Key Achievements:
• Successful Implementation and monitoring of ERP Oracle NetSuite in Trading and Manufacturing companies.
• Identified ways to streamline accounting operations and ways to improve the department while ensuring compliance with rules, regulations, company policies and procedures, and the law.
• Communicated credit limits to customers as per the credit policy of the company, monitor accounts receivable, accounts payable closely, and expedite processing of AR and AP accounts within acceptable deadlines.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and direct the finance team with overall control of the accounting and finance function of group of companies to optimize the group’s financial performance and strategic position.
• Monitor and analyze accounting data, oversee maintenance of accounting records, verify accounting heads assigned to transactions and ensure appropriate preparation of GL, trial balance and financial records.
• Analyze costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans, and accordingly prepare financial reports and forecasts.
• Monitor and interpret cash flows and predict future trends, ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements. Liaise with the bank about day-to-day matters including import & export LC, factoring, payment transfers to overseas suppliers and other bank related issues.
• Handled monthly bank reconciliation, accounting reconciliations, adjustments, and rectifications; manage accounting and financial consolidation, and present consolidated reports to the senior management.
• Review AR and AP details, calculate total outstanding amounts for given accounting periods, authorize credit memos, release debit notes as applicable and track account settlements in line with internal control procedures.
• Prepare quarterly and annual accounting reports and submit to senior management to enable decision-making based on reliable financial information generated after detailed cash flow.
• File Group VAT Returns on quarterly basis and monitor VAT taxation matters on regular basis.

Supervised accounting and finance operations including month and end-year process, AP/AR, general ledger, budgeting, cash forecasting, revenue, and expenditure variance analysis, debt activity, etc.
Steered efforts towards handling the accounting transactions, prepared journal entries, posted them in the general ledger, examined bank statements, and reconciled them with general ledger entries.
Served as a resource in all efforts to monitor and analyze accounting data and produced financial reports or statements to support the senior management team in the key decision-making process.
Liaised with banks for various matters including LC, TR, factoring, transferring amounts to overseas suppliers, etc./li
Performed bank reconciliation to compare the balance in the bank as per the company’s accounting records with the balance stated in the bank statement, as well as prepared bank reconciliation statements.
Functioned in close collaboration with the external auditors during statutory audits, provided them with required accounting and financial information, and ensured successful completion of audits.

Key Achievements:

Ensured payment of taxes (VAT) to the government within due dates every month/quarter/year, submitted mandated documents and maintained accurate records.
Formulated and controlled budgets, financial-forecasts, and conducted variance analysis to determine projected vs. actual; noted variance and implemented corrective actions during the next budget cycle.
Devised and maintained appropriate internal accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts; defined accounting policies and procedures; developed updated and monitored Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Performed duties as an analytical overlay to develop an annual budget, control income, cash flow, and expenditure; compiled and analyzed weekly cash flow to determine monthly fund position and cash needs.

Key Achievements:
• Directed the preparation of the budget, financial forecasts and conducted variance analysis to determine projected vs. actual; noted variance and implemented corrective actions during the next budget cycle.
• Maintained accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts; defined accounting policies and procedures; developed updated and monitored Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Developed annual budget, control income, cash flow and expenditure; compiled and analyzed weekly cash flow to determine monthly fund position and cash needs.
Responsibilities:
• Managed and oversaw daily accounting and finance operations including month and end-year process, AP/AR, general ledger, budgeting, cash forecasting, revenue and expenditure variance analysis, debt activity, etc.
• Managed all accounting transactions, prepared journal entries, posted them in the general ledger, examined bank statements and reconciled them with general ledger entries.
• Monitored and analyzed accounting data and produced financial reports or statements for senior management team.
• Ensured payment of taxes (VAT) to the government within due dates every month / quarter / year, submitted mandated documents and maintained accurate records.
• Liaised with banks for various matters including LC, TR, factoring, transferring amounts to overseas suppliers, etc.
• Performed bank reconciliation to compare the balance in the bank as per the company’s accounting records with the balance stated in the bank statement, as well as prepared bank reconciliation statements.
• Liaised with external auditors during statutory audits, provided them with required accounting and financial information, and ensured successful completion of audits.