Accountant
Bigdot - Index Holding
Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months
January 2012 - till date: Big Dot - Index Holding - Engaged in the business of organizing exhibitions, designing and constructing exhibition stands.
Duties and responsibilities include -
• Providing management with financial reports monthly.
• Budget updating, issuing budget and variance reports
• Issuing project reports monthly (Income-cost-profit)
• AR functions- invoice issue, follow up, collection
• Weekly AR & AP reports to management
• Monthly bank reconciliation and daily updating of bank and other banking related functions.
• Petty cash updating and monthly reimbursements
• Project advance updating and settling on behalf of GM
• Assisting head office with the preparation of payroll
• Intercompany reconciliations and reports to management.
• Liaising with statutory auditors for annual audits
Key achievements - Bringing in new formats and procedures for project advances; new types of reports with the advanced excel techniques like graphs and charts that proved more helpful for management.
Performed independent audit on more than 10 companies and assisted audit managers in around 30 professional audits. Duties varied from the beginning step identifying audit scope to preparation of audit reports.
Worked as an accountant in different clients of varied industries performing-
• Weekly/ monthly visit on client place
• Updating all accounting transactions in the software
• Issuing periodical management reports to clients
• Keeping client files updated
Payable accounting clerk - maintenance of more than 50 regular supplier accounts including
• Checking and verifying the supplier documents and updating in the system
• Maintaining good relation with suppliers and timely payments.
• Coordination with stores and procurement departs to ensure smooth flow of job
• Resolving disputes and other mistakes relating to purchase and payments
Assisting finance manager relating monthly closing, annual audits and performing the duties of other accountants at the time of their vacation.
Performing duties of counter clerk including buying and selling of foreign currencies, daily exchange rate fixing, proper maintenance of cash book and stock book and assisting manager with stocking foreign currencies.
1st class graduate in commerce (Accounting) from University of Kerala. CMA (USA) Student (waiting for October exams.)