Experience

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  Waha Capital

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Accountant

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • United Arab Emirates

    • Preparation of management reports at consolidated level and to various business functions and support with actual vs budget tracking.• Preparation of quarterly and yearly financial reports/statements• Cash Flow Forecast• Monthly flash results (High level expected YTD P&L based on estimates from the funds and assumptions on PI investments)• Prepare MDA and clear with Auditors; provide data as required on the FS notes• Consolidate/prepare budget for the group; coordinate with various teams for feedback, run multiple iterations with management and prepare deck for BOD presentation and approval• AGM Support and SCAD surveys• ESR/FATCA/CSR reporting• Accounting Operations support (Payments, JV’s, Bank recs and cash management entries)

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  Oman Insurance Company

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Financial Planning Analyst

    • Sep 2021 - May 2022
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    • Preparation of monthly profit & loss statement for consumer line of business and engaging in month end closure work along with other departments.• Developing annual budget including 3-year strategic budget & financial projections related to lines of business and overall company expenses.• Evaluating financial performance for the company between actual vs forecast vs budget.• Preparing rolling forecast and simulations for various business scenarios.• Tracking overall company expenses by individual category against allocated budget and performing variance analysis.• Designing and submission of PowerPoint presentations on various business scenarios & KPI’s towards the management.• Supervising the controls in the budget implementation and reporting system to avoid deviation/ discrepancies from the approved budget

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  Dubai Islamic Bank

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Accounting Operations Specialist

    • May 2014 - Sep 2021
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    • Monthly Closing/ReportingResponsible for the monthly closing of the books of account, general ledger reconciliations and preparation of management reports and variance analysis to make comparisons and control performance and cost drivers.• Investment AccountingInvolved in market-to-market (MTM) adjustment accounting for investments based on movement in stock market as well as preparation of monthly equity reconciliation for subsidiaries and associates and after analysis recording share of profit/loss as per ownership percentage.• Project AccountingProjects tracking with the purpose of controlling and maintaining the expenses with budget and receivable tracking to ensure funds receipt on time. Capitalizing costs under WIP as per schedule and depreciation of fixed assets and analysis of asset additions and disposal and corresponding impact on depreciation expense• VAT ( Value added Tax) Preparing input VAT recon and verifying details as part of monthly VAT return to FTA. Coordinating, consolidating and reviewing data provided by subsidiaries as for monthly VAT return as per schedule/deadline• Vendor Payment ProcessManaging the Vendor payments and fixed assets accounting to ensure payments done on time as per agreed SLA. Managing vendor relations & replying to vendor & other departments' queries to ensure smoothness of payable process and input VAT booked on time to avoid vat leakage. Running the monthly accrual process to ensure all expenses accounted for in the month they occur• Additional ResponsibilitiesLiaising with external and Internal Auditors. Monitoring of banks’ charity and zakat GL accounts and coordinating in distribution to needful

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  Dun & Bradstreet South Asia Middle East Africa

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Field Researcher

    • Feb 2012 - May 2012
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Assessing the status and stability of the business (SME) by various analyses of profits, expenses, margins and drafting a report based on findings stating risk bands and recommendations for loan/finance disbursements and period of finance to be offered.