Experience

Benchmark Foods

• United Arab Emirates
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Financial Performance: Planning, Control & Analysis of company’s financial performance and evaluating variances on a monthly basis to ensure annual targets are in control. Ensuring discipline in Financial Accounting practices & application of IFRS accounting standards. Gained excellent experience in Cross Functional Team Management compromising profiles from Accounts / HR / Admin/ IT Business Reports: MIS, Payroll, Inventory, Accounts Receivables and… Show more Financial Performance: Planning, Control & Analysis of company’s financial performance and evaluating variances on a monthly basis to ensure annual targets are in control. Ensuring discipline in Financial Accounting practices & application of IFRS accounting standards. Gained excellent experience in Cross Functional Team Management compromising profiles from Accounts / HR / Admin/ IT Business Reports: MIS, Payroll, Inventory, Accounts Receivables and Payables. Statutory Compliance: VAT, Audit. Working Capital Management: Facilitation / Utilization / Renewals of Bank Facility Trade Finance: Support towards TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting Bank reconciliation: Review, report and evaluation of fund receipts, Bank Statement, Trade Finance ((Interest & charges) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Process Achievements: Implemented & Streamlined the Sage-300 ERP Periodic MIS Reporting ( Financial statements & review reports) with cut off was brought into practice. Structured the credit control process / documentation credibility check & reporting. Show less Financial Performance: Planning, Control & Analysis of company’s financial performance and evaluating variances on a monthly basis to ensure annual targets are in control. Ensuring discipline in Financial Accounting practices & application of IFRS accounting standards. Gained excellent experience in Cross Functional Team Management compromising profiles from Accounts / HR / Admin/ IT Business Reports: MIS, Payroll, Inventory, Accounts Receivables and… Show more Financial Performance: Planning, Control & Analysis of company’s financial performance and evaluating variances on a monthly basis to ensure annual targets are in control. Ensuring discipline in Financial Accounting practices & application of IFRS accounting standards. Gained excellent experience in Cross Functional Team Management compromising profiles from Accounts / HR / Admin/ IT Business Reports: MIS, Payroll, Inventory, Accounts Receivables and Payables. Statutory Compliance: VAT, Audit. Working Capital Management: Facilitation / Utilization / Renewals of Bank Facility Trade Finance: Support towards TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting Bank reconciliation: Review, report and evaluation of fund receipts, Bank Statement, Trade Finance ((Interest & charges) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Process Achievements: Implemented & Streamlined the Sage-300 ERP Periodic MIS Reporting ( Financial statements & review reports) with cut off was brought into practice. Structured the credit control process / documentation credibility check & reporting. Show less



EUROSTAR

• United Arab Emirates
• Renewables & Environment
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Manager Finance

  • Jun 2009 - Mar 2018

  Treasury:- Working Capital Management : Trade Finance (TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting) and bank communication. Cash Flow Management: Tracking liabilities and commitments and meeting the same on time. Bank Reconciliation : Timely reconciliation and clearing of open items. Payables:- Trade & Logistics payments up to $ 10 Million Costing and Goods Receipt. Non trade payments, PDC issued control. Month end… Show more Treasury:- Working Capital Management : Trade Finance (TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting) and bank communication. Cash Flow Management: Tracking liabilities and commitments and meeting the same on time. Bank Reconciliation : Timely reconciliation and clearing of open items. Payables:- Trade & Logistics payments up to $ 10 Million Costing and Goods Receipt. Non trade payments, PDC issued control. Month end Closing: Prepaid expenses and provision for expenses. Payroll & ESB : Payroll of a group with 600 employees stationed across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Muscat and other African countries through WPS. Provisioning of ESB. Inventory: Periodic stock take, investigating on the variances and stock provisioning. Credit Insurance: Quarterly declaration of sales, and nonpayment notification to credit insurer, Filing claims and following up for the same. Show less Treasury:- Working Capital Management : Trade Finance (TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting) and bank communication. Cash Flow Management: Tracking liabilities and commitments and meeting the same on time. Bank Reconciliation : Timely reconciliation and clearing of open items. Payables:- Trade & Logistics payments up to $ 10 Million Costing and Goods Receipt. Non trade payments, PDC issued control. Month end… Show more Treasury:- Working Capital Management : Trade Finance (TT, Trust Receipt, Letter of Credit, Bank guarantee and bill discounting) and bank communication. Cash Flow Management: Tracking liabilities and commitments and meeting the same on time. Bank Reconciliation : Timely reconciliation and clearing of open items. Payables:- Trade & Logistics payments up to $ 10 Million Costing and Goods Receipt. Non trade payments, PDC issued control. Month end Closing: Prepaid expenses and provision for expenses. Payroll & ESB : Payroll of a group with 600 employees stationed across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Muscat and other African countries through WPS. Provisioning of ESB. Inventory: Periodic stock take, investigating on the variances and stock provisioning. Credit Insurance: Quarterly declaration of sales, and nonpayment notification to credit insurer, Filing claims and following up for the same. Show less



Zahrawi Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Reconciliation Consultant – Special Assignment

  • Mar 2009 - May 2009

  Upgradation & Rectification of the finance software of the company. Validated, consolidated and reconciled the sales data, cost of sales data and inventory for nine pharmacies. Communicated within the team for extracting the data and understanding the requirements and liaising with the software vendor company (information dynamics). Upgradation & Rectification of the finance software of the company. Validated, consolidated and reconciled the sales data, cost of sales data and inventory for nine pharmacies. Communicated within the team for extracting the data and understanding the requirements and liaising with the software vendor company (information dynamics).



Barclays

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Support Specialist - Fixed Asset

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2008

  Migrated the Fixed Asset Reconciliation of 10 companies Within Barclays Bank, Responsible for the Quarterly Bank of England Returns for Fixed Assets and Annual Returns for GE Cars, Quarterly Attestation of the assets under construction and getting them converted to depreciating assets, Resolved reconciliation queries within the SLA Migrated the Fixed Asset Reconciliation of 10 companies Within Barclays Bank, Responsible for the Quarterly Bank of England Returns for Fixed Assets and Annual Returns for GE Cars, Quarterly Attestation of the assets under construction and getting them converted to depreciating assets, Resolved reconciliation queries within the SLA



American Express

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Jul 2006 - May 2008

  Periodic reconciliation of 450 accounts of fixed asset and accumulated depreciation, as well as 238 intercompany accounts of Japan Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Prepared the prelim desk instructions for 20 account types. Monthly MIS Reporting of Filling the Reconciliation Status Report for all the fixed assets accounts of American Express Bank Singapore, Honkong and Taiwan consisting of 3500 accounts and also supervised the team to understand the process. Periodic reconciliation of 450 accounts of fixed asset and accumulated depreciation, as well as 238 intercompany accounts of Japan Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Prepared the prelim desk instructions for 20 account types. Monthly MIS Reporting of Filling the Reconciliation Status Report for all the fixed assets accounts of American Express Bank Singapore, Honkong and Taiwan consisting of 3500 accounts and also supervised the team to understand the process.



Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited-Car Finance Dept.

• India
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Executive (operations)

  • Jun 2005 - 2006

  Accounting of receipts, dishonored cheques and documentations as well as reconciliation of 10 branches; including communication with banks . Contributed towards migration from FOCUS to CORE. Accounting of receipts, dishonored cheques and documentations as well as reconciliation of 10 branches; including communication with banks . Contributed towards migration from FOCUS to CORE.