Experience

MCN | Middle East Communications Network

• United Arab Emirates
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  Middle East Communications Network. MCN is one of the leading advertising and marketing communications agency networks in the MENA region. It is the overall parent company for several key advertising, marketing and media companies in the Middle East. MCN is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE : IPG) – a global leader in modern marketing solutions with 47,400 diverse and talented individuals. Today, MCN as a group has several agency brands under its management including FP7, Lowe, Initiative, UM, Magna, Promoseven 360, MRM//McCann, McCann Health, Momentum, Commonwealth//McCann, Weber Shandwick, Capella, Platform5 and Jack Morton. Job Responsibilities: Liaising with the operations department to ensure the smooth flow of the business activities and produce optimum result. Management Reporting, prepare financial reports on an ad hoc basis as requested by management. Prepare and review monthly analytical schedules, account roll forwards, lead schedules, account reconciliations and variance analysis. Liaising with Auditors for Statutory Audit, SOX Audit, Internal Audit, Client Audit etc. Shared receivable services for all the Agencies of business, plus Corp. receivables. Create and implement comprehensive billing, credit and collection policies and related procedures for departmental, interdepartmental and inter-company use. Assist in the design of and instituting all aspects of the department’s Oracle software conversions, which included contracts, participations, and AR roll forward. Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting which includes multiple borrowing base reports, corporate AR board schedule preparation, revenue recognition schedules, prepare forecast reports, bad debt analysis and aging reports.. All Credit and Collection functions and Accounts Receivable functions for the Dubai Advertising Units Show less



Al Ansari Group of Companies

• Doha, Qatar

• Accountant

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

  Preparation of financial statements and supporting documents according to monthly closing schedule Facilitate and complete monthly closing procedures. Analyze revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure that they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis. Prepare monthly account reconciliations. Analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances Making quarterly producer commission reports; analyzing and correcting discrepancies Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls Manage Capital Purchases, direct vendor relations, generate and maintain equipment tracking records. Perform responsibilities of reviewing reports and preparing recommendations for the management. Direct business relations and distribution of company literature to stimulate client interest and sales leads. Coordinate with various staff for operational support activities of the unit; serve as a liaison between departments and operating units in the resolution of day-to-day administrative and operational problems. Resolved difficult collection issues through means of direct client contact and co-operation with external collection agencies in an effort to resolve outstanding delinquencies Show less



Dynatrade Automotive Services

• Sharjah, UAE

• Accountant

  • Oct 2007 - Apr 2010

  Preparation of monthly receivables and debtors ageing analysis report. Reconciliation of cashbook and bank accounts including allocation of inter-company transfers. Research, review and approve new and current customers for credit accounts. Analyzing credit worthiness of individual customers on procurement of financial reports and bank statements. Visiting customer's premises to further ascertain the credibility and sustainability. Monitoring the customer accounts on a frequent basis and reporting the defaulters to the top Management. Conducting Accounts receivable reviews with the top management on a fortnightly basis to ascertain the customer payments. Primary liaison between management, staff, factoring company, suppliers, and customers. Handle a broad scope of internal processes encompassing the daily management of reconciliation, passing journal entries at the month end closure general ledger and month-end-closings with a focus on accounts receivable functions. Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement pertaining to Customer receipts. Specialized area of work (Receivables Factoring) Compiling and maintaining a database of the customers under factoring and timely reporting of the recent updates to the top management. Liaising with the bank owing to all related documents for new customers for factoring approval. Persistent follow up with the bank in order to assure maximum factoring approvals. Structured and Timely reporting on the overdue payments and defaulter status to the top management. Reconciliation of the individual customer accounts (of about 100+ clients) with the bank's book to ensure prompt and accurate receipt. Handled the entire operational aspect of Factoring that ranges from the identification of overdraft up to the preparation of reports to the Factor. Ensure proper documentation of all the relevant documents owing to the factoring compliance in case of a claim. Show less