Accounts Assistant
Jotun Paints
Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months
Processing Suppliers & Inter-Company Invoices.
Performing vendor statement reconciliation.
Maintaining supplier details and responding with the queries within reasonable time.
Ensuring invoices are coded to the right Ledger Account.
Processing timely Payments as per payment schedule.
General Accounting:
Issuing weekly reports ( including analysis commentary)
Passing expense provision entry.
Performing bank reconciliations.
Passing various journal entries.
Assisting in month end accounting process.
Ad-Hoc Duties
Assisting in Business Review of the company.
Travelling to Dubai (head office) to attend conferences, meetings etc.
Assisting in stock taking in the warehouse.
Achievements:
Participated in implementation of policies and procedures to ensure proper internal controls
Successfully posted vendor invoices without any errors.
Managed to renegotiate favorable terms of credit without compromising the cordial business relationship.
Provided valuable insights to the sales team regarding their performance.
Cleared all the discrepancies between the company’s General ledger(receipts) and the bank statement.
Gained insight about the dynamics of the company’s strategy and direction.
Improved the existing stocktaking system in order to prevent any sort of embezzlement.
A fast growing MNC that deals in manufacturing & wholesaling of paints and coatings that have been specially developed for unique conditions. The Group has 69 companies and 36 production facilities on all continents. Jotun is represented in over 90 countries.
Currently working in a small friendly accounting team in the following areas:
Accounts Receivable/Credit Control:
Processing receipts from clients.
Sending monthly statements of accounts to all customers.
Performing client account reconciliations.
Performing bank account reconciliations.
Maintaining the domestic letters of credit register.
Making Collection calls & negotiating a payment plan, if required
Issuing ageing report and its analysis.
Making various documents available on request by clients.
Issuing Discounts/Rebates, Credit/Debit notes.
Routinely reviewing the customer credit situation in terms or credit days and credit limit.(Credit Check
Currently studying CPA (Professional level).