SAMEEP SHAH, Finance Controller

SAMEEP SHAH

Finance Controller

EXPORT TRADING COMPANY-NUFORTH VERTICLE

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, ACCOUNTING , FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TAXATION
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

Finance Controller at EXPORT TRADING COMPANY-NUFORTH VERTICLE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2022

Develop and execute financial strategies aligned with the organization's goals, ensuring
financial stability and growth.
 Oversee financial planning, budgeting, identify trends, forecasting, and reporting processes.
 Collaborate, Lead and mentor the finance team, fostering high performance.
 Implement cost control measures and optimize operational efficiency for profitability.
 Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, banks,
auditors, and regulatory authorities.
 Working as an Approval Authority for all Finance and other operational transaction
 Conducting financial due diligence.

Head of Accounts and Finance at Alba Motors LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2019 to August 2022

 Set up new business from the base (finance, operations, entity set up, banking lines).
 Analyze financial performance, identified areas of improvement, and implemented costsaving
initiatives.
 Streamlined financial operations, optimized cash flow, and enhanced financial controls.
 Collaborated with department heads to develop and monitor departmental budgets,
ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
 Conducted financial analysis, prepared financial models, and performed variance analysis.
 Monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) and provided financial regular updates.

Asst Manager Accounts and Finance at Peace World Group of Companies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2018 to August 2019

Prepare and present financial reports to senior management and stakeholders.
 Manage the cash flow and supervise financial transactions within the company to ensure
there are no discrepancies in reports.
 Review day-to-day accounting operations: AP, AR, GL and Bank accounting locally and
internationally.
 Manage, guide local accounting teams, and liaise with other internal stakeholders.
 Ensure quality, integrity and accuracy of accounting data, transactions and financial
reporting.
 Reviewing all Financial MIS like Customer Ageing, Supplier Ageing, Monthly Profit and Loss
or Income Statements and Balance sheet with the budgets and forecasting on monthly,
quarterly and annual basis.
 Reviewing audit spreadsheets and interact regularly with financial staff and heads of
departments to ensure spreadsheets are up to date each month and at year end, as well as
reporting on the financial profit and loss incurred on a monthly or yearly basis.
 Optimize financial performance and mitigate risks and to identify potential risks and
opportunities.
 Working as an Approval Authority for all Finance and other operational transaction
 Develop strategic plans and to brainstorm ways of reducing spending and increasing profits.
 Recommend and maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate
level of control over Finance Department activities.

Senior Accountant at GIANT GROUP OF COMPANIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2012 to July 2018

Supported the month end and annual book closing process.
 Recording, reviewing and posting standard, non-standard and adjusting journal entries.
 Creating and strictly following the process of monthly journal entries and maintaining and updating prepaid/deferred schedules.
 Monitoring, review and reconciliation of control accounts (Sub- ledger - AR & AP), intercompany accounts and expense
provision/accrual accounts.
 Monitoring and strictly following bank reconciliation and cash clearing accounts & maintenance and accounting of treasury modules -
Loans, Fixed Deposits and Bank Guarantees.
 Maintain, manage and update GL records and group chart of accounts.
 Preparing supporting schedules and account reconciliations on balance sheet and income statement line items wise.
Support to tax team for UAE VAT filing and all tax and compliance matter.
 Group Consolidation & reporting - Assisting in monthly, quarterly, annual group consolidation and other ad-hoc requirement as per
direction of management.
 Supervised and supported- AP/AR and Treasury team for month end closure and deliverable are submitted accurately on time,
advising team on journal validation and supporting to ensure proper audit trails.
 Assisted in automating processes and procedures and other Ad-hoc tasks as assigned from time to time..
 Supported the preparation of treasury reports, liquidity positions, and risk exposures.
 Prepared and analyze cash flow forecasts to ensure adequate liquidity for the organization.
 Managed daily cash/ Liquidity/structured trade finance operations, including cash positioning, forecasting, and liquidity.
 Developing Dashboard for effective treasury management, Group Cost of Funds (COF), Bank charges and Interest cost analysis.
 Developing treasury working capital model for Lenders, comparison of working capital lines to the group budget and conducting gap
analysis.

Education

Master's degree, ACCOUNTING , FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TAXATION
  • at ICAI
  • May 2007

courses: Accounting Technician Course

Master's degree,
  • at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Barod
  • May 2007

Master's degree, Accounting And Taxation
  • at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Barod
  • April 2007

Specialties & Skills

Major Accounts
Finance
Auditing
ACCOUNTANCY
ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE
AP STYLE
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
BALANCE
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CORPORATE FINANCE

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Hobbies

  • READING AND MUSIC