Zaheer Bahemia
Nationality: Mauritian/French
Date of birth: 14 July 1988
Status: Married
Address: Apartment 10, 5 Arago St, Beau Bassin, Mauritius Telephone no: 230-***-****
Mobile no: (230-****-****
Email address: *************@*****.***
Full Driving License
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2014 OPERATIONS MANAGER for African Property Investments in Mauritius
• Work as Operations Manager for shopping malls
• Liaising with all actual and potential stakeholders. Billing and invoicing of tenants and also working with the center manager with the day to day running of the malls.
• Day to day administrative and secretary work, payroll and liaising with management companies, MRA and FSC
• Work in South Africa, Zambia and DRC on different projects including property management and admin work.
• Communication skills and analytical skills developed.
• Broll Online used for Property Management
Jan 2013 – Feb 2014 ACCOUNTANT for Cuisine Integrale in Mauritius
• Cash flow management and managing debtors
• Prepare management reports and monthly reconciliations.
• Numerical and analytical skills acquired
Mar 2011 – Jan 2013 BUSINESS OUTSOURCING AND ADVISORY for BDO in UK and Mauritius
• Preparation of financial statements and management accounts review in compliance with accounting standards such as UK GAAP and IFRS
• Tagging and reviewing of iXBRL account for UK companies. Training given to new recruits in both UK and Mauritius
• Worked in BDO Reading, UK for 10 months with the quality assurance team in collaboration with Mauritius and India
• Communication skills, Team-working abilities & numerical skills developed Jan 2011 – Feb 2011 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OFFICER for Accenture in Mauritius,
• Accounts Payable of Multinational companies and updating of their accounts
• Use of SAP for inputting client information
• Customer service skills developed
Dec 2006 – Aug 2007 JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT for Finacc ltd in Mauritius,
• Bookkeeping of companies
• Assisted in preparing the financial statements of a few companies
• Team-working skills developed & numerical skills acquired IT KNOWLEDGE & LANGUAGES
• English & French: Fluent level
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint: Professional level
• Broll Online Property Management: Professional level
• Quick Book, SAGE and Caseware accounting software: Intermediate level OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
• Completed 8-hour intensive course in Income Tax for Managers.
• Employee of the month at Nandos in UK in June 2010 & 2 nd
in debate on
consumer protection act in 2009
• Won football league with local team St Francois Xavier in 2003-2005 & played football at national level in 2004
EDUCATION
2011 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Paper and level Completed: Certificate Level (5 Papers), Enterprise Operations (E1) and Financial operations (F1)
2007 – 2010 Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Accounting Combined with Law & Tourism, University of Northampton, UK
Main Modules covered:
• Introductory to Accounting and Finance & Taxation
• Financial Services Law, Business Law & Consumer Law
• Accounting Software and Models
• Destination Management and Innovation in tourism management
• Advanced Accounting and Finance & Managing financial decisions Accounting Dissertation: Financial Analysis of tourism sector in Mauritius Grade: Upper Second-Class Honors (2:1)
2004 – 2006 A-Level, St Andrews College, Rose Hill, Mauritius Subjects and Grade:
• French (A-Level): A
• Computing (A-Level): D
• Accounting (A-Level): C
• Mathematics (AS-Level): E
• General Paper (AS-Level): B
2000 – 2004 O-Level (GCSE), St Andrews College, Rose Hill, Mauritius Subjects and Grade:
• French: A
• Mathematics: C
• Computer: B
• Principles of Accounts: C
• Economics: D
• English language: C
• French Literature: B
INTERESTS
• Sports including playing football, tennis, cricket, swimming, gym, jogging
• Cooking
• Reading, cinema and theatre
REFERENCES
Mrs Noorrina Shermohammad Khan Mr. Kovinder Maroothanaden HR Manager Cuisine Integrale Manager, BDO Co Ltd
Phoenix, Mauritius Port-Louis, Mauritius
Tel: 230-***-**** Tel: (230-****-****
Email: ********@****************.*** ********.*************@***.**