Senior accountant
Schlumberger - United Arab Emirates
Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months
• Prepare actual reporting and analysis of Managerial P&L focusing on the export markets of MiddleEast.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports for sales and cost.
• Responsible for preparing sales, profit, and expenses budgeting and forecast processes.
• Support the commercial team with insightful analysis to improve sales allocation and results.
• Coordinate and supervise with the hub (accounting team) the proper bookkeeping and allocation of sales deductions, rebates and investments.
• Responsible for preparing balance sheet reconciliation.
• Responsible for closely follow up with customer on aging invoices and coordinate all internal teams to resolve all the customer quires.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis for the business to support decision-making.
• Work closely with S&OP and Commercial Planning teams to improve planning cycles to avoid glitches with internal stakeholders.
• Responsibility is to provide financial accounting support across all sectors (O&G, M&M, Infrastructure and Power).
• Responsible to ensure transactions are recorded, documented, reviewed, and supported in accordance with company policies and controls. Responsible for maintaining cash flow on weekly basis.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts monthly; identify & resolve issues timely. Responsible for supervision accounts payable team.
• Report on intercompany balances and transactions, including billings, consolidation eliminations, intercompany recharges and reconciliations.
• Responsible for review of VAT entries and reconciliation that support VAT returns for 4 entities. Responsible for review VAT implications on all the AR and AP invoices for 4 entities. Responsible to liaison with VAT legal advisor in case of any queries.
• Meeting corporate deadlines for monthly closing and reconciliations, preliminary review and analysis of the trial balance.
• Responsible for preparation of annual financial statements and audit process.
• Assist with special projects and ad-hoc reports as required.
• Working closely with multiple finance teams and liaising with other internal stakeholders (e.g. local project teams) and external stakeholders (e.g. corporate, auditors) with the aim to support and develop great relationships.
•Took the lead role and managed other members of the team for full cycle closing process including accurate and timely financial reporting, internal and external audit support for the 18 international entities. Total Net worth of these entities was more than US$ 7bn with the annual turnover well over US$ 2bn. Provided effective training sessions for the team members and efficiently delegated tax and accounting tasks for them to take ownership and responsibility. This has assured us to work together as a successful team. I have positioned myself as a first hand help desk for any clarifications to bridge their knowledge gaps.
•Responsible for the trend analysis & review of financial analysis of US, Asian and European entities of Halliburton, in accordance with US-GAAP standards maintained in SAP.
•Business accounting, financial management, budgeting and variance analysis for 18 local/international entities
•Responsible for Annual Accounts Filing & Consolidation of books, intercompany-accounting analysis
•Responsible for Annual Statutory Reporting & Tax Return filing; including the reconciliation of Local books maintained under Swiss & Dutch standards, with SAP
•Direct communications and constant interaction with local and international tax advisors and external auditors; KPMG, E&Y, Deloitte, PWC from US, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands and UAE.
•Responsible for International Tax Planning & Tax Reporting, in the areas of Corporation Tax, Withholding Tax, Double Tax Treaty, wherever applicable, to each of the entities.
•Responsible for month end activities of various locations, including supporting the preparation of monthly financials by providing supporting schedules, monitoring of account movements & facilitating in clearing accounting balances.
•MIS Reporting of financial data, including certified Trial Balance adjustments to regional heads.
I am currently working in Engro Fertilizers Limited manufacturing and marketing company, my role is to manage and perform the following areas,
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENT
• Big four audit firm experience
• Diversified experience of over three years in Financial reporting/ Modeling/ Bookkeeping, Financial Planning/ Budgeting and Auditing & Assurance
• Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant as ACCA Member.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of SAP and other accounting software especially MS Excel for financial modeling, sound working experience of SAP Financial and SAP MM (Material Management) module and HCM (Human Recourse Management). Proficient in working in a computer based environment.
Core Responsibilities:
- Preparation of annual, half yearly and quarterly financial statements.
- Preparation of quarterly management accounts and performing variance analysis for Board of Directors.
- Coordinates audit activities and liaison with external auditors
- Coordinating with the internal and external auditors to resolve different audit and compliance related issues.
- Preparing quarterly, half yearly and annual presentations for the Board of Directors to highlight the key financial results of the company.
- Recording, settlement and reporting of Inter-company transactions and Employee advances.
- Raising and reversal of relevant accruals.
- Supervising the monthly bank reconciliation process and investigating the issues.
- Supervising Accounts Payable function that includes meeting all KPIs relating to taxation and management of payable turnaround time.
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- Maintains active involvement in the Capital Approval Process and allocation and tracking of project funds.
- Maintains and updates Delegation of Authority and ensures all financial transactions are correctly undertaken accordingly.
- Works with payables and payroll to develop appropriate internal control mechanisms, policies and procedures are in place to ensure that financial activity is accounted-for and reported accurately.
- Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to book of accounts, such as general ledger accounts and documenting business transactions.
- Provide advice and assistance and early warning of such problems as cost over-runs, excessive charges, and potential penalties.
Paymaster:
- Complete payroll management that includes Addition, Deletions, Salary Arrears, Over time, Incentive, Bonus, Expenses, Income tax deduction, and other allowances given time to time through SAP.
- Salary Disbursement thru online UBL portal, Pay slips management.
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- Responsible for preparing and disbursing the final settlement on daily basis.
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- Preparing financial disclosure quarterly.
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- Recently implemented new income tax module.
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- Responsible for generation and modification of new SAP reports.
My role was to managed and performed the audit routine matters, I have carried out audit of various companies listed and non listed, manufacturing, Services providers, Software House, Micro Finance and Insurance. I have also worked on special assignment of Preparation of Financial Statement of our clients.
Core Responsibilities
- Statutory / Financial Audits, Review engagements, Internal Audit and other related engagements and assignments.
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- Initial planning of audits, conducting overall planning meetings with clients to designing audit strategies in consultation with the Engagement Manager, including assessment of risk involved to the engagement.
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- Obtain through understanding of the nature of client and the industry in which it operates, Review analytically the immediate environment, strength of controls imposed internally and detailed testing of accounts balances and transactions on the basis of assessed risk of the entity.
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- Application of Accounting Standards and applicable Regulations.