Accountant GL and Taxation
Horizon Geosciences
Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months
Area of business:
Land, Marine Survey and Geo technical services related to Oil, Gas and civil industry. Horizon’s activities are largely based in the Arabian Gulf and Red sea with clients ranging from national oil companies as well as reputable international contractors to the oil and gas industry.
Key clients:
McDermott, SAIPEM, ADNOC, ARAMCO, Qatar Petroleum, Dulam International, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, NPCC.
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Perform general ledger accounting and analysis throughout the month.
2. Prepare journal entries, accruals, and adjustments as required.
3. Record and reconcile intercompany transactions.
4. Support management with the month-end close process to ensure financial statements are consolidated timely and accurately.
5. Prepare monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, thoroughly investigate any identified discrepancies, and take proper corrective action.
6. Liaise with Project management team and other staffs to ensure completeness of month-end data provided.
7. Assist with corporate budget preparation and monthly budget variance analyses.
8. Manage accounting assistants and bookkeepers
9. Monthly Inventory control and analysis.
10. Analyze and investigate inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and report.
11. Provide accounting, and clerical support to ensure that financial transactions are complying with VAT regulations.
12. Ensure collections and payments are done in line with UAE VAT regulations.
13. Research, analyze, and interpret changing tax legislations in both UAE and GCC.
14. Compile, verify, and reconcile VAT registers with general ledger, prepare VAT schedules for audit purposes and file monthly VAT returns.
15. Be the liaison for the annual audit of the group and other Ad hoc audits.
16. Recommend tax strategies that align with business goals.
17. Ensuring compliance with relevant Laws, Rules and Regulations set down by the Government/Authorities.
Responsible for auditing data related to all government entities transactions but not limited to MoL, Immigration, EID and MoH.
1. Performed daily and monthly revenue analysis and accurately.
2. Performed daily cash management activities including recording and reconciliation.
3. Maintaining day to day accounting including cash book, purchases and sales.
4. Managing accounts payable, accounts receivable, General Ledger and payroll.
5. Review of transactions relating to MoL, Immigration, Tasheel, Emirates ID and other income.
6. Reconciliation of Immigration and emirates ID transaction with CBD account.
7. Reconciliation of Mol and Tasheel transaction with NBAD account.
8. Monitored and reviewed accounting and system generated reports for accuracy and completeness.
9. Implemented financial control systems and authorized all payments/cash movements.
10. Adhered to month end closing procedures to ensure all month end procedures were fully completed.
11. To ensure that e-Dirham, GIT, Immigration accounts have sufficient balance; take corrective actions in order to maintain the minimum balances.
12. Liaison with cashiers, compliance officers, and other management staff.
13. Monitored daily cash activities to prevent shortages or overages on daily and monthly basis.
14. To calculate the monthly utilization of e-Dirham, Immigration and NOQODI account and matched with the Compliance officer and cashier report to ensure the effectiveness.
15. Calculation of employee’s commission and typing center’s/ customer’s commission, thereby making payments on time.
16. Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation and distribution of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and report to management.
17. Analyzing and reviewing the performance of the center business.
18. Communicated and established effective working relationships with internal operations and external customers.
19. Highlight any operational issue to the GM of the Center and GM of Managing company.
Worked as an Accountant in BPO Integra Global Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, India, My job responsibilities included:
1. Maintaining Books of Accounts for clients.
2. Conversing with clients.
3. Performing Bank Reconciliation.
4. Cash Management.
5 Preparation of monthly Management Reports.
6. Assisting internal/external auditors with queries.
7. General ledger entry including accruals and prepayments.
8 Communicating clearly and effectively with the accounts team.
9. Assisting in the preparation of year end accounts for clients.
Worked as an Accountant in BPO Integra Global Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, India, My job responsibilities included:
1. Maintaining Books of Accounts for clients.
2. Conversing with clients.
3. Performing Bank Reconciliation.
4. Cash Management.
5 Preparation of monthly Management Reports.
6. Assisting internal/external auditors with queries.
7. General ledger entry including accruals and prepayments.
8 Communicating clearly and effectively with the accounts team.
9. Assisting in the preparation of year end accounts for clients.
My experience at Anantha Krishnan and Shabi, Chartered Accountants covers multifaceted concerns ranging from both the Public and the Private sectors of the economy. Areas of my professional experience encompass auditing and accountancy including financial analysis and reporting, management consultancy, and taxation.
I have been involved in
• Developing audit plans and giving conclusions thereon to Audit Senior.
• Provided accounting services to various clients, identified and reported to management, control weaknesses in accounting.
• Responsible for examining the accounting records to understand the financial status of the clients.
• Review data regarding assets, liabilities, capital, stock, net worth, income and expenditure.
• Verifying journal and ledger entries of cash and bank payments, receivables, payables, expenses;
• Overall planning of audits, designing audit strategies after assessing the audit risk associated with the client.
• Review of audit work in light of technical standards, generally accepted accounting practices, accounting and auditing standards.
• Designing policies and procedures, developing business solutions for various clients;