Accountant
Cigalah Group
Total years of experience :25 years, 9 Months
Cigalah, although a member of the overall Yousuf M.A.Naghi & Sons Group, is in itself, a group of four companies and divisions. These include: Consumer Products Division, Pharma & Healthcare Division Watch, Textile & Retail Division Zawaq Foods Company (Fully Fledged Manufacturing and Packing Operation)
My responsibilities include:
• Daily Collection & Entry.
• Petty Cash Payments.
• Controlling the Invoices.
• Vehicle Management, Dispatch Management & Bank Management.
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement.
• Check-on the price-difference and follow-up from the Head-office for approval of the same.
• Sales Target Input.
• Control and Issuance of Various Cash Invoices Books, Receipt Books, Sales Return Books.
• Issuing Statement of Accounts to Customers.
• Checking Payment Statements from Supermarkets.
• Responsible for controlling the returns from the Customers.
• Posting Debit and Credit Notes.
• Applying the Sales Returns and Receipts against Invoices.
• Responsible for Inventory and Adjustments.
CMC is a well known Polyclinic and a Clinical Trial Research Centre which handles Trials for Companies like Quintiles, ICON, GVK BIO, Pfizer, Chiltern, Johnson & Johnson and many more. CMC’s owner Dr. Nadeem Rais is among the top 10 Endocrinologist in India.
My role includes:
• Handling of accounts like Bank receipts & Payments.
• Bank Reconciliation Statement.
• Handling of Accounts Receivables & Payables.
• Handling of Debit/Credit Notes.
• Taking Care of Payroll.
• Taking Care of Inventory.
• Taking Care of Fixed Assets and Annual Maintenance Contracts.
• Finalization of Accounts and also solving audit queries.
• Ad-hoc Reporting & presenting various statements for Dr. Rais.
• Responsible for all Taxation Matters.
• Responsible for all administration jobs in the Medical Centre are also part of my Job Profile.
Handling accounts of CMC, CMC-CTU A/C (CTU - Clinical Trial Unit), CMC-MHCO A/C (MHCO - Monthly Health Care Organization), CMC-Labs and CMC- Charities.
Al-Kafaa Trading Co. is an ISO 9001:2000 Organization. Its one of the biggest stockiest of
Stainless Steel & Carbon Steel Piping material in the kingdom and an approved vendor of leading industries like ARAMCO, SABIC and SECO.
My role includes:
• Account Management.
• Audit daily collection and income for Branches to ensure that all amounts are collected and deposited in our Banks.
• Responsible for preparation of Daily Bank Reports used by Finance Managers and Sr. Executives.
• Follow-up with all suppliers and preparation of payments for them.
• Preparation of Journal Vouchers.
• Preparation of Import L/Cs & Expense Management for L/Cs,
• Approval of Fabrication out & Fabrication In.
Set up a unique system for reports management that produced very satisfied feedback from Regional offices.
Demonstrated positive leadership in achieving success for all my responsibilities.
PAS is a MNC engaged in Ship chandling and Trading.
My responsibilities include:
• Debtors Account Management - for their payments, non-payments and under-payments.
• Worked in coordination with the Sales Department for preparation of technical sales invoices,
• Liaisons with Operation Managers,
• Validations of data and paperwork.
• Responsibility also included proofing-approval of technical purchase invoices.
• I was solely responsible for Cheque Management - from preparation of daily and monthly cheques, interaction with suppliers for statements and checks and ensuring safe custody of Cheque Books.
• As the Accountant General, I had the responsibility of preparing Financial Statement for review by the MD
• Management of Journal Vouchers and their reporting.
• In addition, there were many ad-hoc reporting and data collection requirements that were routed via me for preparation and/or co-ordination.
Earned recognition for valuable efforts in Client Management and support for 2 large international suppliers.
GATI is an ISO 9001 accredited company engaged in the Courier and Cargo Management Industry with around 250 Branches all over India. It’s the market leader, for Surface Cargo in India.
I had sole responsibility for:
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement at a Regional and Branch level.
• I was tasked with ownership for maintenance of minimum Cash and Bank balance at a Branch level
• Timely payment of delivery charges, Trip-Hire contract and Salaries.
• I was responsible for regular follow-up of “Proof of Delivery” copy, Octroi handling and preparation of Freight/Octroi invoices.
My reporting tasks included:
• Sending monthly Audit Report to Regional Office,
• Providing necessary timely information to Regional Accounts Manager,
• Preparation of Daily Business Reports and distribution to Regional Office.
Acquired responsibility for very critical roles in reconciliation when it was in a state of mis-management and achieved great success in completing the same in a timely manner.
Achieved A Grade - Diploma in Financial Management (DFM)
Acheived First Class with Distinction - Diploma in Computer Software Techniques (DCST)
Achieved Higher Second Class - Bachelor of Commerce (B.com)