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NAME : BENEDICT A/L DAVID CHANDRA MOHAN,FCCA

Tel(Mobile): 012-*******

Tel(House): 03-7875 0741

Email : adi0ru@r.postjobfree.com,

ADD : 11, JALAN 14/60 SEKSYEN 14, PETALING JAYA 46100. SELANGOR

Personal Particulars

Age

42

Gender

Male

D.O.B

13.06.1978

Marital Status

Married

Race

Indian

Language

English / Malay

Religion

Christian

Driving License

AM 982940

Nationality

Malaysian Citizen

Professional Membership

ACCA 0226337 MIA 28294

Notice period

2weeks

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1.Professional Education

Level : ACCA PROFESSIONAL DEGREE

Institute/University : SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE

Location : JALAN HANG LEKIU, KUALA LUMPUR

Achievement : PROFESSIONAL DEGREE

Graduation : JUNE 2002

2.Foundational Education

Level : LCCI HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING

Institute/University : SYSTEMATIC BUSINESS TRAINING CENTRE

Location : JALAN HANG LEKIU, KUALA LUMPUR

Achievement : HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING

Graduation : NOVEMBER 1996

3.Secondary Education

Level : SPM

Institute/University : SEK.MEN. TINGGI SETAPAK

Location : AIR PANAS, SETAPAK

Achievement : SPM GRADE 1

Graduation : 1995

COMPUTER SKILLS

1. Office System : Microsoft Word, Advance Excel, SAP business intelligence, Office, Power Point, Outlook Express, Word Pad, Lotus Notes, Lotus Smart Suite, PDF, Navision

2. Accounting System : Peachtree Accounting, ACCPAC Accounting, MYOB, AAA5, Taskbook Accounting, Cheque Printer System, Query Management System, Auto-Count

PAST ACHIEVEMENT AND MERITS

1.Star Education Scholarship 1997

Received the full scholarship from Star Education Fund for the pursuant of professional course with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants(ACCA) in Systematic Education Group for achieving good results in SPM and LCCI higher diploma in Accounting.

2.Minconsult Sdn Bhd’s Appreciation 2005

The management of Minconsult Sdn Bhd extended appreciation and salary revision in the year 2005 for the hard work in successfully completing the backlog audit and tax clearance.

3.The Best of IBM 2008

IBM Malaysia’s certification “The Best of IBM” for successfully migrating the statutory accounting books and records from India to the APAC Malaysia as well as completing the audit and tax for year 2008.

4.Thyssenkrupp Testimonial

Testimonial from Thyssenkrupp for performing dual function as both Finance and

Human Resource Manager in the company.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

COMPANY : RINGGIT DIRECT SDN BHD

DESIGNATION : HEAD OF FINANCE

DURATION : AUGUSTS 2016 – DECEMBER 2019

TYPE OF BUSINESS : LOAN FINANCING (LICENSED MONEY LENDER)

LAST SALARY : RM13,500

RESPONSIBILITES :-

1)IFRS REPORTING

Perform weekly cash reporting, monthly and quarterly closing of accounts timely. Prepare monthly and yearly forecast as well as variance explanation on the company’s Revenue, Profit Before Tax and Cashflow Position to the Regional office in Russia.

2) STATUTORY AUDIT REPORTING

i) Reviewing and approve all audit supporting schedules, draft financial statements from the auditors, approving all relevant audit adjustments and presenting to the directors for signing.

ii) Ensuring compliance with Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and ensuring all audit adjustments are correctly taken up in the accounts during the audit and follow ups on matters highlighted by the auditors during the audit and resolving any audit queries on all significant transaction of the company. Keeping track of GAAP adjustments between local books and Russian reporting.

3) GROUP TAX PLANNING AND COMPLIANCE

a) Perform GST reconciliation with input/output GST tax and filing with the Custom office

b)Advising the Directors on group tax planning to utilize the tax losses and capital allowance within parent and subsidiary companies while ensuring compliance with witholding taxes.

4)TREASURY

Weekly monitoring of the company’s cash and bank balances to meet the loan disbursement from the customers. Managing the inter-company fund transfers within the group of companies and request from Regional Office in case of shortage of funds.

