Qasim Ali, Senior Accountant

Qasim Ali

Senior Accountant

El Seif Development Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting, Business, finance
Experience
13 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 1 Months

Senior Accountant at El Seif Development Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2017

• Preparing monthly and quarterly consolidated financial statements as per international financial reporting standards
• Preparing reconciliation of the accounts
• Reporting variance analysis with budget and forecasts
• Handling treasury of the company( processing payments, receipts and reconciliations of the cash and bank)
• Preparing employees settlements as par Saudi Labor Laws and creating provisions in financial accounts
to give true and fair view of financial statements.
• Negotiating with vendors regarding payments as par credit limits and reported their balances
• Coordinating with customer for invoicing and payments on time to keep cash flow budget in line.
• Managing petty cash float and insure compliance with internal controls, company policies and procedure.
• Liaising with external and internal auditor for completion of audits and Zakat matters on time.

Senior Financial Accountant at Antab for Operations and Contracting Co. (Serco Saudi Arabia)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2013 to April 2017

Financial Accountant Mar 2013 - Present
Antab for Operations and Contracting Co. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Company Brief: A joint venture of renowned Medical Group “Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group Saudi Arabia and Serco PLC Middle East. Specialized in provision of facility management.



Deliverables:
• • Maintained all general ledger accounts up-to-date and bookkeeping as par IFRS
• Prepared and reported bank reconciliations to shared service center India on weekly basis while sending daily fund reports to cash management in Dubai.
• Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements as par IFRS by meeting tight deadlines
• Reported Balance sheet and profit & loss reconciliation to finance HO by working with shared service center India.
• Forecast yearly P&L and monthly cash flows by coordinated with other departments
• Successfully completed external audits of 2013, 2014 and interim audit 2015 by providing timely information to external auditors.
• Negotiated with vendors regarding payments as par credit limits and reported their balances.
• Coordinated with customer for invoicing and payments on time to keep cash flow budget in line.
• Managed petty cash float and insure compliance with internal controls, company policies and procedures.
• Participated in preparation of payroll to insure timely payment of salaries and wages, and incorporated financial information in accounting records under strict deadlines.
• Prepared employees settlements as par Saudi Labor Laws and created provisions in financial accounts
to give true and fair view of financial statements.

Audit Trainee at Hameed Khan & Co. Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2012 to October 2012

• Hameed Khan & CO. Chartered Accountants. A member firm of KS International
• Areas of responsibility included:
• Conduct of Audit as per International Standards of Auditing
• Preparation of Financial Statements as per IFRS

Academic Support Officer (ASO) at Centre of Financial Excellence (CFE)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2011 to March 2012

• CFE (Centre of Financial Excellence) Group of Colleges.
• Areas of responsibility included:
• Dealing with Students affairs
• Academic reseach
• Support teachers in academic research and course setting.

Account Officer at Megatronics (PVT) LTD
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2011 to September 2011

• Megatronics (PVT) LTD Lahore, Pakistan
• Areas of Responsibilities included:
• Maintain Accounting records of the company
• Process Sales and Purchase orders
• Follow up Customers for payments
• Perform Banking transactions
• Prepare quaterly and Half yearly Financial statements.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting, Business, finance
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • June 2014

• ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants): ACCA finalist with successfully completed 13 out of 14 papers.

Bachelor's degree, Accounting, Business & finance
  • at Oxford Brooks University
  • March 2013

• BSc (Hon) Applied Accounting-OXFORD BROOKS UNIVERSITY, UK

Diploma, Accounting, Business and finance
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • February 2010

• CAT (Certified Accounting Technician): From Center of Financial Excellence Lahore in 2010.

High school or equivalent, Engineering
  • at Punjab College of Science
  • September 2008

• F.Sc (Pre-engineering) From Punjab Group of Colleges Lahore in 2008 with 80% marks.

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at The Trust School
  • September 2006

Metric (Science group) From The Trust High School Lahore in 2006 with 85% marks.

Specialties & Skills

Management
Financial Analysis
Business Analysis
Financial Statements
• Accounting Softwares: •Tally erp 9.0 •Quick books •Peachtree •Sage line 50
Basics of ERP SAP module FI/CO
MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)
Basic of ERP Oracle module R12 E-Business Suit
Hands on Experience of Focus Accounting Software

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Audit (Training)
Training Institute:
Hameed Khan & Co
Date Attended:
April 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading Books, Playing Football, traveling