Hafsal Ambalath Veettil, Assistant Finance Manager

Hafsal Ambalath Veettil

Assistant Finance Manager

National Aviation Services

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Assistant Finance Manager at National Aviation Services
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since September 2019
Senior Financial Analyst at National Aviation Services (Agility - Kuwait)
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since March 2012

Preparation of Management Reporting Pack
• Group P&L Variance Analysis Report with Plan, Prior Month, LYR
• Revenue Drive Analysis Report with Plan and LYR
• Capex Summary Report, OPEX Summary Report, Receivable Collection Report
• Location wise P&L variance analysis report (MEA & ASIA)
• Consolidated Balance sheet & Cash Flow

Budgeting & Forecasting

Preparing monthly consolidated balance sheets, income statements, detailed cost and inventory data and variance reports for submission to management.

Analyze and interpret monthly variances and trends between budgets, actual and prior results in developing projections and forecast and reporting

Provide financial support and analysis to Operations and Marketing areas for strategic business decisions and cost savings initiatives.

Supervising, Internal Accounts Audit and controlling out stations (Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Rwanda, Jordan, Kuwait, India, Afghanistan, Cote D' Ivoire) and make sure book are closed and reports are submitted with in the dead lines

Review and Validating GL flow before closing of each location

Controlling ERP modules AR, AP, FA, GL period closing, taking action on module closing exception and errors.

Controlling Inter company entries by requesting timely IC reconciliation reports from locations

Uploading Monthly & Quarterly Actual, Plan and Forecast Financials in Hyperion corporate reporting system for all locations

Manual P&L and Balance sheet OHADA mapping to IFRS Mapping and Updating in corporate financial system

Consolidation of balance sheet by passing elimination entries and adjustment entries in financial consolidation system

Handling Holdings Set of Books in oracle ERP system AR, AP, FA, CM, GL (NAS Aviation International Holding, NAS Mauritius, NAS Africa, NAS Global etc…)

Oracle Financial ERP procedure support, Training and trouble shooting

Location wise budgeting and Quarterly forecasting of entities

Auditing, Validating and Reporting of System generated financial reports

Provide training and make sure all locations are following accounting standards and company policies

Senior Accountant at Agility Infrastructure Corporate (Kuwait)
  • Kuwait
  • March 2010 to February 2012

Handling Book of Records
Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Closing of Books
Monthly Variance Reporting of Actual and Plan
Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures, Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met
Controlling total payable system (Receiving invoices, Submitting Invoices for approval, cost booking, posting, cheque or wire transfer preparation etc...)
Trial Balance, Income Statement & Balance sheet Reporting to Manager and Group Finance Controller
Passing Intercompany and Inter Group entity entries (Shared service allocation and reallocation charges, Bank Transfers, Payroll Entries, Allocation of other expense…)
Monitoring the intercompany differences of All Infra entities and intercompany entities and follow up
Monthly Reporting of IC Reconciliation
Up loading of infra entities financial statement to Oracle HFM(Financial Consolidation System)
Continuous support for budget and forecast activities
Interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits
Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness
Sending timely cash fund request to treasury
Reconciliation of Bank

Accountant at Agility DGS Logistics Co. (Kuwait)
  • Kuwait
  • June 2007 to March 2010

Compile and analyze financial documents and Recording in the ERP System as per FAR 31.
Close monitoring and analysis of PO based, Non PO Based, Subcontract & Intercompany Invoices and MRR & Subcontract agreements before processing.
Payroll verification and processing
Monthly accounts payable closing
Reporting outstanding accounts payable liabilities, Ageing Reports prepaid expenses, advances paid etc…
Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
Prepare financial management reports using Microsoft Cognos Report Generator
Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
Ensure accurate and appropriate recording of expenses
Business Travel (American Express) cost booking and follow up.
Passing Intercompany Adjustment Entries and Reconciliation
Monthly Reconciliation of Current asset and current liabilities.
Maintaining Excel Tracking system for all accruals and payables
Bank Reconciliation
Cash flow Forecasting and Sending timely Fund Request to Treasury

Accountant at Geepas Electronics Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2006 to April 2007

Accepting LPO’s and Taking orders online, coordinating delivery process, Validating Sales Invoices, Recording Receipts, Supervising clerks for Billing & Documentation, Reconcile Collection Accounts, Generating daily stock report and reconciling, Opening Customer Accounts as per policies, Internal Auditing of Customers Accounts, Review A/R aging and Follow up, Tracking Delinquent Customer Account, Sending Monthly Statement to Customers, Expedite Sales Return Process, Assist AR system implementation/integration conversion, General Ledger reconciliation and analysis, Cash Flow Forecast, Reporting Sales as per salesman, Vendors & Location, Report New Stock to Sales man and Customers, Develop and maintain effective business relations with customers, Liaise with contract administration, sales, legal and operations departments, Provide support for month, quarter and year-end close

Accountant at Varma&Varma (India)
  • India
  • May 2005 to March 2006

Assisted the Senior Charted Accountant in auditing, A/C payable / Receivable & general accounting, Reconciliation & Finalization of accounts, Assist in Audit of public and private companies, Auditing in computerized environment, Valuation and Verification of different kinds of stocks, Checking of receipts and payments & Bank guarantee documents, Assisting for the salary calculation rolls, Petty cash, Bank Reconciliation.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Sikkim Manipal University
  • November 2013
Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting & Management Accounting
  • at Calicut University
  • May 2005

Bachelor of Commerce

Diploma, Business System, Computer Organization,OOP Java, Basics of UNIX, Data Communication and Network
  • at DOEACC Society
  • May 2005
Diploma, Advance Diploma In Manual and Computerised Accounting
  • at Accountants Academy
  • May 2005
Diploma, Diploma in System Management
  • at Aptech Computer Education
  • June 2002

Oracle DBMS & JAVA

High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Central Board of Secondary Education
  • May 2002

All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination

Specialties & Skills

Consolidation
Hyperion Enterprise
Reporting Skills
Budget Process
Microsoft Excel
Oracle Financials 12.1.3
Hyperion
Tally 7.2
Ms Office 2007: Power Point, Word, Outlook
Oracle Discoverer
Deltek Cost Point
Microsoft Cognos Reporter
Euro Netting
Advanced Excel
Oracle GL Wand

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

Financial Accounting And Analysis (IIM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019