5) INTERACTION WITH LINE MANAGERS

Co-ordinating with collection and risk department managers to identify potential sales and risk of the company. Provide strategic financial information to management in a timely manner for improved accuracy in decision making. Monthly and quarterly reporting of the management accounts and cash flow to the Asia Pacific Controlling team. Coordinating with the main reporting unit with Russia on budgeting, forecasting and analysis.

6) STAFF CO-ORDINATION AND SUPERVISION

Supervising the accounting staff members and advice them on the complex areas of work such as FRS standards and Taxation. Conduct training and annual appraisal to staff members, appraising them for the hard work and co-operation contributed throughout the employment period and highlighting the areas of improvement.

Reason for leaving : Business downsized and operation ceased.

COMPANY : THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS SDN BHD

DESIGNATION : SENIOR FINANCE MANAGER

DURATION : JAN 2015 – JULY 2016

TYPE OF BUSINESS : INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING

LAST SALARY : RM11,400

RESPONSIBILITES :-

1)IFRS REPORTING

Perform weekly cash reporting, monthly and quarterly closing of accounts timely. Prepare monthly and yearly forecast as well as variance explanation on the company’s Revenue, Profit Before Tax and Cashflow Position to the Regional office in Germany. Prepare P.O.C workings for the project profitability.

2) STATUTORY AUDIT REPORTING

i) Reviewing and approve all audit supporting schedules, draft financial statements from the auditors, approving all relevant audit adjustments and presenting to the directors for signing.

ii) Ensuring compliance with Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and ensuring all audit adjustments are correctly taken up in the accounts during the audit and follow ups on matters highlighted by the auditors during the audit and resolving any audit queries on all significant transaction of the company. Keeping track of GAAP adjustments between local books and Russian reporting.

3) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Perform human resource function for the company which includes payroll, statutory filing of Form EA, E, payment of EPF, Tax, SOCSO. Preparation of employment contract, staff exit and conduct employee appraisal.

4)CASH MANAGEMENT

Weekly monitoring of the company’s cash and bank balances to meet the company’s requirement to discharge payroll, vendor’s payment and office upkeep. Raising funds from H.Q with 6 months cashflow forecast for loan borrowing from the Head Office in Germany.

5) INTERACTION WITH LINE MANAGERS

Co-ordinating with collection and risk department managers to identify potential sales and risk of the company. Provide strategic financial information to management in a timely manner for improved accuracy in decision making. Monthly and quarterly reporting of the management accounts and cash flow to the Asia Pacific Controlling team.

6) STAFF CO-ORDINATION AND SUPERVISION

Supervising the accounting staff members and advice them on the complex areas of work such as FRS standards and Taxation. Conduct training and annual appraisal to staff members, appraising them for the hard work and co-operation contributed throughout the employment period and highlighting the areas of improvement.

Reason for leaving : Business flung and company closed down.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

COMPANY : MENTA CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD

DESIGNATION : SENIOR FINANCE MANAGER

DURATION : APRIL 2011 – DECEMBER 2014

TYPE OF BUSINESS : EARTHWORK CONSTRUCTION

RESPONSIBILITES :-

1) CO-ORDINATION WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENT

Establish financial policies, systems and procedures, implementation and direct their development and documentation. Co-ordination with various department for proper control of payable and receivable process:

i) Tender department

Furnishing crucial financial data for preparation of tender budget for job contracts such as manpower costs, vehicle running, etc which will be incorporated in the billing process.

ii) Project and Procurement department

Establishing job contract accounting for each different project carried out by the company. Approving purchase orders raised by the procurement department by evaluation the best supplier’s quotation

2) STATUTORY AUDIT REPORTING

i) Reviewing and approve all audit supporting schedules, draft financial statements from the auditors, approving all relevant audit adjustments and presenting to the directors for signing.

ii) Ensuring compliance with Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and ensuring all audit adjustments are correctly taken up in the accounts during the audit and follow ups on matters highlighted by the auditors during the audit and resolving any audit queries on all significant transaction of the company.

