Jaganath Poojary

Manager Accounts and Finance at Good Company International Hospitality Group

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• My current job since April 2002

Handling of 10 outlet : The Orchestra Group of Restaurants (4 branches, Nuevo Fusion, Café O Restaurant and café, Leil Nhar Café) and Restaurant (3 branches)




Generating final accounts such as Balance Sheet, P & L account, and schedule of assets depreciation.
 Preparing management reports concerning sales analysis, Preparing Budget and Forecasting report.
 Directing activities of Accounts and Purchase department.
 Cost Control and Cost Analysis (Cost reduction and Cost Control)
 Reconciliation of Bank Accounts
 Analyzed the monthly P& L variance and monthly sales variance
 Managed A/R and A/P duties
 Enhanced the productivity of the staff by automating the weekly and monthly sales target reports.
 Performance management of staff and appraisals on quarterly review and guide them to achieve the goals.
 Investigate and handle complex payment issues and vendor complaints that have been escalated and require immediate attention
 Taking a leadership position in identifying system and process improvement and enhancement of AP function via automation.
 Creates and implements changes to work assignments, methods, or procedures to meet operational needs, improve accuracy and efficiency of the accounts team.
 Responsible for the analysis of potential areas where automation can be introduced to make the overall process more efficient and accurate.
 Create bank set up
 Coordinate with IT in resolving issues related to process and/or reports under Accounts and Purchasing
 Overall transactional set-up in Accounts
 Review and Approve weekly & monthly payment run to suppliers & employees and manage posting of financial transactions, customer query resolution and ensure equal distribution of workload across Accounts Payable team members.
 Resolve all escalated queries and issues with appropriate action to maintain customer satisfaction.
 Ensure functional policies and procedures are up to date and fully complied with and controls framework is applied to Accounts activities.
 Dealing with the preparation and submission of VAT returns on quarterly basis.
 Preparing and filing of VAT returns periodically.
 Resolve the issues arising out of the monthly review along with Managing Directors & Partners.
 Co-ordinate and communicate with Corporate Finance team, Financial systems policies and procedures team as part of implementing the new group policies as advised by management.
 Researches discrepancies of financial information and/or documentation (e.g., purchase orders, vendors, invoices, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and adherence to procedures prior to processing.
 Reviews accounts documents prepared by subordinates for accuracy, completeness and conformance to policy; authorizes for payment.
 Ensure compliance of policies and procedures by escalating any deviations to Managing Directors observed from the agreed procedures that denote loss of control and warrant immediate remedial action, follow up on actions taken until the control is re-established.
 Analyze and resolve problem areas which lead to obstacles in meeting internal and external customer service delivery standards. To ensure resolution according to standards set and established with business.
 Generated Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance
 Manage Account Receivables
 Maintain Stores Ledger
 Bank Reconciliation
 Reconciliation of A/R and A/P
 Established Strong customer relationship to support the marketing and sales team.
 Coordination of Sales and Marketing departments
 Preparing Salary statement, Invoices and other documentation works
 Accomplishing sales target