Experience

AstroLabs

• United Arab Emirates
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Lead

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Responsible for performing a full range of accounting activities and functions, in particular financial budgeting, accounting and analysis reporting. Duties: - Preparing monthly financial statements. - Writing up accurate and timely financial reports. - Preparing journal entries complete with documentation for all transactions. - Assisting in annual and monthly budget preparations. - Working with tax accountants to provide information for tax returns. - Carrying out any other administrative and operational duties as required. - Reconciling cash advances on a monthly basis. - Investigating any accounting discrepancies. - Reporting on any outstanding invoices. - Identifying and recording incoming electronic payments. - Maintaining spreadsheets to accurately report on revenues and expenditures. - Preparing monthly payroll report and processing the salary payment. - Performing basic analysis of accounts and accruals. - Counting and balancing petty cash at the end of each month. - Ensuring that controls are in place to maintain the confidentiality of all financial information. Achievements - Engineered and implemented new tracker feature for projects. This helped with generating reports such as project related cost quicker along with “0” error. - Implemented Collection SOP for all business unit under Astrolabs. I was able to successfully implement this SOP and provide real results by looking into each business units sales cycle and speaking to department heads and understanding their concerns. - Implemented new Accounts Payable SOP to cut down data entry time by half. The new SOP also helped with faster forecasting of cash flow. - Trained team members and a provided clear understanding of how and why we do things. Show less



Burj Khalifa by Emaar

• United Arab Emirates
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Executive

  • Nov 2012 - Apr 2018

  Responsible for recording, reconciling and reporting all transactions relating to Emaar prestige service. Duties: - In charge of all receivables and generation of invoices and follow-ups. - Management of all payables (document assessment and generation of cheques before deadlines. - Reconciliation of bank account. - Creation of monthly reports for analysis. - Clarifying queries pertaining to accounts from other departments - Maintaining the company’s petty cash Achievements - Implemented swift and accurate methods of receipt and invoice generation with lead to invoice generation time by half. - Redesigned the reconciliation process, which resulted in lowered time-consumption, reduced paper wastage and a cut back on daily errors. Show less



At the Top, Burj Kalifa

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finace Executive/Chief Cashier

  • Nov 2012 - Apr 2018

  Responsible for reconciling each teller’s transaction. Overlooking online orders and tour operators ticket order portal. (2 months per year) Duties: - Responsible for reconciling guest ambassadors and retail staff’s daily transactions. - In charge of generating management reports based on footfall and sales. - Maintained cash floats and other elements required for business operations. - Provide feedback for queries brought by guest ambassador’s and supervisors. Responsible for reconciling each teller’s transaction. Overlooking online orders and tour operators ticket order portal. (2 months per year) Duties: - Responsible for reconciling guest ambassadors and retail staff’s daily transactions. - In charge of generating management reports based on footfall and sales. - Maintained cash floats and other elements required for business operations. - Provide feedback for queries brought by guest ambassador’s and supervisors.



Emaar

• United Arab Emirates
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Executive

  • Jun 2011 - Nov 2012

  In charge of reconciling all payments towards DEWA for ongoing projects at Emaar. Scanning through historical records and identify discrepancies if any. Duties: - Collect historical payment records and build report for further analysis. - Identified discrepancies between DEWA invoices and Emaar payments. - Co-ordinated and communicate with all Emaar community’s operation team regarding discrepancies Achievements - Gained experience in managing large data, while coordinating with a team of members Show less