Senior Accountant
Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana Co
Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months
Businesses: Vehicle Dealer (Nissan, Infiniti & Renault), Real Estate, Restaurant
Responsibilities:
Preparing & finalizing financial reports, such as Trial Balance, Profit & Loss
Account, Balance Sheet, General & Subsidiary Ledgers for group companies
Harvey Nichols Doha WLL, Seventh Sense WLL & Al Mana Real Estate
Development Co. WL, supported by a team of 5-6 members
Providing support to Finance Manager for preparation & implementation of
budgets and analysis of variance between budgeted & actual
Tracking inflow & outflow of funds; managing bank reconciliation activities;
conducting daily revaluation process and calculating profits
Performing reconciliation of fixed assets account balance with physically
verified units on quarterly basis; resolving issues in case of discrepancy if any
and consolidated report for management review
Ensuring timely realization of debtors and monitored payments made to
vendors; tracking accounts receivable / payable accruals and conducting
reconciliation of accounts receivable / trial balance to the general ledger
Preparing payment voucher, credit & debit voucher, prepaid / accrual entries
Liaising with auditors for timely completion of interim & final audit
Driving timely preparation of financial reports (including Product Wise Sales
Margin Analysis, Expenses Reports, Invoicing & Receipts, Debtors Statement)
that summarize the organization’s financial position
Calculating monthly staff cost (payroll, provision for leave salary, gratuity, &
provisions to pension fund)
Managing & coordinating with UK for Chairman Personal Tax Return filing &
Property Management
Preparing & coordinating with the auditors annual filling of Qatar tax return
Highlights:
Finalized books of accounts with zero error tolerance
Played a key role in streamlining procedures to arrive at greater efficiency in
workflow and deliverables
Provided support for recovery of embezzled funds through timely detection of
fraudulent activities; reduced outstanding debts
Automated the preparation of reports that had previously required 12 hours of
effort per week
Established receivable controls & procedures that improved timeliness and
accuracy of transactions (DSO Improvement)
Reviewed, investigated, and corrected errors & inconsistencies in financial
entries and documents that led to transparency in reporting to stakeholders
Monitored all purchase & expense accruals that aged > 60 days and ensured
timely reversal of over accruals
Controlled & maintained fixed assets; streamlined reports & entries, filed
returns for fixed assets, managed site wise capitalization & provision,
undertook physical verification of assets
Improved the timeliness of month-end financial reporting from 15 to 6 days
Managing the Finance Department, coordinating with the banks, Preparation
of Management reports
Managing the cash flow
Managing the Audit
preparation & implementation of budgets and analysis of variance between
budgeted & actual
Reporting to CFO
This is a part of Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana Group
Company dealing in Freight, Export Forwarding, Clearing (dealt with customers
Imports & Exports from USA, Europe & Eastern Asia)
Highlights:
Independently managed the Finance & Accounts department
Finalized accounts (in Tally package); developed annual & monthly budgets,
monthly variance report and cash & profit forecasting statements
Performed monthly reconciliation of debtors & creditors; coordinated with
banks and undertook reconciliation of bank statement
Administered Tax matters and finalized management reports
Implemented audit function in coordination with
courses: Member of Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka