RUCHIRA MEVAN DAYARATHNA

**** **** ******, *****, ** 10469, +1-929-***-****, ac2son@r.postjobfree.com EDUCATION

Monroe College, New Rochelle, NY

Master of Business Administration, August 2015 (Concentration in Finance) Holmes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Bachelor of Professional Accounting, December 2011 HolmesglenTafe, Chadstone, Australia

Diploma of Accounting, December 2009

CERTIFICATIONS

The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka

CPA Professional Level Equivalent, 2006

EXPERIENCE

CW Design, 366 Broadway, # 6D, New York, NY 10013 Accountant (March 2014 – up to now)

Processed and coded invoices with general ledger accounts

Oversaw accounts payable aging, processing timely payments in accordance with timelines and procedures, drafting checks, printing check register

Reviewed and processing expense reports, reconciling general ledger accounts and journal entries

Ran daily cash receipts and posting receipts and payments to appropriate ledgers; making daily bank deposits.

Prepared monthly financial statements.

Processed monthly payroll.

Reviewed payroll and sales tax returns.

Art O Life’s, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE (September 2012 – August 2013) Accountant

Prepared and reviewed expenses, payroll entries, invoices and other accounting documents.

Entered and checked the correctness of all the daily transactions.

Prepared cash in hand and bank position, reconciled bank statements, updated records and ensured timely deposit of cash in the bank.

Recorded and monitored receivables, aging of receivables.

Reconciled accounts and prepared periodical financial reports.

Coordinated financial activities of branches.

Established, maintained and coordinated the implementation of company accounting policies.

Interacted with internal and external auditors in completing audits. Lals Group, Dubai, UAE (January – August 2012) Accountant

Coordinated the monthly closing process and prepared monthly management reporting packages

Prepared month-end accruals, and closing adjustments and financial statements

Reviewed all journal entries for closing each accounting period

Prepared monthly tax accruals and quarterly tax estimates

Reconciled all monthly short-term investments

Analyzed selected balance sheet and income statement accounts

Approved daily wire transactions; prepared a weekly and monthly yield analysis Rainfresh (Vic) Pty. Ltd., West Melbourne, Australia (December 2009 – January 2012) Accounting Clerk (Intern)

Maintained a record of monthly, quarterly, half quarterly and yearly audited accounting statements and balance sheets for the organization and forward the same to the team head

Analyzed the accounting details of different professional clients and mail the details to team lead

Successfully reconciled payment discrepancies

Handled the tasks of resolving issues on eligibility and client billing

Assisted senior accountants in receiving and verifying documents and recorded data according to the procedures of the company

Responsible for preparing budgets and forecasts on a quarterly basis

Obtained a broader understanding of marketing principles and strategies with a global business perspective

Administered bookkeeping, cash intake/reconciliation, and order placement

Maintained direct contact with customers and vendors

Prepared documents necessary for the completion of all corporate, partnership, trusts, not for profit, as well as local sales tax returns

Completed monthly the analysis, adjustments and reconciliation of all sales tax related accounts to the general ledger

Chance Engineering (pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka (March 2006 – June 2008) Accounting Assistant

Received invoices or bills from vendors, got them sanctioned and arranged for payments through checks or bank transfers

Collected the necessary information and the source documents related to the financial transactions from the concerned people in the organization to update the financial statements daily

Kept a record of the payroll accounts and consider a worker's total working hours, deductions and increments to compute the total amount of salary payable to the workers of the organization

Maintained petty cash book and authorized payments done by cash by making entries under appropriate account head of the book

Submitted monthly reports regarding the expenses and cashbook balances Amerasekara & Co. (Chartered Accountants), Sri Lanka (April 2004- March 2006) Audit Assistant

Oversaw audits and directly responsible for the conduct and timely completion of work

Evaluated internal controls and prepared management letters highlighting weaknesses and suggesting improvements to ensure the system function more effectively

Prepared management reports

Carried out statutory audits in wide spectrums of organizations including manufacturing, retail and wholesale trading, estates, education, non-profit making, insurance and construction

Maintained Books of accounts using computerized accounting system as special assignment

Maintained personal files (HR Division) using data base systems as special assignment

Prepared financial statement of partnership, limited liability companies operating in the fields of manufacturing, trading etc. in compliance with Sri Lanka accounting standards

Carried out tax work such as preparing annual returns and preparation of tax computation

Carried out the physical verification of inventories and trading stocks in different sectors COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in NAVISION, Tally, QuickBooks and MYOB

Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint

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