Senior Accountant
Ahmad Kurdi Fine Jewellery FZCO
Total years of experience :10 years, 1 Months
Ensuring budget guidelines are followed and addressing variances.
Overseeing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Payroll, Cash bank and petty cash Accounts.
Preparation of Financial Statements, Ageing Reports, MIS Reports, Consignment out Report, Bank Reconciliations and Ledger's Reconciliations.
Inputting month end closing entries, Inventory checks, computing Markup percentage as per cost of each item and ensure margin is obtained as expected.
Analyzing business operations, trends, cost, revenues, financial commitments and obligations to project future operations and providing the reports to management.
Expertise in VAT and its statutory compliance, managing input tax and output tax with necessary records and filings.
Managing the Bank accounts and providing reports regarding the daily cash position to the management.
Preparing operating-cash-flows and providing ideas for cost controlling and for improving operating efficiency and working capital requirements.
Managing office petty cash and reconciling workshop petty cash from the weekly expenses report and Employee reimbursements.
Work with internal and external auditors for audit reviews and for preparing year end reports.
Upholding direct responsibility for accounting and finance related tasks along with job costing and process costing.
Prepare monthly financial statements for company to ensure accurate and timely monthly close activities.
Prepare monthly account reconciliations review and verify accuracy of reported data.
Present all monthly and year-end financial reports, analyse and interpret financial reports and records.
Present corrective action recommendations.
Ensure compliance with all statutory and company requirements.
Assist with development of annual operating budget for the company.
Review accounts payable and preparing cheques PDC and CDC and reviewing accounts receivable and making ageing reports.
Prepare for and coordinate internal and external audit process.
Develop and implement internal controls and procedures.
Produce analyses regarding capital asset acquisitions.
Manage fixed asset process and policy while managing property (Real estate accounts).
Thomson Reuters (Bangalore, India): joined as a contract employee and then got promoted as Trainee content analyst (Permanent employee) and got promoted as Associate Financial Analyst and again got promoted as Content Analyst(Finance & Accounts).
Experience: 3 years
Joined as a contract employee for ascent staffing Private ltd and deputed in Thomson Reuters as Trainee content analyst.
Currently working as Financial Analyst in Estimates Department.
Responsible for Workflow Management and adhere to Efficiency, Quality Standards and Compliance.
Reviewing the Process and making Improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Monthly refresher training and discussions with Team members to improve the quality of the team and provide feedback on focus / improvement areas.
Develop and implement training program to ensure that the correct skill sets are maintained.
Provided suggestions to business for process improvements and enhancement of existing applications.
Weekly meeting with the team leaders and discuss the Quality and productivity of the team and the individual performances, provide status update of the process and discuss any prominent issues to ensure low risk to customers and thereby running smooth operations.
To review broker research notes on companies for forecasts, and update the information to the TR products which is useful to the investors/clients ensuring the accuracy of data.
To handle customer query efficiently and resolve all issues in first instance to meet the customers’ needs and provide customer satisfaction.
Ensuring weekly audits on the validation correction report and collating the errors from all the possible sides and sharing the same within the team to improve the quality and sound functioning of the process.
Working with estimates department since Apr 1st 2013 to till date.
Possess interpersonal skills with demonstrated abilities in team management.
Imparted training on new projects with required process flow knowledge.
Flexible to stretch, work timings and adaptive to work in any given environment.
Have been instrumental in focusing on quality and delivery timelines throughout my tenure.
Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
Coordinating and ensuring meetings / feedback sessions happen on a regular & consistent manner along with skill based training's.
Responsible for handling queries very effectively.
M.B.A (Finance) (2010-2012) Visvesvaraya Technological University from The Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore with 65% aggregate. BBM (2007-2010) Bharathiyar University from SNR&Sons College, Coimbatore with 75% aggregate with First Class and Distinction. XIIth (2006-2007) Central Board of Secondary Education, Al-azhar English Medium School, Thrissur with 64% aggregate. Xth (2004-2005) Central Board of Secondary Education, Al-azhar English Medium School, Thrissur with 56% aggregate. Additional diploma in Foreign Trade and Development during degree level