Resume

Zarir S. Choksy

**** ********* ***** ♦ Houston ♦ Texas ♦ 77081 ♦ (Tel) 713-***-****

*****@*******.***; *****@***********.***

Education

Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting, Auditing, & Economics, 1978

University of Bombay, Bombay, India

Certifications

Accounting Technician – Auckland, New Zealand, 1997

Affiliations

Member - Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants 2002

Member - Institute of Chartered Accountants, College of Accounting Technicians, New Zealand

Employment History

Contract Assignments 2007 – Present

Kem-Tron Technologies, Inc., Houston, Texas 2005 – 2007

Controller

• International oilfield services equipment manufacturer and distributor with a manufacturing entity in Baroda, India and a Sales Office and warehouse in Moscow, Russia.

• Prepared financial reports by supervising the collection of monthly, quarterly, and annual operating information; prepared consolidations of the Russian and Indian Operations; following Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP).

• Achieved financial objectives by estimating requirements; preparing annual budgets; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions, and recommending actions to management. Provided due diligence support and financial modelling for the two overseas units.

• Maintained professional and technical knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging financial reporting practices and standards; improved financial reporting by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes. Prepared the company handbook of policies and procedures.

• Negotiated insurance, 401k Benefits, Workmen’s Compensation Insurance.

• Negotiated International Letters of Credit from overseas customers. Foreign currency transactions were regularly undertaken between Moscow, India, Middle East and Europe.

• Successfully completed a 4-year Sales and Use Tax Audit with the Texas State Comptrollers Office

Situs, Inc., Houston, Texas 2002 – 2005

Vice President – Finance and Human Resources

• Real Estate Consulting and Asset Management Services Company, with offices in New York, Florida and London (UK).

• Prepared monthly and yearly profit and loss statements and balance sheets of several partnerships and corporations within Situs Companies and presented same to Management.

• Performed day to day accounting for the company’s Principals; handled the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable for the company and 13 Principal Accounts.

• Managed the payroll for approximately 75 employees in Houston, 25 employees in New York, and 12 employees in London. Processed payroll taxes and federal quarterly tax filings.

• Invoicing, Payroll, Taxes also involved foreign currency transactions.

• Maintained the bank reconciliations for 120 bank accounts for Situs as well as the company’s Principals.

• Liaison with the auditors on all companies’ year-end audit and tax returns.

• Preparation of Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) with due diligence teams for financial institutions to assist them in lending decisions for commercial real estate.

Imagetext Publishing Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1999 - 2001

Financial Controller & Administration Manager

• Computer hardware and software distribution and services company, the 2nd largest in New Zealand.

• Responsible for the maintenance of all accounting and administrative duties, payroll, stock control, accounts receivables and payables, bank reconciliations, and journals.

• Contracted purchases and sales from overseas, involving different foreign currencies.

• Prepared monthly financial statements, and was responsible for management and financial reporting to the Directors and the Business Advisory Partner at PriceWaterHouseCoopers.

• Joined the company which was losing money at the time, and assisted in the profit turnaround by placing corrective policies and controls on expenses

• Achieved 25% Rebate on all future payments and reversal of all penalties and interest for the 3 previous years after negotiating procedural aspects of the taxes determined during an Audit conducted by the Internal Revenue Department.

• Managed and trained six employees.

• Negotiated all Company leases to achieve competitive rates.

• Completed and filed all government returns and information filings within the due dates.

Giordano Fashions Limited, Auckland, New Zealand 1997 - 1999

Accountant & Administration Officer

• New Zealand entity of one of the largest clothing and accessories company based in Hong Kong having hundreds of shops in South East Asia and its own manufacturing facilities in mainland China.

• Reported to the Director in Charge of the Asia Pacific Region in Singapore, and to the Group Finance Director at the Parent Company in Hong Kong.

• Management and financial reporting with journals, reconciliations, payroll, credit and stock control

• Cash flow management for six retail shops around the North Island of New Zealand and the Head Office, involving different foreign currencies.

• Set up of two new shops, with design planning as per plans sent from Hong Kong.

• Negotiated with shipping agents and other suppliers for getting the most competitive prices for the company.

• Closed down all the shops and the New Zealand operations when Hong Kong decided to move to Melbourne Australia, by way of franchising with a local agent.

Zap Enterprise Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand 1996 - 1997

Accountant

• Computer hardware and software services

• Administration of staff, daily supervision of Accounts, GST Returns

• Maintaining of Accounts Payable/Receivable & General Ledgers.

Fibrolite Auxiliaries and Five Associate Companies, Bombay, India 1980 - 1996

Chief Accountant & Administration Manager (1985 - 1996)

• Manufacturing and distribution company for industrial chemicals, abrasives and polymers for Oil Fields, Textiles, Paper and Leathers. One entity in the group also manufactured sterile organic natural eye drops.

• Responsible for the Accounting and Administration Departments

• Formulated company policies and budgets.

• Worked with banks, customers and vendors in multiple foreign currencies.

• Liaised with Bankers for credit facilities; maintained credit, stock and bank loan controls; Debtors & Creditors Control, Ledgers, Reconciliations, Journals, Costing of Products, Import export shipping / letters of credit; cash controls; and credit society loans.

• Computed all income tax, sales tax and excise duty liabilities; completed yearly assessments for all State & Federal Agencies, successfully saving the company several thousand dollars from proper procedures put into place as per agencies requirements.

• Managed and mentored staff and factory workers payroll and HR activities.

Assistant Accountant & Cashier (1980 – 1984)

• Maintained all subsidiary books of accounts, petty cash books bank statements cash vouching

• Preparation of recovery stock & bank statements and disbursement of office & factory staff payroll.

N.N.Wadia & R.N.Wadia Trusts, Bombay, India 1978 – 1980

Assistant Accountant

Technical Skills

Excel, Word, AccPacc, Tally, EX, Enterprise Exchequer, MYOB, Sapphire, GioSoft Inventory, Quick Books, Inhouse Retail EftPOS System, Inhouse Restaurants & Food Outlets Systems, Made 2 Manage (M2M), Quick Books Pro - Enterprise and Manufacturing.

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