Vice President Accounting
Confidential
Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months
Administer overall operational and functional facets of accounting linked with payroll, payables, receivables, fixed assets, and general ledger. Assist with internal and external audits and supervise implementation of policies to ensure long-term financial health and growth. Strive for digitization to maximize automation and precision of financial outcomes. Collaborate with cross-functional departments to plan and formulate new business and revenue lines for stable growth. Assist executive leadership with financial decisions, aligning with internal financial priorities. Assist with various aspects of talent acquisition such as, conducting interviews, and screening documents through critical processes and coaching sessions.
● Evaluated accounting policy and procedures/annually to assure compliance with IFRS by incorporating required update.
● Optimised revenue assurance by leading end-to-end operations management and executing internal controls.
● Identified loopholes and implement modifications and replacements by analysing financial procedures.
● Led composition and evaluation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and tax filings.
Collaborated with cross-functional departments including, sales, operations, and legal to invigilate billing cycle and ensure effectual operational work flow. Assured effective and apt implementation of revenue recognition rules complying with IFRS to increase transparency. Scrutinised customers’ creditworthiness and classified potential risk factors to secure company’s cash flow. Achieved objectives assigned to accounts receivable and credit control teams in line with organizational goals.
● Launched credit and collection policy and mechanism to increase cash inflows, minimise bad debts, steer credit granting and dunning process, and expedite recovery of delinquent cases.
● Resolved complex billing, revenue, and AR issues by deploying process upgradation initiatives.
● Formulated and executed strategies and directed negotiations to accelerate payments and refine settlement terms and improve customer support.
Managed and developed Accounts receivable unit’s targets, processes, and team. Major responsibilities:
•Billing cycle end to end
•Revenue budgeting and analysis
•Monthly closing of Accounts Receivable
Worked on different accounting tasks with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Human Resources.
•Supplier’s payments and reconciliations
•Customer’s billing
•Payroll’s preparation
•Bank reconciliations
•Support monthly closing activities & year end audit