Maham Irfan, Accounts Officer

Maham Irfan

Accounts Officer

Gems Education

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Applied Accounting
Experience
2 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :2 years, 5 Months

Accounts Officer at Gems Education
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2015 to October 2015

Responsibilities:
- Preparing budgets, monthly MIS, Cash flow statements and regular forecasts
- Responsible for development, implementation, and administration of financial & accounting policies.
- Managing the daily treasury functions of the unit.
- Dealing with financial institutions and banks.
- Preparation of financial performance review, preparation of monthly statements, cash/fund flow to the management.
- Reviewing agreements, coordination with Auditors
- Planning effective utilization of financial resources, controlling payments/advances.
- Monthly payroll through WPS.
- Maintaining receivables, collections, cash flow, recoveries for effective credit control.
- Ensuring that the daily payments were complying with company’s policies and procedures, projection and planning of monthly accounts payable and other obligations.

Finance Assistant at Strata Global Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2013 to February 2015

Responsibilities:
- Preparing journal entries and handle financial data reports for the organization financial systems
- Supervising receivable department, assisting finance manager in audit operations, implementing internal controls, drafting financial reports and analyzing accounting systems
- Improving and strengthening the accounting processes to ensure effective financial and accounting control
- Handling daily accounting functions including managing Account Receivable, invoices, AP Management and preparing periodic bank reconciliations
- Define financial approaches, interpret financial data related to operations and liaise with external auditors and support in year-end financial audit. Analyze implementation of internal control mechanisms in order to mitigate financial risks
- Maintaining financial files and records and evaluate variance analysis to ensure accuracy of financial information
- Analytically review performance against the budgets, interpret results and provide to higher management for appropriate decision
- Performing periodic accounting books closing and review accounting documents

Key Achievement:
- Joined as intern and promoted to full time employee

Education

Bachelor's degree, Applied Accounting
  • at Oxford Brookes University (UK)
  • March 2015
Higher diploma, ACCA/UAECA
  • at ACCA AFFILIATE
  • February 2015

Successfully passed the following modules: - F1, Accountant in Business - F2, Management Accounting - F3, Financial Accounting - F4, Corporate and Business Law - F5, Performance Management - F6, Taxation - F7, Financial Reporting - F8, Audit and Assurance - F9, Financial Management - P1, Professional Accountant - P2, Corporate Reporting - P3, Business Analysis - P4, Advanced Financial Management - P7, Advanced Audit and Assurance

Diploma, Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business (ACCA)
  • at Phoenix Financial Training Ltd.
  • February 2014
High school or equivalent, Cambridge International A Levels (Accounting and Business/Management)
  • at Arab Unity School
  • September 2010

Certificates: - Diploma in IT Skills (Electronic Communications, Databases, Spreadsheets, Word Processing), University of Cambridge, Dubai - Certificate of Appreciation for completing 20 hours of Community Service, Arab Unity School - Certificate of Participation in Young Entrepreneur Competition 2010 project, Flash-wish of Love - Direct Child Interaction Volunteer, handled specials needs children, Special Needs Future Development Center, Dubai, 2007

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Accounts Payable
Bank Reconciliation
Accounts Receivable
Financial Accounting
Strata Max ERP Software
MS Office

Languages

Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
English
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

ACCA Affilate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015

Hobbies

  • Young Entrepreneur Competition, Dubai, UAE
    Responsibilities: - Worked on “Gift project Flash-wish of Love”,developed business plan and forecast-ed budgets - Learned how to target audience and converted them into loyal customers - Built customer relationships with a high degree of customer satisfaction and retention - Designed strategies to generate income and selected supplier with the best product and cheapest price