General Accountant & Office In-charge
Versatile, Dubai, UAE
Total des années d'expérience :7 years, 6 Mois
Highlights:
• Efficiently decreased the bad debts for the company by 30% through proper follow-up with clients and monitoring their credit facilities
• Successfully developed a new reporting system to assist the sales team in producing weekly sales report much quicker, easier and accurate.
Responsibilities:
• Chargeable for all operational/accounting transactions of the company, prepare journal entries, post them in the general ledger, examine bank statements and reconcile them with general ledger entries.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual closings, ensure timely bank payments, and administer company payroll and control income and expenditure.
• Govern all regular accounting processes such as A/P and journal entries along with monthly closure accounts.
• Observe timely invoicing and collection according to agreement with the client, liaise with concerned parties, follow up on all delayed or outstanding/overdue, and prepare an estimated collection report for Line Manager.
• Maintain and ensure proper filing for all documents related to accounts & received from different locations.
• Perform monthly review of all account reconciliations; review, investigate and correct errors & inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Organize all company financial programs while ensuring compliance to budgetary requirements.
• Accountable for preparation, presentation and interpretation of management accounts and related reports.
• Prepare balance sheets, profit and loss statements, financial statement and other financial reports.
• Obtain financial and accounting information from other departments to ensure records are accurate and complete and that accounts receivable ledgers and journals are up to date.
• Monitor and examine accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness; report, analyze and ensure integrity of all financial information.
• Liaise with the procurement department to reconcile the foreign suppliers’ accounts and allocate payment due accordingly.
• Handled regular administrative activities in the office including managing office stock, preparing regular reports, handling employee queries and organizing company records.
• Recognize ways to streamline accounting operations and ways to improve the department while ensuring compliance with rules, regulations, company policies and procedures, and the law.
Highlights:
• Efficiently evolved budget to actual reports as requested by school principals, which resulted in increasing the use of reports and quicker decision-maker attention to variances.
• Developed and sustained healthy business relations with most of the school accountants to meet ministry’ informational needs in less than 24 hours.
Responsibilities:
• Handled all operational/accounting transactions for the Ministry including month- and year-end activities, AP/AR, general ledger, cash forecasting, budgeting, revenue/expenditure variance analysis, debt activity, etc.
• Formulated and maintained books of accounts, coordinated monthly, quarterly and annual closing activities and reviewed general ledger on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy of posting.
• Monitored and analyzed accounting/financial data, produced/ reviewed financial reports and statements; presented the financial and other information to assist management in planning and formulating policies. Examined bank statements, performed bank reconciliation to compare the balance in the bank with the balance stated in the bank statement and prepared bank reconciliation statements.
• Maintained appropriate filing for all documents related to accounts & received from different locations.
• Coordinated with all accountants for public schools in Lebanon.
• Liaised with auditors during audits, provided accounting and financial information and addressed queries raised by them; furnished supporting documents, vouchers and proofs during audits.
• Mentored in establishing & enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles across the organization.
• Evaluated and recommended changes to accounting systems and procedures to improve operational efficiency.
• Handled confidential documents ensuring they remain secure; maintained electronic and paper records of accounting transactions, ensuring information is organized and easily accessible.
All business departments, Finance, Accounting, Derivatives, International Business Finance, Project Management
Business departments, Finance, Accounting, Management, HR, International Business, Marketing, Lebanese Business Law/Ethics