Finance Manager
Siraj Power Contracting LLC – Construction
Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months
Siraj Power Contracting LLC - Construction Industry - EPC Contractor
My biggest achievement at Siraj Power Contracting was working in line with the investment manager to produce a financial model for the company, on which we rely on every day for monthly cash flow forecast and for analysis of our company performance on a regular basis;
Collaborating with procurement team on our ways of importing goods that resulted in savings for the company;
Working in a multicultural environment was able to interact with people from different backgrounds
Looking after a team of 2 people, developed more interpersonal skills and ways of managing people
Having joined the company at an early stage, was able to acquire multitasking skills as was in charge of Administrative tasks, human resources tasks, IT tasks, Accounting and finance tasks.
The experience is amazing as I joined the company at a starting stage and could see our team grow from a small number of 8 to 50 people today;
• Preparation of a finance policies manual
• Participating in the preparation of the yearly budget in line with management strategies
• Preparation of monthly management report for presentation to the board
• Delivery of P&L, Balance sheet and cash flow statement by predetermined deadline monthly
• Monthly cash flow forecast
• Adhering to the month end close, supporting an on-time and error free process
• Preparation of all documents related to accounts receivable, accounts payable, accruals, fixed assets, inventory, revenue ensuring they have been accurately recorded and processed into company system
• Keeping all documents and reconciliations up to date for monthly and quarterly reports and annual audit
• Preparation of Letter of credit (LC’S) documents for credit facilities with supplier overseas, monitoring the release of funds and impact on cash flow forecasts
• Preparation of customer invoices/billing
• Assisting in the timely collection of receivables and on time payment of supplier invoices
• Preparation of cheques, payments and bank deposits
• Review of requisition and LPO’S in line with company best practices and processes
• Cash / Bank reconciliation
• Timely preparation of the VAT declaration
• In charge of all the company insurance (third party, professional indemnity, workmen’s compensation, property all risks, construction all risks etc.)
• Coordination with procurement, logistics and supply functions
• Monthly preparation of the payroll
• Maintaining relationships with the banks, auditors, legal and insurance companies
• Preparing the audit file for the year-end audit and assisting auditors with their queries
• Coaching and mentoring of staff in accounts department
• Bookkeeping, maintenance and integrity of the full general ledger up to trial balance
• Preparation of monthly financial statements in accordance to generally accepted accounting principles
• Monthly preparation of management reports
• Monthly calculation of the income tax, VAT and employees taxes and submission of the tax returns
• Monthly preparation of the payroll
• Monthly internal controls review
• Preparation of yearly budget and monthly review with team members
• Monthly financial analysis of the financial results
• Monthly cash flow forecasts
• Cashbook maintenance, suppliers’ and petty cash payments
• General ledger reconciliations
• Monthly closing and cut-off journals, including payroll
• Meetings with director for presentation of financial results on monthly basis
• Maintaining relationships with the banks, auditors, legal and insurance companies
• Attending webinars on updates on Companies Act, Income tax Act, Labor law and BEE
• Annual submission of company returns according to Companies Law
• Preparing the audit file for the year-end audit and assisting auditors with their queries
• In charge of the staff pension fund coordination with the recording of the monthly necessary journal entries, submission of new members and terminated members on a monthly basis to pension fund scheme, verifying growth on fund as well as expenses related to the fund
• In charge of the company medical aid scheme, ensuring new members are loaded on regular basis and terminations are recorded according, performing monthly reconciliation of the medical scheme
• Coaching and mentoring of staff in accounts department
• In charge of ensuring health and safety committee is in place, quarterly meeting is held and all requirements as per the health and safety regulations are met;
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•Bookkeeping, maintenance and integrity of the full general ledger up to trial balance
•Preparation of monthly financial statements in accordance to generally accepted accounting principles
•Monthly preparation of management reports
•Monthly calculation of the income tax, VAT and employees taxes and submission of the tax returns
•Monthly preparation of the payroll
•Monthly internal controls review
•Preparation of yearly budget and monthly review with team members
•Monthly financial analysis of the financial results
•Monthly cash flow forecasts
•Cashbook maintenance, suppliers’ and petty cash payments
•General ledger reconciliations
•Monthly closing and cut-off journals, including payroll
•Meetings with director for presentation of financial results on monthly basis
•Maintaining relationships with the banks, auditors, legal and insurance companies
•Attending webinars on updates on Companies Act, Income tax Act, Labor law and BEE
•Annual submission of company returns according to Companies Law
•Preparing the audit file for the year-end audit and assisting auditors with their queries
•In charge of the staff pension fund coordination with the recording of the monthly necessary journal entries, submission of new members and terminated members on a monthly basis to pension fund scheme, verifying growth on fund as well as expenses related to the fund
•In charge of the company medical aid scheme, ensuring new members are loaded on regular basis and terminations are recorded according, performing monthly reconciliation of the medical scheme
•Coaching and mentoring of staff in accounts department
•In charge of ensuring health and safety committee is in place, quarterly meeting is held and all requirements as per the health and safety regulations are met;
Preparation of annual financial statements for companies in accordance with IFRS and statements of GAAP
•Planning an audit and setting materiality
•Preparation of engagement letter
•Risk assessment at financial statement level and at assertion level
•Preparation of audit programs
•Training, allocating work to and reviewing work of juniors on audit
•Performing substantive procedures and tests of control
•Performing analytical reviews on business data in order to assist managers with business decision-making and controls
•Evaluating internal controls
•Designing and ensuring effective implementation of internal controls
•Post year end transactions’ risk assessment and audit procedures in connection with post year end transactions
•Going concern assessments
•Client investigation and ensuring that the engagement team’s independence and objectivity is not affected by relationships with client
•Performing final risk assessment based on final materiality
•Preparing a report on audit findings and recommendations on audit findings to management
•Preparation, management, maintenance and timeous reporting on assurance project budgets and milestones
•Providing direction and feedback to team members with regards to engagements
•Liaising with other organisational units within the firm to identify and respond to client specific requirements including taxation
Participating in the audit of diverse entities in the insurance, pension fund and medical scheme as a junior clerk on the team
•Performing substantive tests on various sections of the audit including bank and cash, expenses per the audit programs provided by senior on audit
•Performing analytical review on certain expenses section per the audit programs
•Performing tests of controls on certain sections of the audit per the audit programs
•Attending organisation training on audits and Information technology
•Checking up numbers on financial statements prepared in accordance to IFRS for accuracy
•Performing bank confirmations on diverse audits
•Performing secretarial duties audit on certain audit clients
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