SAP
Sarfaraz Nawaz
Senior Accountant, MBA
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
Experienced Senior Accountant with 12 years of experience in account payable, accounts receivable, budgeting & forecasting , general accounting & financial reporting. A passionate person that always excited to learn new things and challenges. Meanwhile, able to work independently and also play an excellent team player in a fast pace environment. Looking to leverage accounting expertise and experience into career to fulfilling organizational goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Accountant
Himalaya Global ltd
Dubai
12.2017 - Current
- Performing financial reporting & support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
- Managing accounts receivable by providing customer aging analysis & accounts payable by processing bills on time
- Preparation & Control of Monthly Provision, GL Accounting, Intercompany & Bank Reconciliation
- Preparing Project accounting report on monthly bases for in house research center based on Raw-material, Labor & Machine, Power utilized for individual projects.
- Preparing yearly budget based on the last year actual expense & related department inputs on upcoming expenses.
- Preparing Monthly report based on Overhead expense compare to budget vs previous year & net working capital.
- Monitor & process daily incoming financial transactions including reconciliation of customer accounts & checking payment terms as per respective customer
- Reconcile various accounts by identifying errors in posting or omissions by applying appropriate accounting standards
- Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment, follow up for invoices related to advance payment & process remittance via cheques and wire transfers for invoices provided by vendors
- Dealing with banks with regards to payment & other payable related issues
- IFRS-16 lease accounting for office & warehouse rent
- Setting up SOP for Accounts payable & payment system
- Attend to external auditors’ requests and queries during audit.
Accountant
Dabur International Ltd
10.2015 - 11.2017
- Monitoring, maintaining and updating Trail Balance on monthly bases.
- Preparing monthly P&L country wise and brand wise report.
- Monitor & process daily incoming financial transactions including reconciliation of customer accounts & checking payment terms as per respective customer.
- To make necessary controls on the marketing spending activities to ensure they are correct, to check distributor claims/debit notes.
- Preparation & Control of Monthly Provision, GL Accounting, Intercompany & Bank Reconciliation.
- Generate weekly and monthly aged debtor’s reports reconciled to the general ledgers, follow up on overdue & to be due to the management.
- To take part in month end reporting cycle, budgeting as well as other controlling activities.
- Preparation of Overhead expenses dashboard report for the management.
- MIS reporting of Department & Cost Center wise overhead report based on Actual vs. Budget vs. PY.
- Attend to external auditors’ requests and queries during annual audit
Accountant
Emirates Neon Group
Sharjah
05.2014 - 09.2015
- Presentation of MIS through reports through various MS excels techniques by using data base information across the business processes as required by the management.
- Manage General Ledger postings on timely basis to facilitate timely closing of monthly accounts.
- Monitoring cash balances and petty cash management.
- Preparations of bank reconciliation statements on monthly basis monitor banking transactions.
- Monitoring company’s insurance policies either through timely renewals with insurance companies
Associate
Genpact
Kolkata, West Bengal
07.2010 - 03.2014
- W/Capital accounts – A/P, A/R Reconciliation of approx. 50 High Risk (monthly) accounts.
- Normal Risk Account Reconciliation like All Other Assets, All other Liabilities, Equity, Inventory and Investment accounts approx. 400 (Qtly) for GE Digital Energy by following GE Account reconciliation corporate criteria.
- Ensuring that the General Ledger doesn’t have any aged or unexplained item.
- Audit Support – Resolving queries of auditors of GE Energy Auditors in relation to various reconciliations.
- Working with the CAS (internal audit team) to ensure that the accounts don’t have any aged or unidentified variances
Education
MBA - International
Canterbury Christ Church University
United Kingdom 02.2021 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) - Finance & Commerce
Calcutta University
India 04.2006 - 03.2009
Skills
Receivable & Payable Management
Budgeting & Forecasting
GL Accounting & Bank Reconciliation
Overhead Expenses ReportingFinancial reporting
Cash Flow Management
Project Accounting
Analytical ability
SAP ERP
Auditing
Software
ORACLE
Accomplishments
- Initiated & completed project report for Himalaya research center by accounting the raw material expense, man-power time, machine & power utilization on individual project for management.
- Setting up a treasury report by moving the data from excel to web based application which was later linked to SAP to provide real time data to management to track cash management.
Additional Information
Pursuing CMA- Final due
Timeline
MBA - International
Canterbury Christ Church University
02.2021 - 02.2022
Senior Accountant
Himalaya Global ltd
12.2017 - Current
Accountant
Dabur International Ltd
10.2015 - 11.2017
Accountant
Emirates Neon Group
05.2014 - 09.2015
Associate
Genpact
07.2010 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) - Finance & Commerce
Calcutta University
04.2006 - 03.2009