- Managed the accurate and timely month-end and year-end closings of financial books with respect to IFRS 16 Lease Accounting in SAP and Oracle Financials for assets and annual expenses worth over AED 50 billion and AED 10 billion respectively.- Performed multifarious pre-closing checks and liaised with numerous stakeholders across the80+ Outstations network and Headquarters to resolve the exceptions and ensure that the financial numbers are complete and accurate.- Reviewed 60+ Balance Sheet and Income Statement nominals through a variety of checks and analytical reviews to validate the financial numbers.- Ensured the timely capitalization of right of use assets (ROUA) and recording of lease liabilities into appropriate asset classes after completing analytical reviews and authenticating the quality of reconciliations.- Reviewed the new lease contracts and modifications / terminations of the lease contracts and advised the respective stakeholders for the appropriate accounting treatments to be followed in line with IFRS 16.- Maintained 400+ lease contracts in SAP and ensured that accurate accounting entries are generated through robotically automated process and seamlessly interfaced to the Oracle Financials.- Prepared the financial statements schedules and disclosures on quarterly basis for submission to the Investment Corporation of Dubai and the external auditors (PwC).- Central point of contact for cross functional Headquarter and 80+ Outstations finance teams\' concerns on accounting and reconciliation matters and provided prompt, accurate and effective responses.- Prepared value adding reports and analysis for presentation to the Group Financial Reporting senior management on a quarterly and ad-hoc basis.Achievements- Ensured 100% reconciliation of the financial numbers between SAP and Oracle Financials.- Achieved 99% precision for monthly reconciliations involving lease payments of more than AED 11 billion over the year.

- Managed a broad portfolio of clients with multi-million dirham annual fees wherein I ensured timely, profitable and qualitative delivery of engagements.- Managed the engagements with varied scopes involving Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Internal Audits, Business Process Improvements, SOP Reviews and Gap Analysis, Compliance Management and Corporate Governance.- Compared the current state of clients\' control environment, business processes, SOPs with the leading industry practices and accordingly made value adding recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the processes and controls.- Managed the operational aspects for a portfolio of engagements such as budgeting, profitability management, resourcing and elements of internal risk management.- Interacted with the Executive Management of the clients and presented the deliverables to the Executive Management, Audit Committee Members and Board of Directors.- Reviewed the internal and client deliverables prior to Director / Partner\'s review and ensured that they meet the KPMG standards and clients\' expectations.- Maintained and developed cross functional relationships with other service line teams and cross border relationships with KPMG\'s overseas offices to improve the service offerings for the clients.- Developed and trained a pool of Consultants and built strong team relationships for a healthy work culture and improved the quality and efficiency of the engagements through teamwork.Achievements- Managed the portfolio of multitude of clients with multi-million dirham annual fees and managed the settlement of 99% invoices within 30 days.- Managed the completion of all engagements with less than 1% variation from the engagements\' financial budgets.- Prepared the staff utilization scheduler and analyzed the projected and actual staff utilization on a monthly basis to ensure the optimum utilization of resources resulting in an increase in staff utilization from 80% to 90%.

- Executed external audit engagements of numerous clients as a Team Leader / Supervisor.- Supervised and reviewed the work of junior team members as well as performed audit work on the complex areas of the financial statements.- Ensured that the clients financial books are maintained in accordance with the IFRS.- Reviewed the e-audit files and deliverables (Management Letter, Representation Letter, Transmittal Letter and Financial Statements) prior to Manager and Partner\'s review and ensured that they meet the KPMG standards.- Extensively used the IDEA software for sampling and analysis of financial data and reviewed the work performed by junior team members using the same software.- Prepared the presentations for the clients\' Audit Committees and Board of Directors.- Resolved the audit issues with the clients and highlighted unresolved issues to the Managements and the Engagement Manager and Partner.- Ensured effective and efficient delivery of e-audit file and deliverables within the tight deadlines.- Developed and maintained strong client relationships by establishing positive working interaction.