SAFIQ IQBAL, Freelancer

SAFIQ IQBAL

Freelancer

Independent Accounting Professional

Location
India - Chennai
Education
Master's degree, Financial Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management, Management Accounting, Costing, Income Tax
Experience
15 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months

Freelancer at Independent Accounting Professional
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since March 2014

 Preparation of Complete set of Financial Statements, Supporting Schedules and Notes as per Companies Act.
 Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Tax Audits Assignments of Private Limited Companies and Firms.
 A thorough ledger scrutiny and finalization of books of accounts of Private Limited Companies in Manufacturing and Retails Sectors.
 Processing Indian Payroll including Withholding of Taxes and other Stutory dues.
 Statutory compliance for Companies, Firms and Individuals.
 Reviewing and Reconciling Account Balances and Legers Scrutiny.
 Assisting Top Management in Setting Budgets and Variance analysis.

Specialist/Asst.Manager at Shell India Markets Private Limited
  • India - Chennai
  • July 2011 to March 2014

Responsible for Statement of Account Reconciliation for Group Reporting of Shell Oil US _ Subsidiaries for Downstream entities in USA. (Refineries & Pipelines).
➢ Quarterly reporting in GARANCE (group reporting tool).
➢ Review of Mark to Market accounting on monthly basis (Hedge accounting).
➢ Review of Tangible Assets accounting and Asset Retirement Obligation.
➢ Played a very key role in the successful signoff of the tax provisioning tool implementation & SAP migration.
➢ Validating the deferred tax and current tax accounting by using manual template and its reporting.
➢ Handling Audit Queries from PWC, EY & IRS.
➢ IT Focal point for my team, e.g. Access issues, escalations etc.
➢ Conducting multiple reconciliations as part of SOX control.
➢ Variance analysis and raising questions to business for the material departure on numbers reported in comparisons to prior quarter.
➢ Assisting management in drafting Group Disposal Proposal.

Senior Analyst (Band II) at KELLOGG & ANDELSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES Pvt LTD
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2009 to July 2011

➢ Handled a team of 8. Coach and review the team work to improve the quality.
➢ Finalizing Accounts of the Company via:
Estimating & Providing for Taxes.
Updating Fixed Assets Register & providing for Depreciation.
Accounting for accrued Income & Expense.
Reconciling various Vendor Balances.
➢ Statutory Reporting via:
• Filing Various Forms & Annual Return with Ministry of Company Affairs.
• FC-GPR to RBI.
• Filing STPI Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reports

➢ Coordination of Statutory Audit, Internal Audit & Tax Audit.
➢ Compute and pay Advance Taxes, fling Company's Income Tax Return and Responding to Notices and Intimation served by the Revenue Department.
➢ successfully migrated payroll process.
➢ Preparation of detailed Variance analysis.
➢ Responsible for Quarter/Month end closing activities.
➢ Handling Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and MIS Reporting Teams.
➢ Budgeting and requesting funds from Holding Company on need basis.
➢ Maintain Liaison with Banks

Senior Executive at wipro,bpo
  • India - Chennai
  • April 2009 to October 2009

Inter-company Loan Reporting involving 12 Currencies.
➢ Reconciling Loan, P&L Interest & Accrued Interest GL account balances between Lending Company and various counter parties.
➢ Initiating Loan Settlements periodically.
➢ Expense Reporting & Grid reporting for Top Management

Education

Master's degree, Financial Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management, Management Accounting, Costing, Income Tax
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • November 2008

* C.A Final with 51% * C.A Professional Education II with 58% Year of Passing: Nov 2008

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Sri KrishnaDevaraya University
  • April 2002

Graduation - Bachelor of commerce (B.Com.) with 70% Sri KrishnaDevaraya University, Anantapur, AP, India. Apr 2002

High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Board of Intermediate Education
  • March 1999

Intermediate-CEC (Civics, Economics & Commerce) with 61.5% Board of Intermediate Education, AP, India. Mar 1999

High school or equivalent, English, Hindi, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Social Science
  • at Board of Secondary Education
  • March 1997

SSC from Railway High School, Guntakal with 53% Board of Secondary Education, AP, India. Mar 1997

Bayt Tests

Accounting Principles Test
Score 70%

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
Team Player
Internal Audit
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
BUDGETING
CLIENTS
CLOSING

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Telugu
Expert

Memberships

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
  • ASSOCIATE
  • March 2009

Hobbies

  • Nature Photography