Professional Summary
Accomplished Accountant with 6+ years of progressive experience in Qatar's F&B, Medical, and Trading sectors. Proven expertise in full cycle accounting operations, including accounts payable/receivable, payroll (WPS), bank reconciliations, financial reporting, budgeting, and trade finance. Highly skilled in streamlining financial processes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering accurate, timely reports to support strategic business decisions. Proficient in ERP systems and MS Office, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities that consistently add value.
Professional Experience
Senior Accountant - CAN International Group
03/2022 – Present
Doha, Qatar
- Managed the full accounting cycle, including general ledger entries, accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, and month-end closings of 10 divisions like Indian coffee house and Micro health laboratories
- Handling supplier invoices, verifying GRNs, and ensuring timely vendor payments
- Preparing monthly profit & loss accounts, budget forecasts, and cost analysis reports
- Coordinating with restaurant managers for stock verification and cost control
- Filing VAT returns, managing tax compliance, and liaising with auditors
- Maintaining asset registers, depreciation schedules, and utility cost tracking
- Supervising daily sales reconciliation (POS, online platforms, walk-ins)
- Supporting internal controls for petty cash, advance settlements, and payroll disbursement
- Preparing salary sheets, gratuity, leave salary, and end-of-service benefits
- Monitoring food cost, wastage reports, and pilferage trends
- Handling month-end and year-end closing, preparing MIS reports for management
- Ensuring software backups, account closing entries, and ledger maintenance
- Supporting inter-branch reconciliation and group-level financial consolidation
Key Achievement: Streamlined the monthly closing process, which reduced the time it took from ten days to just six. This not only improved our reporting accuracy but also freed up the team to focus on more strategic tasks.
Key Achievement: Developed a comprehensive budgeting model that helped departments accurately forecast expenses, leading to a 15% reduction in overspending across the organization.
Key Achievement: Implemented a new financial reporting system that enhanced data visibility, resulting in quicker decision-making for management.
Key Achievement: Trained and mentored junior accountants on best practices in financial analysis, boosting their confidence and productivity.
Accountant - ANORA GOLD AND DIAMONDS LLP
03/2021 – 02/2022
Kuttiady, Kerala
- Responsible for entire Accounting / Document management and clerical job of the company
- Managing the cash flow and billing of client invoices in compliance with firm policy
- Recording of expenses & purchase and material delivery
- Make profit & loss report and submit to manager
- Keep and track all company related documents like proposals, purchase orders, sales orders
- Installation and backup of software
Key Achievement: Managed the monthly financial closing process, which ensured timely and accurate reporting that stakeholders relied on for decision-making.
Key Achievement: Streamlined the accounts payable process by implementing an automated tracking system, which reduced processing time by 30%.
Junior Accountant - VIBEX INTERNATIONAL CARGO LTD
10/2019 – 03/2020
UAE
- Assist with the preparation, analysis and verification of accounting records, financial statements and reports
- Managing the cash flow and billing of client invoices in compliance with firm policy
- Maintain the general ledger operations
- Support the month end close process
- Audit, process and pay vendor invoices in an accurate and timely manner
Key Achievement: Processed a high volume of invoices and reconciled accounts payable, helping to maintain accurate financial records and ensuring timely payments to vendors.
Key Achievement: Assisted in the preparation of monthly financial statements, which provided management with clear insights into company performance.
Key Achievement: Implemented a new spreadsheet tracking system for expense reports, which streamlined the approval process and reduced processing time by 20%.
Accountant - BOMBAY DYIENG
11/2018 – 05/2019
Ernakulam, Kerala
- Prepare monthly financial statements for company
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly close activities
- Prepare monthly account reconciliations
- Review and verify accuracy of reported data
- Present all monthly and year-end financial reports
- Analyse and interpret financial reports and records
- Present corrective action recommendations
- Ensure compliance with all statutory and company requirements
- Review accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Prepare tax schedules
- Prepare for and coordinate internal and external audit processes
- Produce analyses regarding capital asset acquisitions
- Manage fixed asset process and policy
Key Achievement: Prepared and analyzed monthly financial statements, which helped identify key trends and improve decision-making for management.
Key Achievement: Streamlined the accounts payable process by implementing an automated system, reducing processing time by 30% and ensuring timely payments to vendors.
Key Achievement: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop cost-saving initiatives, which resulted in a 15% reduction in operational expenses.
Education & Certifications
2015 – 2018
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
University of Calicut
2018 – 2019
Professional Certification in SAP FICO, Tally, Peachtree, Quickbooks, Zoho
Axinoz Institute of Accountancy
Core Competencies
Full cycle accounting operations
Payroll (WPS)
Bank reconciliations
Financial reporting
Budgeting
Trade finance
Streamlining financial processes
Regulatory compliance
Analytical and problem-solving
General ledger entries
Month-end closings
Cost analysis
Asset registers
Depreciation schedules
Utility cost tracking
Daily sales reconciliation
Internal controls
Document management
Profit & loss reports
Languages
English
Arabic
Malayalam
Hindi
Tamil