Ramees Karakuni

Responsible for end to end accounting process including review and approval of all book keeping transactions and controlling Financial Statement Closing Process.
Responsible for the presentation of monthly and quarterly financial statements and variance analysis for senior management review.
Perform entire month end activities and verify the completeness of closing of ERP modules in order to prepare the monthly P&L, Balance Sheets and variance analysis.
Prepare the segment wise monthly performance analysis for Retail, F&B and Operations.
Prepare the Ad-hoc reports for external stakeholders such as Bank etc.
Preparation of Year End Financial Statements for Auditors.
System Migration & Implementation: Developed procedures for migration of data from Focus (Historical system) to Microsoft Dynamic AX. Run tests and implemented Microsoft Dynamic AX within the entity as per the business needs.
Value Added Tax: Part of VAT Implementation project team. Worked closely with the consultant to brief them about company’s business and develop the most efficient strategy for implementation of VAT. Run post implementation tests in the back and front end systems.
Work closely with Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Finance Manager to support project execution including cost incurred in the project, project accounts, budget, and project forecast review reports.
Prepare monthly movement and listing of Balance Sheets.
Reconciliation of AR, AP, Bank, General Ledger, Revenue, Cogs, Inventory accounts on monthly basis.
Supervising accounting functions dealing with book closing, business analysis and reporting, follow up on collections and vendor payments.
Inventory valuation for Retail, F&B and technical Department, finalizing COGS, WAC Calculation testing etc.
Responsible for preparation of comprehensive Audit Plan in coordination with Auditors.
Leading all periodic Audit meeting and ensuring the resolution of all audit issues on timely basis.

Hugo Boss |Porsche Design |Ulysse Nardin |De La Cour | Jacob | Artioli | Billionaire | Brioni | Ermanno Scervino | Joseph | Paul & Shark| Zilli | Japengo Café | NOW Cafe | Sammach | Second Cup |Burj Al Hamam | Cafe Havana | China Times | Extreme Shawarma | Joe’s Café | Mini Chinese | Alpha Properties | B&B Italia | Baituti Designs

Key Responsibilities

 Consolidation of Group MIS Reports and submit to Group CFO for review.

 Responsible for all general ledger transaction, month end close & financial statement preparation for Retail Fashion business.

 Preparation of MIS Report for the management; outlet wise in particular and division wise as a whole; presenting month and year to date performance (Income Statement) having comparison with last year and full year budget for Retail Fashion.

 Prepare monthly profitability analysis for Divisions, Brands & Outlets in comparison with Budget.

 Assisting Finance Manager in preparation & consolidation of budget, forecast, business plan and provide monthly variance analysis between actual vs budget.

 Preparation of Accounts receivable & Payable ageing analysis.

 Management of Accounts Payables & Receivables.

 Provides information to the management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.

 Preparation of all schedules as per the requirement of annual and sales audit.

The Change Initiative (Part of Mazrui Holdings LLC)

The Change initiative is the leading retail and wholesale distributors of sustainable products and services.TCI is the Sole Distributor of Ecover, Naty, Ulster Weaver, Derma Pharm Products in UAE . TCI owned by Mazrui Holdings LLC.

Key Responsibilities

Preparation of monthly comparative income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement & businesswise performance analysis.

Consolidate 3 entities financial reports and submit to the parent company by uploading the data into MIS group reporting software (Tagetik).

Assisting Finance Manager in preparation & consolidation of budgeting, forecast, business plan and upload the data into Tagetik for monthly variance analysis.

Perform overhead allocation to all business in accordance with various basis of allocation.

Preparation of Accounts receivable & Payable ageing analysis.

Preparation of Inventory ageing analysis and provide the information to supply chain for liquidation on timely manner.

Prepare group audit packs and statutory reports.

Reconciliation of bank statements, intercompany loan eliminations & balance sheet accounts.

Analysis of opex, product wise & brand wise gross margin, actual vs budget variances.

Perform monthly accruals, depreciation, provisions for leave salary, gratuity and air tickets.

Assisting auditor in performing financial audit and providing supporting documents as per the requirements of auditor.

Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.

Hastie Group Limited is the leading international designer, installer and maintainer of mechanical, electrical, hydraulics and refrigeration services with well-established operations in Australia, the UK and the Middle East.
Projects Handled: Zayed University (300M), Al Ain University(250M), Delma Mall (150M), JAL Tower (135M), D1 Tower (75M), Burj Tower 57& 58(100M).

Key Responsibilities

All accounting works up to finalization, which includes project forecast updating and reviews, cash flow, expense accruals, prepayment apportionments & asset register monitoring.

Monthly p&l and balance sheet, review & update project executive summary reports, gross margin trend analysis, assist finance manager in preparation of CEO reports.

Assist Finance Manager in Preparation and monitoring of Budget, Forecast and Project reports by collecting, analysing and summarizing account information.

Preparation of statutory books of accounts, bank reconciliation, GL reconciliation, inter- company reconciliation.

Record & maintain fixed Asset register & plant and tool.

Establish & manage Payroll for 5 entities in Hastie Group Middle East including UAE, Qatar & Oman.

Ensure timely & accurate processing of the monthly payroll through wps System for 700 staffs and 2000 workers in all over the Middle East.

Performs the monthly data uploads, provides the finance department with the required reports and ensures all measures are taken to safeguard the confidentiality of pay information.

Collect the timesheet from various sites and perform accurate job costing for Middle East.

Providing Pay roll related information to the auditors in the Middle East and clarifying their queries within the time limit.

Ensuring & reconciling all Payrolls related expense are properly posted to the respective General Ledger.

Performs reconciliation and analytical reviews of all payroll accounts, including employee loans, leave, bonus and other payroll accruals.

Coordinate with banks & other departments in the Middle East to ensure that salaries & annual bonuses of employees are correctly dispersed on time.

Maintain balance controls for all systems, payroll deductions, review payroll accounting practices, and recommend changes & improvements.

It is a leading Food Stuff trading company based in Dubai, UAE. Al Aswaq is the sole distributor of Halwani Products (KSA) in all over UAE.

Managed entire accounts receivable and payable processes including preparation and tracking of invoices, monthly statement and collection calls.

Reconciled all accounts in balance sheet and performed journal entries.

Prepared monthly accounts receivable and payable reports, month-end closing and financial statement.

Match invoices to checks, obtain all signatures for checks and distribute checks accordingly.

Debtor account and accruals account monthly reconciliation.

Facilitated communication with the internal and external auditors.

Managing and coordinating of all Accounting and Operational activities.

Collection of debts from customers.

Payments to suppliers, sub-contractors, and other clients, Salary to staff and workers.

PDC Management and preparations of Reconciliations