3) GROUP TAX PLANNING AND COMPLIANCE

a) Revise the monthly tax installment(C.P 204) based on the latest management accounts to avoid any penalty for underpayment of tax as of company financial year end.

b) Identified tax planning opportunities to mitigate tax in projects and ensure the operational expenses qualify for tax deduction as per the Section 33 of the income tax act and the latest public rulings issued by Inland Revenue Department Malaysia.

c) Executing group tax planning to utilize the tax losses and capital allowance within parent and subsidiary companies and ensuring witholding taxes compliance for any payment made to non-resident individuals and companies for special class of income, overseas contracts, royalty and interests.

d)Advise the management on the acquisition and disposal of real properties to minimize the real property gain tax exposures on the property. Ensuring correct accounting and tax treatment in the books of accounts for each company that holds real property in order to minimize the exposure to income tax.

4) COMPANY SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCE

Liaising with company secretary to ensure Annual General Meeting of the company is held within 6 months from the financial year end to adopt the audited financials statement. The audited financial statement should be dated at least 15 days before the AGM.

5)BANKING AND FINANCING

Reviewing and approving the application bank guarantee for the projects. Ensuring only approved supplier’s project invoices are forwarded to the bank for invoice financing. Controlling the overdraft movement of the bank and raising term loan with the local bankers to finance the acquisition of properties, negotiating the interests’ rate, and ensuring repayment are done monthly on time

6) Financial Analysis and Management Advisory

Advise the management on the property businesses, evaluate performance of the subsidiary and the impact on the whole group.

Provide strategic financial information to management in a timely manner for improved accuracy in decision making. Review the operating activities of the company and make recommendations for improvements. i.e. Project analytical review and variance analysis.

Planning on the type of disposal or acquisition of the business entity with careful consideration on market valuation of shares, useful life of the assets, income tax exposures, liabilities and potential risk on the entities

7) STAFF CO-ORDINATION AND SUPERVISION

Currently supervising 10 accounting staff members and advice them on the complex areas of work such as FRS standards and Taxation. Conduct confirmation and annual appraisal to staff members, appraising them for the hard work and co-operation contributed throughout the employment period and highlighting the areas of improvement.

REASON FOR LEAVING : 5-DAY WORKING JOB.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

COMPANY : IBM MALAYSIA SDN BHD

DESIGNATION : REGIONAL STATUTORY ACCOUNTANT LEAD

DURATION : MARCH 2008 – MARCH 2011

TYPE OF BUSINESS : COMPUTER SERVERS, SOLUTION AND SYSTEMS

RESPONSIBILITES :-

1) STATUTORY COMPLIANCE

Preparation of management accounts for the particular country (Philippines and India) and ensuring the accounts comply with the local accounting standards and GAAP adjustments. Ensuring the GAAP(Generally Accepted Accounting Principle) between US and Local country standards are bridged and reconciled for US reporting purposes.

2) LIAISING WITH AUDITOR

Preparing all audit supporting schedules for the accounts such as prepayment, accruals, trade creditors listing, sundry deposits listing, fixed assets register etc. Facilitating the country PWC auditors in resolving the audit queries and request by having meeting and follow up with the US GAAP Accountants.

3) COMPANY SECRETARY AND OTHER REGULATORIES

Statutory compliance with the government authorities such as lodging accounts with Registrar of Companies and Inland Revenue Board that requires dedicated responsibilities to finish the financial accounts on time.

4) LIASING WITH COUNTRY TAX ACCOUNTANTS

Liaising with the in-country tax accountant for the provision of income and deferred tax calculation. Assisting the in-country tax accountant in preparing quarterly tax provision, indirect tax returns on VAT. Monitor the cross border transactions which will have tax implication such as transfer pricing and withholding taxes.

5) LIAISING WITH TREASURY(ASIA PACIFIC)

Treasury requirement on dividend planning(interim & final declaration), analytical reviews on the accounts payables and receivables, inventory turnover days and liquidity ratios of the company. Identify, propose and execute process improvement for the accounting proceses.

6) COMPLIANCE WITH SARBANE OXLEY (SOX) REQUIREMENT

Internal Control compliance in accordance with Section 404 of Sarbane Oxley Act 2002 in testing management’s assessment on internal control over financial reporting of the companies.

