Accounts Payable Manager
National Oilwell Varco
Total years of experience :16 years, 7 Months
Manage and lead Accounting team, including day-to-day activities, team, and employee development.
Ensure timely, accurate, and complete month end close and reporting as per applicable GAAP and Company policies.
Support all areas of Accounts Payable, including but not limited to, managing, training and mentoring the Finance Team Specialists.
Coordinate weekly bank payments and bi-weekly cash forecasts.
Ensure ongoing refinement of processes through sound management which may include the incorporation of new technology or scaling for growth
Determine proper handling of financial transactions and approve transactions within designated limits.
Review of internal controls to ensure compliance with SOX and Company policies.
Profile
Preparing yearly budgets in coordination with commercial and business development departments and in line with an equipment plan from the technical department
Analysing equipment utilisation along with their respective overall costs to check for allocation of both time and expenses towards projects
Review and scrutiny of trial balance, location reports and project P&L statements to ensure they are in line with IFRS standards especially IAS 11 for construction contracts
Profile
Debt restructuring for a locally based businessman with a well-known UAE based bank
Preparing a five year business plan for a travel agency business
Executive assistant to the CFO of a semi-government company analysing HR costs
Profile
➢ Analyzing overall company, segmental and product performance for Board presentations
➢ At the forefront of various projects such as gathering intelligence on competitor activity
➢ Coordinated 3 year Budgets for presentation to holding company
Learning outcomes
• Developed team working skills coordinating with different department
• Analytical skills interpreting data to measure segment and branch based performance
• Developed an understanding of how different departments relate to each other and work towards a unified organisational goal.
G. M. Kapadia & Co. (Mumbai, India)
Department: Audit (Internship)
Duration: March 2006 to April 2009
Profile
➢ Managed External Audits for companies from various industries such as construction companies, cable companies and banks.
➢ Experience in Tax Audits for companies from construction industry.
➢ Delivered Internal Audits Reports for companies in media distribution and manufacturing.
Learning outcomes: • Lead and Trained teams of junior interns in various types of audit and tax services.
• Demonstrated sound problem solving skills that hindered the audit process such as miscommunication with accountants
• Actively interacted with Partners to develop a professional conduct required by the industry
➢ Advanced Accounting, Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Modelling ➢ Dissertation: Trade Credit Motives- A Supplier's Perspective International exposure in accounting and logical reasoning behind the economics related to the finance world.
CIMA levels: 1. TOPCIMA- A business case study covering all subjects from strategic and managerial levels. 2. Strategic Level- Risk and Control strategy, Business Strategy and Accounting strategy 3. Managerial Level- Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Integrated Management, Decision Management
ICAI is a reputed institution in the accounting fraternity. The course is thoroughly embedded into the finance and corporate laws of India. It covers areas such as accounting, audit, law, tax, costing and financial management.