General Accountant Compliance Analyst

Aquilino Silva Jr.

Certified Public Accountant Certified Tax Technician Senior Accountant

Abu Dhabi, UAE *****************@*****.*** +971********* Professional Summary

Versatile, analytically minded accounting professional, with 7 years of professional experience across multiple industries in accounting and taxation. Well versed in accounting standards and taxation updates, reconciliation, payroll, accounts management and financial and management reporting. Proven track record in process improvement and compliance with general accounting standards and internal controls. Committed to continuous personal growth and contributing to team success.

Areas of Expertise

Financial reporting Management accounting Payroll and VAT In Country Value (ICV)

IFRS & GAAP Inventory Management Corporate Taxation Shared Service Accounting

Financial Analysis Accounts Management Process Improvement Internal process and control Career Highlights

Management Accounts: Compiled management accounts which lead to one of the largest real estate acquisitions in the UAE with value of AED 4.3 billion.

Taxation: Managed to lower to tax exposure thru reviewing the tax practice against the applicable laws and suggesting tax reduction precaution.

Inventory Management: Reconciled inventory variance and lower it to acceptable level. Suggested preventive and detective controls to ensure that inventories are intact and minimize inventory loss. Professional Experience

Senior Accountant, Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLC, Abu Dhabi, UAE March 2020-August 2022 Handled and conducted multiple accounting engagements which include bookkeeping, payroll, VAT preparation, disbursement and billing, Management accounts and agreed upon procedures such as ICV.

Managed to lower the unreconciled variance in compilation for management accounts from millions to acceptable level which lead to one of the largest real estate acquisitions in the UAE.

Advise clients some ICV improvement opportunities to significantly boost their ICV score.

Help the firm to improve the collection efficiency by establishing monitoring mechanism in Billing and periodically sending of AR Ageing reports to the managers.

Accounting Supervisor, Oxychem Corporation, Mandaluyong Philippines March 2017-Jan 2020 Co- managed the inventory management and disbursement section of the accounting department in shared service set up wherein we are handling the end-to-end accounting of various affiliated companies under Oxychem umbrella.

Reduced the average processing turnover from 4.2 days to 3 days thru job rotation and redesigning work processes internally.

Achieved zero outstanding advances aged more than 30 days.

Helped to create Comprehensive Annual Budget through conducting individual consultation sessions across all departments.

Reconciled 100% the Fixed Asset, Accounts Payable, Advances, Loans (intercompany and external). General Accountant, Woodfields. Consultant Inc, Quezon Philippines April 2016-Feb 2017 Co-lead the Accounting and Finance office which caters shared service function to affiliated companies which includes reconciliation, tax filing, budget, record keeping and financial analysis.

Reduced Company’s tax exposure to minimal level thru correcting tax malpractice of the Firm.

Redesigned the internal process thru introducing some internal controls and process improvements.

Introduced new accounting system for more reliable and flexible accounting reports.

Improved financial standing of the companies thru sourcing external funds for its operations. Audit Associate, Alas Oplas & Co., CPAs, Makati Philippines, Nov 2015- March 2016 Perform field works with client to perform substantive procedures. Gathers and documents knowledge of audit entities and its control environment to assist the audit team. Resolve client inquiries and issues relating to audit functions. Assist in the preparation of audit plans for approval of Managers. Initial review of draft FS as part of Engagement Quality Control Review team.

Conducted several trainings to other partner audit firms as part of the Engagement Quality Control Review initiatives to share the firm’s methodology for the peer firms. Education and Academic Achivement

Valedictorian and Corporate scholar 2010-2015

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Philippines 2015 Skills

Critical Thinking Attention to details Communication Decision Making

Collaboration Leadership Team Player Driving

Character reference

Leslie Celestra, G42 ERC Senior Compliance Analyst +971-********* Chetan Soni, Director, Risk Advisory Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLC +971-********* Danica Bautista, Senior Consultant Ardent Advisory & Accounting LLC +971-*********

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