copy from KBR
• Invoice verifying as per Contract terms and resolve invoice discrepancies if any viz.
i. Ensuring overtime supported with Prior Approval Form
ii. To ensure concerned Time Sheet is approved by Proper Approver
• To Develop various strategic policy for reviewing different labour Contractors
• To arrange meeting with biller to improve work flow
• Prepare Cost break down for accounting purposes
• Tracking complete movement of labour flow (mobilization & demobilization)
• Updating list of Houston KBR Invoices and review
• Reviewing & getting proper completion certification from concern Dept for Catering Invoice
Designation: Branch Accountant
Duration: Oct 2013 to March 2014
Job Profile
• Finalization of accounts.
• Petty cash management.
• Reconciliation of Bank, Debtors, creditors.
• Preparation of monthly reports
• Sending statements to customers and follow up payments.
• Invoicing to local and international clients.
• Coordination with airlines and shipping lines
• Air / Sea Export and Import Operations
• Sending Quotations
• Import / Export documentation and E clearance
Designation: Credit Controller
July 2011 to June 2013
• Managing customer data base and documentation and period review.
• Creation of new customer accounts, discount structures, rebate contracts.
• Approving credit notes for Goods returns and for other various reasons.
• Weekly meetings with sales team especially in regards to collections and attend various problems which customer raise.
• Comprehensive customer’s accounts reconciliation every three months.
• Custody of security cheques, PDC management and timely deposition of cheques in to the Banks.
• Frequent visits to important customer’s offices, Feedback and trouble shootings.
• Major role in fixing the credit limits and credit periods.
• Communication to customers about the history with company and issuance of appreciation letters.
• Closely working with Financial Manager as regards receivables and submitting the periodic MIS reports.
Designation: Payable controller
May 2009 to June 2011
• Preparing accounts receivable aging report.
• Collecting invoices and checking the supporting documents for the validity.
• Preparing the pay orders for the valid invoices and get the approvals from the appropriate authorities as per the Delegation of Authority.
• Release the vendor payments based on the credit periods.
• Periodic reconciliation of banks accounts and suppliers account.
• Maintenance of Debit Memo and Credit Memo.
Designation: Cashier cum Accountant
April 2008 to April 2009
• Overseeing the petty cash activities and tallying them in regular intervals
• Posting the Petty cash payments in the system
• Managing and planning of recurring monthly payment
• Updating records in cash management module of SAP
• In charge of Guarantees and other related documents
• Reconciling of Banks and Vendors
• Supporting Accounts receivable team in their collections
• Corresponding with banks
I was independently handling the accounts of projects regarding the documentation of invoices, checking and reviewing the Local Purchase Orders (LPO), Delivery Notes, Price agreement with the suppliers. Checking equipment job cards, Petty cash expenditure analysis, process of suppliers invoice for payment on branch wise etc...
Maintaining Journals, Ledger, Profit & Loss accounts and Balance sheet.
1st year College representative for “Vision” Management Association program Guruvayurappan Institute of Management, Coimbatore – 2005/2006. First prize in Business Quiz conducted by CBM College Coimbatore. Second prize in Business Quiz conducted by DJ managerial excellence Coimbatore.
Bachelor of Commerce (Taxation Law & Practice)