Regional Finance Manager
Tappoo Group of Companies
Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months
●EMPLOYER - Tappoo Group of Companies. Fiji
Position - Regional Finance Manager (From Jan
2019 to Feb 2021)
Reporting Line - General Manager Finance and
Business Line Directors
Tappoo Group diversifications include;
- Retail, shopping mall operators & wholesale
traders
- Duty Free concessioners & operators
- Investment partners & building constructions
- Manufacturers of bottled water & franchised drinks
- Motor vehicle agents & dealers
- Travel Agents, travel advisors & Air Line General Sales Agents (GSA)
- Motor vehicle rental operators
- Fuel retailers (Mobil Oil)
I was heading the Finance Department for the Automobile and Fuel Sectors with below business units.
• Kia Motors Ltd (KML)- KIA 3 work shops and 3 show rooms
• Creative Holdings Ltd (CHL)- Foton & Mahendra 3 workshops and 3 show rooms
• On The Go Limited (OTGL) - 18 Mobil Service Stations countrywide
I worked at Ernst & Young - Business Community Training Division, involved in delivering lectures on professional accounting qualifications as well as conducting training programs outside Bahrain.
Names of professional accounting qualifications
• ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - UK
• CMA - Certified Management Accountant - USA
• AAT - Association of Accounting Technicians - UK
• CAT - Certified Accounting Technician-UK
Subjects
Accounting / Finance/ Auditing
Other than lecturing I am involving
• Preparation of budgets
• Preparation of training proposals
• Designing and implementing internal controls
• Work as an Internal Quality Assurance Moderator (IQAM)
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (ANCL) is the leading newspaper publishing company in Sri Lanka. It has more than 3000 employees and publishes newspapers in three languages namely Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Functions carrying out in brief
•Supervision of Payment & Treasury Department (20 employees)
•Handling Short Term Investment Portfolio
•Monitoring financial performance of Treasury Department
•Negotiations with banks and other financial institutions.
•Evaluate system of Internal Controls and establish the best for the company.
•Ensure the Financial reporting system of the company is complying with the Sri Lanka Accounting Standards / International Accounting standards.
Reporting Line : Financial Controller-Janashakthi Securities & Financial Services Ltd
Chief Executive Officer - Agrisquad (Pvt) Limited.
Functions carrying out in brief
•Preparation and presentation of financial statements.
•Supervision of accounts department.
•Preparation of budgets.
•Monitoring of financial position & performance.
♦ Negotiations with banks and other financial institutions.
Functions carrying out in brief
•Reviewing client’s business operations.
•Preparation of audit strategy which included SWOT analysis, PEST analysis and Competitor analysis.
•Preparation of Risk Assessment (Audit Risk Assessments and Client Business Risk Assessments) and designed risk mitigating strategies as part of the assignment.
•Development of time budgets and cost budgets for various assignments undertaken, and measures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of assignments.
•Preparation of regular progress reports to the Partner meetings and participated in progress meetings.
•Participation in Consolidation Assignment as a Senior In charge of the Audit and have experience in preparing Financial Statements according to the SLAS(s) and relevant Laws and regulations and generally accepted Accounting practices.
Qualification: Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) Institution : Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Year : 2011
1. Associated Member of Chartered Accountant (ACA) from Institute of Chartered Accountant of Sri Lanka-2005 2. Associate Certified Accountant (ACA) from Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants -2010
Degree : B.Sc. Accountancy (Special) Department : Accountancy & Financial Management University : Sri Jayewardenapura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. Duration : 4 Years 1996 - 2000 (Full Time) Academic Year : 1996
