Asha Edappathil
Dubai
Summary
Experienced Accounting Professional with 11+ years in accounts payable and receivable, financial reporting, and general ledger management. Skilled in SAP, Excel, and GAAP compliance, with a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency, and meeting deadlines. Proven ability to streamline processes, manage audits, and ensure VAT compliance. Detail-oriented, reliable, and driven to support strong financial performance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Accountant
Forte Meetings & Events
Dubai
06.2022 - Current
- General Ledger Supervision: Support month-end and year-end close process
- Financial Statement Preparation and audit support to ensure statutory compliance.
- Ensuring compliance with Tax regulations such as Preparing and Filing of Value Added Tax (VAT) in accurate and timely manner and as well as refunding of Excess VAT
- Assist in developing, managing, and monitoring Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecasting of Financial Reports
- Assist in the annual Credit Management Review to ensure standard and optimal credit are issued to credit worthy customers.
- Assist in maintaining compliance, risk management, tax risk assessment, and legal contingencies.
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS principles.
- Build and maintain relationship with external business partners, partner banks, tax, and industry experts.
Accountant
The Himalaya Drug Company FZCO
Dubai
08.2017 - 05.2022
- Directing end-to-end Accounting Operations inclusive of maintaining and monitoring the Accounts entries and ensuring financial closure in SAP
- Maintaining general ledger accounts by creating journal entries; reconciling accounts payable and receivables ledgers.
- Preparing various reports such as marketing ATL Actual Vs Plan, G&A Reports, Intercompany Reconciliation.
- Processing of invoices for Manufacturing, Raw Materials, Pharma, Marketing and G&A expenses.
- Processing of GR/IR for all non-trade Purchase Orders.
- Preparing monthly Accounts Payable Provision.
- Analyze Monthly Balance sheet schedules review with Finance Manager. Support for statutory audit, provide and prepare the necessary information for audit purposes, follow-up on audit findings and recommendations.
- Verify authenticity of the supplier invoices by checking mandatory approvals, LPO, Delivery Note and ensured approval compliance and vendor reconciliation before processing the payment and Preparation of Payment request.
- Keeping track of overall employee's personal accounts and other expenses; preparing reports and submitting the same to the Finance Manager every month.
- Responsible for checking of Ledgers and subledgers before the closure of every month.
- Managing the payroll processing functions inclusive of managing payroll reimbursement expenses in accordance with the SOPs and submitting to the concerned department to add it in the salary
- Indulging in submitting the trade documents, LC entries in system and conducting LC reconciliation, Receipt entries, following up with customers for payment, Sending SOA to customers on monthly basis
- Handling of customer ageing report and monthly review with Finance Manager
- Responsible for making VAT refund report & submitting to Finance Manager for review.
- Assist Finance manager in Auditing
- Handling bank reconciliations of 13 bank accounts and validate the same with the books of accounts before closing of the books
- Handling & tracking of foreign currency
Accountant
Al Ahlia Gulf Line General Trading Co (Coca Cola Bottler UAE & Oman)
Dubai
06.2014 - 07.2017
- Petty Cash Management in SAP System according to the Cost Center & Profit Center (Processing, Validation & Reconciliation) of 7 Depots on a daily basis.
- Prepare monthly Accounts Payable Provision.
- Assist with the monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing process, considering timely transactions cut-offs.
- Responsible of the accruals, provision, adjustment and inter branch transactions
- Perform data entries, prepare and assist in day-to-day accounting
- Handle Bank Reconciliation
- Responsible for processing various types of reports in a SAP environment
- Processing of Payment requests & purchase requests
- Processing utility bills (telephone/fuels/salik etc.) ensures timely payment
- Preparing the schedules for BS Matrix
- Processing Employee related reports such as Overtime, Absenteeism & Final Settlement.
Associate in (P2P) Accounts Payable
Capgemini
Bengaluru
05.2011 - 02.2013
- Responsible for processing various types of invoices and meeting the set productivity targets in a SAP environment.
- Research escalated payable issues using the Procurement and Accounts Payable systems. Includes payments made, expense reports, purchase orders, goods receipts, vendor records, payment deductions, open and closed invoices, check remittance, and discrepancies.
- Perform analyses on extracted data to audit and identify unusual activity (i.e. duplicate payments or vendors, significant or large transactions, etc.)
- Handling of foreign currency reports and wrong currency indexed reports on daily basis.
- Processing & Validation of T&E reports on a daily basis.
- Follow-up with clients, ensuring all requests are appropriately and thoroughly resolved in a timely manner, and that the solution is received and acceptable to the client.
- Monitoring & Responding to all queries and provide relevant support to resolve all queries.
- Handling & resolving of vendor Master Data Discrepancy.
Education
Master of Commerce - Finance and Banking
Christ University
Bengaluru,India03.2011
Bachelor of Commerce - Advance Accountancy, Costing, Auditing and Taxation as principal subjects
University of Calicut
Calicut,India03.2009
Skills
- Accounts payable and receivable
- General ledger Management
- Bank & Financial statement reconciliation
- Month-end reporting
- Financial reporting
- Audit coordination
- Schedule Management & Cash flow management
- Budget & Balance sheet analysis
- Compliance with VAT regulations
- Proficient in GAAP compliance
- Strong communication skills
- Proficient in SAP & Microsoft Excel
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Malayalam
Native or Bilingual
Additional Information
Nationality:Indian
Marital Status:Married
Visa :Dependent Visa
Date of Birth:10-12-1988
Driving License:Yes
Timeline
Senior Financial Accountant
Forte Meetings & Events
06.2022 - Current
Accountant
The Himalaya Drug Company FZCO
08.2017 - 05.2022
Accountant
Al Ahlia Gulf Line General Trading Co (Coca Cola Bottler UAE & Oman)
06.2014 - 07.2017
Associate in (P2P) Accounts Payable
Capgemini
05.2011 - 02.2013
Master of Commerce - Finance and Banking
Christ University
Bachelor of Commerce - Advance Accountancy, Costing, Auditing and Taxation as principal subjects
University of Calicut
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