Passionate about Equity Research Analysis & Valuations
Stacey Pinto
Finance
Dubai
Summary
A Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with over 14+ years of professional experience in finance and accounting. Self-motivated and a cheerful personality, looking for opportunities as a way to contribute to an exciting/forward-thinking/fast-moving Company/Industry as well as to expand my professional skillset and contribute to the growth of the Company.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Credit Controller
MEED Media FZ LLC
Dubai
08.2016 - 10.2018
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
- Handled disputed invoices calmly and applied logical, knowledgeable approaches to devise solutions and recovered 80% of older debts by negotiating payment plans. Won several major disputes with clients prior to taking legal action to recover debts.
- Initiated proceedings to ensure outstanding debts were bought to satisfactory conclusion by liaising with Legal team in UK and third party collectors in case of accounts gone legal.
- Obtained and reviewed credit reports, credit references, credit insurance and financial statements to establish credit limits for new accounts.
- Responsible for assessing risk on new accounts by way of credit information provided and establishing trading histories.
- Active communication of aged debt risks with Finance Manager to identify potential risks and proposed bad-debt write offs.
- Conducted team briefs and meetings with sales team to flag up risk accounts.
- Managed ledger of approximately 500 live clients with accurate up-to-date customer details, call summary notes on Sales Force, Financial Force and managed over 70 calls per day.
Accountant/Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts
RBK Middle East LLC
Dubai
02.2006 - 04.2016
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents and closed books.
- Tracked financial progress by creating quarterly and yearly balance sheets and income statements.
- Created budgets and forecasts for management group to meet regular accounting deadlines. Identified and investigated variances to optimize financial plans and forecasts.
- Supported monthly reporting analysis to achieve validation of internal reports and to reconcile production operations and general ledger.
- Preparing management reports including weekly/monthly purchases, sales and inventory.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy. Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses and line of credit transactions.
- Liaising with bank on letter of credit (export and import) requirements and opening LC for inland and overseas clients.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
Accountant
Pearl Coast International Trading
Dubai
05.2005 - 09.2005
- Handling complete financial operations including aligning
day-to-day activity related to distribution, handling petty
cash, receivables and payables of major suppliers to facilitate prompt processing, bank reconciliation, stock and cash reconciliation, day to day sales tallying, stocktaking, aging analysis of debtors and inventory. - Preparing monthly cash flow statements and variance analysis.
Articled Clerk - ICAI
M/s. A. Umanath Rao & Co, Chartered Accountants
Mangalore
03.2001 - 03.2004
- Generated annual closing financial statements & prepared balance sheets of proprietorship concerns, partnership firms, corporate bodies and non-profit organizations.
- Gained broad experience in variety of auditing models including statutory audit of companies, branch audits and concurrent audits of nationalized banks, school and internal audits.
- Taxation matters which included preparation of income and wealth tax returns, filing of appeals, tax planning for individuals, SME firms and corporations, cash and funds flow analysis, drafting of partnership deeds.
- Coordinated audit team activities to meet objectives on deadline; mentored junior staff.
Education
Bachelor's of Commerce - Business Economics & Accounting
St. Aloysius College
Mangalore, India 03.1998 - 03.2001
Diploma in E-Finance - Balance Sheet Analysis
Manipal Institute of Computer Education
Mangalore, India 12.2004 - 04.2005
Techno Management - Business
IBM
Mangalore, India 04.2002 - 09.2003
Skills
Financial Analysis and Reporting
undefinedCertification
Certified Management Account, IMA
Accomplishments
- Presidential Award - Rashtrapathi Guide (India). An international movement intending to inculcate in young girls a sprit of loyalty, patriotism and thoughtfulness for others.
- Handled late accounts effectively, securing $80k in past-due accounts. Gained a reputation for working well on a team.
Interests
Continuous learning to enhance my knowledge & skills through various courses
Physical fitness
Reading
Volunteering
Currently serving as a volunteer with the IMA Dubai Chapter affiliated to IMA - Institute of Management Accountants (US) in the Media & Communications Team.
Timeline
Excel - Financial Modeling & Valuation, Udemy
07-2022
Certified Management Account, IMA
05-2021
Senior Credit Controller
MEED Media FZ LLC
08.2016 - 10.2018
Accountant/Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts
RBK Middle East LLC
02.2006 - 04.2016
Accountant
Pearl Coast International Trading
05.2005 - 09.2005
Diploma in E-Finance - Balance Sheet Analysis
Manipal Institute of Computer Education
12.2004 - 04.2005
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Certificate of Service under Articles
03-2004
Techno Management - Business
IBM
04.2002 - 09.2003
Articled Clerk - ICAI
M/s. A. Umanath Rao & Co, Chartered Accountants
03.2001 - 03.2004
Bachelor's of Commerce - Business Economics & Accounting
St. Aloysius College
03.1998 - 03.2001
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