Sonam Nichani

• Assisting the accounts payable process by reviewing and validating all documents related to cheques and wire transfers before releasing the payments.
• Co-ordinates with Accenture (outsourced ¬¬services) on issues related to Accounts Payable and payments.
• Use Document Flow Manager (DFM) to validate payments and resolve any issues relating to processing of the payment.
• Using SAP for the Accounts Payable function and other adhoc tasks like checking changes to vendor, checking bank details and for assisting in issuing of debit notes.
• Auditing expense reports and entering the same in SAP.
• Other tasks includes using MS Excel to main the payment logs and also to keep a record of collections of payment in Dubai

Key Responsibilities
Accounting
• Maintain books of accounts, enter transactions in the journal, post journal entries to ledger books and handle daily and monthly closing of books of accounts.
• Examine the accuracy of accounting records, pass rectification and adjustment entries as required and assist in the half-yearly and annual financial closing.
• Generate invoices against purchase orders, reconcile and correct invoices in case of discrepancies and submit invoicing reports to the departmental manager.
Receivables Management
• Monitor the delivery schedules of orders, contact customers to expedite the collections process based on the credit policy of the company and report deviations to seniors for immediate corrective action.
• Scrutinize the cash conversion cycle to ensure enough liquidity to fund daily operations and maintain the petty cash register.
• Work with the accounting team to ascertain credit period allowable to customers based on creditworthiness and repayment capacities in order to avoid delays and losses due to bad debts.
Administration
• Maintain accounting / operational files and records; update the internal database to include customer information, order details, scheduled deliveries and details of orders fulfilled.

Key Responsibilitiesu**
• Maintained books of prime entry, subsidiary books and petty cash registers, and monitored receipts in the form of fees receivable for various dance classes scheduled.
• Updated records of fees paid in installments, provided accurate accounting treatment to income receivable but not realized and issued acknowledgements for fees received.
• Maintained records of classes for which registrations were full, discussed available slots to begin fresh registration for new candidates and responded to inquiries with precise information on classes available, dance forms taught and fees payable.
• Tallied the cash register daily, investigated discrepancies and reported findings to the senior management in case of any major differences in balances.
• Assisted the business development function, promoted the courses offered at universities, colleges and high schools, maintained a list of prospective candidates and contacted them to ensure enrollment.