Accounts Officer
Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo
Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months
Financial Accounting
•Preparation of day books and reconciliations, maintenance of ledgers with control accounts.
•Preparation of monthly, interim and statutory financial statements.
•Preparation and review of budgets, comparison against performance, profit and cash flow forecasts.
Audit Assignments
•Participation in planning process of both internal and statutory audits and initiation of action plans when changes in audit environment were foreseen.
•Execution of audit program and carried out compliance and substantive tests, test of controls, analytical review procedures according to the (GAM) Global Audit Methodologies.
•Evaluation of investment proposals.
•Carryout organizational research and quantities techniques in decision making.
•Identification weaknesses of organization’s internal controls, designed substitute internal controls and made recommendations to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of such controls.
•Communication with key management personnel of organizations in analyzing and designing internal control systems and procedures.
•Preparation of reports such as internal audit reports, management reports on assessment of accounting and internal control systems, follow up of enterprise action plans, etc.
Tax Assignments & Secretarial Work
•Computation and preparation of returns for corporate taxes, GST, etc...
•Execution of duties of Company Secretaries such as Company registration, filing of annual returns, etc…
•Communication with tax authorities and Registrar of Companies.
Professional Qualifications Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK (Reg. No: 1625425) Certified Accountant Technician UK (Reg: 1084025) Diploma in Computerized Accounting (SAGE LINE 50) Partly Qualified –ACCA UK – Reading for the 2nd Stage Fully Qualified – CAT UK- Qualification obtained in December 2007 Professional Achievements Highest marks attained by a Sri Lankan student for Preparing Taxation Computation (Paper 9 of 3rd stage CAT-year 2007 Dec) Highest marks attained by a Sri Lankan student for Managing Finances (Paper 10 of 3rd stage CAT-year 2007 Dec)