Melanie Abdul

• Responsible to control and monitor project total expenditure including verifying and checking invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded.
• Provide cost controlling support for a project which includes variation reporting, monitoring of milestone progress to the preparation of customer billing process.
• Forecasting expenditure, classifying costs by type or by cost centre, tracking costs allocated to a project and affiliates, and managing change events that impact the budget.
• Responsible to manage the affiliates and project cost control activities.
• Assists and transmit the relevant information requested by the projects control reports managed by the Projects Control Management.
• Assess all incoming materials, resources, and services to ensure the best price.
• Maintain vendor and service provider relationships.
• Remain acutely aware of market trends that could impact resource costs.
• Provide critical assessment of all budgets and cost projections.
• Conduct periodic reviews with the procurement to establish and maintain forecasts for all packages including the estimates at completion and expenditure forecasts.
• Monthly checking of accounting entries and preparing necessary adjustments for a wrong cost centre.
• Develop, maintain, and analyse budgets, preparing monthly reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.

Job Descriptions as Senior Accountant:
• Prepare, examine, and register all accounting records (journal entries) using SAP accounting software.
• Records all payable transactions and assures the existence of these transactions.
• Manage petty cash register including reimbursement and liquidation of funds.
• Prepare supplier's and subcontractor's payments following invoices register.
• Perform weekly checking of bank statements and reconciliation.
• Reconcile statement of accounts of suppliers and subcontractors.
• Manage the preparation of a monthly payment forecast to ensure that all expenses are recorded and paid by their due date.
• Assists in the closing of books for the annual audit managed by the Finance Management.
• Investigating and resolving audit findings, account discrepancies and issues.
• Prepares sales invoices, monitors receivables and follow-up clients’ payments.
• In charge of filing of Audited Financial Statement and Income Tax Return to QFC Portal.
• Manages the preparation of In-Country Value (ICV) Score Certificates up to coordination and answering queries of ICV certifiers.
• Work closely with the Accounts Manager in preparing reports during the year-end audit.
• Contributing to the development of new or amended accounting systems, programs, and procedures.
• Performing other accounting duties as assigned by the General Manager.

• Prepares, examines and recording of all invoices for payment using Elodie Accounting software.
• Handle letter of credit (LC) payments, forecast and monitoring.
• Performs in preparation of monthly accounting report.
• Encodes all invoices received in the accounting invoice tracker.
• Assist in the recording cost adjustments and accruals.
• Monthly reconciliation of accounts together with the cost control team.
• Updates and prepares payment of staff utility bills.
• Assist in coordinating the audit process.
• Handle reimbursement, liquidation and recording of petty cash fund.
• Properly files accounting documents for easy reference.
• Performs other jobs as may be assigned by Senior Accountant and Finance Manager.

• Prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Assisting with audit preparation and filing of the tax return.
• Manages accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other reports.
• Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analysing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing database and backups.
• Prepares payment by verifying documentation and requesting disbursement.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Prepares bank reconciliation and coordinates with the bank regarding financial transactions of the company.

• Assists in the closing of books and in the preparation of various month-end reports including schedules to support account balances.
• Books and check month-end adjusting entries (Accrual, prepayments & depreciation)
• Handle reimbursement and liquidation of Petty Cash Fund.
• Checks and processes invoices as to the completeness of supporting documents and accuracy of amounts to be recorded as payables.
• Checks and evaluates Payment Certificates of various major sub-contractors and coordinates with Quantity Surveyors of amounts certified.
• Records payable transactions in Sage Timberline and Great Plains Accounting System and assures the existence of these transactions.
• Assess assures funds are available to meet the payment requirements of the company.
• Manage expenses incurred to assure that amounts do not exceed the company’s budget, if so, prepare the necessary adjustments as per approval of the site management committee.
• Reconciles statement of accounts of suppliers and subcontractors and answers their queries.
• Properly files accounting documents for easy reference.
• Performs various work that is assigned from time to time.

• Checks and reviews journal entries made in the books of accounts of the company and ascertain the validity and existence of transactions recorded.
• Prepares monthly computation of taxes and ascertains those taxes are properly withheld and remitted.
• Post and review journal entries made, reconcile accounts, prepares trial balance of books, keep general ledgers, and prepare various financial statements/reports. (Balance Sheet, Statement of Income Expenses and Statement of Cash Flows including Notes to Financial Statements).
• Performs tasks of actual inventory taking.
• Assists in the closing of books and in the preparation of various month-end reports including schedules to support balances.
• Assisting external and internal auditors in charge of conducting financial audits.
• Prepares accounts payables and cash/check vouchers.
• Cashier reliever.
• Performs other jobs as may be assigned by the comptroller.