GENERAL ACCOUNTANT
EAST & WEST TRAVELS LLC
Total years of experience :8 years, 1 Months
EAST & WEST TRAVELS LLC is a sister concern in a EAST WEST GROUP consisting of EAST & WEST TRAVELS LLC, ZARAK GENERAL TRADING CO LLC, EAST WEST INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL LLC, EAST WEST HOLIDAYS LLC and ARABIAN LINKS LLC.
• Accounts Finalization.
• Managing company’s financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems.
• Monthly financial reporting and preparation of monthly financial packs.
• Preparation of budgets, financial reports on regular basis.
• Regular follow ups of company receivables to ensure prompt recovery of debts.
• Debtors aging and cash recovery controls
• Developing external relationships with appropriate contracts, e.g. Auditors, Solicitors, and Bankers.
• Managing company finances including working capital management, local bills discounting, arranging finance facilities, treasury management etc.
• By acting as financial analyst, prepare financial analysis for the company.
• Provide any necessary advice on management regarding accountancy issues to ensure that staff understands financial and budgetary requirements.
• Visa Posting Report.
• Ticketing
• Maintaining accounting records TOURIST, TRANSIT, EXTENSIONS and LONG TERM VISAS.
• Administrative and Payroll responsibilities.
• VISA PLUS and TOUR PLUS, ARUS VISA software implementation.
• TOURS AND EXCURSIONS.
• Accounts Finalization
• Maintaining cash controls.
• Implementing Quick Books and managing it.
• Payroll processing like Monthly pay reports, Salary Pay Slips Overtime, Deductions, Reimbursement, Annual Leave, Daily Attendance etc..
• Conforming all books records and accounts to IFRSs and generally accepted and applicable accounting principles (GAAP) and to all applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepare tax returns and also annual Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) license renewal.
• Researching travel options & presenting the best deals in terms of requirements.
• Building strong relationships with clients.
• Ability to achieve branch, team sales and profitability objectives.
• Up selling relevant add-ons, like, insurance, excursions, currency etc.
• Booking domestic and international air travel.
• Monitoring competitor activity in order to maintain the most competitive rates.
• Ensuring travel brochures & promotional literature are displayed prominently.
• Involve in booking and tickets reservation using software World Span. Providing travel consultancy to UK clients in a call centre.
• August 2011 - April 2012
Taxation Officer at Tariq Abdul Ghani Maqbool & Company Chartered Accountants, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
The essence of working in this tenure was as a Taxation Officer. Do sufficient work in Tax and Corporate. Had made many tax and corporate returns and fulfill some legal documentary work (in SECP, Lahore Stock exchange, Tax office) for private as well as public companies. Become in this tenure affluent in taxation matters.
• September 2009 - June 2011
Senior Auditor at MHSS & Company Chartered Accountants, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
The essence of working in this tenure was as a Senior External Auditor as well as Internal Auditor. Do sufficient work in Consultancy, Accounting, Tax and Corporate. Had made many projections, file tax and corporate returns and fulfill some legal documentary work (in SECP, Lahore Stock exchange, Tax office) for private as well as public companies. Becoming in this tenure affluent in Vouching, Accounts Preparation, Casting, Cross Casting, Preparing Ledgers, Data Entries, Working on Quick Book and Peach Tree, reconciliations and presentation of documents and working in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• January 2011 - May 2011
Internal Auditor at ALDO INTERNATIONAL (Construction and Painting Company) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Work here as an internal auditor on behalf of Maqbool Haroon Shahid Safdar (MHSS) and company chartered accountants. Gained experience in project cost accounting including inventory management. Here essence of working is to implement Peach Tree and Quick Book soft wares and also to maintain proper books of accounts, records such as vouchers, registers and assisting on payroll matters.
• March 2009 - August 2009
Trainee Auditor at Qadeer & Company Chartered Accountants, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
In this tenure assist Senior Auditors in External as well as Internal Audit. This assistance was in the form of Vouching, Accounts Preparation, Casting, Cross Casting, Preparing Ledgers, Data Entries, Working on Quick Book, reconciliations and presentation of documents and working in Word and Excel.
• July 2008 - August 2008
Internship at Citi Bank, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
In this tenure of internship worked in the credit collection department as a Management Information System (MIS) Assistant Officer and Credit Collector Assistant.
ACADEMICS & ACHIEVEMENTS
• March 2013 M Com Equivalence from HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan.
ACCA Member.
• December 2011 B Com from University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with (Grade/GPA) B.
• February 2011 CA Inter from Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with (Grade/GPA) Exemption.
• June 2004 FSc from Divisional Public School, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with (Grade/GPA) B Science Subjects.
• June 2002 Matriculation from "The Lahore School", Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with (Grade/GPA) A Science Subjects.
