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George Varughese, Chief Accountant

George Varughese

Chief Accountant·Al Jazal

United Arab Emirates

Higher diploma, Pursuing CPA, Passed 2 Subjects(FAR & AUD)

Work experience

Total years of experience: 35 years, 9 months

Chief Accountant

May 2016 - Present

Al Jazal

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

May 2016 - Present

 Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and company procedures.
 Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
. Payroll Function, Banking & Insurance activities. Reviews accounts payables and check runs.
 Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions within designated limits.
 Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, job cost centers and documents business transactions.
 Responsible for distributing financial statements to the management.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Project Cost Controller

March 2012 - February 2016

VTTI Fujiarah Terminals Ltd

Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

March 2012 - February 2016

 Spearhead the development/implementation of project policies & procedures and financial policies, systems, procedures and guidelines to ensure smooth cash flow, streamlining budgets, establishing stringent procurement and expense guidelines.
 Set SMART Goal & Objective for project.
 Estimated budgets, conducted variance analysis and compared actual results with the defined budgets to determine variances.
 Planning and preparing Capital Expenditure & Operating expenditure budgets(CAPEX & OPEX), assistance in the preparation of project plan, coordinates, monitor overall budget commitments, expenditure and to ensure effective cost control, ensuring ways to reduce cost, improve margins and efficiently manage cash flows.
 Review financial performance and highlights any deviations from the actual. Recommend budget revision requirements of unplanned scope changes. Prepare supplementary budgets, prepare authorization of variation orders.
 Opening letter of credit and letter of guarantees, insurance & bank matters etc.
 Customer invoicing, check and verify contractors progress invoices, retention’s and payment status, back- charging sister concerns.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Chief Accountant

April 2001 - September 2011

Bilfinger Berger AG

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

April 2001 - September 2011

 Reporting to the Commercial Manager, monthly financial statements reporting to the Head Office in Wiesbaden - Germany.
 Invoicing to the customers, Inter-company reconciliations, Back charging, Banking & insurance activities, open letter of credit & guarantees.
 Prepare project cash flow forecast, Job costing reports, Variance Analysis etc.
 Prepare policies and procedures in line with head office, management reports and weekly/monthly financial reports in accordance with IFRS.
 Evaluated and enhanced Internal Control effectiveness & Compliance and made recommendations to the management.
 Coordinates and facilities project management, in conjunction with the contractors and sub contractors of the project.
 Controls the overall project the expenditure and schedule.
 Implement necessary cost controls, ensuring ways to reduce cost, improve margins and efficiently manage cash flows.
 Reports the progress versus the plan to the project management on a monthly basis and communicates critical project changes.
 Maintain and monitor department-wise expenditure, and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of financial/operational controls and recommended correction on control deficiencies and improvements in operational efficiencies.
 Review financial performance and highlights deviations, and advised department managers on corrective action required.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Chief Accountant

December 1995 - December 2000

Noell LGA Gastechnik GmbH

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

December 1995 - December 2000

Worked with Noell-LGA Gastechnik GmbH, a Multi-national company of the GERMAN PREUSSAG Group of Companies active as Engineers and General Contractors in the field of Oil & Gas Technology (EPCC). Mainly worked for the ADNOC FOD Project called ‘Multi-Product Storage and Distribution Depot.’, Abu Dhabi, a 400 Million Project.

Responsible for reporting to the Head Office in Germany, project progress invoicing, retention’s and payment certificates to the clients, back- charging sister concerns, cash-flow forecasts and all credit lines and banking activities, deposits, open Letter of credits for local & foreign Suppliers, inventories, fixed assets, cash related reports, payroll, all financial correspondence, processing data and preparing budgets with the Project Managers, attended Auditors M/s. PriceWaterHouse Coopers.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Senior Project Accountant

October 1992 - November 1995

Al Hamed Development and Construction

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

October 1992 - November 1995

Worked with one of the leading constructions firms in Abu Dhabi as Project Accountant. Preparing Job Budgeting, Job Profitability report and Progress Invoicing with the help of Project Management. Handled Letter of Credits and Letter of Guarantees, Sub Contractors Advance Payments, Retention’s and Payments, Bank reconciliation, making monthly financial statements, reporting to the management, attending the auditors M/s. Arthur Anderson and preparing various schedules for them etc.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Accountant

May 1990 - August 1992

NSCC / CEMENTATION

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 1990 - August 1992

Worked with one of the leading Joint Venture Piling Contracting Company in Abu Dhabi. Assigned for computerising the Accounts Department, which was successfully completed. Preparing vouchers, checking data entry reports, Fixed Asset schedule, and processing monthly data, taking monthly reports, checking and verifying with Chief Accountant, attending to the auditors M/s. Arthur Anderson, reporting to the management etc.
Designed and developed new software for the ‘Enquiry System’ in DBASE IV with SQL.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Accountant

July 1989 - January 1990

Al Tayar International Travel Agency

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 1989 - January 1990

System designed, programmed and implemented computerised financial accounting system DBASE IV.

Making data entry for the accounts, checking the data entry reports with corresponding vouchers, rectifying the errors, processing the monthly reports for the branch sales analysis report, agency sales analysis. Preparing trial balance, income statement, history of general ledger accounts, balance sheet etc. Developed new software for the ticketing system, which can produce airlines sales report, commission report, and sales analysis of different airlines, branch report and agency.

Company industry:
Airlines
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

AICPA

June 2018

June 2018

Higher diploma, Pursuing CPA, Passed 2 Subjects(FAR & AUD)

United States

Sikkim Manipal University

November 2012

November 2012

Master's degree, MBA - Finance

India

GPA (percentage): 75%

GPA (percentage): 75%

Southern New Hampshire University

January 2010

January 2010

Diploma, U.S Federal Income Taxation

United States

Directorate of Technical Education

August 1987

August 1987

Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

India

Kerala University

June 1986

June 1986

Bachelor's degree,

India

Kerala University

June 1985

June 1985

Bachelor's degree,

India

Skills

Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Communication Skills
Expert
Communication Skills
Expert
Finance
Expert
Finance
Expert
Management Analysis
Expert
Management Analysis
Expert
US GAAP & IFRS
Expert
US GAAP & IFRS
Expert
Project Management experience, over which time have attained strong Financial Control and Business
Expert
Project Management experience, over which time have attained strong Financial Control and Business
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Communication Skills
Expert
Communication Skills
Expert
Finance
Expert
Finance
Expert
Management Analysis
Expert
Management Analysis
Expert
US GAAP & IFRS
Expert
US GAAP & IFRS
Expert

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Compliance and Principles of Conduct.
Web Based Training
Dec 2010 - Dec 2010

Hobbies

  • Music, Net Surfing for knowledge expansion, Reading News Papers