Hozeifa Kothawala
Chartered Accountant
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. Qualified Chartered Accountant with over 4 years of experience in financial reporting, consolidation, VAT, credit & receivable management.
2. Highly skilled accounting and financial management professional with skills for period end closing procedure, adjustment entries to reflect true position of business in financial statement.
3. Proven capability in carrying out receivable & payable activities including invoice processing, accounts reconciliation, payment follow up, ageing analysis.
4. Prepared and presented weekly and monthly management reports on cost and benefit analysis, productivity analysis, inventory turnover analysis and cost variance analysis.
5. An effective communicator with excellent analytical and inter personal skills.
6. Well experienced for carrying out ADNOC’s Agreed Upon Procedure (AUP) for generating ICV Score.
7. Responsible for VAT implementation, return filling and compliance in related matters.
8. Maintaining a clean and enjoyable working environment.
9. Assist colleagues whenever necessary.
10. Support budgeting and bookkeeping procedures
Experience as Audit Consultant
05 March 2015
31 May 2016
• Planning of audits based on audit scope, nature & size of business.
• Assigning of duties to team members and managing the team for carrying out audits.
• Performing walk-throughs to test the existence and adequacy of controls placed in the organization.
• Highlighting deficiencies in the controls and recommending of improvements.
• Taking comfort on financial figures by performing combination of test of details and test of controls of audit procedure.
• Gathering sufficient-appropriate audit evidence on the existence or non-existence of proper controls in a business process.
• Completing the audit and delivering the report within the planned time-frame.
Experience as Senior Consultant
05 February 2017
• Finalized accounts on monthly basis, adjusting varying cost and income using adjustment journals to reflect true position of final accounts
• Preparing monthly MIS reports for management, variance analysis of income statement/balance sheet items with detailed commentary.
• Developed, documented and implemented internal control policies and procedures.
• Administering all processes of accounting & reporting standards as applicable and ensuring necessary changes are brought in place as and when required ensures timely completion of statutory audit.
• Support other Finance process improvement initiatives, through system enhancements, process changes resulting in improvement of scalability of Finance as the company grows.
• Responsible for VAT implementation, return filling and compliance in related matters.
Other 30 November 2014
Chartered Accountant - Specialized in Accounts & AuditBachelor 31 March 2012
Commerce - Business Finance