Accounting Management

Name: Domnick Furtado Nationality: Indian

E-mail: ********@*****.*** Contact: 971-**-*******

Presently working as a member of the Finance team in the capacity as Finance Officer looking after monthly MIS, Project accounting, Budgeting, WIP, Fixed Assets, Daily Liquidity and other day to day financial transactions.

Previously I have managed assignments in accountancy, internal and external audit, project report and certification with an organisation of repute.

Professional Overview

Presently working with The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (P.S.C.), Dubai, U.A.E., in the capacity as a Finance Officer.

A result oriented professional with 12 years of comprehensive experience in systems testing, MIS reporting, accounting, auditing and certifications.

Deft in handling overall functioning of company’s daily accounting transactions and possess complete knowledge of accounts till finalization in line with the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and other applicable local guidelines.

A thorough professional with a proactive attitude, capable of thinking in and out of the box, generating new solutions and ideas in line with the company and customer requirements to further improve job efficiency.

Possess excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills with proven abilities and a positive attitude to deliver work under pressure.

Job Description

Job as a Finance Officer involves preparing monthly MIS to be sent to the senior management, monitoring of project cost against actual budgets at the bank level, preparing of WIP summary for ongoing projects, reconciliation of branch suspense accounts, reconciliation of depreciation and fixed asset balances between AMS and Finacle

Job as a senior analyst involved daily reconciliation on test data obtained from the core system and other sub-systems for the bank as per the laid guidelines. To check for the correctness of all accounting entries originating from different systems at the pan bank level. Reconciling migrated balances across all financial reports during Finacle Go live

Job as an internal auditor includes detailed analysis of management systems for determining the efficiency and effectiveness of managerial policies and programs on a timely basis. Based on the analysis done, suggesting the best possible procedures and methods to enhance coordination between management and staff which will further result in better output.

Jobs under external audit include scrutiny of journal and ledger entries, receivables and payables, cash and bank books, revenue, cost of sales and other indirect expenditures and incomes on a test check basis for confirming the authenticity of each transaction checked and further preparing the reporting matter based on audit findings.

Employment Record

Since December 2012 with The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (P.S.C.), Dubai, U.A.E. – (RAK BANK)

Career Graph

December 2012 - Current: Finance Officer

Preparation of daily Liquidity/ELAR/LSRR report and consol B/S for management reporting.

Month-end MIS reporting to senior management.

Project accounting for all ongoing projects at the bank level.

Reconciliation of branch suspense accounts.

Reconciliation of depreciation and fixed asset accounts between AMS and Finacle.

Fixed asset register maintenance.

Preparation of fixed asset schedules, detailed asset listing and WIP movement report for submission to statutory auditors.

Providing support for testing the new upgrades on the existing core system affecting financial reporting.

Worked on the preparation of chart of accounts during the UAT testing phase.

Facilitating cost approvals requested by business for operational and capital expenditure.

Budget monitoring for capital expenditure.

Systems used – Finacle, AMS, Business Objects, Cognos

Preparing of MIS related power point presentations for board meetings.

Submission of monthly Income, Expense, BS and Yield reports to Retail Banking & Business Banking teams.

Detailed analysis for income and expense in line with monthly budgets

Worked alongside projects team during VAT implementation

September 2010 – November 2012 with The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (P.S.C.), Dubai, U.A.E. – (RAK BANK)

Have been a key member of the UAT testing team which was responsible for successful delivery of the conventional banking system (Finacle).

Key activities were reconciliation and validation of accounting entries generated from the core system (Finacle) and other sub-systems.

Responsible for validation of batch reports generated during end of the day and some key reports pertaining to Finance.

Lodging system related defects encountered during the course of testing in the quality center and follow up with the respective vendor asking for logical solutions.

Generating daily data dumps required for different testing purpose’s based on predefined SQL queries provided by the vendor.

Actively participated with IT in developing of daily recon reports using BO system (SAP application).

Also worked towards implementing the new Islamic Banking System (Flexcube). Jobs and responsibilities will be same as mentioned above for conventional banking.

June 2006 - August 2010 : Senior Auditor, N.R. Doshi and Partners, Public Accountants, Dubai, U.A.E. – (Member firm of DFK International Worldwide)

Started as an accounts professional by doing daily accounting jobs for clients to whom the company was providing accounting services.

This enabled me to gain accounting and operational knowledge about companies from varied industries and with a different ownership structure within the U.A.E.

Based on the client request I was asked to work on different accounting software’s namely Tally, Peachtree, Focus, Dos based customized software’s, Sage, QuickBooks to name a few.

Subsequently given a new role under the accounting setup and was responsible for conducting annual audits for companies in the capacity as an auditor.

Was part of an audit team responsible for conducting internal audit of a reputed electronic retail chain in the U.A.E.

Also worked on auditor certificates to be submitted to the labour ministry and land department in Dubai.

Quite satisfied with the deliverables the company had deputed me for an overseas assignment in East Africa for conducting branch audit of one of our key customers for three years in a row.

Dealt with customers having business interest in general trading, building constructions, insurance brokers, paint manufacturing, restaurants, air travel, shipchandling, advertising and so on.

Jul’05 – Mar’06: Accounts Executive, India Book House Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (India)

In a brief stint with India Book House Pvt Ltd, was responsible for daily accounting entries and voucher preparations. Job role involved preparing petty cash, bank reconciliations, receipt and payment vouchers and posting the same in the accounting package after necessary approval is received.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Auditing from Mumbai University, Secured 70.43% (First Division) in March 2005.

Higher Secondary School Certification (Class XII) from Maharashtra Board, Secured 73.83% (First Division) in March 2002.

Secondary School Certification (Class X) from Maharashtra Board, Secured 74.80% (First Division) in March 2000.

Personal Details

Address: Asmita Regency 1, B/203, Station Road, Mira Road (East), Thane - 401107

Date of Birth: May 25, 1984

Passport No: M7255672

Expiry Date: June 02, 2025

Visa Status: Residence

Expiry Date: October 29, 2019

U.A.E. Driving License No: 118965

Expiry Date: March 21, 2020

Languages: English, Hindi

Father’s Name: Joseph Furtado

Marital Status: Married

Sex: Male

Reference

Mr. Alwyn D’souza

Audit Partner,

N.R. Doshi and Partners, Public Accountants

Dubai – U.A.E.

Tel - +971-**-*******

Mr. George Samuel

Senior Manager-Finance

RAK Bank

Dubai – U.A.E.

Tel - +971-**-*******

I do hereby declare that the particulars of information and facts stated herein above are true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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