Nissansala Dassanayake, Accounting And Finance Manager

Nissansala Dassanayake

Accounting And Finance Manager

Manoushe Street

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
23 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months

Accounting And Finance Manager at Manoushe Street
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2016

technical support and advice on management
•Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
•Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process
•Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance
•Plan, assign and review staff’s work
•Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
•Ensure all payable and receivable activities are functioned efficiently and effectively
•Ensure up-to-date billing system, invoicing and follow up, collection and allocation of payments
•Reconcile and monitor customer account details, delayed payments and other irregularities and research and resolve payment discrepancies
•Generate age analysis and review AR aging to ensure compliance
•Investigate and resolve customer queries and develop a recovery system and initiate collection efforts
•Communicate with customers via phone or email

Senior Accountant at Al Jassim Group Doha & Mediacast Trading
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2015 to October 2016
Deputy Manager at WNS Global Services (Aviva UK)
  • Sri Lanka
  • September 2005 to March 2015

in formulating budgetary and accounting policies
•Provide management information in assisting, formulating budgetary policies
•Preparation of financial statements for presentation to the boards of directors
•Preparation and submission of financial management information reports based on variations on reconciliations movements on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis
•Resolve and provide assurance about the accuracy of the information on queries raise by stakeholders based on all financial implications made on the profit and loss account and the balance sheet
•Examine the movements of accounts by way of monthly control measures/analytical report
•Monitor reconciliations and cash management
•Liaise with banks, cash management team and funders to establish the daily fund management arrangements
•Attend financial reporting meetings, where appropriate
•Identify and implement accounting controls
•Evaluate and report on financial and operational processes
•Report existing internal controls to the management
•Analyze the financial standing and cost structures
•Conduct audits and investigations

Projects headed during this period
•Headed work migrations at Aviva Plc UK in

Accounts Assistant at Hayleys Photoprint & Hayleys Consumer Products Ltd
  • Sri Lanka
  • August 2000 to August 2005

Job Description:
•Ensure that all General Ledger accounts maintained are reconciled and no discrepancies and all payments have been prepared and processed, all risk factors have been considered and limits are adequate
•Monthly management account preparation and production of profit and loss
•Complete and maintain sales invoices and reports and account for accruals & prepayments
•Preparation of the Accounts Pack for review and bank reconciliation, posting and balancing
•Preparation of salaries, petty cash and journal posting
•Quarterly VAT return preparation
•Provide Business Lines, Support Services and company specific information for decision making and monitoring and assisted them to identify the profitable customers by carrying out customer profitability analysis
•Provide adhoc reports to analyze Revenue mix, Direct and allocated Overhead costs to Strategic Business Units to monitor trends and make business decisions

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • November 2014

Masters of Business Administration major in Finance

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Leadership & Team Management
Communication & Presentation
Planning & Analysis
Budgeting Forecasting
ACCOUNTANCY
ACCRUALS
ADVERTISING
BALANCE
BANK RECONCILIATION
CASH MANAGEMENT
DECISION MAKING
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL REPORTING

Languages

English
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