SURESH PILLAI, FInance Manager

SURESH PILLAI

FInance Manager

al-futtaim

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, accounting
Experience
29 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 7 Months

FInance Manager at al-futtaim
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2011

 Preparation of monthly management accounts & KPI’s reporting to the management.
 Review the business and market performance and providing commercial, strategic and operational inputs to the General Managers.
 Evaluate the business risks at transactional level and providing solutions to the divisional general managers.
 Critically reviewing the weekly forecast submitted by the business and flagging the risk in the forecast to GM - Finance.
 Providing effective daily, monthly and annual reports to the business, along with comments, analysis and graphical presentations.
 Educating the branch business heads with ways to increase gross profits.
 Review of performance against the plan and report operational efficiencies to the management
 Being part of financial planning & budgeting team responsible for preparation, consolidation and SAP upload of budget for the company.
 Ensuring financial integrity and reliability, reviewing and strengthening business internal controls and procedures, implementation of SOPs, and providing leadership and guidance on process and governance.
 Managing a big finance team of accounts managers, accountants, cashiers, credit control assistant & ensuring efficient internal control systems are in place in branches.
 Reviewing the cost & revenue of the division and ensure the timely bookings are done before the monthly closure of books.
 Ensure the accounts receivable for the retail division are followed in the timely manner.
 Preparing the yearly capex requirement for retail division, reviewing the commercial feasibility of new branches and preparing the post completion review of major projects.
 Evaluate business response to Internal Audit and ensure timely implementation of Audit recommendations.

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT at DUBAI INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2007 to July 2011

Managing a team of accountants, risk & compliance assistants, ensuring efficient internal control systems and timely submission of all reporting requirements.
Preparation of monthly management accounts & KPI’s for submission to the management.
Being part of financial planning & budgeting team responsible for preparation, monitoring & review of annual business plans (budget) for the company.
Being part of the crisis management committee responsible for the review & analysis of the various strategic plans as well as short term plans of the company and also identifying various cost reduction methods and their proper implementation.
Preparation of financial statement for the external auditors (KPMG) relating to quarterly & yearly audits as per IFRS.
Verification & approval of all schedules as per the external audit requirements.
Monitoring & analysis of revenue generated from various revenue streams.
Preparation of various other reports like turnover analysis, Dept. wise profitability report, ageing report, Debtors provisioning using discounted cash flow method etc.. with the help of advanced excel tools.
Preparation of monthly payroll of staff using the SAP HR module.
Verification of all vouchers relating to the monthly closing and also routing accounting entries.
Analysis of trial balance, expense analysis and reporting on variations to the budgeted amount.
Monitoring all bank accounts and ensuring efficient treasury management so as to take care of the short term working capital requirement.
Communicating with bank on all banking requirements negotiating with them for facilities.
Verification of Bank reconciliations & group company reconciliations.
Ensuring effective compliance on all KYC requirements.
Ensuring timely submission of all requirements to regulatory authorities.
Taking care of all requirements relating to regulatory auditors (ESCA), compliance auditors & group internal auditors.
Assisting the compliance manager in legal matters.

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT at TIGER STEEL ENGINEERING
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • September 1998 to June 2007

PROJECT CASHFLOW PREPARATION FOR RAISING PROJECT FINANCES, TREASURY MANAGEMENT, REVENUE ANALYSIS, VARIANCE REPORTING AND ANALYSIS, RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT, ASSETS MANAGEMENT, BANK RECONCILIATION, QUARTERLY CLOSING OF BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS

AUDITOR at K.M.CHACKO & CO
  • India
  • January 1993 to December 1996

 General Accounting works & Handling of cash transactions
 Handling of Payroll and overseeing the Payment of wages.
 Conducting audit of companies and firms.
 Undertaken Internal Audit work of companies firms etc, ,
 Taxation works for the Client as per Indian Income tax Act

Education

Master's degree, accounting
  • at CPA
  • July 2010
Master's degree, CPA
  • at AICPA
  • January 2010
Master's degree, CMA - FINANCE , COSTING
  • at INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS
  • December 2006
Bachelor's degree, CA INTER - ACCOUNTS
  • at INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
  • June 1997
Bachelor's degree, ACCOUNTS, BANKING
  • at MAHATMA GANDHI UNVERSITY
  • April 1992

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Monthly Closing
Preparation
MS office ,
ERP package - Great Plains
budgeting
accounting

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Institute of management accountants
  • CMA
  • June 2005

Training and Certifications

Leaders for Growth (Training)
Training Institute:
AL Futtaim Training center
Date Attended:
July 2014
ENGAGED SUPERVISOR (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012