PARMINDER SINGH SOHAL, Assistant Finance Manager

PARMINDER SINGH SOHAL

Assistant Finance Manager

Kalaam Telecom

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Higher diploma, Advanced Diploma in Business and Accounting (ACCA UK)
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Assistant Finance Manager at Kalaam Telecom
  • Bahrain
  • My current job since November 2017

Performing the role of Senior Executive to manage the Financial Closing of the company every month to know the monthly performance and position and reporting to the management. Improving the Accounting And Finance function on regular basis by bringing all possible efficiencies. Managing the operation in terms of executing monthly payroll, Vendor payments, customer receivable and collections. Handling Annual Audit Engagaement with the Auditors.

Senior Accounting Specialist at Batco Trading Co. WLL(Azadea Group)
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2008 to October 2017

• Owns and manages the end to end accounting function.
• Supports month end close activities to meet strict corporate deadlines.
• Maintains an appropriate accrual process to ensure matching of revenue and cost.
• Owns inter-company and balance sheet/sub ledger reconciliations for the global organisation.
• Controls the fixed asset register.
• Prepares draft monthly financial reports for review by the Regional Financial Controller on a timely basis.
• Manages the requirements of external auditors during the audit process.
• Owns the monthly cash flow forecasting process.
• Ensures internal controls compliance and improvements.
• Manages, Analyses, Controls the Letters of Guarantees/Stand-by Letters of Credit issued to Core Franchisors.
• Consolidates the financial performance of all entities for preparing group financial performance report.
• Presents the Key KPI Reports for Internal Management Analysis.
• Monitors the key accounting ratios over the banking covenants.
• Monitors the payable ledger to ensure that the payments are in line with agreements.

General Accountant at Alwaha GROUP
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 2007 to September 2008

Company Sector:- Government Tender Contracts, Manufacturing and Advertising
• monitor the sales/payable ledger of the group divisions.
• monitor individual and consolidated cash flow reports.
• ensure the timely recording and accounting of sales/expenses.
• ensure the accuracy of accrual accounting process.
• ensure the timely close of fiscal period.
• produce financial performance reports for the management.
• arrange with local banks for LC requirements for foreign imports of capital goods.
• deal with external auditors for yearly financial audit

Education

Higher diploma, Advanced Diploma in Business and Accounting (ACCA UK)
  • at The Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants UK
  • March 2018

This Educational Certificate means a lot for an accountant and is a stamp of ethical behaviour, technical knowledge and experience to add value to the organization.

Diploma, Financial Reporting(IFRSs) and Financial Management
  • at ACCA -The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,United Kingdom
  • April 2016

Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business(An Equivalent to a UK University Bachelor’s Degree) Exams Exempted: -Accountant in Business -Management Accounting -Financial Accounting -Corporate and BusinessLaw Exams Passed: -Performance Management -Taxation(United Kingdom) -Financial Reporting -Audit & Assurance -Financial Management

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar Punjab
  • April 2000

Subject Studied:- -Commercial and Labour Laws -Financial Accounting -Commerce Theory and Functional Management -Quantitative Techniques for Business -Company Law and Auditing -Corporate Accounting -Banking and Foreign Trade Management -Business Economics -Income Tax Law & Practice -Cost Accounting -Management Accounting and Business Finance -Operations Reserach

Diploma, Diploma in Network-Centered Computing
  • at NIIT, India (National Institute of Information Technology)
  • April 1999

Under Network-Centered Environment: From Class Room to Machine Room. -Computer Hardware and Software Basics -MS Office Applications(MS Word,MS Excel,MS Power-point, MS Access) -Computer Languages(C, C++, Java, Visual Basic) -RDBMS(MS SQL Server) -Certificate in Quality Management

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
External Audit
Annual Budgets
Financial Management
Accounts Payable
Microsoft Excel and Oracle's JD Edwards Enterprise

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert
Punjabi
Expert