Accounting Assistant

Curriculum

Vitae

WAQAS SAJWANI - ASA, ACCA (Affiliate)

Date of Birth: January 25th, 1993

Address: */** ********* **, ************** NSW 2145.

Email: ************@*******.***

Cell No: +61-490-***-***

Career Objective

Seeking an opportunity in a highly professional and corporate environment, using my experience and qualification to learn, grow and excel in the organization I work for, and help the organization to achieve its corporate goals.

Professional Qualifications

Qualification

Institution

Status

CPA (Australia)

Certified Practicing Accountant (2 Papers left)

Expected Completion 2016

ACCA

ACCA – Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK

Qualified (2014)

Academic Background

Degree

Institution

Year of Passing

Bachelors in Professional Accounting

Holmes Institute, Melbourne

2015

Adv. Diploma in Accounting and Business

ACCA, UK

2014

Professional Work Experience

Organization

Industry

Position

From

To

Vision Consulting Australia

Consultancy Firm

Assistant Accountant

(12 months fixed-term Contract)

Jun-2015

May-2016

Job Roles & Responsibilities

-Provide assistance in cash flow management.

-Verify bank deposits and bank payments and reconcile with bank records and statements.

-Account Payables and Receivables function with entering customer/supplier details in card file, and entering purchase invoices or sales invoices.

-Inventory processing and year end stock take and adjustment

-Prepared monthly management reports.

-Credit Card Reconciliation on a weekly basis including preparation of Approval Sheet, matching invoices with statement and filing away with reconciliation report.

-Assist in making various components of financial statements, i.e., Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet.

-Assisting with preparation and lodgment of BAS.

-Maintain Fixed Asset Register.

Organization

Service Line

Position

From

To

Platinum Accounting Firm (Public Practice), Melbourne Australia

Accounting and Finance

Assistant Accountant Intern

Jul-2014

May-2015

Job Roles & Responsibilities

Full function of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.

Doing Accruals by making budget and actual sheet, importing the budget sheet data into actual sheet with the function of V-Look up, comparing both budgets with actual to find out variances and accruals and then making journal entries for accruals.

Bank Reconciliation in MYOB.

Credit Card Reconciliation on a monthly basis.

Cost Center Reporting including making of detail reports, summary reports, and charts.

Full payroll function includes set up payroll, entering new employees, processing payroll and payroll tax.

Preparation of all components of financial statement.

Assisting with preparation and lodgment of BAS.

Maintain Fixed Asset Register.

Professional Work Experience

Organization

Industry

Position

From

To

Meharali’s Terry Towel (Karachi, Pakistan)

Manufacturing Industry

Junior Assistant Accountant

March-2011

Jan-2013

Job Roles & Responsibilities

Assist with maintaining various monthly financial accounting activities (Bank and Credit Reconciliations, Processing Invoices, Recording Purchase orders and Paying bills)

Facilitate timely and accurate data process.

Performed Bookkeeping entries

Maintain Fixed Asset Register.

Assist in making financial statement components.

Make ad hoc reports as required.

Responsible for petty cash management and reimbursements.

Key Skills, Achievements & Language Abilities

Key Skills and Interests

Good Interpersonal and effective communication skills;

Strong understanding of all the financial concepts.

Successful team leader and player and enjoy learning new things

Multitasking;

Good presentation, drafting skills and spreadsheets use.

Strong grip in Accounting and Auditing Standards of Australia and UK..

Other Special Assignments and Achievements

Developed an “Investment portfolio” for the final project of the course Business Finance in my Holmes College.

Forecasted Financial Statement” for Pepsi Co for the year 2014 for team report of finance project in 2014.

Did “Analytical Ratio Analysis” of “Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia ”with respect to industry for term project of Financial Market in 2014.

Academic Achievements and Extra-Curricular Activities

Was a member of sports society of Hamdard College and contributed in the arrangement of Inter Society Fest 2010 and Inter College Sports Festival 2010.

Secured 2nd position in “Hamdard 7th Annual Inter-Campus Speech Contest.

Awarded a certificate for being the student of the year in West London School System

Pakistan Boy Scouts Association –Member

Community and volunteer services at Senior Citizen Home and charity homes and schools–Karachi

Won many trophies in different sports arena.

Language Abilities

Fluency in English, Urdu and Hindi

Computer Proficiency

Accounting Software – MYOB (Advance level), SAP (Beginner level), QuickBooks (Intermediate level) and XERO (Intermediate level).

Application Systems – Advance Skills in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and MS Power Point.

Well versed with Internet surfing

Professional Memberships

Professional Body

Membership #

Date of Admission

CPA (Australia)-Certified Practicing Accountants

10267309

July 5th 2015

ACCA – Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

2160144

Jan 4th 2012

References

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