Accountant  

Overview: My role is to ensure payables & receivables invoices are booked correctly, accuracy in employee settlement calculations, appropriate booking of fixed assets, accuracy in payment vouchers, monitoring the ageing,  monthly closing of vouchers and management reporting.

• Coordinate with external auditors to prepare yearly audits and ensure compliance with tax guidelines
• Implemented Accounting ERP to save time and ensure accuracy
• Efficiently executing Joint Venture accounting, recording transactions as partner and subcontractor
• Drafted contracts for new Joint Ventures and managed contracts for management review and partner’s signature
• Accomplished GL closings and bank reconciliations with 100% accuracy
• Track monthly payables & receivables through Oracle generated report system, further customising it for management review
• Identify procedural gaps and implement accounting and process structures where improvement is needed
• Allocate overhead, project and payroll costs and general bifurcations based on the cost's nature
• Prepare client invoices, recorded vendor invoices, generate payables ageing, and reconcile payments
• Process employee final settlements involving calculation of gratuity and leave settlement

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‍Accountant

• Complied with governmental tax guidelines and tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts
• Generated withholding taxes (WHT), monthly reports and subsequent payments to the government
• GL closings and bank reconciliations and monitored monthly payables & receivables through ERP-generated customised reports
• Allocated labour costs, overheads, project costs and payroll costs to respective projects and general bifurcations
• Prepared invoices and reviewed and processed employee expense reports and vendor invoices for payment

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Senior Accountant

• Reported daily financial activities and cash positions to the CEO and general manager
• Prepared and Interpreted Financial Statements on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis for management and external financial auditors
• Achieved 100% accuracy in the generation of payroll alongside implementing efficient ways of tracking loan approvals & recovery, calculation of overtime and end of benefits
• Formulated and Interpreted Monthly budgets for Known Capacity Constraints and kept management informed of potential problem areas together with comparisons with the actuals
• Collaborated extensively with financial auditors for year-end audit process, achieving complements from auditors for the minimal time frame in obtaining requested information and schedule
• Negotiated with bank in achieving an overdraft limit and set up a general credit facility to cover facilities related to documentary credits, tender bonds, performance bond and payment guarantees
• Implemented tight internal controls for cash management, disbursement of petty cash and approvals of supplier/subcontractor invoices
• Hired and trained finance team staff and delegated work while overseeing accuracy and efficiency