Senior Accountant
Energy Engineering
Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months
•Preparing financial statements and other ad hoc reports as required by the management.
•Developing and implementing new policies and procedures in par with the company strategy.
•Successful migration of financial data from existing accounting system to the new ERP.
•Researched account information, verified totals, corrected discrepancies, and generated reports.
•Make investment decisions using the NPV method.
•Heading the audit function
•Liaising with bank and other external parties for the smooth running of the business.
•Preparing the monthly/quarterly financial statements.
•Preparing cash flows on a monthly basis and analysing the variances (actual vs. forecast and forecast vs. forecast)
•Reviewing the Balance Sheet reconciliations, Intercompany reconciliations and other supplier and customer reconciliations on a monthly basis to ensure the proper closing of the month.
•Managing the audit function.
•Has been a member of the core team in the implementation of the functional part of Microsoft AX 2012.
•Implementation of new corporate financial procedures to ensure best practices.
•Responsible for recruiting, training and team management for accounting staff.
•Reviewing the different tax forms to ensure the completeness of the forms filled in by the vendors with respect to withholding tax.
•Liaising with the operational managers to produce monthly management accounts, providing commentary to senior management on significant variances.
• Assisting the Finance Manager during the Half yearly & Monthly closing of accounts and preparation of Financial Statements
• Monitoring the Balance Sheet reconciliations and other month end procedures in order to facilitate the timely closure of the month.
• Assisting the FM during Audit.
• Preparing MIS reports department wise and for the company as a whole.
• Managing financial staffs handling accounts receivables, accounts payables and supervising the day to day accounting transactions and taking decisions as and when required.
• Effectively involved in checking & approving all accounting transactions & voucher, recommending & implementing cost control measures to augment the bottom line of the organization.
• Actively involved in managing financial and accounting system controls and standards in order to ensure financial and statistical reports for management on time
• Implementation of corporate financial procedures across all departments and products to ensure best practice.
• Timely and accurate preparation of financials for the Landlord, budget for property management and preparation of MIS reports for the Property Manager, Landlords and Customers.
• Proper analysis and allocation of overheads cost centre wise
• Preparation, examination, and analyzing accounting records and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
• Receivables and Payables management
• Performing due diligence and timely submission of financials to the management by motivating the team for timely closure of the job files
• Achieved a record collection of outstanding debtors during the work tenure in the company by evaluating customer records and recommending that account be closed, credit limit reduced or extended, or collection attempted, based on earnings and savings data, payment history and purchase activity of customer
• Developed, implemented, modified, and documented record keeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology
• Accounts finalization including passing of month end closing entries and receivables and payables management (International and local)
• Trained and managed 10-51 employees in the ERP system (Microsoft Great Plains) and achieved significant improvements in their productivity
Selected Coursework–Financial Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modelling, Managerial Accounting, Strategic Cost Management, Strategic Business Analysis
Selected Coursework - Financial modelling using excel; Business valuation and analysis; Financial analysis, planning and control, Marketing, Operations Planning and Control
Selected Coursework - Financial Management, Investments, Advanced Accounting, Costing