Accounting Manager
Galderma - United Arab Emirates
Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months
1. Leading entire AP & AR process, monitoring ageing reports & ensuring P2P and O2C compliance.
2. Preparing & supervising Cash-flow process while ensuring timely payments to vendors and collections from customer,
contributing towards achieving targeted DSO & DPO and optimum working capital.
3. Monitoring Corporate Credit Cards spend in accordance with organizational policies. Managing bank portal while
ensuring timely payment of due amounts without complaints or surcharges.
4. Ensuring Compliance to regional Tax laws. Implementation & Compliance of VAT Law that includes filing VAT Returns,
VAT Refund application, responding to the review points from Tax Authority without the need of voluntary disclosures.
5. Successfully prepared, reviewed & submitted ESR (Economic substance Regulations) notification & returns in UAE.
6. Monitoring Month End Activities, accruals including Personnel costs, Cut-off, commissions and Distributor incentives.
7. Opex & Capex Budget preparation. Monitoring FA register and ensuring correct depreciation & amortization
8. Managing & responding to queries related to Internal Controls Matrix and Internal & External Audits.
9. Preparing & monitoring Balance Sheet Reconciliation Matrix to keep clean BS Accounts.
10. Project Management - successfully initiated and implemented “Oasis Project” - creation of Dubai Affiliate in UAE that
includes scoping, planning, building, acceptance and Cut-over stages. Lead the streams of Tax, AR & AP, setting up
overall chart of accounts, & Treasury.
1. Managed complete AP Process including Invoice Validations, PO compliance, Payment runs & Vendor reconciliations
while keeping close coordination with Vendors to identify & resolve any issues.
2. Ensured compliance with organizational policies & procedures while making improvements. Reviewed existing SOPs
and created new where required.
3. Successfully registered the Dubai branch with FTA for VAT purposes on voluntary basis, filed VAT Returns & Refund
applications. Arranged all the support documentation for probable FTA Audits.
4. Kept close follow-up and coordination with customers & distributors for timely collections based on payment terms,
while resolving any discrepancies (if any).
5. Assisted Accounting Manager & BPA in month End activities, Rolling Forecasts and P&L Landings.
6. Analysis of different Balance Sheet Accounts and other ad-hoc reporting
7. Reviewed all the new agreements and contracts from finance perspective before finalization.
1. Ensured timely payments & Collections from foreign Vendors (Principals) after proper reconciliation, identifying &
resolving any issues.
2. Prepared Monthly & Weekly, ageing reports with commentary for the management in order to control the function
effectively.
3. Assisted Finance manager in managing daily limits of Bank Balances to manage Cash In & Outflow effectively.
4. Monitored the claims and DNs related to the services provided to Foreign Principals.
Besides above, managed all the types of insurances and handled audit queries (Internal & External).
Internal audits, Business Process & Gap Analysis. Documentation & Review of SOPs of various functions.
--Major processes / assignments completed at clients:
1. Procurement to Payment (Purchase and Payables) & Order to Cash (Sales & Receivables).
2. Inventory / Store Management & Production & Related Costing.
3. Financial Reporting (Record to Report) and Fixed Assets Management System (FAMS).
==Major responsibilities during various assignments included:
1. Gaining a complete understanding of client’s operations; Identification of key business risks;
2. Documentation of the complete process in the form of flowcharts and Process Narratives;
3. Prepared comprehensive Control Matrix with objectives, risks and control guidance as per KPMG guidelines.
4. Identification of the Control activity and designing a test plan accordingly to perform different tests. Evaluation of
design effectiveness of client’s existing controls against the identified risks;
5. Designing and performing test of controls (TOC) to evaluate the control effectiveness of the client.
6. Categorization of the gaps identified into Design Gaps, Compliance Gaps & Process Improvements.
7. Drafting a comprehensive report on the findings & observations along with their implications and recommendations.
TAGM & Co. is an Exclusive Correspondent Firm of PKF International in Pakistan.
While working in TAGM, I was involved in different assignments, including:
Internal & External Audits
Vouching & Book Keeping
Assisting in finalization of Financial Statements
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is a UK based certification in which we study Reporting, Finance, Auditing, Business Analysis,Taxation,Ethics etc , so as to mention. I have completed 14 papers of ACCA in almost 2 years , and managed to obtain following percentages in three levels of ACCA LEVELS Knowledge , Skill, Professional: 72% I was also rewarded scholarship from my tuition provider institution i.e. SKANS School of Accountancy, on the grounds of good results. and certificates of achievements by ACCA authorities in two papers i.e F2 and F3 of ACCA
I have completed B.com from Punjab college of commerce , and was awarded scholarships throughout the bachelors degree on the grounds of good performance and great results in intermediate.