MARLENE CANOVAS, Accountant

MARLENE CANOVAS

Accountant

Al Sawari Holding

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
22 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 11 Months

Accountant at Al Sawari Holding
  • Qatar - Doha
  • December 2014 to March 2020

Assists the Financial Manager in the administration of all financial and accounting affairs of the holding company including 31 subsidiary companies. In addition to this, I am the sole accountant responsible for the preparation of Financial Statements, Budget, Income Tax Audit and other general accounts of the following subsidiary companies: Al Sawari Industry, Dossa for Trading in Shoes, Aspect Communication ME, Gulf Marcom Media Qatar, Catalyst, Fictive For International Computer Trading in Video Entertainment, Al Sawari Consultancy and Al Sawari Business, previously with HE Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassem Al Thani Private Office

Senior Accountant / Administrative In-Charge at Design Palace
  • Qatar - Doha
  • July 2012 to October 2014

• Responsible for the preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end Financial Report for internal and external use as well as providing a thorough and accurate accumulation of supporting data including the budget to actual revenue and expenditure information to various levels of management. Analyze the report and ensure integrity of all financial information.
• Directs and coordinates activities of the estimation and purchasing department for formulation, monitoring and presentation of budgets for controlling funds to ensure profits of each project.
• Conducts month end / year-end closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts.
• Ensure timely compliance with the Government’s/City’s obligation.
• Preparation of the daily cash position report and analyzes the cash and fund flow.
• Determine appropriate accounts for particular transactions and reverse entries as necessary. Updates and
records accounting transactions using the Tally accounting system.
• Liaise with the bank concerning guarantee bond, payroll and other matters as instructed by the management.
• Review request for payment & validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents & information. If valid, prepares payment voucher and reimburse / liquidate the expenses.
• Maintain up-to-date billing system, collection and allocation of payments and reconciliation of accounts to monitor customer accounts details like delayed or non-payments of their accounts.
• Ensure that all Purchase Order has an approved Purchase Requisition and other supporting documents.
• Maintain listing of accounts payable. Review updated vendor detail files. Monthly reconciliation of outstanding check list. Monitor accounts aging to ensure payments are up to date
• Review invoices submitted by the supplier/sub-contractor to ensure that all the information appearing on them is accurate and complete. • Prepares Invoices to bill the clients ensuring proper attachment of all documentations.
• Attend to the queries of the clients pertaining to the invoices sent to them and if necessary submit documents to suffice their requirements. Maintains Aging of Receivables.
• Closely maintains and monitors the fixed asset accounts and prepares lapsing schedule.
• Prepares, calculate and reconcile Payroll Report; control and monitor overtime, vacations, leaves of absence, sick leave, workers compensation cases, holiday pay, and other payroll related matters as they occur; resolve discrepancies between timecards and paychecks; initiate the paperwork for leaves of absence, and insurance benefits; administer employee benefits including computation of end of service benefits/gratuity.

Senior Accountant at Industrial Maintenance International - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2008 to April 2012

• Assists the Finance and Administration Manager in the establishment and enforcement of policies and procedures for the Administration /Finance / Accounting of the company. We are only a two-man team in the Department but managing a whole panel of more than 500 employees and 10 projects in a row.
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end Financial Report for internal and external use as well as providing a thorough and accurate accumulation of supporting data including the budget to various levels of management. Analyze the report and ensure integrity of all financial information.
• Maintains and updates the book of accounts, including general ledgers, subsidiary ledgers and journals.
• Closely maintains and monitors the fixed asset accounts and prepares lapsing schedule.
• Conducts year-end closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts.
• Ensure timely compliance with the Government’s/City’s obligation.
• Attends to the Ministry of Economy and Finance and external auditors in relation to the submitted Financial Statement and if needed prepare & submit worksheet to support the discrepancies noted.
• Responsible for all taxes obligations and adheres to internal and external deadlines
• Preparation of the daily cash position report and analyzes the cash and fund flow.
• Determine appropriate accounts for particular transactions and reverse entries as necessary. Updates and records accounting transactions using the Tally accounting system.
• Liaise with the bank concerning guarantee bond, income tax payment, cheque encashment for allowance and payroll budget and other matters as instructed by the management.
• Review request for payment & validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents & information. If valid, prepares payment voucher and reimburse / liquidate the expenses.
• Monitors payable to ensure payments are up to date and resolve invoice discrepancies, if there is any.
• Maintain up-to-date billing system, collection and allocation of payments and reconciliation of accounts to monitor customer accounts details like delayed or non-payments of their accounts.
• Ensure that all Purchase Order has an approved Purchase Requisition and other supporting documents.
• Maintain listing of accounts payable. Review updated vendor detail files. Monthly reconciliation of outstanding check list. Monitor accounts aging to ensure payments are up to date. • Review invoices submitted by the suppliers to ensure that all the information appearing on them is accurate and complete.
• Checks the monthly time sheets to reconcile with the date of arrival and departure of the assignees/employees during rotation or home leave and to ensure correctness of the payroll.
• Prepares / reviews / audits / reconcile the monthly allowance, payroll, accrued leave, maternity leave, end of service gratuity and other benefits of the employees.
• Prepares Invoices to bill the clients ensuring proper attachment of all Qatari documentations. Attend to the queries of the clients pertaining to the invoices sent to them and if necessary submit receipts to reconcile the items.
• Maintain/Review Aging of Receivables to investigate delinquent accounts and implement processes to improve and reduce receivables. Conduct regular internal audit.
• Checks and reconciles all the documents transacted with the immigration and thru the E-Government payment facilities against the credit card bank statement to ensure the accuracy of the payment.