7) DEPARTMENTAL COSTS ANALYSIS

Analyze the department costs-profit every month to ensure all billings to other business units are made accordingly and there is no cost overrun.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

COMPANY : MINCONSULT SDN BHD

DESIGNATION : ACCOUNTS MANAGER

DURATION : JULY 2005 – MARCH 2008

TYPE OF BUSINESS : ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS – ROADWORKS, CIVIL

AND BRIDGE

RESPONSIBILITIES: OVERSEING THE OPERATION OF THE ACCOUNTS DIVISION:

1) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PAYABLE

Monitoring collections from debtors and controlling the trade debtors ledger. Reconciling the revenue and debtors ledger for current year and prior year debts collection.

Verifying and checking on all payment vouchers for both trade and miscellaneous creditors.

Inspection on creditors invoice, delivery orders and purchase orders to ensure proper control and authorization on the documents before payment is released

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2) CASH FLOW OPERATION

Controlling the cash balance of each bank to ensure sufficient cash available for the survival of the business, inter-bank fund transfer for salary purposes and repo account placement for daily interest earnings. Preparing monthly cash flow statement to the board of directors showing the cash outflow and inflow of the company for all the banks.

3) STAFF CO-ORDINATION AND SUPERVISION

Leadership skills to guide the subordinates and control the workflow of the accounts department. As an accounts manager it is my duty to demonstrate a strong and positive leadership skill in coordinating the workflow of the division, impair my knowledge and experience to junior staff members, and addressing any constraint or bottleneck in the division. Demonstrating a clear and comprehensive instruction to subordinate as to why and how a particular task is to be performed efficiently.

4)LIAISING WITH AUDITOR AND TAX AGENT

Preparing all audit supporting schedules for the accounts such as prepayment, accruals, trade creditors listing, sundry deposits listing, fixed assets register etc. Comply the management accounts with Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and ensuring all audit adjustments are correctly taken up in the accounts during the audit.

Tax planning to reduce or minimize the company's tax expenses such as transfer pricing, utilization of unabsorbed business loss and capital allowances that requires deep knowledge of Malaysian Taxation 1967. Comply with withholding tax on payment made to foreign contractors and overseas payment

5)MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS OF HOLDING COMPANY AND THE GROUP

Preparing quarterly management accounts for the board of directors for the holding company and its subsidiaries including consolidation. Product pricing, International Transfer Pricing and profitability margin.Drafting on-Shore and off-shore consultancy agreement for tax-efficient packages. Obtaining for Pioneer status-5 years tax exemption under Multi-Media SuperCorridor.

REASON FOR LEAVING : BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPOSURE

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

COMPANY : DELOITTE

DESIGNATION : AUDIT SENIOR

DURATION : MAY 2001 – JUNE 2005

TYPE OF BUSINESS : AUDIT AND TAX

RESPONSIBILITIES : -

STATUTORY AUDIT AND REPORTING OF VARIOUS BUSINESS ORGANIZATION :-

1)STATUTORY COMPLIANCE

Review the management accounts of the client and ensure the accounts adhere to the approved accounting and auditing standards of Malaysia. Recommend and advise the client on the preparation and presentation of the financial statement and compliances to the Financial Reporting Standards.

2)INTERNAL CONTROL

Performing Internal Control compliance in accordance with Section 404 of Sarbane Oxley Act 2002 in testing management’s assessment on internal control over financial reporting of the companies.

3)CONSOLIDATION

Preparing consolidated audited accounts for the client by taking into account all consol adjustments of the group companies and prepare the draft accounts for the client.

4)STAFF COORDINATION

As a Semi-Senior in charge, my duty is to guide the junior auditors in dealing with client to corroborate information and sufficient appropriate audit evidence to justify the accounts of the client. Performed and lead supporting assurance services such as evaluation and effectiveness of internal control, stocktaking observation, sales verification, review of secretarial records, etc.

5)TAXATION

Computation of provisional and deferred tax for the client company. Advice the client on the nature of deductible and non-deductible business expenses for corporate tax deduction.

6)DUE DILIGENCE

Perform the due diligence special audit for client that optioned for IPO status. Review of past 5 years of financial records and advice the client on the potential listing capabilities.

REASON FOR LEAVING : COMMERCIAL PRACTICE

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