Accountant
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months
Led the Accounts Payable transition to Dubai. Key results:
• Organized remote trainings. Ensured all unique transactions and processes are covered during the transition. Prepared process notes for the team’s reference.
• Took ownership of the accounts payable process for processing approximately 1, 000+ invoices per month. Key contact of internal and external customers. Answers queries, provides solution to issues and escalates if required.
• Ensures accurate processing and timely payment of invoices. Works closely with Treasury on the Group’s accounts payable funding requirements.
• Proactively supports automation projects.
Assisted the Project Director with executing the comprehensive engagement cycles on a diverse range of clients including a trading company, defense supplier, bank, real estate company, healthcare provider, transportation company, and travel & leisure. Key results:
• Prepared business impact and gap analysis to assess people, process and system changes during VAT implementation.
• Reviewed and developed VAT compliant accounting systems in coordination with the clients and their accounting software providers.
• Provided implementation assistance, trial runs, testing and review of controls and processes.
• Assisted in in providing VAT training to clients to equip their staff with relevant VAT information to avoid future errors.
Reporting to the Director of Corporate Finance, responsible for the management of day to day maintenance and integrity of the base financial ledgers of four corporate bodies in UAE and Singapore. Key results:
• Managed the day to day accounting operations including general ledger, fixed assets, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and revenue recognition in Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Utilized Oracle ERP to administer timely and accurate trial balance by validating and posting journal entry imports from other sub modules as well as general ledger journal entries.
• Produced various GL reports including monthly balance sheet and bank reconciliations, aging reports, advances not yet utilized, and provide the same to management with explanations for variances.
• Responsible for the maintenance of chart of accounts and cost centers, and monitored activity in accounts and cost centers. Ensured inactive accounts are either closed or restricted.
• Maintained and reconciled fixed assets schedule and register.
• Key contact for external and internal audits from planning stage up to release of financial reports. Compiled and prepared supporting schedules, working papers, and analysis during the audit of the four corporate entities being handled.
• Prepared GST Documents for the bi-annual tax filing to Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.
• Analyzed and created payroll workflow in order to improve efficiency of the payroll process and to separate finance and HR duties. Principally responsible for balancing and confirming accuracy of employee expenses and payroll inputs.
Managed financial records while also assisting the Finance Manager in the preparation of annual budgets and financial statements. Key results:
• Consistently met the prescribed deadline dates in generating various periodical and other Management Reporting requirements.
• Handled 5 years statutory audit of company financials in compliance to IFRS requirements as well as the annual extensive group internal audit.
• Identified as the Orion system expert. Troubleshot and provided solutions on system related issues. Accountable for the training and supervision of new financial system users.
• Managed and maintained fixed assets register and tracked maintenance and repair costs.
• Performed Accounts Payable functions, maintained and reconciled sub ledgers of more than 200 suppliers. Processed monthly accruals and bank reconciliations.
• Performed Accounts Receivable functions, maintained tracker for outstanding invoices due and followed up with customers for collection. Reconciled bank receipts and prepared statements of account for debtors.
• Reviewed inventory records, coordinated stock counts in line with procedures and investigated discrepancies, if any.
• Calculated and prepared bi-monthly payroll for a minimum of 65 employees in accordance with UAE Wage Protection System.
• Audited the new biometric system report and raised all identified issues to the supplier for action resulting to generation of a more reliable data.
Responsible for delivering all Procter & Gamble Singapore and Malaysia HR Accounting Services in accordance to the service line agreement. Key results:
• Participated in cost reduction and process improvement projects.
• Spearheaded the yearend accounting close and timely submission of deliverables. Managed of 10 individuals handling P&G Asia Accounts while also performing account analyst role. Headed daily meetings with the account owners and organized weekly meetings with the client. Raised issue to P&G head office for resolution.
• Performed complex analysis and reconciliation of 102 P&G Singapore and Malaysia Employee Services Accounts.
• Proactively identified and resolved any issues or reconciling items related to the accounts being managed through detailed investigative work and actively coordinating with accounting teams in head and regional offices.
• Performed analytic review of accounts to ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.
• Conveyed trending analysis of accounts to assist cost center owners in the preparation of their monthly/quarterly/annual budget.
• Prepared recurring and ad hoc reports as required by the client.
• Consistently met monthly SLA of 98.62%.