Merlin Jacob, Senior Accountant

Merlin Jacob

Senior Accountant

Ernst & Young

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
Éducation
Master, Finance
Expérience
12 years, 3 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :12 years, 3 Mois

Senior Accountant à Ernst & Young
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • Je travaille ici depuis septembre 2018

• Manages a team and coordinates communication across business departments.
• Works on the monthly AR book closure and provides the necessary management analysis reports.
• Analyze accounts and prepare reconciliations to discover discrepancies and resolve all variances promptly.
• Process accounts and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Review aging reports and initiate calls to customers with past-due balances to arrange for payment.
• Resolve customer complaints and research account discrepancies; analyze receivables data for customers.
• Reconcile customer payments and communicate discrepancies effectively with senior management
• Ability to work on strict deadlines with keen understanding of urgency and importance of tasks.
• Detailed knowledge on VAT implementation and align requirements in business accordingly.

Accountant à Ernst & Young
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • juillet 2013 à août 2018

• Assumes responsibility for verifying invoices submitted by suppliers against purchase orders in line with the payment terms.
• Oversees processing of petty cash & employee related vouchers daily.
• Reports cases which are not conforming to the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Conducts quality inspection for all vital government payments.
• Compiles and presents a payment cycle aging report (supplier invoices).
• Provides assistance for the closing of Accounts Payable books month-on-month by estimating correct accruals.
• Responds to audit and adhoc queries on time.
• Drives the execution of the process improvement & automation projects.
• Mentors the AP personnel in monitoring daily functions whenever the Team Lead is not present.

Accounts Assistant à Qatar National Convention Centre – Member of Qatar Foundation
  • Qatar - Doha
  • octobre 2011 à novembre 2011

•Confirmed journal entries are documented properly in EBMS.
•Managed supplier invoices every day, ensuring confirmation with purchase orders and delivery notes.
•Facilitated an interface between Micros Fidelio & EBMS systems to ensure accurate data transfer.
•Conducted Micros system testing and reported variances to management.
•Confirmed and reported F&B outlets revenue to the senior management.
•Created and presented weekly revenue report to the decision makers in the organization.
•Managed cost of sales computation and distribution of F&B consumption information for distinct events.
•Maintained employee time sheet verification and its related cost allocations.
•Supported in monthly closing procedures and prepared documents for balance sheet reconciliations.

Commercial Supervisor à Voltas Limited, Qatar (A TATA Enterprise)
  • mai 2010 à juillet 2011

Recorded revenues & expense information in SAP.
•Validated materials billed against items ordered.
•Interfaced with the supplier and internal teams to reconcile variations.
•Ensured payment of supplier invoices on time.
•Briefed Project Directors on project performance.
•Consolidated inter-organization transactions & reconciliations, including foreign currency accounting.
•Estimated and reimbursed annual leave and end of service benefits to employees.
•Developed cost & profitability statement and audit schedules.

Éducation

Master, Finance
  • à Indiana University of Pennsylvani
  • mars 2009
Baccalauréat, Finance and Taxation
  • à Mahatma Gandhi University
  • mars 2008

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Specialties & Skills

Accounts Receivable
Process Improvement
MBA Finance
Accounts Payable
Payroll Processing
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL
POLICY ANALYSIS
RESEARCH

Langues

Anglais
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