Senior Accountant - Directly Reporting to the Vice President of the Company at Digital Crown International Corporation
  • Philippines
  • December 2006 to January 2008

Digital Crown International Corporation is owned by DCHL A multi-level marketing sales company of Estebel with headquarter in Taipei and has established 23 branch offices and 9 major display centers in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Job Description:
• Provide accurate and timely financial data while observing all Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Responsible for preparation of all financial reports as well as providing thorough, accurate accumulation of supporting data (including budget analysis versus actual) to various levels of management.
• Keep and update all financial records of the company and posting these to General Ledger and subsidiary ledgers. Perform the registration of our newly organized and existing companies with Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Trade & Industry and other Local Government Agencies. Responsible for the preparation of increase of capitalization of the company.
• Responsible for the preparation and payment of all related taxes of the Company. Attend to the queries of the Bureau of Internal Revenue pertaining to Letter of Authority & Tax Verification Notice for tax deficiencies of the company & if necessary prepare & submit worksheet to support the discrepancies noted by the BIR.
• Monitoring of the monthly importation of Raw Materials and Finish Goods. Responsible for the posting of all imported and locally purchase products in the inventory analysis report for our cost of good sold.
• Review request for payment and validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents and information.
• Review Aging of Receivables to investigate delinquent accounts & implement processes to improve and reduce receivables. Conduct regular internal audit.
• Validate daily sales slips against daily sales report. Prepare & submit invoices to bill the client representing sales for the month. Compute monthly Commission. Reconcile payroll account.

Chief Accountant at Melawares Manufacturing Corp.
  • Philippines
  • January 2005 to December 2006

Melawares Manufacturing Corporation is the largest and leading manufacturer of melamine food service products in the Philippines

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for the preparation of all Financial Statements, filing and payment of the Tax requirements for Melawares Manufacturing Corporation and other six affiliated companies, namely CDC Manufacturing Corporation
Max.Ideas Marketing Corporation, MaxSuccess Corporation, Altis Trading, Capital Goods Trading and Sandoval Trading.

Job Description:
• Prepare financial statements for our 7 companies
• Perform the registration of our newly organized and existing companies with Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Trade & Industry and other Local Government Agencies. Responsible for the preparation of increase of capitalization of the company.
• Responsible for the preparation and payment of all related taxes of the Company. Attend to the queries/notices of the Bureau of Internal Revenue pertaining tax deficiencies of the company & if necessary prepare & submit worksheet to support the discrepancies.
• Monitoring of the monthly importation of Raw Materials and Finish Goods. Responsible for the posting of all imported and locally purchase products in the inventory analysis report for our cost of good sold.
• Review request for payment and validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents and information.
• Review Aging of Receivables to investigate delinquent accounts and implement processes to improve and reduce receivables. Conduct regular internal audit.
• Validate daily sales slips against daily sales report submitted by our concessionaires. Prepare and submit invoices to bill concessionaires representing sales for the month. Computes monthly Commission of Sales people.
•Filing of Annual Registration Fees and registration of Book of Accounts, like G/L book and subsidiary books. Update and maintain book of accounts.
• Reconcile Payroll Report

Supervising Accountant at Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc.
  • Philippines
  • January 2004 to September 2004

Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc. is one of the largest telecommunications Company run and operated by John Gokongwei Summit Holdings, Inc., one of the most successful conglomerate in the Philippines today. As of 2010, Gokongwei is the third richest entrepreneur in the Philippines with a net worth of $1.5 billion

Duties and responsibilities:
Cash Management, including bank reconciliation of more than 20 bank accounts.
•Dealing with Credit Card Companies regarding contracts for credit transactions of the client and its service fees.
•Maintain up-to-date billing system, follow up, collection and allocation of payments and reconciliation of accounts to monitor customer accounts details like delayed or non-payments of their accounts.
•Review Aging of Receivables to investigate delinquent accounts and implement processes to improve and reduce receivables. Checks the validation report submitted by the group and ensures that the Over The Counter and Credit Card payment of our Subscribers credited in our Bank Accounts. Ensures that the payment of our subscribers credited in their accounts.
•Any un-posted payment noted has been forwarded to the bank for verification/investigation.
•Ensures that Bank Balances reckoning to Collections for the day. All cleared un-posted payments are being posted in ICMS or INTEGRATED CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.
•Ensures that the collections for the day are posted into SAP.
•Attended meetings with different Banking Institutions to ensure the quality of service we provide to our subscribers are always up to date.
•Coordinates with the Banks regarding un-posted payments and other debit and credit found in the bank statements. Ensures that the fund transfer report made by our more than 50 Rural Branch Units are deposited in our Bank Accounts.
•Handles the charges/bank notices received from the banks and other adjusting entries pertaining to credit card payments.

