Senior Finance Officer /Assistant Manager
National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain
Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months
- Preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS and manage external auditors, regulatory auditors and provide required support to finalize audit assignments .
- Lead and manage value added tax (VAT), IFRS 9 implementation projects.
- Preparation and presentation of MIS reports to senior management, drafting finance related
policy documents and handle credit rating agencies for rating review.
-Review central bank returns, risk based survey (RBS) and assisting with the Basel reporting.
-Coordinate annual budgeting process of the bank, Monitoring cost center budgets on monthly basis to analyze variances and provide recommendation senior management.
• Preparation of daily balance sheet with vital statistics for senior management and group reporting according to IFRS
• Lead and manage the accounts payable process and ensure all resources assigned to assist the process are productively engaged at all times and general administration of resources in the accounts payable function
• Assist and monitor all on-going projects, WIP accounts and its proper closures, adhering to bank policy requirements.
• Provide cost related ad-hoc information to business, auditors, tax consultants and regulators and provide cost management information to senior management.
• Investigate GL integrity issues and control break-downs as necessary and ensure robust financial controls are enforced over assets as prescribed in the company policy.
• Perform assigned self assessment checks in regulatory reporting and engage effectively in finance operational risk process.
Accountant /Associate Analyst
Finance Function
• Preparation of quarterly and yearly accounts according to International Accounting Standards and Conversion accounts for group consolidation
• Handling the quarterly and year end audits and managing audit queries from auditors
• Managing the liquidity and Investments of the company
• Preparation of annual forecast and budgets to Board of Directors and analyzing variances
• Preparation of tax reports of the company (VAT, NBT, corporate tax)
• Preparation of regulatory reports to be submitted to Security Exchange Commission and Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Research Function
• Monitor current developments at rated financial institutions, in the financial sector and the overall economy to ascertain potential credit implications
• Support lead analyst by preparing research publications by gathering data, undertaking financial analysis, preparing graphs and written analysis
• Compile and maintain peer comparisons, industry statistics, graphs and economic data.
• Assist lead analyst to identify and evaluate business risks, market risk and operational risk in rated financial institutions.
• Assist lead analyst in analyzing risk policies and procedures of rated finance institutions.
Employed within the Subsidiaries Finance & Accounting Team of Aviva (UK). Responsibilities include the following;
• Preparation of monthly main Bank account reviews and suspense account movements.
o Investigate the entries outstanding in the ledger report to the onshore finance team.
o Preparation of month end journals to clear ledger accounts.
o Monitor company main bank account and other bank accounts daily basis and allocating money for daily working capital requirements.
o Producing reports containing above analysis on a monthly basis.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations.
• Working on par with onshore team members on daily basis.
• Handling queries of onshore team members.
• Maintaining effective communication and good rapport with the onshore team
CFA Level one cleared
Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK