Senior Operations Analyst - Finance
HeathRecon Connect (Pvt) Ltd
Total years of experience :6 years, 3 Months
HeathRecon Connect offers comprehensive financial solutions, including financial statements and cash flow analysis, tax planning and reparation. Also recognized among Sri Lanka's 40 Best Workplaces for 2021 by Great Place to Work® in Sri Lanka. My major responsibilities include;
• Prepares monthly and quarterly financial statements, reconciliation statements, transaction reports and presenting (ppt) it to the client’s management.
• Regularly examine the reports prepared by the Associates and Trainees, and make recommendations for improving effectiveness of accounting policies and principles.
• Prepares ad-hoc reports and presentations, also variance analysis and Trend Analysis.
• Maintain the reconciliation reports that summarizes the Bank Reconciliation, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, provisions and expenses regularly update them according to the actual stats.
• Prepares over payment recovery report, Forward balance report, write off reports and Micro balances reports and communicate the results with management.
• Maintain regular communications with clients under purview of ensuring proactive relationship
management.
• Conducted frequent training sessions for Associates and Trainee staffs.
I have been part of the finance team of Expo Commodities DMCC’s Sri Lankan firm, Lanka Commodity Trading (Aberdeen Holdings Group). My major responsibilities include;
• Preparation of the Monthly management accounts (Balance Sheet, P&L, Cashflow, and related MIS statements) and presenting (ppt) it to the Management.
• Work closely with senior management for the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Communicates with the banks to arrange the funds to pay the suppliers and to get loan facilities.
• Having regular communication with the logistics and trade departments to ensure the movement, packing, and loading details of the shipments.
• Maintain effective weekly cash flow report to ensure smooth transaction of funds.
• Perform variance analysis and Trend Analysis on all expenditures, provisions, and prepayments.
• Liaising with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance with regards to financial reporting & statutory requirements.
• Maintaining stock reconciliation statement of two warehouses, one of them is a Bonded warehouse in
Germany.
• Coordinating & following up with debtors to ensure timely collection of dues.
As a Senior audit associate managing a team of five associates, I was responsible for ensuring proper performance and timely completion of the Internal & external audit assignments. Adhering to laid down time schedules, compliance with the relevant guidelines, and review of findings on completion of the engagement.
Further, I have gained exposure to the Leasing and Finance | Manufacture | Hotel | Advertising | Property development | Freight and Forwarding | Media | Pharmaceuticals | Leisure and Hospitality industries. I was tasked with;
• Preparation of Financials Statements in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS/ SLFRS
& SLFRS for SMEs) and (IAS/ LKAS).
• Tested internal controls, conducted risk assessment analysis on business unit and account levels during the planning stage of the audit.
• Execution of planned field works of audit program of verifying each component of Financial
Statements with corroborative evidence to substantiate the Financial Statements are prepared in a true and fair manner.
• Prepared detailed system notes and flowcharts for the processes discussed for better analysis and
risk assessment forms to identify risks and controls within the client’s processes.
• Reporting the observations and recommending the solutions to minimize the risk.