Senior Accountant in JCDecaux

Sultanate of Oman Australia
Current:JCDecaux
Past:KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. (a member firm of KPMG International)
Education:ACCA, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Job Experience

Senior Accountant

JCDecaux

November 2013 to Actually working here

My roles and responsibilities were as follows: (a) Monthly and quarterly reporting to Head Office - France (Revenue over USD 3 million); (b) SAP monthly reporting in SAPHIR package for group consolidation; (c) Reporting of weekly sales to Middle East CEO, MD and Group CFO; (d) Supervising accounting staff to ensure accurate recording of financial assets & liabilities, income & expenses by timely reconciliations of accounting statements & general ledgers for preparing fair & correct financial statements; (e) Preparing quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements in accordance with IFRSs; (f) Preparation of budgets and forecasts and performing variance analysis; (g) Financial analysis of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses including profitability analysis and product costing; (h) Overseeing working capital expenditures, and AP (100+ accounts) and AR (50+ accounts) functions; (i) Dealing with the banks for arranging letter of credits, overdraft, short term and long term financing facilities;

Supervisory Senior

KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. (a member firm of KPMG International)

April 2006 to October 2013

During my association with the KPMG, I have been involved in statutory audits, interim reviews under adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), compliance with applicable laws & regulations, internal audit assignments and other special engagements. My key roles and responsibilities include: (a) Performing risk assessment based on internal controls and accounting systems of the entity (b) Planning the engagement and allocation of responsibilities to subordinates (c) Co-ordination with professionals of various fields like legal, actuarial and IT experts (d) Communication of findings to higher management (e) Ensuring that the financial statements comply with all the applicable requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and local laws

Education

ACCA, Glasgow, United Kingdom

ACCA

2009 to 2014

CA Finalist

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)

2003 to 2011

Intermediate (HSSC)

Cadet College Kallar Kahar

2001 to 2003

Matriculation (SSC)

Cadet College Kallar Kahar

1999 to 2001

Languages

English

Bilingual / Native

IT skills

Other Skills

Financial Accounting Financial Audits Accounting Banking Risk Assessment Finance Financial Statements Assurance Internal Controls Auditing External Audit Financial Reporting IFRS Internal Audit

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