Accountant
Al Futtaim Carillion LLC
Total years of experience :27 years, 10 Months
• Prepared Financial Statements for a particular project and monthly closing and cost accounting reports
• In-charged with the classification and allocation of costs and the accurate costing for monthly valuation
• Accountable for the preparation of monthly time sheet for all external hire operatives
• Responsible for the monthly reconciliation
• Gathered documents to substantiate the billings to client
• Verified subcontractors’ invoices for all external hire operatives
• Resolved accounting discrepancies and explained billing invoices and provided orientation of accounting policies and procedures to the business
• Valuing work executed/ completed by subcontractors including preparation of sub-contract certificates for payment
• Providing inputs into project reporting, such as preparation of payment plan
• Ensure that accounting documentation is promptly collected and filed in a professional way
• Preparation of monthly journal entries in a timely and accurate manner
• Make a monthly reconciliation of A/R and generate a report for upper management.
• Handling work related to Revenue & A/R accounts such as monthly billing, revenue reports and responsible for the collections
• Maintain an updated list of Outstanding Receivable and follow up past due through calls, emails or personal visits.
• Ensure subsidiary ledgers on accounts payable agree to the general ledger
• Verifies all requests for payment as per company credit facility and policy.
• Record and manage all the payments and bank reconciliations in addition to the trial balance at the month end
• Responsible for obtaining authorized signatories for all payables payments
• Prepare monthly provision of accrued expenses
• Prepare Income Statement and Balance Sheet
• Prepared petty cash reconciliation statements, ensured there was adequate cash available
• Handling the task of compiling financial transactions, maintaining proper record of books and analyzing all the financial information
• Ensure all the records kept up to date and provide with the final trial balance at every month end
• Report all accounting related issues to the Finance Manager based at the Corporate Office.
• In- charged with the recording of all outflows/inflows of cash in the Company’s books and submits accurate cash flows report to the Finance Manager daily
• Provides bank reconciliation statements on a daily basis against issued and deposited cheques, bank charges and timely notification and follow-up to clients on bounced cheques
• Produces and consolidates quarterly financial statements of all subsidiaries as per GAAS
• Ensure queries from Debtors are promptly and completely resolved, liaising with other departments as required
• Interacts with and provides assistance to both internal and external auditors to facilitate completion of audits
• Documented important events especially those involving money including the taking of photos to ensure complete documents are available upon auditor’s request
• Schedule tasks to ensure compliance to deadline
• Prepared monthly financial statements, expenditure analysis, and budget controls to ensure transparency
• Responsible for the inventory of supplies, materials and equipment and made sure that it were being used for its intended purposes
• Calculated labour and materials variances and investigated causes of such
• Liaise with the tax responsible whenever necessary.
• Controlled and monitored cash flow activities and ensured the accuracy of every disbursement
• Provided prompt and appropriate response to queries relating to reconciliations and calculations of budgets
• Produced accurate and timely financial information about the financial status and performance to enable significant decisions to be taken
• Interacted with internal and external auditors in completing audits.