Manager - General Ledger and Reporting
Dubai Airport
Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months
- Mainly responsible in ensuring accuracy and timely completion of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements including all relevant disclosure and supporting documents
- Mainly responsible in reviewing manual and ensuring accuracy and availability of all financial reconciliation such as bank reconciliations, financial related reconciliation
- Main focal point for external audit such as for general clarification and understanding of process. Coordination of samples and audit requirements to subledger and to mgt
- Coordinator of all internal audits including documents requirement, audit report response, and monitoring of open audit findings and providing status to Corp Assurance
• Perform analysis of systems and operations to strengthen and improve internal controls and processes.
• Conducts financial audits and analysis and discuss the results to top management to help in decision making and to ensure compliance with policies and standards
• Participate in various IT audit engagements (Process workflow reviews, Systems and data migration, IT investment protection and controls)
• Develop and maintain Company-wide audit policies and practices.
• Identify, develop and document audit issues and potential fraudulent activities and recommendations using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed.
• Audit of database and operating systems thru Audit Command Language (ACL)
• Gather various financial data and performs wide variety of financial analysis, reporting, forecasting and planning activities across several legal entities and business and provides recommendation for improving financial performance.
• Review and monitoring of MIS, Project Verticals, Operating budgets, Service Contracts, Debtors Outstanding Obligation and other areas required by the Management
• Supervise closing of financial books and ensure consistent application of corporate financial and accounting policies
• Handles business and financial strategy and planning, monitoring, management, and reporting including management and development of policies, systems, processes
• Performs reporting and accounting as per regulatory and legal requirements including taxation, dividends, annual reports and accounts
• Develops financial model for new business initiatives or new product proposals. Reviews underlying financial assumptions by working with relevant functional partners including sales and operations groups
• Oversees the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, account maintenance, and data entry
• Creates, coordinates, and evaluates the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, financial planning and analysis
• Ensures records systems are maintained in accordance with Philippine Accounting/ Financial Reporting Standards (PAS/ PFRS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS/ IAS)
• Analyzes financial statement to pinpoint potential weak points
• Conducts assessment of the company’s internal control environment/business processes, evaluating the adequacy of security and controls associated with information systems, supporting compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Section 404
• Provides analysis, recommendation, and information concerning the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment to help ensure management (a) the effectiveness and efficiency of operations; (b) safeguarding of Company assets; (c) reliability of financial reporting; and (d) compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and innovate solutions so the team can operate in an efficient and cost effective manner
• Updates Quality Control Manuals (QCM) &/or ensure respective work streams update control documents where applicable
• Responsible for maintaining Control Operating Procedures (COPs) for IT Compliance and Financial Standards
• Responsible for the quarterly review of Segregation of Duties in various ERP environment such as SAP, JD Edwards
• Supports the development of on an ongoing control framework review process.
• Provides coaching, counseling and training to process focal points to ensure knowledge sharing, expertise development and troubleshooting support. Act as subject matter expert for the local GRA team in the area of RDS/Sox testing
• Conducts review of clients annual financial statements
• Prepares audit plan and performs substantive testing and documentation for SOX404 attestation
• Assists client in process review to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures
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• Performs risk identification and control reviews to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Observe in the client’s interim and annual inventory counts