Puja Choudhary, Senior Accountant

Puja Choudhary

Senior Accountant

The Entertainer FZ LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, CA - Accounting
Experience
16 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months

Senior Accountant at The Entertainer FZ LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2013

Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable
 Ensuring completeness & accuracy of invoices to facilitate timely receipt of receivables.
 Reviewing and processing invoice payments as per company’s credit facility and policy.
 Reconciling all Debtors and Creditors Account & settle discrepancies with clients.
 Generating a daily sales report for management to review actual revenue, growth and performance.

Branch & Retail Accounting
 Filing of periodic VAT Returns as per the statutory requirements of the respective countries.
 Maintaining the books of branches and reconciling with the Head office.
 Processing the salaries for other branches as per the tax requirements.
 Establishing processes for reporting of the sales at Kiosks by staff.

Corporate Accounting
 Supporting the implementation and data migration to cloud based ERP system FinancialForce.
 Leading month-end and year-end close process.
 Ensuring periodic Bank Reconciliations.
 Ensuring that all income and expenses are effectively managed in a timely and accurate manner.
 Reviewing of balance sheet transactions to ensure accuracy and sufficient documentation.
 Facilitating Audit process with the external Auditor.

Assistant Manager - Accounting and Analyst at Sajda Trading Private Limited (NBFC)
  • India - Kolkata
  • April 2010 to June 2013

Areas of Responsibility:

* Finalizing & Consolidating Accounts for the group companies as per the applicable Accounting Standards.
* Preparing Annual Report for the shareholders comprising of Financial Statement Analysis, Cash Flow Statement and Ratio Analysis.
* Contributing in the preparation of Annual Budgets along with the management.
* Managing Working Capital for the group companies and forecasting the Cash Flow.
* Preparing and analyzing various MIS reports with the management.
* Analyzing and improving the Internal Control and processes.
* Forecasting income and computing the finance required by the companies other than NBFC.
* Facilitating Audit process with the external Auditor.
* Computing and filing the Income Tax returns and ROC Returns for the group of companies and the individuals.

Articled Assistant at N. Agarwala & Associates
  • India - Kolkata
  • March 2007 to March 2010

Areas of Responsibility:

• Compliance testing of the financial statements of Clients.
• Computing financial ratios by analyzing monthly and yearly financial statements, balance sheet, cash flow statement,
ageing schedule of receivables/ payables listing on a periodic basis.
• Computing and filing of Income Tax Return for individuals, firms and corporations.
• Compliance of corporate governance and CARO requirements, Schedule VI and Accounting Standards.

Education

Diploma, CA - Accounting
  • at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • June 2009

Cleared all levels in 1st Attempt

Master's degree, Finance
  • at ICFAI Business School
  • January 2009

Awarded merit scholarship

Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at St. Xavier's College
  • January 2007

University 3rd

High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Mahadevi Birla Girls' Higher Secondary School
  • January 2004

CBSE

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Forecasting
Budgeting
Financial Analysis
Working Capital Management
ACCOUNTING
FINANCE
FORECASTING
TAX RETURNS

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

SAP - Financial and Controlling Modules (Training)
Training Institute:
Learner's Point, KHDA Approved
Date Attended:
July 2015
Duration:
30 hours