Senior Management Accountant
Schlumberger
Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months
-Balance sheet account review and reconciliation and preparation of associated BS notes.
-P&L variance analysis including review of detailed revenue and cost transactions.
-Subsystem control including client receivables collections and DSO reporting, fixed assets, payroll and inventory.
-Participation to physical count (inventory, fixed assets) and reconciliation with sub-ledger.
-Control and preparation of general ledger entries including prepaid, accruals, allocations, etc.
-Control over systems posting and reporting.
-Ad Hoc reporting, analysis or projects as required
-Assist in the formulation of budgetary and accounting policies
-Provide assurance about the accuracy of information contained in financial reports and their compliance with statutory requirements
-Provide financial and taxation advice on business structures, plans and operations.
-Perform monthly reviews of Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet accounts relating to area of responsibility.
-Assist with financial planning, forecasting and monitoring of results versus objectives.
-Ensure across-the-board implementation of standard finance practices.
-Assess and highlight opportunities for increased cost efficiencies.
-Develop and evaluate business or project financial metrics and drivers.
-Evaluate currency exposure.
-Assess and highlight opportunities for increased cost efficiencies
-Analyse and control (Capex, Inventory, and DSO)
-Participate in Internal Audit assignments and support fraud investigations.
-Conduct financial training for field engineers and managers.
-Understands, reviews, implements and complies with Sarbane Oxley requirements as defined in the risk control matrix
-Supervises and monitor work being performed by accounting Staff as well as formal periodic assessments and goal setting for these parties.
-Perform all month-end closing and reporting duties and meeting accounting calendar deadlines on a monthly basis.
-Develops, recommends and implements approved policies and procedures to ensure that government directives and legislation as well as company policies are followed.
-Designs accounting process and change implementation.
-Monitoring customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities.
-Highlight and resolve potential issue like Budget Dispute.
-Meet with Finance managers on a regular basis to communicate issues and suggest improvements in current process.
-Process service tickets for invoicing to the Client by checking service tickets for accuracy, resolving discrepancies, and entering data into system.
-Answer phone, mail, and walk-in inquiries; research questions; provide accurate and prompt resolution to inquiries.
-Analyze/review Client accounts for accuracy and check balances.
-Recognize Revenue booking with the segments on monthly bases.
-Tracking Revenue by contract spending value.
-Prepare, verify, and process invoices and coding payment documents.
-Prepare Credit Note to be written off.
-Follow up on client collection.
-Investigate and resolve customer queries.
-Implement financial policies and procedures.
-Prepare and reconcile general bank statements.
-Establish and maintain supplier accounts.
-Reviewing and preparing regular deferred revenue, accounts receivable and other balance sheet reconciliations.
-Issue, code and authorize purchase orders.
-Focus on both business growth and client retention.
-Contact customer to respond inquiries, notify them of claim investigation results and any planned adjustments.
-Ensure appropriate actions were taken to promptly resolve customers concerns, Document actions taken and provide solutions to possibly avoid future occurrences.
-Receiving and reviewing incoming work, contacting appropriate resources as needed.
-Collaborate effectively with sales and other departments ensuring world class customer care is consistently achieved.