Accounting & Administrative Supervisor at Project Concepts & Administrative Services, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • March 2001 to January 2004

A: Accounting Supervisor - Job Description:
• Assist the General Manager in the establishment and enforcement of policies and procedures for the Administration /Finance / Accounting and Taxation of the company
• Ensure compliance of all accounting staff (including those assigned in the projects) to outstanding accounting policies and procedures.
• Create, revise and update procedural routines and systems related to financial process and reporting.
• Review request for payment and validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents and information.
• Prepares renewal of Management Contract to our managed condominium corporation. Review Reimbursement Receivables for our deployed employees and if necessary make an incremental salary adjustment to complement to our new wage law.
• Review Aging of Receivables to investigate delinquent accounts for our head office accounts and for our 15 managed Condominium Corporation and implement processes to improve and reduce receivables.
• Review request for payment & validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents & information. If valid, prepares payment voucher and reimburse / liquidate the expenses.
• Maintain up-to-date billing system, collection and allocation of payments and reconciliation of accounts to monitor customer accounts details like delayed or non-payments of their accounts.
• Ensure that all Purchase Order has an approved Purchase Requisition and other supporting documents.
• Review invoices to ensure that all the information appearing on them is accurate and complete
• Maintain listing of accounts payable. Review updated vendor detail files. Monthly reconciliation of outstanding check list. Monitor accounts aging to ensure payments are up to date
• Reviews and approves financial report prepared by the unit/project for our 15 managed Condominium Corporation.
• Prepares budget planning for the Head Office Account (Expenses and Revenues)
• Determine appropriate accounts for particular transactions and reverse entries as necessary. Updates and records accounting transactions if needed
• Conduct surprise audit to the Bookkeeper/Accountant of our managed Condominium Corporation concerning their petty cash, collections and cash disbursement.
• Conduct regular internal audit to our project accountants concerning the accuracy of the Financial Statements.
• Prepares regular Financial Reports, Bank reconciliation, Cash Flows for our Head Office Account.
• Attend to the compliance of all government regulatory requirements, like filing of:
 Quarterly & Annual Income Tax Return, SEC Annual Information Update, Business permits renewal, Expanded & Compensation Withholding Taxes, Alpha List, & Value Added Tax.
• Ensure that the Annual Registration and registration of Book of Accounts are being attended to.
• Closely maintains and monitors the fixed asset accounts and prepares lapsing schedule.
• Keeping the General Ledger accounts and its subsidiary ledgers.
• Conducts year-end closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts.

B. Admin In Charge - Job Description:
• Prepares, calculate and reconcile Payroll Report; control and monitor overtime, vacations, leaves of absence, sick pay, workers compensation cases, holiday pay, maternity leave and other payroll related matters as they occur; resolve discrepancies between timecards and paychecks; initiate the paperwork for leaves of absence, status changes and insurance benefits; administer employee benefits; reconcile all SSS, Philhealth and Pag-ibig Contribution and notify the General Manager of any unusual problems.
• Prepare and conduct performance appraisals for all employees per company policy; maintain all wage and salary guidelines within the Department.

BRANCH BOOKKEEPER at Rural Bank of Bocaue, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • November 1996 to March 2001

Rural Bank of Bocaue is a banking and financial institution that focuses on savings account, current or checking account, time deposit, agricultural business loans, and other short and long term business loan.


• Responsible for the preparation of all financial reports for internal and external use as well as providing thorough, accurate accumulation of supporting data (including budget analysis versus actual, bank reconciliation, Trial Balance and others) to various levels of management.
• Preparation of the daily cash position report and analyzes the cash and fund flow.
• Create, revise & update procedural routines & systems related to financial process & reporting. Determine appropriate accounts for particular transactions and reverse entries as necessary. Updates and records accounting transactions if needed
• Review request for payment & validates the purpose of the request, ensuring completeness of supporting documents & information. If valid prepares payment voucher and reimburse/liquidate it. And monitors payable to ensure payments are up to date and resolve invoices discrepancies if there is any.
• Responsible for the checking of incoming checks to ensure that all checks are being funded.
• maintains and update book of accounts, like general ledger, subsidiary ledgers, and journal ledger book
• prepares bank reconciliation
• Prepares and maintain daily proof sheets of the bank
• Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at St. Jude College
  • March 1986

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Payroll Processing
Year End Closing
Accounts Receivables and Payables
Income Tax
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
TALLY SYSTEM
QUICKBOOKS
Electronic Filing of Payment of Tax
Microsoft Word and Excel
Sage Accpac
Tax Accounting

Languages

English
Expert
Filipino
Expert

Memberships

Civil Service Commission
  • Career Service Professional
  • September 1996

Training and Certifications

with certificate of completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2003
Valid Until:
June 2003
with certificate of completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2006
Valid Until:
March 2006
with certificate of completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2005
Valid Until:
June 2005