Waqas Iqbal, Bookkeeper

Waqas Iqbal

Bookkeeper

Reward Catering Limited Ireland

Location
Ireland - Dublin
Education
Master's degree, Accounting
Experience
13 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months

Bookkeeper at Reward Catering Limited Ireland
  • My current job since February 2022

Implemented and streamline the system to generate invoices from the system.
• Prepare and issue invoices from the system based on the agreed quotations with the clients.
• Booking and categorizing the expenses according to the receipts and bank leads in QuickBooks online.
• Perform bank reconciliation in QuickBooks and ensure to clear all the differences.
• Prepare the VAT return for director's review and subsequent filing of the same.
• Follow up for the overdue payments with the clients and ensure to correctly assign them to their invoices.
• Debtors and creditors reconciliation to make sure that balances are up to date.
• Any other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the director.
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Vision Village Private Limited Pakistan

Accountant at Vision Village
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2020 to June 2021

Reviewed personal and corporate tax return files in Cantax software to ensure all numbers have been captured and
flowing in the calculation of the tax return as well as arranging the source documents for partners’ final review.
• Reviewed bookkeeping in QuickBooks (Desktop & Online) to make sure all income and expenses are classified
according to nature and amounts are correctly entered into the system.
• Ensured that GST/HST has been applied accurately according to the nature of the income and expenses along with
the reconciliation of the same.
• Liaising with the client for any unidentified transactions appearing in the data provided and classify them
accordingly.
• Research work assigned by the manager for any new rule implemented or any uncommon cases received.
• Prepared a business plan for the client to apply for the loan to start a new business.
• Responsible for the recruitment of new hires and arrange the final interviews of the candidates with the managing
partner.

Accounting Supervisor at Thabat Construction Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • February 2012 to January 2019

Developed and implemented a mechanism for charging manpower costs.
• Developed monthly revenue and cost reports for operations support ancillary businesses.
• Mapped and implemented fixed asset module in sage for our joint venture projects.
• Implemented Tracking System for Fixed Assets.
Responsibilities
• Project wise management reporting on revenue, cost, billing, and collection along with their variance and reasons.
• Monitored actual vs budget (Capex & Opex) for head office and projects and supervised the entire fixed assets
accounting.
• Bi-weekly reporting to management on company’s total accounts payables, retentions and vendor advance
balances.
• Supervised the monthly closing, coordinated with respective personnel, and ensure timely closing of accounts along
with the preparation of GL schedules.
• Prepared monthly financials of Joint Venture projects and coordinated for all financial matters with JV
management.

Accountant - Fixed Assets & Inventory at Engineer's Office
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2008 to December 2011

• Maintained fixed assets register in SAP and consolidation of CAPEX budget for management reporting.
• Preparation of GL schedules periodically and assist in the finalization of accounts.
• Booking of vendor invoices and clearing of vendor advances.
• Prepared inventory aging report and monthly provision estimation along with the reconciliation.
• Prepared cost-wise analysis and a high-level summary of selected Projects.

Education

Master's degree, Accounting
  • at Dublin Business School
  • June 2008

ACCA - Finlist

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of the Punjab
  • June 2008

Bachelors in Commerce

Bayt Tests

Accounting Skills Test (Cash Flow)
Score 60%

Specialties & Skills

Fixed Asset Management
Year End Close
Monthly Closing
Microsoft Office
Financial Accounting
ACCOUNTANCY
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
BILLING
BUDGETING
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
CLOSING
ENGINEERING
FINANCE