Chief Accountant
Teyseer Group, Qatar
Total years of experience :19 years, 2 Months
(A) During Current Job at Teyseer Group, Qatar:
Duration: From March 2012 till today
Designation: Chief Accountant heading accounts division (No. of Reportees: Six)
Reporting: Twin reporting, matrix structure
Competencies: Trouble shooting skills, proactive approach & other necessary traits required at managerial level, ability to drive the issues & positively influence operation
Key Performance Areas (KPAs):
• Responsible for period-end closing, MIS reports as per oracle ERP and getting the financials audited (Deloitte) & filing of tax return, as per applicable statutes
• Instrumental for Credit appraisal, debtor's analysis and organize credit control operation so as to safeguard company's assets & resources
• Liaise & negotiate with various banks for getting arranged credit facilities (short-term credit, long -term facility, bank guarantee, LCs & various banking products)
• Directing, controlling & reviewing of all Functions of finance & stores. Fund Planning, Credit policy, Stock planning, Cost control & analysis keeping in view group policy & best practices
• Recommending alternative ways of handling transaction & influence management decisions, so as to achieve cost -saving or improving bottom-line in all areas
(B) During Previous Job at Archirodon Construction (MNC):
Duration: From April 2008 till March 2012
Designation: Chief Accountant (No. of Reportees: Four)
Reporting: Twin reporting, matrix structure
Competencies: Analytical ability, professionalism coupled with flexibility & adptiveness, meeting dead-lines while maintaining accuracy
Project details:
No. Client Contract value (USD) Duration
1. Qatar Aluminum 100 Million 2 years
2. Qatar Petroleum 62 Million 2 years
Key Performance Areas: (KPAs)
• To oversee accounting/financial and reporting functions as per IFRS, involving multi-currency transactions, as a Section Head of finance & accounts department for large-scale multi-disciplinary projects.
• To lead, manage & train a team of four accountants handling different sub-functions of accounts departments.
• To act as a focal point for budgeting, which involves profitability projection & asset forecasting and to handle external & internal auditors (E & Y and from H.O.),
• To supervise costing, inventory management, liaise with suppliers & sub-contractors (including overseas), banking function (including Bank Guarantee & Letter of credit)
• To act significant interface with technical office, store & workshop, so as to have control & steam-line movement for project materials, inventory & equipments (land & floating)
(B) During Previous job at ICICI Bank, Corporate office, Mumbai:
Duration: From May 2007 till March 2008
Designation: Asst. Manager
Competencies: Interpretation of statutes, drafting skill of documents, technical knowledge of Banking and foreign exchange laws, communication skills.
Key Performance Areas: (KPAs)
• To strike a balance between regulator (RBI) & business requirements.
• To identify & mitigate the compliance risk, in banking practices and various transactions entered into by clients and facilitated by bank.
• To provide the dependable & accurate solution of External Commercial Borrowing, Foreign Exchange laws & trade finance related issues to the various business groups, with-in pre-defined Turn Around Time (TAT)
Duration: Combined duration of job & article ship 4 years and 10 months
Designation: Internal audit co-ordinator
Auditing & Accounting: (during job)
• Over-all in charge of the internal audit, of the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA), over-all project cost was approx. USD 500 Million
• To arrange, co-ordinate & monitor the audit of line departments & implementing agencies of Gujarat, to whom the funds has been disbursed by GSDMA.
• To attend meeting with lending institutions (WB & ADB) & statutory auditors.
(during article ship) -
• The companies, audit of which had been done are lying in diversified sectors such as retail, construction, pharmaceuticals, automobile, ports and chemicals / fertilizers. Types of auditees: belonged categories viz. private ltd. & public ltd. Companies, state - owned corporations, large PSUs and reputed clubs, hospitals and N.G.O.s
• In 2002-03, actively involved & contributed in the assignment of setting up the Commercial Accounting System in the Gujarat Maritime Board, a system which is acceptable to various institutional lenders and Government.
• The task was to pay periodical visits to ports across state, allocate work profiles, steamline the organizational channels, impart training & guide employees to maintain the books of account according to the CAS.
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