JOBY JOHN
Accounting Manager Financial Reporting Audit & Compliance Budgeting & Forecasting
+1-210-***-**** *********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/joby-john/ San Antonio EXPERIENCE
Accounting Manager
Vtex fze
03/2014 - 12/2023 Barcelona
Maintaining books of account for companies Dubai operations Developing relationships with banks for short term financing Auditing of associate companies in Spain
Travelling across the world as part of market study for business expansion and collaboration
Monthly closing and preparation of consolidated financials including Spain operations
Finalizing Accounts of group companies, liaise with external auditors & resolve audit queries
Working capital Management, liaison with bank for credit facilities Preparing of seasonal budgets & forecasts, and presentation to the management Review of stock & debtors aging reports, product GP with management report of slowing moving inventory items or liabilities, and variance from standard margins Accountant
Royal Park Tourism Services LLC
01/2011 - 02/2014 Dubai
Conducting investigations of the unidentified payments, over payments & short payments of invoices, EFT, cheque and credit card payment posting, allocation & reconciliation
Review of FIT and Group bookings made to ensure that standard margin is earned in all the bookings finding reasons for deviation if any and to recommend corrective actions to minimize losses
Calculating incentive and commissions to agency's based on production Analyzing the actual profit earned or margin earned on each booking once actual cost has been booked and to find deviation from standard margin if any Recommend cost saving measures to the management
Preparation of budget & forecasts and presentation of the same to the top management
Timely customer response to queries regarding payments Monthly closing of books of accounts
Successfully streamlined the payment collection procedure and ensued minimum bad & recoverable debts
Instrumental in ensuring revenue has been booked and minimizing revenue leakages Managed software integration to ensure that all services provided to guests by all departments are invoiced to the guests
Audit Assistant
JRS & Co., Chartered Accountants
05/2009 - 10/2010 Ernakulum
Conducted internal audits which included review of purchase & sales procedures, capital expenditure, receivables, payables, expenses and variance analysis Involved in the verification of procedures, documents & controls in cash & bank payments, receipts and bank reconciliation statements Responsible for statutory audits which included verification of capitalization and depreciation of fixed assets and review of current liabilities & current assets, expenses and income
Worked on Secondment with Price Waterhouse Coopers Kuwait for 4 months Efficiently recommended and Implemented various internal controls Articled Clerk
Articleship
03/2006 - 03/2009 Ernakulum
JRS & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ernakulum as Articled Clerk Worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers Kuwait for 8 months EDUCATION
B.Com
Institute of CA
01/2002 - 01/2005 India
Charted Accountants (CA) Intermediate from Institute of CA, India B.Com. from Sacred Heart College, Thevara, M.G. University, Kottayam SUMMARY
A goal oriented and experienced accounting professional, with a strong background in general ledger accounting, month end closing process, and financial statement preparation & analysis currently pursuing CPA with over 15 years of experience in accounting & finance.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Financial Reporting Accuracy
Maintained accuracy in financial reporting for 5
years at Vtex FZE.
Improved Liquidity
Increased company liquidity by through effective
working capital management.
Cost Savings Initiative
Developed budgeting strategy achieving cost
savings for Royal Park Tourism.
TRAINING / COURSES
Computer courses certified
Icai
LANGUAGES
English
Advanced
SKILLS
Bank Reconciliation ERP Excel
General Ledger General Ledger Accounts
Internal Audit MS Office Powerpoint
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