Pantea Asgari, Finance Manager

Pantea Asgari

Finance Manager

COLLIERS

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Finance Manager at COLLIERS
  • Australia - Sydney
  • My current job since July 2020

• Prepare month-end financials and operational reports to the clients on a monthly basis
• Develop and maintain monthly portfolio KPIs to drive cost reduction and review any price increases
• Participate in operational stakeholder meetings and support financial planning activities
• Reviewing the monthly operating expenditure against budget
• Managing the revenue reporting process and revenue recognition compliance
• Manage monthly book closing and reconcile complex accounts
• Prepare Aged debtors report and process client remittance
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and analysing financial data to ensure accurate and timely reporting to clients
• Prepare IFRS reporting including investigating and resolving issues
• Reconcile Trust bank accounts
• Manage AP and AR functions as required to ensure processing is accurate including cash allocation
• Manage outgoings wash-ups, forecasted and reconciliations
• Manage and prepare annual budgets, quarterly forecast and assist in financial planning and analysis
• Assist with auditing and provide required information for auditors as required
• Prepare critical and ad hoc operational and financial management reports as required
• Developing strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including clients, tenants, contractors

Client Relationship Manager at COLLIERS
  • Australia
  • My current job since July 2020
Senior Portfolio Accountant at JLL
  • Australia - Sydney
  • October 2017 to June 2020

• Maintain all property and lease information in MRI
• Assist in allocation of EFT rental payments from tenants
• Tenant outgoing recoveries estimates
• End of month accruals, journal entries and review purchase orders
• Balance sheet reconciliations, profit and loss analysis
• Processing client remittances
• Manage the calculation of outgoings wash-ups, accruals and forecasted outgoings adjustments and preparation of tenant outgoings statement
• Preparation of annual forecasts, budgets
• Review and raise monthly management fees
• Assist in the onboarding and offboarding of properties including the processing of necessary journal entries
• Prepare month-end reporting packs on a timely basis
• Provide auditors and internal stakeholders with required information as requested
• Prepare aged debtors report and process adjustments including provisions a write-off
• Liaise with Property Managers and their teams on financial reporting matters and prepare ad hoc reporting and analysis as required

Financial Accountant at CBRE
  • Australia - Sydney
  • December 2014 to September 2016

• Processing and managing the end of month journal and reconciling GL accounts
• Management of fixed asset register
• Assisting in preparing and reviewing annual budgets and forecasts for Australia and New Zealand
• Reviewing monthly budget and actual spend tracker and cashflow management
• Preparation of P&L and balance sheet reconciliation and variance analysis
• Preparation and supporting month-end and year-end closing and reporting
• Analyse financial information and summarise the financial status
• Assist with internal and external audits by completing requests in coordination with other functions
• Coordinate and oversee Pacific invoicing process and processing monthly accrual report
• Supervising the team in all accounting matters and Accounts Payable
• Review Pacific purchase orders
• Preparing and distributing ad-hoc financial reports and assisting with project work as required
• Providing finance and accounting support activities to the business

Accountant at Fujifilm
  • Australia - Sydney
  • May 2012 to November 2014

• Processing of bank and credit card reconciliations
• Preparation of payroll, employee reimbursements and payroll tax returns
• Conducting financial statement analysis and cash flow management
• Preparing statutory submission of GST reporting (BAS) / FBT and income tax
• Processing of month end journal and supporting auditing
• Reviewing balance sheet and preparation of critical analysis and commentary of the accounts
• Assist in resolving accounting discrepancies, P&L statement, managing ledgers and cost accounting
• Assisting with annual budgeting and forecasting
• Maintaining fixed asset register
• Assisting with month and year end reporting
• Providing support and cover Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Providing financial assistance with various projects
• Providing support to the broader Finance team

Assistant Accountant at RighTel Telecom
  • Iran - Tehran
  • August 2007 to December 2011

• Accounts Payable and Receivable invoicing
• Debtor management and reconciliation
• Assisting with BAS/IAS preparation and lodgment
• Bank and Direct Debit Reconciliation
• Processing payroll transactions and payroll tax returns
• Preparing monthly financial reports including Journal entries as per the instructions
• Assisting external Accountant with information for Annual Financial reporting and tax returns
• Supporting the day to day requirements of the Senior Managing Accountant
• Responding to financial inquiries and providing excellent service and support to stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Payam Nour University
  • June 2024

Specialties & Skills

BUDGETING
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
LEDGERS (ACCOUNTING)
COST REDUCTION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT OFFICE
MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT