Jigar Pabari

- Establish and review financial policies and management information systems
- Interpret and provide accurate and timely management reporting for business planning and decision-making.
- Prepare analytical reports and benchmark KPIs which can be implemented, tracked and improved by business heads.
- Lead closing of books on a monthly basis with other accounting sections within the group timelines.
- Responsible for adhering to the accounting functions in line with company policies and procedures and supervision and development of the team working in Management Accounting.
- Lead monthly/periodical closure of books of accounts in line with monthly reporting timelines and production of monthly management reports for Finance Manager.
- Assist the Finance manager in the Annual Budgeting process by preparing detailed budgets for individual Business Units, Consolidated budgets for EKFC and key analysis to support the budgets.
- Review chart of accounts and business units on a periodical basis and suggest changes aligned to changes in business.
- Identify opportunities for improving service delivery methods and procedures; identify resource needs; review with appropriate management staff; implement improvements.

 Strategic Role
- Prepare, consolidate and analyze financial data for new projects considering company’s goals and financial standing.
- Create forecasts of future business conditions using multiple scenarios.
- Investigate operational and financial results and make recommendations for improvements.
- Conduct cost-benefit analyses.
- Create financial models.
- Create presentations summarizing the results of analyses and present the results to senior management.
 Functional Role (FMCG Division)
- Handling full spectrum of financial and cost accounting role eg. AR, AP, GL, forecasting, budgeting etc.
- Responsible for VAT implementation, registration & compliances.
- To lead and direct accounting activities to provide timely and accurate information needed to measure and assess financial performance & perform monthly closing.
- Oversees and analyzes the company cash flow and advises concerned parties to take proper actions.
- Reconciles petty cash funds with their custodians and ensures maintaining the required records for disbursements.
- Liaison with Banks in managing company bank accounts and reviewing transactions.
- Checks, reviews and approves all issued and received financial documents (cheques, notes, sales and discount reports, expense sheets, overtime sheet, employee incentive, etc. prepared by Assistant accountant & HR Officer to ensure their accuracy.
- Develops Standard Operating Procedures, monitors their implementation and amends them when needed.
- Conducts financial analysis for new products in cooperation with Sales Manager.
- Prepares and submits accurate and timely financial reports required by the company Sales Manager and Chairman to support decision making process.
- Assists the HR Officer in the design, implementation, and timely calculation of employees leaves salaries, overtime, incentives and any other related expenses.
- Responsible for Implementation and training of Software for FMCG. (FOCUS).

 Financial Reporting Role
- Overall responsibility of the accounts department with heading the team with different nationalities members
- Preparation of monthly financial statements location wise and consolidated.
- Verifying all accounts are reconciled and updated & performing month-end accounting activities such as vendor reconciliations and journal entries.
- Verifying prepaid expenses, depreciation, fixed asset schedule, stock and GIT.
- Coordinate with finance team to complete assigned accounting tasks within deadlines & supervision of day-to-day operation of the accounting.
- Smoothing the process flow for efficient inventory management, process flows for receivables and payables
- Salary working & processing (Preparing SIF file and uploading WPS)
- Coordinating with external auditors to carry out annual external audit.
- Liaise with suppliers for their respective queries related PO, GRPO and payment.
- Maintaining accurate and up to date records of all financial transactions.

 Financial Management Role
- Manage bank dealings like Letters of Credit (LCs), Trust Receipts (TRs), Short term Financing & long-term loans.
- Liaison & negotiation with banks for availing term loans and working capital loans, also participated in restructuring of banking facilities.
- Preparation of cash flow to review the cash position and forecast funds required to honor the financial commitments.
- Perform financial analysis and reporting financial discrepancies to management and recommend effective resolutions.
- Checking financial ratios are in line with banks facility letter.
- Other financial management duties assigned by management.
- Working on implementation of a new ERP.

Preparation & monitoring of accounts on routine basis including Bank reconciliation, management of trade
receivables, trade payables, payroll processing.
· Suggested in the matter of sales pricing, purchasing, inventory management and preparation of cost sheets,
cost and variance analysis and suggestions for improvements.
· Setting up the budget and analysis of variances.
· Supervising maintenance of books of accounts, adherence to internal policies & procedures.
· Supervising & reviewing the companies for statutory compliances with respect to taxation, financial reporting
& company law matters. (Government of South Sudan).
· Carrying out due diligence for project viability.
· Incorporation of private limited company and advisory on company law matters.

Drafting of various deeds & agreements and preparation of tender documents. · Conducted various Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, Tax Audit, Reconciliation of financial statements and Preparation of Audit Report with taking into consideration Legal Provisions, Accounting and Auditing Standards, Guidance Notes, CARO etc. · Preparation of various project reports to secure loans for clients.

Prepared and presented financial statements, consolidation, MIS reports, Budgets, Cash flow, Fund flow &
break even analysis.
· Preparation and review of various reconciliation statements e.g. Bank, Cash & Stock.
· Preparation of LFAR (Long Form Audit Report).
· Verified internal controls & carried out internal audit, providing suggestions for upgrading the internal ERP
systems and software which can generate different types of reports for management review.
· Review of business contracts with profitability and financial success in mind.
· Analysis of stock & stores: - Identification procedures for Slow Moving, Non Moving and Obsolete items and
analysis of Purchase Procedure.
· Assignments covering areas such as Purchases, Stores, Procurement, Production Planning, Sales & Marketing,
Time Office, Safety, Transport.
· Verification of different HR related issues such as attendance & leave policies, regularization process, data
analysis etc.
· Analysis of debtors & creditors: - Ageing, Recovery Period, Balance Confirmation Procedures and legal cases.
Assisted in the Statutory/Tax/Internal of listed and private limited & banks as following: