Ray Dafeiyan

• Ensured compliance with VAT preparation and timely submission of returns via FTA portal.
• Managing with Economic Substance Regulation filings and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership documentation.
• Transitioning to UAE corporate tax compliance by updating internal policies and financial documentation.
• Managed financial operations in line with DIFC and DMCC, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Analysing financial data and forecasting different models and scenarios.
• Creating dashboards and designing KPIs by consolidating data of subsidiaries into one main financial report.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design SQL-based dashboards that delivered real-time insights
into key financial metrics.
• Identifying potential financial risks to implement and mitigate risks such as credit, liquidity and market risks.
• Advising investment management namely portfolio management, capital allocation, short/long term investment.
• Reviewing financial performances and monitoring feedback to constantly developing the systems.
• Preparing cost centre analysis report to inform all costs of a business or in a particular activity by using Excel.
• Providing digital marketing services such as advertising on different platforms such as Google Ads.
• Monitoring all stages of the month-end closing process; namely AP/AR, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
‣ Self-learning the entire FUTRLI cloud-based software with only accessing a few resources.
‣ Implementing new business reporting systems to improve the process of financial reporting.

• Investigate and resolve queries from suppliers/clients on time.
• Managing vendor/customer accounts on Inerva and Lightyear, creating, and verifying business details.
• In charge of creating BAS reports via Inerva system and the lodgement process.
• Successfully monitoring, reviewing and approving end-to-end accounts payable processes using
Inerva/Lightyear and collaborating with internal departments. Ensuring the approvals and the highest level of
accuracy & efficiency.
• Introducing a procurement system and generating purchase orders via Lightyear platform, which would
automatically match with the relevant invoices.
• Preparing financial reports such as ACFR, QFR and Steward Brown Benchmarking for presentation to boards
of directors, management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies.
• Liaising with government agencies and preparing reports such as Grant funding and ABS surveys.
• Coordinating the development, implementation, monitoring and reviewing of 4 accounting systems.
• Train and support the finance team towards the daily operation and tasks.
• Evaluating budgetary and accounting strategies, policies, and plans in consultation with the EMF.
• Liaising with auditors in preparation of documentation and financial investigations.
• Managing month-end processes including journalising payroll and prepayment accruals, reviewing bank
reconciliation, and reviewing chart of accounts, for the correct allocation of cost centres and accounts.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
‣ Setting up a system for Outlook Finance mailbox to automatically distribute and file emails for payables,
receivables, and queries. This action decreased between 80 to 90 percent of the unread emails.
‣ Establishing a new procurement system within 3 weeks through Lightyear system and migrating from an Excel
spreadsheet format.
‣ Customising reports such as balance sheet, profit & loss, and BAS on Inerva to generate efficient reporting.

• Managing month-end process including accruals, leases, depreciation, fixed asset register, FX revaluation
and project revenue recognition.
• Managing vendor/customer accounts on SAP HANA, onboarding vendors, and verifying business details while
obtaining due diligence approvals.
• In charge of the preparation of IAS, PAYG and BAS lodgements.
• Successfully executed end-to-end accounts payable processes using SAP ARIBA and liaising with offshore
finance teams, vendors, and internal departments, ensuring the highest level of accuracy and efficiency.
• Proactively communicating with departments to guide and liaise on procurement processes.
• Creating Payment Forecasts every week and tracking the invoices via Excel.
• Collaborating & processing employees payroll including Super, PAYG and Payroll Taxes of all states.
• Extracting reports of clients from Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform for issuing invoices.
• Issuing invoices to major clients via both Xero and SAP HANA.
• Preparing SOA/SGO report to the headquarter in Singapore every month.
• Updating cash flows, invoice register, invoice tracker and cost centre regularly.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
‣ Setting up an auto system for Outlook Finance mailbox to automatically clear the inbox. This action decreased
hundreds of unread emails to only a few.
‣ Becoming an expert on a newly introduced platform, SAP ARIBA, within a short amount of time.
‣ Using Excel functions on the Invoice Tracker spreadsheet to automatically search for vendor IDs and
invoices. It omitted processing duplicated invoices and allocating them to the right vendor.

• Managing and analysing all the stores transactions across Australia. Overseeing the sales via Retail Express.
• Managing the end-to-end process of accounts payable, including overseas suppliers.
• Collaborating & processing the entries of employees payroll with external accountants including super, PAYG.
• In charge of the preparation of IAS, Payroll tax, PAYG and BAS.
• Preparing monthly financial reporting such as profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
• Managing the owners banking, taxes and expenses, and filing the documents.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
‣ Transferring the accounting systems computer-based and hard copy filing into the cloud-based version.
‣ Streamlining the hours of processing bank recalcinations to minutes by setting up MYOB bank feeds.
‣ Saving 5 hours of manually transferring receivables per week by establishing a Cloud Integrated System.
‣ Reorganising documents and transitioning the hard copy filing system into saving them electronically. This
transition saved at least 2 hours of daily process.
‣ Setting up an automatic email system for remittance advice instead of emailing the suppliers separately.
‣ Refining the timesheet template and increasing the accuracy of information by setting up an auto-calculation.

• Managing hundreds of payable invoices daily via Epicor while maintaining accurate documentation.
• Searching all missing invoices and requesting copies from suppliers via Outlook.
• Processing petty cash reimbursements of different facilities across Australia.
• Assisting in the approval of invoices by using Excel and contacting different departments.
• Cold calling hundreds of medical centres across Australia to gather data and process it into HubSpot.
• Administrating email services and transferring to the correct department.

• Supervising accounts payable/receivable, bank/credit card reconciliations and payroll via MYOB.
• Managing unpaid and overdue invoices for debt collection.
• Effectively controlled the month-end closing process of the business.
ACHIEVEMENTS
‣ Setting up reminders for overdue invoices within 30 days, 31-60 days & 61+ days.
‣ Collected nearly $15, 000 of more than 30-day overdue invoices within a week.
‣ Establishing a new accounts list, an accounting calendar and an AUSkey account for the director.

• Performing payroll processes of employees with a high degree of accuracy weekly, fortnightly, and monthly.
• Evaluating employees entitlements: Super, PAYG, annual leave, personal leave, and long service leave.
• Performing weekly payables to contractors/sub-contractors through MYOB Essentials.
• Making sure that all the process complies with ATO and Fair Work Ombudsman enquiries.
• Assisting managers regarding business accounting processes such as preparing BAS.
ACHIEVEMENTS
‣ Introducing the Employment Form that contains all essential information for payroll.
‣ Creating analysis of unpaid invoices; prioritising them using pivot table and v-lookup functions to find the
relevant information on Excel.

• BAS: preparing & calculating the summary reports of GST, PAYG and FBT instalments.
• Accruals to budget: journalising accrual and reversal entries at the end of the month.
• Cost Centre Analysis: preparing reports to inform all costs of an organisation or in a particular activity by
using pivot table skills in Excel worksheets.
• Accounts Payable/Receivable: issuing tax invoices, preparing ageing reports, issuing payment remittance
advice and chasing debts.
• Credit Card & Bank Reconciliation: preparing a credit cards approval sheet, matching transactions between
MYOB and bank statements, and filing reconciliation reports.
• Prepayment schedules: calculating and updating journals using both MYOB and Excel.
• Fixed Assets: calculating depreciation expenses, recording the new assets, and posting journals.
• Inventory: processing inventory items and adjusting stocks for some clients in retail.
• Payroll: calculations of pay & leave entitlements, compliance with tax regulations.
ACHIEVEMENTS
‣ Providing a more efficient method of prepayment schedules that saved approximately 20 minutes by using
Excel functions and formulas.