Senior Accountant
Aramex
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
• Monitor bank transactions and perform bank reconciliation on a regular basis between the general ledger’s bank accounts and the bank statement received on a regular basis, identify and review all transactions impacting the bank accounts and determine appropriateness of each transaction and liaise with banks personnel to settle detected discrepancies.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses.
• Manage and handle the posting of daily financial transactions to the general ledger.
• Assist with the preparation of other reports provided to management.
• Review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness
• Assist in year-end closing and audits.
• Perform other related tasks.
Follow up for payments with Customers & sales teams.
• Ensure that appropriate telephone calls and contacts made at the earliest stage on due
debts.
• Reconciliation of Credit Customers Accounts & Cash Accounts on regular basis.
• Send Statements of accounts & invoices with all supporting documents to the customers on weekly basis.
• Update communications with the Customers on Sage CRM.
• Prepare and update the weekly invoices status with detailed explanations.
• Provide estimates collection figures for weekly cash flows.
• Ensure collection target are met every month.
• Maintain and update proper records of collections.
• Ensure timely dunning letters are sent to the customers for overdue payments &
dishonoured Cheques.
• Freeze credit facilities of customers who exceed predetermined credit limits without
timely payments.
• Preparation of various accounting input documents like receipt vouchers & Bank
deposit Slips.
• Monitor Credit Card transactions of all the branches, reconcile Credit Card accounts &
follow up with the bank for pending payments.
• Maintain close relation with the clients including regular visits.
• Assisting senior management for the preparation of the District budget.
• Assisting senior management for the preparation of the financial statements.
• Monitoring cash reserves and grants.
• Preparation of Bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and entered into the computerized accounting system
• Maintaining financial files and records
• Financial Assistance
• Receive cheques for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
• Examine cheques for endorsements and to verify other information such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments and the legality of the documents.
• Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.
• Explain, promote, or sell products or services such as travelers' cheques, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's cheques, using computerized information about customers to tailor recommendations.
• Sort and file deposit slips and cheques.