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AssistantManager
Yasir  Ashraf

Yasir Ashraf

Riyadh,Saudi Arabi

Summary

Adept at managing budgets, payroll, invoicing and general accounting functions. Instrumental in keeping business operations fully compliant and working within budgetary guidelines.

Organized Accountant with 8 years of involvement in managing accurate accounting information, tax return support, bookkeeping and Managements reporting .


Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Assistant Manager

United fuel Company Limited
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
12.2018 - Current

1- Accounting & GL

Carefully managed and recorded cash and credit transactions, diminishing financial discrepancies.

  • Supervising and re-calculation of the payment vouchers,

• Review of monthly trial balance.

• Monthly P&L and Balance sheet reporting to Management

• Assisting staff members in the preparation of monthly and quarterly accounting reports.

• Analyzing financial statements to ensure accuracy and compliance.

• Identifying potential cash flow problems and financial irregularities


2- Value Added TAX (VAT).

Oversee regulatory filling across VAT, ZAKAT related matters as per the department timelines.

• Respond back on quires from ZATCA for timely completion of monthly VAT audit.

• Support management on follow up for refund claims from ZATCA.

• Ensuring all required documentation and reconciliations are well-maintained.

• Manage and maintain the company's tax database.

• Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process.

3- WHT & ZAKAT

• Manage reviews of all declarations, filings, obtaining certificates, ZATCA queries, assessments, appeals and issues resolutions for Zakat, Income Tax, Withholding Tax, Excise Tax, Transfer Pricing, Contract Submissions, and other Zakat & Tax compliance requirements.

• Manage and facilitate ZATCA income tax audits: preparing responses, creating schedules,

• Ensure where (applicable) Withholding tax is deducted and deposited in

Government treasury on monthly basis.

• AWTR compliances and timely filling on yearly bases

• Ensure Zakat and Tax Returns are filed and liability settled on timely basis to avoid any delay and penalties.

• Compute deferred tax liability as required

• Ensure transfer pricing rules are compiled and filing in time

• Prepare and maintain the Local and master file as per ZATCA Requirement

• Prepare the TP Discloser form and report with the annual WHT &Zakat reporting as compliance

• Ensuring that other relevant regulatory requirements are complied with such as Arabic Books and

Records, Record Achieving etc.

Costing & Budgeting Supervisor

United Cement Industrial Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01.2016 - 12.2018

• Maintains standard costs for products including raw material and purchased parts.

• Preparation of cost of sales, operating cost and other cost with timely and accurate completion.

• Perform analysis and create reports concerning inventory costs.

• Perform reporting variances and supporting analysis in costing system.

• Preparing the actual manufacturing cost comparing with budgeted manufacturing cost.

• Prepare and input actual, forecast and budget reports.

• Preparing the costing models in order to estimate product cost.

• Provide management with reports summarizing expenses

• Supervise month-end closing process, including review of GL entries, preparing closing journals as deemed necessary.

• Supervise the Cost Accountants staff to review their activities.

• Compiles cost information to be used in preparing operating budgets.

• Identify and analyzing variances, researching the causes of the variances and making recommendations based on analysis.

• Conduct the physical annual inventories/stock counts.

• Prepare ad-hoc reports/schedules as required by the management.

• Serve as a liaison with external auditors during quarterly and year-end audits.

• Ensure the spending is recorded correctly and invoices are codded in correct cost canters

Accounting Executive (Costing, Fixed Assets)

Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd
Islamabad, Pakistan
12.2006 - 01.2016

Costing and Inventories

• Inventory Valuation of Semi Finish & Finished Good, Packaging and Fuels.

• Stock Planning, Periodic Stock Checks & Reconciliation/Valuation.

• Preparation of account reconciliation, reviews financial reports, and

Preparation of standard and recurring journal entries and analyzing the same.

• Preparation of Cost schedule to identify the impact on result of operations.

• Co –ordination with internal auditor, external and cost auditors

• Ensure that cost sheets, ERP GL, ERP inventory, Production report are reconciled.

• Monthly monitoring planning and daily monitoring of various Raw Materials like

Gypsum, Laterite, Fly Ash, Cement Bags etc.

• Preparation of cost statements as per company laws of Pakistan and their timely submission to the security and exchange commission of Pakistan.

General Ledger

• Booking & posting of Journal entries with proper supporting in ERP.

• Booking of Monthly Accruals and there reversals accordingly

• Variance analysis of trial balance.

• Preparation and control over the monthly accounting closing schedule.

• Account analysis and reconciliations.

• Budget control and variance analysis.

• Compilation of information and preparation of schedules required by internal and independent auditors.

• Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) reporting in the Group on Monthly basis.

Fixed Assets

• Scrutiny of all Purchase Requisitions (CAPEX/OPEX)

• Monitoring the Capital Work in Progress (CWIP) booking for the period & Year

To Date (YTD) for the approved CAPEX.

• Updating the Payment status for Contractual and direct payment for CAPEX

• Preparation & updating of Fixed Asset Register.

• Monthly Fixed Asset reconciliation

• Addition & Retirement of Items in FA Module

• Calculation of Monthly Depreciation & Recon with GL

Tax Reporting

• Preparation of monthly income Tax & sales tax report.

• Completing the Quarterly & Annually Tax reporting.

• Reconciling and Updating of all tax deductions and collection

• Monthly reporting to the Govt Authorities via Online portal

• Liaise with internal and external auditors

Education

Master's degree - CPA

Institute of Certified Public Accountant Pakistan
Islamabad

Master of Business Administration - Banking & Finance

Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Pakistan
Pakistan
08.2003 - 08.2005

Master's degree - Accounting

SOCPA
Riyadh, Riyadh Region
01.2021 - 01.2023

Skills

  • Target motivated
  • Excellent budgetary techniques
  • Sales monitoring
  • Outstanding customer service
  • Financial risk analysis
  • Facility management
  • Cost Control
  • Financial Management
  • Budgeting

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Intermediate

Timeline

Master's degree - Accounting

SOCPA
01.2021 - 01.2023

Assistant Manager

United fuel Company Limited
12.2018 - Current

Costing & Budgeting Supervisor

United Cement Industrial Company
01.2016 - 12.2018

Accounting Executive (Costing, Fixed Assets)

Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd
12.2006 - 01.2016

Master of Business Administration - Banking & Finance

Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Pakistan
08.2003 - 08.2005

Master's degree - CPA

Institute of Certified Public Accountant Pakistan
Yasir Ashraf