DERRY MERRY VARGHESE
Senior Accountant
Dubai
Summary
A highly competent and team spirited professional with diverse knowledge in Accounting Operations, Auditing – Process, Financial Planning, MIS Reporting & Documentation and Assurance. An enthusiastic, dedicated and versatile young person with a fair academic background and excellent attitude towards work. Career Objective is to become a successful professional by utilizing my skills and abilities in the growing industry that offers professional growth opportunities. Impeccable leadership skills with impressive professional-speaking abilities. Ability to analyze complex issue, evaluate solutions, develop workable conclusions and recommend a course of action. Possessing valuable insights, keen analysis and team approach to implement best practices to achieve business excellence. Adapted to working in high-pressure environments with strict deadlines and multiple deliverables.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Accountant
DESIGNFIT LLC
04.2022 - 03.2023
- Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable
- Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
- Analyze financial information and summarize financial statement
- Working closely with the leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan
- Support the finance manager to deliver on time monthly accounting close for revenue and expense, financial reporting, cash flow forecasting and balance sheet integrity
- Support the finance manager in relation to reporting, budgeting, and forecasting through effective communication with all departments
- Liaising with external auditors to ensure annual audit is carried out in addition to related internal audit issues
- Develop reports and financial analysis as required for external and internal purposes
- Prepare reports as required in addition to the monthly business reviews.
Senior Accountant
UNITED GREEN
DUBAI
02.2021 - 07.2021
- Prepare Statutory and management accounts and perform variance analysis
- Maintain a strong focus on cash management inclusive of cash flow, forecast and payment process
- Project costing in close working relationship with active project teams
- To optimize the management reporting at the project, department and company level
- Assist with financial budgeting and forecasting processes
- Ensure compliance with all financial regulations and risk analysis
- Participate with internal and external financial audits
- Make certain all financial deadlines are met
- Preparing revenue projections and forecasting expenditure
- Reconciliation of bank statements and ledger accounts.
Audit Associate
Grant Thornton L.L.P
Dubai
12.2018 - 07.2020
- Execute audit of various companies in trading, real estate, construction, software and service sectors in compliance with Grant Thornton Audit Methodology and International Standards of Auditing
- Statutory audit as per GT Audit methodology based on International Standards on Auditing (ISA) issued by IAASB
- Lead, guide interns and supervise the progress of audit including resolution of differences of professional judgement and addressing significant accounting and auditing questions raised during the audit
- Maintain client relationships at the appropriate level andpresent a favorable impression of the firm
- Resolution of accounting/technical issues raised by clients
- Performed the planning, risk assessment, control testing, substantive procedures and conclusion phase of the audits
- Performed Analytical procedures/analysis to detect unusual Financial Statement relationships and completed audit using GT horizon in planning and execution phase
- Preparation of Financial statements as per principles & interpretation of IFRS.
Audit Intern
Grant Thornton L.L.P
Dubai
08.2017 - 12.2018
- External Auditing
- Examining company accounts and financial Control systems
- Planningand understandingofnatureofbusinessactivities andidentificationofriskatentity
- Planning test of controls to be performed during the audit
- Assessing risks through client meetings, research and analysis and with the help of cumulative knowledge and experience
- Ensuring procedures, policies, legislation and regulations are correctly followed and compiles with Planning conducting stock audit.
Education
Master Of Business Administration - Finance And Human Resources
Mahatma Gandhi University
Kerala 07.2014 - 08.2016
Bachelor Of Business Administration - Business Administration
IGNOU
Kerala 06.2011 - 03.2014
Diploma - Retailing
IGNOU
Skills
International Standards on Auditing (ISA)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Best practices in Healthcare, Real Estate, Construction, Software, Trading and FMCG industries
Cash Flow analysis
Financial Management
Accounting principles
Budgeting and Forecasting
Risk Analysis
Expertise in Oracle, Xero, Voyager, Tally softwares
Timeline
Senior Accountant
DESIGNFIT LLC
04.2022 - 03.2023
Senior Accountant
UNITED GREEN
02.2021 - 07.2021
Audit Associate
Grant Thornton L.L.P
12.2018 - 07.2020
Audit Intern
Grant Thornton L.L.P
08.2017 - 12.2018
Master Of Business Administration - Finance And Human Resources
Mahatma Gandhi University
07.2014 - 08.2016
Bachelor Of Business Administration - Business Administration
IGNOU
06.2011 - 03.2014
Diploma - Retailing
IGNOU