Sameer Ismail Khidir, Senior Accountant

Sameer Ismail Khidir

Senior Accountant

Al Salaam International Hospital

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
26 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 7 Months

Senior Accountant at Al Salaam International Hospital
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2016 to October 2021

Senior Accountant(2016 - 2022)
• Maintaining Contracts
• Maintaining Inward Bank Guarantee
• Daily handling cheque deposit/fund transfer to bank
• Retaining & Executing 5% Tax on vendor invoices in accordance with Ministry of Finance Law 2008
• Handling vendor invoices with proper budget approval & approving in IDMS financial systems
• Monthly reconciling supplier ageing with ACP trial balance
• Preparing cheque for payments of vendor/doctors fees/employees
• Facilitated “no-fault” internal and external audits as a result of sound recordkeeping and thorough documentation
• Making and receiving telephone calls to and from suppliers on a variety of queries
• Ensuring that the payment of invoices/doctors fees is completed within a timely manner and in accordance with payment terms
• Overall handling of Accounts Payable
• Maintaining & Arranging documents for Outstanding Accounts Receivable invoices related to legal issues for recovery of fund with Legal Department.
• Maintaining & updating Budget in assistance with Finance Manager.

Accountant Supervisor at International Turnkey Systems ( ITS )
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2006 to August 2016

.Accounts Payable (2006- 2011)
• Setting up vendor/contract/project accounts and reconciling statements
• Facilitated “no-fault” internal and external audits as a result of sound recordkeeping and thorough documentation
• Reconciling intercompany transactions on regular basis
• Ensuring that the payment of invoices is completed within a timely manner and in accordance with payment terms
• Identifying invoices that are overdue or have not been received
• Making and receiving telephone calls to and from suppliers on a variety of queries
• Printing, stamping and sorting all incoming post on a rota basis via email, external and internal correspondence
• Closing down inactive vendor and employee accounts
• Keeping track of every transaction and logging details into a system
• Maintaining Monthly payroll & reconciling with accrual account
• Maintaining Monthly petty cash & reconciling at end of the month

Accounts Receivable(2012- 2016)
• Posting AR & reconciliation of same with GL
• Preparing Audit Report/Dealing with auditors
• Reporting half yearly/yearly for AR for Regional Finance/Other Manager
• Reporting to Manager for Consolidation/Region wise/Customer wise, etc. AR report as per requirement
• Maintaining of record for Consolidation AR Report
• Preparing of weekly collection & invoicing repot for cash positions report
• Preparing weekly region wise invoicing report (Quarterly & Year to Date)
• Preparing customer outstanding statement as & when requested by account/project manger
• Preparing Customer Invoices & Receipts as when requested by sales team
• Daily updating Invoices/Receipts in financial systems
• Filing of Maintenance/Sales Invoices ( Customer acknowledgement) - Follow up for missing acknowledgement of invoices
• Follow up with collection unit for collection.
Treasury (2012-2016)
• Bank Reconciliation
• Preparing of JV’s for bank account & region
• Preparing of transfer letter local/global/internal transfer if any
• Responsible for Issuance of Tender/Performance Bonds (Letter of Guarantees).
• Responsible for Issuanceof L/C’s (Letter of Credit).
Inventory Controller(2015- 2016)
• Reconciling Stock Control account
• Handle stock count with auditors on fiscal year end.
• Preparing On Hand Inventory Report on monthly basis for Sales & CSD & updating store keeper & regional finance manager
• Preparing CSD & Sales Inventory Ageing Report
• Entering daily basis SRV, DN for Sales & Spares Inventory
• Entering daily basis Spares SIVR & SRTV & Kuwait Workshop report
• Following up with store keeper to rectify query if any
• Maintaining Fixed Assets Register &passing depreciation entries

Head Cashier at Mutawa Al Kazi Company Ltd. (Honda),
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2004 to May 2006

• Handling daily cash receivable & payable transactions
• Preparing daily cash report
• Depositing daily cash/cheques to bank
• Checking all approval in order to process all payment to vendor
• Handling yearend audit for verifications of cash in hand & bank
• Entering JV’s in financial systems on day to day basis for all transactions

Cashier at Sana International W.L.L.,
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 1999 to April 2004

Worked as Cashier in Salmiya Kuwait Showroom

Marketing Executive at Shine Star Software Services & Mass Services Private Ltd.,
  • India
  • June 1997 to December 1998

Marketing of Internet Web Pages to Corporate and Exporters
Handling & compiling the Applications received during the cash (Buyback Issue) for Various
Companies

Executive Assistant at M.G. Qazi & Associates
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 1993 to June 1995

• Handled Travels Agents Accounts & G.S.A Audits for International Airlines
• Pull out information for verification purposes
• Verify the correctness and completeness of information and records
• Ensure all figures and postings are correctly recorded and in the correct file
• Manage scrutiny of expense accounts
• Compute totals several times to bring out accurate figures
• Complete tax forms as appropriate and manage returns in a timely manner
• Maintained ledgers and other account books
• Maintained petty cash and bank accounts

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Mumbai University
  • January 1997

Specialties & Skills

GL Trade
Oracle Financials
CASHIER
FINANCIAL
YEAR END ACCOUNTS
MARKETING
MICROSOFT OFFICE
TAX PLANNING
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

Languages

Arabic
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English
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Hindi
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