Finance Manager
Harris Pye Engineering
Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months
Role:
• Ensuring timely & accurate production of monthly management and financial accounts for Dubai, Oman and Mexico that included offering supporting schedules like intercompany cost breakdown, intercompany reconciliations (with all super companies and service companies) and revaluation of balances, work-in-progress report, debtors-creditors schedules and other ad-hoc reports as per the requirement
• Monitoring the project progress & costs and providing details of the profitability, recoverable WIP and invoicing status to the Project Managers
• Preparing weekly reports on Cash Flow (Dubai, Oman and Mexico), Project Order Intake and Invoiced vs. Cash Received Reports
• Coordinating with local and overseas purchasing teams & other station warehouses for reviewing the documentation before providing approval for creditor invoices by making use of discounts and analyzing the most efficient vendor
• Involved in cost variance analysis for high value projects
• Offering assistance to the team members in the preparing budgets and performing variance analysis for P&L line
• Documenting the complete details for prepayments, fixed assets & depreciation
• Interacting with concerned parties in line with company policies for ensuring timely payment release
• Working in close coordination with the Project Managers for resolving overdue debt issues by segregating it as technical or non technical issue
• First point of contact with consultant in solving issues related to Microsoft NAV and training new and junior staff members on system use to increase productivity
Highlights:
• Played a key role in improving internal control efficiency and risk reduction by presenting valuable audit findings
• Automated the preparation of WIP reports using NAV Job Cockpit that previously required 2 working days hours of effort per month
• Compiling and analyzing financial information to prepare financial statements (BS, P/L, Cash Flow) including monthly and annual accounts
• Bank Transfers and Management of Daily Revenue and ensuring timely and accurate dispatch of Invoices
• Maintaining back up data of Invoices, in manner that facilitates easy invoicing
• Maintaining the members’ database and ensuring that the membership dues are taken on time
• Following up on members’ past due and collection of receivables
• Maintain schedules of membership receivables and ageing analysis
• Refund to members for Wrong Debit of their membership after careful checking and correspondence with concerned departments
• Handling a broad scope of internal processes, encompassing the daily management of billings, collections, reconciliation, general ledger and month-end-closings with a main focus on accounts receivable functions.
• Primary liaison between management, staff, suppliers, and customers.
• Prepare Budgeting and Forecasting reports
2) Junior Auditor, Homy Joseph and Associates, Thrissur, India (2008-2011)
Responsibilities:
• Handled responsibilities of short-term audit plans and verification tests by applying generally accepted accounting principles and IFRS international financial reporting standards
• Performed the tasks of preparing financial reports for internal control
• Was responsible for implementing short-term corporate auditors and internal communication reports
• Performed responsibilities of verifying audit reporting issues to conduct audition of specific tasks
• Assigned the tasks of controlling financial records like evaluation practices, policies, and report configuration
• Perform verification of contract analysis, financial documents and claims investigations and handled other essential tasks under the supervision of senior auditor
3) Accountant, Nayana's Exports, Trivandrum, India (2005 - 2008)
Responsibilities:
• Full Cycle Bookkeeping
• Manage all aspects of A/R, A/P and Billing
• Accounts Payable: Processing of all accounts payable transactions including bills, credit card charges and invoicing client bills, ensuring accuracy of each bill and proper classification
• Accounts Receivable: Accurate posting and classification of the daily receivable transactions, preparing deposit slips when needed, and maintaining accurate and comprehensive records of each day's transactions
• Handle all payroll information
• Reconciling monthly credit card statements
• General Ledger maintenance
• Monthly financial reports for management
• Performing other general office duties as needed
• Assist in all areas of operation as requested by management
• In Progress: ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), United Kingdom, completed 9 papers and appearing for 3 papers in December 2015