SYSTEM AND PROCESS SPECIALIST (SPS) / BUSINESS ANALYST
Ceva Logistics FZCO
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
• Supervising 50+ Employees of Middle East for Billing KPI & supporting accounts receivable department for timely collection
• Review weekly operational KPIs & make sure that milestones are achieved and report to regional leader & product heads
• Create multiple BOTs in Automation Anywhere for finance for ME daily & weekly Intercompany Currency Exchange rates
• Create & updating live data in Excel Dashboard for Unbilled & Unposted Jobs, Shipments and Net Revenue for Middle East
• Perform Continues Improvement Audits for overall Middle East as CI Auditor for CEVA System usage and Station Process
• Support, coach and constantly train end users in overall Middle East on Finance & Operational systems & Station Process
• Testing new system updates in UAT testing environment and upload results to Global SPS SharePoint / ALM System
• Submit support requests to Central SPS, create and maintain documentation for Region / Local processes
• Evaluate impact of process changes in the Region / Country / Stations and provide throughout assistance and support
• Identify improvement chances to Station Process & related operational systems and define actions to close existing gaps
• Establish communication between the Business Line (Cluster and Global) and the end users for Sharing processes, updates
• Providing training to users and highlighting challenges, risks and improvement suggestions to relevant Business Line
• Become a support unit for operations to help operations managers and staff better understand their expected deliverables
• Working on JD Edwards 9.0 Enterprise One (Oracle), Matrix OFS (Logistics Software) and MS Excel (Advance)
• Managing overall accounts payable and receivable functions, general ledger accounting and bank reconciliation
• Creating local & global client’s accounts by verifying SOPs, contracts, ICAPs & CAFs as per CEVA Global client policy
• Reviewing & approving Ocean & Air transport (Import & Export) tax invoices according to Jobs
• Preparing MIS-Reports - Unbilled, Unposted, NR, CSP, Dossier Advances, Job Reports for Middle East
• Supporting Business Controller in Financial Reporting, yearly external Audit and furnishing required information
• Performing month-end activities, depreciations / amortizations, accruals, prepayments in line with accounting policies
• Trained 150+ employees in MS Excel (Intermediate & Advance) level from different departments of GCC countries
• Trained outsource company’s employees in AR & AP functions, Invoicing, payment plans, VAT & other financial activities
• Assisted SPS team in Business Implementation, Excel VBA Macros, Excel Dash Boarding & guiding Global clients in SOPs
• Work on SAP ERP FI & CO models and Microsoft Excel for day to day financial & management reporting
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Receivable and Payable management and report to the management monthly on the working capital budgets
• Prepare assets, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information and co-ordinate with the external auditors to finalize the financial statements.
• Regularly reporting the KPIs and evaluate the relevancy of each KPIs used for decision making in working capital management.
• Assisting Project & Commercial Managers in project costing & reporting to minimize variable cost & control variances
• Reconciling multiple bank accounts in SAP ERP weekly & monthly basis in local & foreign currencies,
• Recording & reconciling intercompany transactions on daily, weekly & monthly basis for UAE, OMAN, QATAR & BAHRAIN
• Independently handled financial activities encompassing from chart of Accounts up to finalization and month end close
• Prepare Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)
• Procedural completion of pending external financial audit work for the years 2010 & 2011 successfully closed the activity
• Reconciled petty cash deviations of USD 40K by reconciliation manual and computerized accounting record in Tally ERP 9 software & successfully balanced petty cash account within week and submitted report to Managing Director
• Maintain organizational bottom lines by efficiently following up on accounts receivables based on Age analysis report
• Manage project’s documentation & reports for CCTV-Camera / IT Infrastructure (Material Supply, Installation & Sign-off)
• Disseminated timely and accurate financial information for efficient use and control over financial resources
• Responsible for managing employee’s complete payroll cycle through WPS, end of services as per UAE Labor Law
• Analyzed revenue and expenditure trends, recommended appropriate budget levels, and ensure expenditure control
• Involved in negotiating & arranging Employee’s Medical insurance & Workmen Compensation plan on discounted rates
• Work on Peachtree accounting software and Microsoft Excel for general accounting & financial reports
• Collects necessary information and analyses and compiles account information to prepare current financial statements such as balance sheet, profit and loss statement, payables and receivable accounts statements, cash flow statements as well as other relevant reports
• Performs reconciliation with the general ledger in the system through maintenance of records and preparing accurate, reliable and timely journal entries
• Coordinates with Human Resources department for payroll management and ensures all payments related notifications sent to the bank are recorded in the books of accounts
• Participates in the monthly cash closing process, provides support in the monthly end closing process and participates in preparing the end of year closing process
• Maintains relations with suppliers and clients as required for delivering necessary financial and accounting activities
• Supports budgeting and financial forecasting across the organization and analyses financial data, extracts and defines relevant information, interprets data for determining past financial performance and drawing financial projections
• Maintain Post Dated Cheque Summary, administer banking transaction, collate bank statements & prepare reconciliation
• Handling general accounting & financial reporting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts, trial balance and financial statements, such as balance sheets, P&L statements
• Preparing monthly and annually bank reconciliation; pass required journal entries and coordinate with relationship manager for further clarifications on bank transaction in case of differences
• Preparing and furnishing report to Finance Manager, AC division Manager & Branch Manager for monthly Sales (local & export), inventory, provisions and Salesmen commission reports
• Review, verify and record collections from customers and recording the credit/debit notes issued to customer
• Verify and confirming customer credit limits and payment terms for authorizing delivery of goods and services along with timely invoicing and collection of receivables
• Recording supplier’s invoices into Sage Pastel Accounting Software and disbursed the payments as per agreed payment terms and conditions
• Conducting monthly physical stock taking for Warehouse, showroom and spare part department, prepare physical stock summary with detailed report, resolved discrepancies of items and report to management
• Preparing monthly cash sales report for showroom and spare parts department & analyzing the showrooms operating expenses, advise them to handle the petty cash wisely in accordance with their budget limit
• Coordinated with external Auditors for yearly statutory and stock audit, furnished necessary documents & information for the activity
Cost & Management Accountant
Banking & Finance and Micro & Macro Economics
Accounting, Auditing, Banking & Finance
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