Finance Manager

• Jun 2023 - Present

Assistant Manager Finance

• Apr 2023 - May 2023

Prepare monthly MIS with a detailed comparison with budgets along with many management reports like EBITDA to cash analysis, water-fall analysis, profitability analysis etc. Prepare cash projections for different verticals of the company and manage the same by working along with the treasury department and following up with clients for overdue. Manage a team of two accountants for making sure that all invoices are booked on time and follow-ups with clients for payments to… Show more Prepare monthly MIS with a detailed comparison with budgets along with many management reports like EBITDA to cash analysis, water-fall analysis, profitability analysis etc. Prepare cash projections for different verticals of the company and manage the same by working along with the treasury department and following up with clients for overdue. Manage a team of two accountants for making sure that all invoices are booked on time and follow-ups with clients for payments to happen on time. Compute and finalize quarterly VAT returns of 8 different companies of the EFS group. Liaise with external and internal auditors for statutory group audits and subsequent audit queries. Coordinate with the business development department to provide them with the actual revenue and cost-related inputs for client bidding. Review & approve purchase orders by comparing them with budgets, company policies & site requirements.

Chief Accountant

• Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

Assistant Manager Finance Controller

• Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

-Create procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention. -Manage account receivable department by making sure all client invoices are processed on time by AR team, clients are followed up for the payment on time, -Supporting the team by personally following up with clients having bad payment history or a long overdue outstanding. In the last 6 months, I managed to clear over AED 6Mio. -Reconcile complex accounts that have been… Show more -Create procedures and policies that ensure timely payments while maintaining a high level of customer retention. -Manage account receivable department by making sure all client invoices are processed on time by AR team, clients are followed up for the payment on time, -Supporting the team by personally following up with clients having bad payment history or a long overdue outstanding. In the last 6 months, I managed to clear over AED 6Mio. -Reconcile complex accounts that have been escalated from the AR team. -Prepare a weekly detailed aging report with analysis for management to review. Conduct regular debt collection meetings with respective directors. -Manage account payable department by making sure all supplier’s GRNs and invoices are booked on time by the AP team. -Resolve escalations from suppliers for issues related to invoice booking, reconciliation, due payment or legal matters. -Prepare monthly project contribution reports of all projects for management and directors to review the performance of their projects. Provide analysis and take necessary actions for projects running under loss. -Review and approve all purchase orders and petty cash requests to make sure the requests are under budget, the quantity ordered is reasonable and the selection of projects and sub-projects are accurate so that cost must be booked under the respective projects. I had a rejection ratio of 20-30%. I manage to save a minimum of 300K cost by rejecting unnecessary purchases. -Finalize “monthly closing” by closing AR invoicing, review and finalizing of WIP revenue and provision of cost.

Finance Controller

• Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

- Prepare month-wise profitability of more than 50 projects for the review of directors and the senior management. - Reconcile all revenue and cost ledgers in order to present accurate reports to the senior management. - Manage account payable department, which includes assisting the team in booking supplier invoices and releasing payment on time. - Provide cost provisions every month after carefully analyzing the purchase orders, booked invoices and supplier reconciliations. -… Show more - Prepare month-wise profitability of more than 50 projects for the review of directors and the senior management. - Reconcile all revenue and cost ledgers in order to present accurate reports to the senior management. - Manage account payable department, which includes assisting the team in booking supplier invoices and releasing payment on time. - Provide cost provisions every month after carefully analyzing the purchase orders, booked invoices and supplier reconciliations. - Resolve conflicts between suppliers and my payables team by arranging meetings and reconciling the statement of accounts. - Diligently review and approve purchase orders for the request of materials required at different sites of the company. - Constantly review and implement the changes in the process of account payables including the booking of invoices, payables days and petty cash.

Senior Accountant

• Oct 2016 - Oct 2019

- Prepare & reconcile financial reports as per applicable IFRS, and report them to chief accountant & senior managers along with variance analysis and suggestions which have improved the profitability. - Timely coordination with external & internal auditors for the conduct of the Semi-Annual and Annual Audit of financial records; this effective coordination has saved time of the company considerably. - Supervise, reconcile and follow up the payables and receivables, which includes but not… Show more - Prepare & reconcile financial reports as per applicable IFRS, and report them to chief accountant & senior managers along with variance analysis and suggestions which have improved the profitability. - Timely coordination with external & internal auditors for the conduct of the Semi-Annual and Annual Audit of financial records; this effective coordination has saved time of the company considerably. - Supervise, reconcile and follow up the payables and receivables, which includes but not limited to reviewing & approving the invoicing, payments and collecting receipts; to document finance transactions and support the amount by checking credit terms & performing supplier or customer reconciliation. - Create robust financial models for the senior management comprising of the key financial figures and the imperative ratios to support the financial services department. - Manage Property / real estate ledgers along with collecting and properly maintaining the crucial documents of all the real estate investments of the company. - Closely working on invoicing, receivables, payables, retention, Expenses & rents, petty cash and fixed assets accounts with other team members for overall optimization of the finance activities & accounting functions. - Manage the company’s cash flow and working capital, giving recommendation on banking or financing the funds based on surplus or deficit cash flow. Show less - Prepare & reconcile financial reports as per applicable IFRS, and report them to chief accountant & senior managers along with variance analysis and suggestions which have improved the profitability. - Timely coordination with external & internal auditors for the conduct of the Semi-Annual and Annual Audit of financial records; this effective coordination has saved time of the company considerably. - Supervise, reconcile and follow up the payables and receivables, which includes but not… Show more - Prepare & reconcile financial reports as per applicable IFRS, and report them to chief accountant & senior managers along with variance analysis and suggestions which have improved the profitability. - Timely coordination with external & internal auditors for the conduct of the Semi-Annual and Annual Audit of financial records; this effective coordination has saved time of the company considerably. - Supervise, reconcile and follow up the payables and receivables, which includes but not limited to reviewing & approving the invoicing, payments and collecting receipts; to document finance transactions and support the amount by checking credit terms & performing supplier or customer reconciliation. - Create robust financial models for the senior management comprising of the key financial figures and the imperative ratios to support the financial services department. - Manage Property / real estate ledgers along with collecting and properly maintaining the crucial documents of all the real estate investments of the company. - Closely working on invoicing, receivables, payables, retention, Expenses & rents, petty cash and fixed assets accounts with other team members for overall optimization of the finance activities & accounting functions. - Manage the company’s cash flow and working capital, giving recommendation on banking or financing the funds based on surplus or deficit cash flow. Show less