CAROLYN A. LORETO
Al Satwa Dubai,U.A.E.
CONTACT no. +971**-*******/ +971**-*******
EMAIL ADDRESS: *******.********@*****.***
Birth Place: Dagupan City, Pangasinan Philippines
Citizenship: Filipino
Joining Date: Immediately
Visa Status: Cancelled Visa
Summary
A dedicated individual with 13 + years of experience in finance and administrative within the Middle East. An enthusiastic finance assistant with drive, determination, and experience of working in busy Finance department providing support to management. Having ability to ensure that day-to-day work is carried out in the line agreed policies and procedures and quality standards.
Skills
Proficient with computer literate such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Internet Browsing, E-mail and Outlook E-mail
Experience in QuickBooks, Sage 200, Sage 50 and Cargowise accounting software
Accounting Bookkeeping
Strong communication skills
Team oriented with high attention to detail
Adaptable and focused
Thrives under pressure
Ability to handle administrative functions
Ability to deal effectively with month end closing deadlines
Highly organized
Educational Attainment
Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Management
University of Pangasinan (Philippines)
Professional Experience
May 06, 2018 – June 30,2020
Cars Shipping LLC (Cars Shipping Logistics, Relocation and Warehousing)
Dubai Investments Park 1, Dubai U.A.E
Finance Supervisor
Daily Posting of Bank transactions and preparation of Monthly Bank Reconciliations
Post and process journal entries and ensure all business transactions are recorded
Maintain office petty cash
Manage the creation of suppliers/customers on Sage
Raise sales invoices and credit note manually and ensure are entered on job book and Sage
Process all supplier invoices and credit notes and ensure are entered on job book and Sage
Ensure all sales and purchase ledgers are kept tidy, with allocations and writing off of small exchange differences or charges kept up to date
Reconcile both sales and supplier SOA ledger on weekly basis
Chasing customers accounts receivable on weekly basis or if needed
Prepare payments schedule and to do by cash, cheque and set up payments by banking transfer
Responds with any clients queries or disputes relates sales invoices
Resolving any disputes with suppliers in timely manner
Assist Finance Manager in processing of balance sheet, income statements and other financial statements
Assist Finance Manager on vat return filling
Track temporary import bond / deposit payments and refund
Maintain reminder system for when temporary import bonds are expiry
To do all Monthly report – Etisalat Bills, Petrol SOA, Dubai Chamber, Calogi, Salik and Petty Cash
Process all staff expenses
To do monthly schedules of Accrued, Prepayments and Depreciation
Monitoring employees Leaves
Prepare monthly staff salaries and upload on Online Banking
Ordering and maintaining stationery, equipment and kitchen supplies
Ensuring filling systems are tidy and are kept in efficient and appropriate order
Arrange cash and cheque payment collections
Performs other related duties as required
July 07, 2011 – May 03, 2018
EFM Management FZ LLC (Event Logistics –Import & Export)
Dubai Media City, Dubai U.A.E
Finance and Administrative Supervisor
Key Task & Responsibilities
Finance
Generate and process sales invoices and credit notes, manually and via the SOP system on Sage
Ensure sales invoices are sent out promptly, with clients PO’s or references as necessary
Process supplier invoices and credit notes, manually and via PO system on Sage
Set up new customer and supplier account on Sage
Ensure new clients have completed and approved credit application form prior to opening new sage accounts
Ensure the sales and purchase ledgers are kept tidy, with allocations and writing off of small exchange differences or charges kept up to date
Reconcile supplier statement against the ledgers
To do sales ledger reconciliation
Maintain office petty cash
To do credit control
Responds with any clients queries or disputes relates sales invoices
Chasing customers accounts receivable on weekly basis or if needed
Resolving any disputes with suppliers in timely manner
Track temporary import bond / deposit payments and refund
Maintain reminder system for when temporary import bonds are expiry
Process the supplier invoices and staff expenses
Maintain spreadsheet showing unrecorded supplier invoices and sent out weekly report to operation
Posts job costs of staff credit card reports and staff expense claims
Prepare schedule for all supplier payables for payment run on weekly basis
Set up supplier payments via cheque, cash and transfer on online banking
Posts sales receipts and supplier payments
Prepare weekly receipts and payments report and send to EFM UK accounts team and to Directors.
