Shah Moosa

Finance Manager, Chief Accountant, Senior Accountant, Accountant

Financial professional who is capable of effectively functioning the department with minimum supervision. Known for taking initiative and skilled at meeting challenges and deadlines. Key strengths include: managed and trained the team of more than 5 people in the recent employment; strong presentation skills, lead major big accounting assignments and a track record of analyzed financial information (e.g. financial statements, financial ratios, etc.), prepared management reports (accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow projections, etc.) and generated detailed financial and operational projections for the purpose of annual budgeting.

Last Resume Update May 22, 2019
Address Dubai, United Arab Emirates
E-mail [email protected]
Phone Number 0582501790

Experience

HLB HAMT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Jan 2019 - Current

As a Senior Accountant, responsible for:

● Providing accounting support to the clients to ensure that financial transactions are in compliance and of the VAT regulations.
● Preparation, validation and submission of monthly and quarterly VAT returns for the UAE entities.
● Handle VAT reporting (payables and receivables). Ensure collections and payments are done in line with UAE regulations.
● Prepare and manage all documents in line with VAT regulations and other related activities.
● Prepare accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with our established schedule and with input from the rest of the accounting departments of clients.
● Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
● Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
● Analyze financial information and summarize financial status.
● Produce budget according to schedule.
● Support month-end and year-end close process.
● Preparation of IFRS compliant financial statement.

U2U CONNECT FZE
FINANCE MANAGER
Nov 2013 - Dec 2018

As a Finance Manager, responsible for:

● Prepare and present MIS including Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Expense Variance Analysis, Debtors, Creditors and inventory ageing in shareholders’ meetings.
● Closely managing the working capital and timely arranging the finance to meet Bank Letter of Credit (LC), Trust Receipts (TR) commitments and bank guarantees.
● Managing and improving the company's entire financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems.
● Ensuring all month end journals are posted in a timely and accurate way with appropriate supporting information.
● Producing long term business plans.
● Undertaking research into pricing, competitors and factors affecting performance.
● Reviewing, monitoring and managing budgets
● Responsible for budgets planning, development, reviews and reporting (annual, project, capex etc.)
● Research and report on factors influencing business performance, conducting reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities, maintain cost of sales/overheads within budget.
● Manage relationships with banks and treasury.
● Controlling income, cash flow and expenditure.
● Financial statements preparation as per IFRS.
● Performing ratio analysis on financial statements and analyzing trends to support business decision making.

GRANT THORNTON
AUDIT SUPERVISOR
Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

As an Audit Supervisor, responsible for:

● Planning assurance engagements
● Developing audit strategy
● Supervising the field work on different assignment under the charge of In-charge Accountants and to minimize the involvement of the Audit Manager during the audit field work.
● Resolving the audit issues during the course of the audit at clients’ premises and help in reducing the Audit Manager’s time.
● Ensuring file completion as per In-Charge Accountant’s job description and reviewing it and assisting the Audit Manager in reducing his/her time before passing it on to the manager.
● Review of financial statements to ensure compliance.

MOORE STEPHENS
AUDIT SENIOR
Sep 2006 - Dec 2012

As an Audit Senior, responsible for:

● Planning assurance engagements
● Developing audit strategy
● Meetings and correspondence with clients
● Risk assessments
● Controls review
● Designing and performing substantive tests
● Time budgeting and management
● Direction of fieldwork and reviewing work of audit subordinates.
● Review of financial statements to ensure compliance with various disclosure requirements of IFRS and local regulations
● Advising and helping clients in making internal control systems
● Prepare management reports

Education

Association of Chartered Certified Accounts - ACCA
ACCA
Feb 2004 - Dec 2009

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