Ghous Ahmad, Financial Accountant

Ghous Ahmad

Financial Accountant

Al Jammaz Group

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
Experience
9 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months

Financial Accountant at Al Jammaz Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2020

Currently, I am performing following activities.
- Responsible for preparing interim and annual standalone and consolidated statutory financial statements.
- Coordinate with external audit on interim and annual basis.
- Preparing and posting Jvs in the month end.
- Preparing general ledger (G/L) account reconciliation report and reconciles and clears balances for assigned accounts on a monthly basis.
- Responsible for month end closing for two entities.
- Responsible for IFRS 16 monthly entries and if any lease modification or new lease calculation.
- Coordinate with actuarial consultant for end of service benefit annually basis and prepare adjustment entries for the differences.

Accountant at Fawaz Alhokair Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2016 to December 2020

Currently, I am performing the following activities:

- Reconciling and analyzing 2 million transactions monthly with banks amounting over US$100M for over 1200 stores.
- Preparing cash collection reconciliation relating to the previous business day.
- Coordinating with banks where there is short credit provided.
- Reviewing daily sales report voucher in order to confirm the amount recorded in the ledger.
- Preparing general ledger (G/L) account reconciliation report and reconciles and clears balances for assigned accounts on a monthly basis.
- Coordinating with external auditors on a quarterly and annually.
- Assisting finance manager in month end financial period closing.
- Responsible for preparing monthly management reports.
- Responsible for preparing interim and annual statutory financial statements for subsidiary companies based in KSA
- Preparation and recording of month end JV’s.
- Assisting finance manager in preparation, completion, and submission of VAT and withholding tax returns within the filing deadlines and in compliance with the local VAT law.
- Preparing monthly Sale, VAT payments, bank commission and reconcile to G/L.
- Monitoring the systems of revenue recording and revenue assurance in order to evaluate internal controls effectiveness.
- Identifying discrepancies in expected cash collection and actual cash deposited in the bank.
- Implemented a system of internal controls in order to mitigate the risk of fraud and error to an acceptable level and monitoring the same thereafter.

Audit Associate at Al Baraki Chartered Accountant
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2015 to December 2015

The areas of my responsibility included:

- Preparing and delivering monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements along with disclosures.
- Verification of major accounts and application of analytical procedures.
- Planned and performed audit procedure
- Identified and investigated audit difference and evaluated findings.
- Analyzing and interpreting Financial and Non-Financial Information.
- Responsible for maintaining relationship with clients.

Audit Associate at Tariq Ayub Anwar & Co Chartered Accountant
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2014 to December 2014

My job responsibilities included:

- Complying in all respects with the firm’s internal procedures and standard.
- Taking the inventory count and reconcile the Stock with store data.
- Developing collaboration, coordination and teamwork spirit among the members of audit team to accomplish demanding jobs within the time.
- Complying in all respects with the firm’s internal procedures and standard.
- Recording accounting transactions (ranging from simple to complex accounting entries) in the clients’ accounting system.
- Reconciling Sales & Purchases, Accounts Receivables and Payables.
- Managing accounts receivable, generating invoices and monthly statements for clients.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
  • at University of the Punjab
  • August 2016
Higher diploma, ACCA ( Accounting, Finance and Audit )
  • at Skan School of Accountancy Lahore
  • August 2014

I have ACCA Certification from Association of Chartered Certified Accountant United Kingdom

Diploma, I.COM (Commerce)
  • at BISE Gujranwala
  • September 2010
High school or equivalent, Sceince
  • at BISE Gujranwal
  • August 2008

Bayt Tests

Financial Forecasting Test
Score 80%

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Finance
Auditing
Financial Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Quickbook
Microsoft Excel

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Hobbies

  •  Reading, Internet surfing, case studies, outdoors, traveling, Chit Chat