Experience

Shan Group of Companies

• United Arab Emirates
• Executive Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Finance

  • Sep 2016 - Present



Singworld Lanka Private Ltd

• Aluthgama , Sri Lanka

• Manager Finance

  • Apr 2016 - Sep 2016

  Singworld Lanka wad a leading apparel manufacturer under "SINGLUN" brand owned by Singlun group of Singapore. Company ceased operations in Sri Lanka in September 16. My Key responsibility involve key performancei analysis of functional areas of production ,operations and merchandising and shipping for decision making. Ensure that group financial compliance and accounting standards are transparent in periodic reporting and the documentary process Cash flow reporting and management Maintaining financial internal controls with regards to billings , exports , factory purchases , banking . Advising the HQ Finance on changes to local Taxation to the business Acting towards eleminating financial risk with regard to Inventory , Exchange fluatuations Regularly monitor cost effieciencies and make recommendations to management. Show less



Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

• Germany
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2015

  Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is one of top 10 ranked logistics companies in the world across 225 world cities in 126 countries. I joined Hellmann in 2006 as an Assistant Accountant of a start up direct investment and was promoted to Accountant in 2008 and served in the role of financial controller until 2014. Some of the key skills I develop at Hellmann was communicating and presentations to International board of directors , setting up a sound internal control system to meet the demand of business expansions and spearheading to budget process and budgetary control systems and developing Key Performance Indicators and monitoring performance levels of operational and marketing teams. Building negotiating skills with all carrier operators on credit facilities as well as banking institutions on financing projects was mandatory. In addition to managing statutory and internal finance audit compliances I played an active role in setting up ISO standards of the network. Apart from my knowledge of IFRS and taxation which was key to technical success I represented my company many times to lobby for the negative impacts of regulations on our industry. One of the greatest challengers I excelled in is setting up a financial reporting system to cater to local , regional and Parent (HQ) reporting formats and deadlines. I had to manage parallel financial systems of two major equity holders and work towards migration of systems to one. Working with a customer base of over 300 evaluating credit policies and feasibility of special projects was a major area of my work. As evident with all start up operations I had to work from ground zero level upwards building and mentoring a finance team from 2 to 11 members , setting up financial processors with cross departmental teams . My direct reporting was to the managing director of the organization of strategic financial activities and well to the regional chief financial officer on group reporting activities. Show less



Ceylinco freight International Pvt Ltd

• Colombo

• Assistant Accountant

  • Jan 2002 - Apr 2006

  Ceylinco Freight International was the logistics arm of Ceylinco Consolidated My key function was preparing the management accounts for the board of directors and supporting the CFO on the monthly group presentation . I was also entrusted on MIS reporting on performance of key global accounts such as Tesco , Lewis and Gerry Webber . Monitoring global AR and AP for all network partners and ensuring net cash flows will meet monthly flow forecast was my responsibility. Also negotiating with local carriers and service providers on credit and assuring them with bank facilities was a routine task. I also worked on process mapping to customize accounting functions during migration to SAGE 50. Show less



Kuwait Airways

• Kuwait
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Execitive

  • Feb 1998 - Dec 2001

  At Kuwait Airways , I was in charge of the GSA management accounts , payroll and finalisations of monthly remittance statements from the General Sales Agent. While I support in developing an Travel agent incentive scheme , my role was to evaluate the payout calculation based on there sales performances. At Kuwait Airways , I was in charge of the GSA management accounts , payroll and finalisations of monthly remittance statements from the General Sales Agent. While I support in developing an Travel agent incentive scheme , my role was to evaluate the payout calculation based on there sales performances.