Monitoring day to day Bank Balance through Corporate Online Banking and managing the daily funds position and send to Directors by the end of each day
Prepare monthly cash flow forecast
Prepare weekly Debtors report and send to all
Prepare monthly Debtors summary report and send to General Manager
Performs other related duties as required
Administration
Prepare monthly staff salaries and upload on Online Banking
Sorting and distributing incoming post and organizing and sending outgoing post
Ensuring filling systems are tidy and are kept in efficient and appropriate order
Keeping office clean and tidy
Ordering and maintaining stationery, equipment and kitchen supplies
Manage driver overtime records
Arrange cheque collections and organize for documents to be couriered
Perform general clerical duties include but not limited to: filling, photo copying, scanning and faxing
March 08 2009 – July 06, 2011
Ussamah Tabbarah & Co. - Nexia International (Accounting Provider and Auditing Firm)
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai U.A.E
Accountant General
Perform journal entries in QuickBooks
Maintaining ledgers and all other day to day accounting requirements
Reconcile banks accounts statement monthly
Process accounts receivables and revenue collection functions, including preparing, printing and posting invoices, following up outstanding invoices
Performs transaction processing related to accounts receivables payments, revenue collection and bank deposit
Process accounts payable invoices and expense claim as per companies policies and procedures
Prepare payment voucher as well as cheque and present to Manager for approval and signature
Monitoring staff attendance of employees
Prepare and process monthly salary of employees via WPS
Computing gratuity, leave salary and other benefits of the employees
Provides assistance to Finance Manager in preparing month end and year end accounting support, as required
Organize and maintain files and records
Performs other related duties as required
March 27, 2007 – March 05, 2009
Paris Gallery Regional FZCO (Distributer Montblanc, Montegrappa and Dunhill)
Dubai Airport Freezone, Dubai U.A.E
Accounting Assistant
Monitoring day-to-day Bank Balance through online Banknet
Update the daily cash position
Posting journal entries on QuickBooks
Maintain up-to-date billing system
Follow up on, collect and allocate payments
Perform account reconciliations, monitor customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities
Received payment and prepares official receipt
Monthly bank reconciliation
Handling Petty Cash and as well as for replenishment
To ensure that all A/P invoices are booked according to policy with proper approval
Prepares supplier voucher and request for payment
Assist to Financial controller in the preparation of year-end closing and audits
Organize and maintain files and records
Performs other related duties as required
March 01, 2004 - January 31, 2007
Pilipinas Messerve, Inc (Manpower Delivery Rider)
Manila, Philippines
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
Key Task & Responsibilities
Accounting
Assist in the day-to-day running of the Accounts Office
Maintain records of sales invoices and creditors' payments
Process accounts payables invoices and expenses claim of staff
Process cheques request payments
Receives cash, cheque payment, prepares official receipts and revenue collection and bank deposit
Prepare the needs of internal auditor for the month end and year-end closing
Performs other related duties as required
Administration
Monitoring employees attendance
Assist with payroll administration
Prepares and gives examinations to the applicant
Maintain and distribute staff weekly schedules
Prepares the monthly summary evaluation performance report of each employees
In charge of keeping files and updating records of staff
Perform general clerical duties include but not limited to: filling, photocopying, faxing, mailing, scanning
In charge of ordering office supplies, equipment’s and pantry supplies
Sorting and distributing incoming post and organizing and sending outgoing post
September 2000 – October 2002
Bank of the Philippines Islands
Manila, Philippines
Data Entry Clerk
Entering information into the computerized database
Prepare, compile and sort documents for date entry
Check source documents for accuracy
Verify and correct data where necessary
Obtain further information for incomplete documents
Update data and delete unnecessary files
Comply with data integrity and security policies