Finance Manager
Artan Holding
Total years of experience :22 years, 11 Months
Artan Holding is the holding company of
- Doha British School,
- Mirage International Property Consultants
- Qatar Skills Academy
- House of Architects and Interiors, and
- Mirage Digital
Budgeting
• Preparation and submission of draft budget deliverables based on established budget calendar and defined budget allocations.
• Analysis and reporting of budget variances on a regular basis
• Initiating necessary steps to reduce or eliminate budgetary slacks.
• Close co-ordination with the budget owners through regular reporting and analytical suggestions
Financial Reporting and analysis
• Preparation and submission of Monthly group consolidated financial statements in accordance with the IFRS
• Preparation and submission of business specific KPI reports and Business Intelligent reports.
• Liaison with the auditors and tax consultants for timely submission of audited financial statements and tax returns to the government authorities
• Co-ordinated with the external financial consultants for the verification of the financial feasibility reports
Financial co-ordination and supervision
• Co-ordinate with the subsidiary accountants and group accountants for the day to day financial transaction processing
• Ensure that deadlines are met by the sub-ordinates and the team for payment processing and collections.
• Act as a point of contact to the subsidiary accountants and group accountant for the resolution of day to day operation related issues
ERP Implementation
• Actively involved with the ERP Implementation consultants in all stages of ERP implementation such as - design, development, testing and go live stages.
• Worked with the implementation consultants for the development of management reports, work flows and FRD
Managing the overall accounting & finance function of the 8 companies under the Wiltongroup (London, Isle of Man, Ireland, Mauritius & Dubai) Preparation & Submission of group consolidated Financial Statements. Managing accountants in Dubai, a team of 5 persons. Weekly, monthly & yearly MIS Reporting. • Preparation & submission of multicurrency (AED, GBP & Euro) standalone financial statements & consolidated financials. Handling multi-sectorial financial recording, reporting & analysis. Ensuring the compliance with IFRS/IAS & FRS. Ensuring the financial compliance with regard to finance facility covenants with the banks. Successfully prepared & submitted year end closure procedures for the corporate level. Prepared & submitted accounting procedure manual for the group to ensure uniformity of accounting practices at a group level. Liaison with auditors, banks, suppliers & customers in UK & Dubai. Reporting to Head of Accounts & MD. Obtained certificate in AML (Anti Money Laundry) from UK. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable & Fund Management. Provide guidance in preparing MIS, reconciliation statements & statutory reports, evaluate them for facilitating decision-making process .
• Setting Up of Accounting Procedure, Accounting Supervision & Accounting Review, In house financial Statement Preparation & Reporting.
• Preparation of Project Financial Feasibility Report.
• Verification of IFRS & IAS Compliance of the financial statements
• Assessing of Working Capital Finance & Fixed Asset Finance/ Re finance needs of clients.
• Conducting &Evaluating the business valuation reports.
• Study & Evaluation of Internal Control System.
• Drafted and reviewed financial statement compilations before being approved by partners.
• Supported management through risk identification, control testing and process improvement procedures.
• Communicated audit results to upper management through written reports and oral presentations.
• Met with clients to identify and assess business controls, risks, process gaps and work flow inefficiencies.
• External Audit/Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Financial System & Design
• Supervised audit executives, a team of five.
• Drafted the complete annual audit reports including all footnote disclosures
• Preparation & Presentation of MIS Reports (including Financial statements, cash budgets, Profitability analysis statements, Analytical & variation statements) to Management.
• Preparation and presentation of budgets.
• Fund management.
• Preparation of inter unit reconciliation statements.
• Receivables and payables management.
• Providing advices on taxation matters.
• Liaison with Banks.
• Liaison with auditors - Internal & Statutory.
• Supervised 10 employees in the accounts department
• Management of Daily Cash Flow,
• Liaising with Banks & Updating Banks position like Total Inflows & outflows
• Monthly preparation of Debtors ageing with due dates & strictly follow up to fill the gap.
• Preparation and presentation of tailor made reports as per the directions of Executive and Management Committee Meetings.
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepared accurate financial statements at end of the quarter.
• Reviewed collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.
• Worked with managers to develop annual expense plan goals.
• Assisted management with the finalization of the annual expense plans.
• Chalk out the Audit Programme and tune the programmes to the situation.
• Preparation of Audit Reports - Internal & Statutory.
• Verifying compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Preparation of Financial Statements.
• Conducting Internal Audit of service organisations
• Gathered data for internal audits through interviews, financial research and downloads.
• Articulated audit findings, risks and detailed recommendations to upper management.
• Compiled financial reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures and profit and loss.
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepared accurate financial statements at end of the quarter.
• Worked with managers to develop annual expense plan goals.
• Maintained fixed asset module and calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.
• Composed effective accounting reports summarizing accounts payable data.
• Reconciled vendor statements and handled payment complaints or discrepancies.
• Preparation of Financial statements
• Preparation of Statutory and Tax audit reports of Companies and Firms
• Internal Audit of various organisations
• Preparing management letters regarding internal control weaknesses
• Physical verification of cash and inventory
• Vouching and verification of various purchase, sales, and payment vouchers
• Preparation of rectification entries
• Reporting to Audit Manager or Senior In Charge
A prestigious accountancy certification from ICAI