Experience

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  The Kanoo Group

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Regional Finance Accounts Manager - Middle East & Asia

    • Oct 1988 - Present
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Looking after accounts of Liner principals, Tankers, offshore & Launch services, military / Naval vessels.- Assisted in setting up the hub / centralized services for the various world-famous shipping companies. - Maintaining cordial relations and smooth accounting flow with world famous shipping companies like, Maersk, MOL, Hoegh, Mcdermott, Subsea , Anglo Eastern, Shell , Nakilat , US military.- Maintaining sound financial systems and controlling the implementation of the various projects like the in house developed systems during the tenure of my services and assisted for mapping and roll out of the SAP system during 2022- Implementing new strategies to minimize the expense of the company and maximise the profit. - Coordinate with marketing representatives in across North America, Europe and Asia and approve their expense claims for timely remittances.- Vet expense documents and observe authority levels and meet internal and external audit requirements - Analyze costs and distribute overhead costs to operating programs - Monthly and various reports to Divisional Managers and arrange corrective action for continuous improvement - Supervise and evaluate the performance of personnel, train, direct and establish cooperative and good relations/ team work- Check and approve payment from banking sites for the India branch- Coordination with Tax team for the queries and arrange to resolve the various issues - Assisted Quality department for preparation of procedures, work instructions, forms for establishing quality manual for securing and maintaining the ISO certification. - Arrange to provide the necessary details for various insurance coverages- Develop strong working relationships with vendors, commercial and operations and effective communication with branches to ensure timely solving the problems and keep customer satisfaction.

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  Atlas Automotive Components, Division of Indokem Ltd

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Accounts and System Assistant

    • Oct 1983 - Sep 1988
    • Mumbai Area, India

    Manufacture of cylinder head etc. for Automobiles and Engineering industries- Looked after accounts receivables, payables, GL accounts and sales tax related work. - Worked for IT department, handling data management and back up process. - Account reconciliation, settlement and stock count carried out for companies like, TELCO, Ruston, Greaves Lombardini, Bajaj Auto, PAL .