Raquel Brito, Senior Financial Accountant

Raquel Brito

Senior Financial Accountant

GRANT THORNTON

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
17 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months

Senior Financial Accountant at GRANT THORNTON
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2015

Directly reporting to Chairman, CEO and CFO
▪ Oversee the finance team
▪ Generating the Financial Reports from the management reporter
▪ Preparation of expenses budgeting
▪ Preparing the balance sheets reconciliation and review
▪ Analysing variances of expenses vs budget
▪ Filing of VAT return
▪ Checking payroll and uploading in the bank (WPS and non WPS)
▪ Calculating the end of service benefits of the employees
▪ Liasing with the bank regarding the application for the bid bond and performance bond, activation of bank accounts,
review renewal of bank facilities, and any other documentation required by bank
▪ Performing bank reconciliation
▪ Posting invoices in the right ledger and cost centers. Preparing payments to the 3rd
party suppliers. Ensuring that invoices
are checked and approved by the approving parties based on their approval matrix
▪ Creating payment through cheques and online payments in accordance with the company procedure
▪ Ensuring that travel and miscellaneous claims are posted in a timely manner in order to capture the costs that needs to be
recovered from the client
▪ Petty cash custodian
▪ Creating job code and preparing the billing for the client
▪ Updating the cashflows, receivable lists and sending the updates to the partners
▪ Amortizing the prepayments and posting the accruals, salaries, gratuity, airfare journals
▪ Fixed asset recording and maintenance

Financial Analysts at Mammut Construction Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to April 2015

 Assist in assuring high quality management reports / financial planning process through constantly updated and properly managed reporting formats and tools.
 Ensuring that all Divisions submit the financial reporting package as per established deadline.
 Preparing consolidation for the Group and providing explanation on the movements of the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account.
 Ensure management consolidation and management reports reflect the company performance and financial standing through the review of quality of this information.
 Coordinate the monthly management closing, forecast, budget and the strategic plan processes.
 Prepare management presentations for Group CFO.
 Provide the financial analysis of the actual business performance and financial plans, particular in the area of funding and cash flow.
 Provide support to Divisions for all matters related to management reporting.
 Assist the finance team in the preparation of Financial Statements for the audit purpose.
 Provide Income and Cost Analysis of all divisions.
 Provide Project wise Profit and Loss account for all divisions.
 Provide Daily and Monthly Dashboards for the review of higher management.
 Consolidation of Group Cashflows to be submitted to CEO

Accountant at Supreme Foodservice FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to August 2014

Prepare monthly reporting Package for all the corporate clients and providing the commentaries on the monthly
movements for the balance sheet accounts as well as its P&L.
▪ Assist in the preparation of the Financial Statements use for the audit, like suppporting schedules and some analysis
required for the report.
▪ Prepare recharge invoices and computations such as Salary, Provisions and all the operating expenses to other
intercompany divisions according to agreed time frame. Intercompany account reconciliation.
▪ Prepare the income and costs analysis to be submitted to the higher management. To ensure that all costs have been
recharge to the target clients and investigate for the variances.
▪ Preparation and posting of journals especially payroll journals, directors salaries, Performance bonus and other provisions,
cashbooks and other journals.
▪ Prepare bank reconciliations and ensure that all bank entries are correctly posted (including bank in transit and cash in
transit)
▪ Monthly balance sheet reconciliations together with the supporting documentations.
▪ Posting of monthend income & expense accruals as necessary.
▪ Liase with the external auditors as required especially corporate matter relating to SFFZ, SFGM, 3SGM, SGAS, SGUS
and other small clients.
▪ Responsible for AX posting of transaction & other reconciliations for corporate AX clients.
▪ And other tasks to be delegated by the higher management.

Accounts Officer at BOTICARIO DE MANILA, INC
  • Philippines
  • June 2006 to January 2008

Keeps the books of accounts and maintains subsidiary records of certain accounts such as Sales Books, Purchase Books,
Cash Receipt Books, Disbursement Books, General Journal, General Ledger and its subsidiary records.
▪ Prepares required reports for submission to the BIR for approval of the General Manager
▪ Prepares monthly financial reports for submission to the General Manager
▪ File maintenance of licenses & permits
▪ Prepares the reconciliation of bank accounts
▪ Prepares and reconciles the list of office equipment inventories with the books of accounts and ensure that those assigned
to each staff are properly covered with accountability receipt
▪ Verifies & summarizes overage / shortages report of Store Supervisor and cross check if deductions are made on the
respective payroll of Cashier for shortages incurred.
▪ Audit of store generated reports like Petty Cash Funds, Credit and collection, Daily Sales Reading and Cash turnover,
Cash Tally and bank deposits.
▪ Invoicing through Navision Program
▪ Prepares check voucher for check payments of invoices
▪ Releases checks signed by General Manager
▪ Preparation of Departmental Budget

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at University of Batangas, Hilltop Batangas
  • July 2019

courses: AND TRAINING CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

Specialties & Skills

Account Reconciliation
Journal Entries
General Ledger Reconciliation
Reconciliation
Microsoft Dynamics
ACCRUALS
BANK RECONCILIATION
BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FINANCIAL
PAYROLL PROCESSING
REPORTS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

VAT Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Dusit Thani Hotel Dubai
Date Attended:
October 2018

Hobbies

  • Dancing