RUCHIRA MEVAN DAYARATHNA
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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