Mardi Espanola, General Accountant

Mardi Espanola

General Accountant

Swiss Group Advisory DMCC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

General Accountant at Swiss Group Advisory DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2014

- Overseeing the financial operations and ensuring compliance with accounting principles.
- Prepared and Processed Quarterly Financial Statements reports and Tax filing.
- Managed closing activities, resulting in timely and reporting.- Processed Payroll, commission, end of service and other claims.
- Handled company acquisition, maintaining intercompany transactions, reconciliation and consolidation of balances in multi currencies.
- Managing and controlling cash flow, expenditures and
reimbursements for clients and the company.
- Preparing and executing payments by cash, cheques or wire transfers with verified proper supporting documents in multi currencies.- Monitoring and Reporting of accounts receivable, work in
process and unbilled fees and expenses.
- Accurate billing charges for regular Invoicing.
- Account reconciliations of funds, expenses, reimbursements etc.
- Provides techinical support, recommendations and decision making.

General Accountant at Pixie Productions LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2012 to September 2013

• Analyzing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard to actual costs
• Collecting data to determines costs of each job such as raw material purchases, inventory and labor
• Monitor the work in process and reconcile finished goods inventories
• Prepare monthly Financial statement and to be presented to the shareholders of the company
• Monitor Accounts Receivables and prepare invoices to be sent to the client
• Verify supplier’s invoices with LPO and execute payment
• Posting and processing journal entries to ensure all business transactions and accruals are recorded
• Record fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system
• Review, update and calculate the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation
• Prepare shipments inward and outward, documents and COO.
• Managing and controlling cash flows and prepare bank reconciliation report
• WPS Payroll and HR jobs, calculating end of service, monitoring employee files, expiration of visa, leave etc.

Project Accountant (ExxonMobil) at Sodexo Singapore Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • June 2011 to September 2011

• Prepare progress claims and raise final invoices for all billable projects in accordance with defined cut-off and/or contract terms, including all applicable backups for client verification and ensure proper records are kept.
• Advice financial controller and project manager of payment positions of contract on regular basis for follow-up with client and on all financial matters related to contracts and subcontracts.
• Maintain register of periodic financials and obtain all relevant information including register of invoices for each contract and corresponding subcontracts.
• Verify accuracy of subcontractor’s billing and ensure propriety of all costs charged to project.
• Review project correspondence files to update on variances, receivable disputes, variation orders and/or claims.
• Ensure that all receivables are collected within the agreed terms and prepare monthly receivable aging report.
• Prepares monthly costing report and ensure that cost provisions related to project are appropriate.
• Prepares project’s monthly budget and profit and loss.
• Reconcile daily cash sales, cash banking and ensure that cash handling procedure is adhered.
• Review and approving monthly stock take.
• Review weekly time sheets and prepares bi-weekly payroll and overtime summary.
• Prepares quotation for each additional works and/or variations orders.

General Accountant at Dubai Medical Equipment LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • September 2008 to April 2011

• Controlling and forecasting income and expenditure
• Preparing reports, budgets and financial statements
• Administering WPS payroll, calculating end of service benefits and other claims
• Consolidation, inter-company transactions and reconciliations including foreign currency
• Supervise all regular accounting processes such as A/P and Journal entries including monthly closure accounts
• Handles client’s account balance and credit terms for 500+ companies.
• Monitor and implement all accounts payable cheque activation and wire transfers for 100+ companies
• Review and approve stock purchase from supplier and recorded in the system.
• Administer all bank transactions and oversee data recording procedures monthly
• Provides support to the Management decision making, planning and budgeting

Selling Supervisor at SM Hypermarket, SSMI
  • Philippines
  • September 2007 to February 2008

• Ensures that all items are full in display with proper and accurate price tags.
• Supervise proper display of merchandise stocks.
• Attends customer inquiries and acts on them as required.
• Monitor the stock movement and identify the fast and slow moving items.
• Investigates stock variance during stock inn.
• Responsible for attainment in monthly sales target.
• Designate and assigned sub-ordinates in their schedule of work.

Accounting Supervisor at Bataan 2020, Inc
  • Philippines
  • March 2007 to August 2007

• Prepare VAT Returns. Income Tax Returns, Percentage Tax Returns and other tax matters report requirements.
• Conduct and handle reconciliation of accounts A/R, A/P, revolving fund, petty cash
• Prepare Financial Statement (Balance Sheet and Profit and loss)
• Analyzing the actual manufacturing cost of each job and reconciles finished inventories
• Managing and supervising plant operation, including workers scheduled shifts
• Administering Payroll and payments
• Handles and prepares monthly reporting of Bank Reconciliation and bank transactions

Accounting Associate at Numero Uno Footwear Corporation
  • Philippines
  • November 2005 to July 2006

• Records suppliers and customer’s cash/credit invoices and collections.
• Administer Payroll and remittances
• Validates invoices and petty cash vouchers.
• Handles Inventory reconciliation and adjustment of stocks and prices.
• Billing and invoicing
• Monitor the transfer of goods in and out of the branches.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Philippine School of Business Administration - Manila
  • October 2006

Specialties & Skills

Peachtree
al ameen
QuickBooks
BANK RECONCILIATION
BILLING
FINANCIAL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
INVOICING
MANAGEMENT
PAYROLL PROCESSING
PROFIT AND LOSS
REPORTS
SUPERVISORY SKILLS

Languages

English
Intermediate
Tagalog
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Singapore Parallel Train Project FWP Site Services (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Introduction to the Offshore World (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014