Onray DonPaul, Associate

Onray DonPaul

Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounts and Finance
Experience
4 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 9 Months

Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2014 to September 2016
Accounts Receivables Supervisor at Conrad Hotels & Resorts
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2014 to January 2015

Responsible for maintaining control of the city ledger accounts, group master accounts & house accounts.

Timely invoicing of all clients with available credit facilities

Follow up on payments due from clients.

Assessing credit worthiness of new clients.

Ensuring timely closure of the accounts and follow up on payments due as per contractual terms set out in event agreements.

Facilitating commission calculations and ensuring disputes of commissions are cleared in a timely manner.

Monitoring credit card transactions & ensuring that reconciliations are performed on a daily basis.

Approval of credit card refunds

Facilitating communication with the bank for merchant settlements & clearing of remittances past value dates

Updating the daily accounts receivables collection reports

Preparation of the daily accounts receivables journal voucher

Formulating month end reports for regional office reporting requirements on bad debt accruals and overdue accounts.

Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts for credit cards for the month end.

Conducting the monthly credit meeting to discuss any problematic accounts and potential new clients to offer credit to along with the credit committee.

Income Auditor (Pre-Opening Team) at Conrad Hotels & Resorts
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2013 to January 2014

Complete set up of the income audit section.

Build & maintenance of the PMS & POS databases.

Setup of all controls for the operation to be in compliance with company policy.

Verifying ledger balances within PMS system on a daily basis.

Investigating inconsistencies between systems.

Reconciling service charges & taxation.

Checking & uploading guest statistics on a daily basis.

Verify market segment revenues.

Verify guest room statistics.

Checking on all deferred income accounts and allocating accordingly.

Maintaining control of memberships and allocating monthly revenues accordingly.

Verify and reconciling banqueting revenues for DDR (Daily Delegate Revenues).

Check on telephone system balance with PMS system.

Verify & upload General Cashier reports.

Verify, finalize & upload Revenue JV on a daily basis.

Assistant Income Auditor (Pre-Opening Team) at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2011 to February 2013

Conducting the night audit and verifying all transactions from the outlets.

Conducting undercover integrity checks and reporting any discrepancies.

Reconciliation of balances between Opera and MICROS systems.

Credit card reconciliation conducted to identify discrepancies

Investigation into inconsistencies between system reports and outlet claims.

Performing revenue rebate analysis on a daily basis and compiling the monthly report for management approval.

Controlling and recording of voids and discounts on a daily basis.

Verification of Banquet revenues and performing revenue allocation to outlets from the Banquet when required.

Implementing the Authority Limits Document (ALD) to ensure proper authorization is obtained.

Ensuring that the specific policies and procedures set in place by management are strictly adhered to by revenue centers.

Testing for control weaknesses in day to day procedures and reporting viable solutions to management.

Posting of revenue to central financial system (Sun Financials)

Reconciliation of profit & loss accounts.

Verification of General Cashier Reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounts and Finance
  • at Heriot Watt University
  • May 2011

Specialties & Skills

SunSystems
Executive Reporting
MS Office Automation
Microsoft Office
Online Research
MS Office
English

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Income Audit (Training)
Training Institute:
Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Date Attended:
October 2011