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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

With the legacy of most reputed Jewellery stores Chain based in Dubai, Jawhara Jewellery having more than 170 Jewellery retail stores world-wide.Accountabilities:@ Designing and Preparation of MIS for Top Management for informed strategic decision making at defined intervals@ Working with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate into overall corporate budget and presenting to management with variance analysis @ Financial feasibility of investment projects with scenario analysis as well as financial modelling@ Consolidation and finalization of financial statements of company as part of banking submissions on periodical basis and handling audit requirement@ Evaluating and monitoring the commodity forwards contracts and interest swap contracts for bank finance@ Managing centralized accounting teams for regions covering all stores worldwide with established standard operating procedure@ Improving efficiency of accounting & inventory ERP system by constantly analyzing the flows & suggesting changes@ Verification & finalizing periodical VAT returns prepared by divisional & regional accounting teams as well as handling FTA audit queries Milestones:@ Developed financial analytics and business intelligence tools such POWER BI dashboards & models such as advanced PIVOT for top management & sales managers with defined KPIs and action indicators@ Meticulously created financial & product planning metrics concerning profit margins, sales volumes as well as stock turnover ratios@ Developed & implemented SKU level reporting & ordering matrix for diamond division for all major collection to achieve optimum stock@ RFID Gold loan financial feasibility analysis with operational and technical implementation throughout funding stage

United Arab Emirates

Established since 30 years, group operating annual turnover of AED 500 Million with market coverage in almost 20 countries.@ Cost-effective decision making for timely bank finance and repayments@ Managed operational finance & liquidity on daily, weekly and monthly basis@ Leading team across finance and accounting functions across company@ Handling Annual Audit Requirements@ Preparation of various financial modeling and reports for baking reviews@ Budgeting, target setting as well managing sales reports on weekly basis@ Managing the Export-Import department with customs compliances@ Successfully Implementation of accounting and inventory ERP system throughout company

Ahmedabad Area, India

Key Responsibilities:@ Return Merchandise Process Audit and Closure follow-up with all Business teams.@ Vendor Returns Reconciliation with end accounting and recovery aspects and Inspection & Correction of any revenue leakage@ Cash on Delivery Receivables Collection follow-up from all courier parties and solving other business teams queries, Forecasting & Synchronizing with Accounts.@ Various Business Process Analysis & Financial Analysis.@ Handling Various Internal Audit Assignments and Correction actions.@ Managed Insurance Claim Process with timely Closure of Lost & Damaged Shipments and settlement of claim with Insurance Company.@ Review of System Change Requirement for RMA Process.@ Preparation of Various MIS reports.

Ahmedabad Area, India

Major Domain of Assignments:Finance: Preparation of feasibility study report for project analysis, Project report preparation, CMA (Credit monitoring arrangement) report to be submitted to bank. Bank document preparation of pre/post shipment finance for exports for clients, calculation of cost-benefit analysis of various finance options.Auditing: Statutory audit and internal audit of Banks, limited companies, private concerns as well specialrevenue audit assignments of listed companies, banks and government departmentsTaxation: Preparation of Income Tax, Sales Tax as well as Excise & Customs returns and reportsBook-Keeping: Preparation of the Books of Accounts for Small private concerns and the exposure anddetailed knowledge to the various accounting packages like of Tally ERP 9 as well Quick books etc.

Finance, Accounts, Taxation

Graduation, Taxation & Accounts

I have studied Financial Reporting, Financial Management and Auditing as my Core Study Area. Apart From that Macro Economics aspects.

Ca Inter, Accounting, Finance, Audit & Taxation

S.S.C., Maths & Science

Activities and Societies: Various Quizzes, Debate Team, Various Sports etc..