Accountant
S.A.Perera & Company Pvt Ltd
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
Managing the overall Accounts & Finance Team.
Prepare and review financial statement as per LKAS/SLFRS.
Perform and supervise the monthly various reconciliations.
Document and Revise the Standard Operating Procedures
(SOP’s) of the accounting department.
Monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing
corrective actions and annual budget information.
Maintains cash flow by monitoring bank balances and cash
requirements; investing excess funds.
Approves ledger entries by auditing transactions.
Renews business insurance by scheduling values including
personal and real property, vehicles, computers, equipment,
media, and accounts receivable.
Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing
related results as needed.
Assist the Board of Directors in developing and implementing
control system and improvements.
Liaise with the banks/External auditors/Inland Revenue
department & other related parties.
Dealing with Export and Import Operation of the company.
Maintains financial security by adhering to internal controls.
Identify the impacts of the new taxes and other changes on the
business of the entity.
Prepares monthly Management reports & other financial statement.
Collaborating with the project manager to develop a detailed cost-
effective budget for the project.
Performing accounting duties throughout the project such as
preparing invoices, estimating cashflow signing off on purchase order.
Analyzing all transactions and working unforeseen costs into the
budget.
Monthly GL Reconciliation
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with vendors and
suppliers.
Reporting any financial risks and Budgetary discrepancies to
management for review.
Liaise with the banks & other related parties.
Tasks handled in External auditing
Preparing the financial statement including Consolidated Financial
Statement in accordance with LKAS/SLFRS.
Performing statutory audit planning which includes audit strategies,
risk assessment, audit plan, assessing internal controls and fraud
considerations.
Preparation and input of month end journal vouchers.
Debtor and Creditor reconciliations.
Identifying, Understanding and evaluating the internal controls
system and discuss with the client for reasons for weakness.
Reviewing and performing Audit procedures (Test of controls and
substantive Audit procedures) to get audit evidence for financial
statement line Items.
Reviewing the junior staff’s work and Guiding the Audit Junior staffs
on the complex Audit and Accounting issues.
Drafting the suitable audit report and Management Letter including
the identified issues, relevant implication and recommendation.
Preparing the income tax returns and VAT returns.
Participating in the Audit committee Meeting and Annual General
meeting (AGM) to discuss the Key Audit issues.
Tasks handled in Internal auditing
Participating in the initial meetings with process owners to discuss
the business processes.
Identifying, understanding and evaluating internal controls in a
particular business process.
Preparing the risk-based audit programs for the specific audit area
Reviewing the business process documentations and flow charts
which are documented by juniors.
Solving the internal audit issues by discussing with the client and the
audit manager.
Performing detail testing on the identified internal controls to ensure
the controls are implemented Such as inquiries, observation,
vouching, inspection and recalculation.
Participating in the review of audit manager and clearing audit
queries.
Preparing internal audit reports including the identified issues,
relevant implications and recommendatio
2nd Class Upper Divsion with overall all GPA of 3 25 I did an Empirical study on Determinants of Price earning ratio evidenced from Colombo Stock Exchange and graded A