Finance Executive
Current- Orchestrate procure-to-pay process (covering ~high volume of monthly purchases from >30 suppliers, staff expense claims, and refunds) to support multi-country business with a 6-figure annual turnover.- Ensure accuracy and compliance of periodic accounts closing with audit protocols and tax regulations.- Monitor transactions, reconciling records, producing business reports.- Identify and analyze anomalies for investigation.- Approve refund requests to ensure transaction authenticity.- Enable indisputable audit trail with correct documentation and resolve discrepancies. - Conduct due diligence of third parties.- Convey financial-related documents to Banks for credit facility drawdowns.- Report risk-related findings and propose stronger internal controls to management.ACHIEVEMENTSImproved internal controls by documenting end-to-end process and standardizing procedures that promoted transparency and company-wide consistency.Educated staff to identify red flags and fraud risks.Prevented goods misappropriation by enforcing mandatory signatures in delivery orders.Instituted multiple approving layers to detect incorrect or duplicated expense claims.Maintained relationships with suppliers to verify accuracy of payment beneficiary details.Recommended switch to payment processor with better verification protocols, and ways to identify fraudulent inputs within online ordering system.
