Senior Accountant
Landmark Group - Centrepoint / Home Centre/ MAX / E-MAX-Multi National Company-Jeddah KSA
Total years of experience :18 years, 3 Months
Key Responsibilities (ERP-Oracle, Orion)
• Providing operational support of general ledger accounting function for month end, quarter end and year end close.
• Monthly preparing journal entries, reconciling of GL accounts and maintaining schedule details for balance sheet accounts.
• Analysis of monthly store expenses to suggest cost reduction and working on profit protection plan.
• Monitoring of regional budgeted overheads and taking necessary steps for cost optimization approach on expenses.
• Invoices processing 3 way matching criteria and prioritize invoices according to terms and cash discounts.
• Reviewing all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior into system and ensure for timely payments.
• Reconciling of accounts payable activity between vendor statements and invoices and responding to all vendors inquiries.
• Recording fixed assets acquisition, depreciation and maintaining of fixed assets register.
• Tracking the expenditure for fixed assets in comparison to the capital budget.
• Tracking the compilation of project cost in to fixed assets a/c and close out those a/c once the related project have been completed
• Monitoring of GRN, GIT and closely working with warehouse staff to ensure the inventory transaction process.
• Preparing and maintaining accounts receivable files with records and follow up with customer collection.
• Working with external and internal audit teams and providing audit schedule, evidence and responding to audit inquiries.
Multi Business group - Leading Retail fashion and Furniture, Manufacturing and Distribution, Mineral Water factory, Real Estate, Renovation and maintenance, Rent a car, Interior Designing.
Duties & Responsibilities (ERP- Oracle, Dynamic GP)
• Finalizations book of accounts & preparation of financial statements for monthly & yearly.
• Preparing all completing schedule work and coordination with external auditor.
• Preparing and maintaining up to date invoicing system and follow up with customer collection.
• Monitoring customer accounts details for unpaid invoices, delayed payments and send monthly outstanding statement.
• Reviewing invoices for accuracy and completeness, sorting documents and process invoices for payment.
• Ensure the credit Invoices for timely payments to creditors and reconciling with vendor outstanding statements.
• Preparing & maintaining of fixed assets ledger with register and reviewing monthly bank reconciliations.
• Daily preparing sales reports and supervising petty cash vouchers and participated for physical stock verification.
At CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Audit Firm in Sri Lanka as a Audit Senior - responsibilities for internal auditing, engagement auditing, several kind of Bookkeeping for clients (Tally & Quick Book), Review the Junior Audit & Accounts work & Prepared Finalized Audited Financial Statements and Tax computation. (From March 2008 to April 2009)
Duties & Responsibilities (CA article)
• Researching, preparing, analyzing, and compiling financial data for various clients.
• Obtaining an understanding of the company’s audit procedure such as inspecting the company’s books and records, observation, inquires and confirmation.
• Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, Income and expenditure.
• Audit planning, controlling, gathering evidence for audit and evaluating, testing of internal control and recording audit works.
• Ensure compliance with established internal control procedure by examining records, reports, operating practices and documentation.
• Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing items to documents.
• Preparation of Finalized Audited Financial Statements and Analysis of Income & Expenditure for Tax purposes,
• Calculation of Capital allowance for Fixed assets and Adjusted the income for Tax purposes
• Calculation of Income Tax for the year and Review & verified the calculation of VAT, T/T, ESC
Duties & Responsibilities
• Handling day to day entry of different vouchers and daily maintaining petty cash & preparing reports for reimbursements
• Preparing entry of Cash, Bank and posting to respective ledger accounts and preparing monthly Bank reconciliation.
• Preparing Ledger of Sales, Purchases, Fixed assets and Expenditure and maintaining of Accounts Payable, Receivable accounts
• Verification of financial transaction entered in the Accounting system and assisting for monthly closing balance.
• Participating for finalizing of book of accounts and preparing Income and expenses summary reports.
• Assist to external auditors for audit requirements of annual auditing and most used excel work for field of accounts.
Part Qualified in CPA Sri Lanka
Major 1-Budgeting and Controlling 2-Financial Analysis 3-Working capital Management 4-Finance Strategy 5-Operation Finance
4 years Accountancy Course 01-Advance Financial Reporting 02-Cost Accounting & Business Finance 03-Auditing & Assurance 04-Management Information Systems 05-Taxation 06-Business Communication Successfully completed Certified Membership of AAT (MAAT- Designation awarded) of Sri Lanka – Class 2009
2 years Full time course of Government College 01- Marketing Management 02-Production & Costing Management 03-Analytical Technical Management 04-IT- Management 05-Business Communication 06-Business Organization
* chart of accounting Creation * Accounts payable and Payment * Accounts Receivable and Receipts * Fixed Assets and depreciation * General ledger and Journal voucher * Income Statements * Financial Position.
Participated in Inter house Sports meets Students Member of the College Advance Level Arts & commerce Union.
