Ajay Mathew
M.Com (Finance); Email ID: toajaymathew@gmail.com;
Mobile No. +971-58-148-9511
Linkedin Profile: -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-mathew-38059317b/
? Accounting Professional with 16+ years of experience seeking opportunities as Financial Controller / Finance Manager / Senior Accountant / Treasury In-charge / Accounts Payable.
? Areas of Expertise are MIS Reporting, Analysing and Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Controlling, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable Treasury, Fund Management, Auditing (SOX), Branch Accounting, Bank Reconciliations, Inter-Company Reconciliation, Customer & Vendor Reconciliations, Guarantee Issuances & Controlling,.
? Hands on Experience in SAP, Tally, Oracle and Peachtree based accounting software.
2001-2003 Master of Commerce (M.Com) Kerala University,
Trivandrum, Kerala.
1997-2000 Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) C.C Sheth College of Commerce,
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
1996-1997 12th Grade – Commerce
(CBSE Syllabus) Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
1994-1995 10th Grade
(CBSE Syllabus) Kendriya Vidyalaya,
Wadsar, Mehsana Dist. Gujarat.
Designation: - Finance Analyst
Freshly Frozen Foods Factory LLC
Jabel Ali Industrial Area 1, Dubai, UAE. 01-Nov-2020 to Till Now
Company Activity: - It’s a Dubai based FMCG company dealing in Frozen foods viz Chicken, Beef, Vegetables and Sea Food. Raw materials are purchase from Africa, India, Oman, Indonesia and China and processed in UAE. It sells processed frozen foods to different markets of Middle East countries. It’s major customers are Lulu, Burger King, Carrefour etc.
My Role & Duties: -
MIS Report, Controlling Financials, Monthly Closing of accounts and preparation of daily, weekly and monthly MIS, P&L, VAT, Balance sheets, Forecasting, Budgeting, Accounts Payables and Receivables etc.
Designation: - Finance Manager
Tyrus Technologies Private Limited
Bangalore HO & Kottayam, India. 14-Nov-2019 to 23rd Oct 2020
Company Activity: - It’s a Bangalore based company doing Document Digitisation and Data Management System (DMS of various Govt and private organisations. Our major customers are Infosys, Azim Premji Foundation, KIDWAI, KELTRON, Caritas Hospital Kottayam etc.
My Role & Duties: -
? MIS Report Monthly Closing of accounts and preparation of daily, weekly and monthly MIS, P&L, Balance sheets, Forecasting, Budgeting, Accounts Payables and Receivables etc.
? Monitoring and Analysing day-to-day Financial and HR related operations within the company ( such as Policy Making, Payroll, Invoicing, Advances, Bonus, Sales Commission, TDS, EPF, leave other transactions) for improvement of potential of the organisation.
? Banking and Funds Management, Daily Fund Monitoring, Proper Utilization's of Fund & Monitoring Pay-outs, Forecast cash flow positions related borrowing needs, and available funds for pay-outs & investment. Liaising with Bankers for fund related matters.
? Auditing Co-ordinate with auditors & fulfil their requirements for statutory compliance's under Statutory audit, Internal audit and GST audit.
? Statutory Compliance Monitoring GST, TDS &, Income Tax and Return Filing on time. Liaisons work with CA Firm & Compliance Firm.
? Participating in Govt. Tender and supporting sales.
Designation: - Senior Accounts Executive – Treasury In-Charge
Role: - as a Finance Controller of
Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa FZE
Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 07-Oct-2007 to 30-April-2019
Company Activity: - Panasonic sales Electronic goods TV, Refrigerator, Camera, Washing Machine, Home Appliances etc to Entire Middle East counties (viz Saudi, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar etc) and African Counties (Viz Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria etc.).
These goods are manufactured in Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia and China and sold from Dubai office to Middle East & African countries.
My Role & Duties: -
? Finance Control – Controlling in & out of Finance. Keeping excess funds as deposit whereas in case of requirement, arranging through various channels such as loan, collection from customer within month etc. Controlling payments to vendor as per the forecast. Planning countermeasures for un-forecasted payments. Follow up for increasing the collection from customers during the month.
? Financial Analysis – Analysing the Cash Forecast (Daily & Monthly Basis) for the variation between Actual Vs. Forecast, and Actual Vs. Business Plan and reporting to the management. Analysing P&L and B/S for variation and counter measures for its improvement.
? Treasury Operations - Transferring of funds from one bank to another as per the requirement. Booking & controlling FX Deals with banks/Panasonic Finance Asia(PFI), Malaysia. Issuance & Controlling Bank Guarantee. Reconciliation of various bank accounts on daily basis. Liaising with banks for incoming collection from customer and outgoing payments to vendor. Follow-up for 100% collection from customer against last month Account Receivable / Other receivables. Collecting Bank Balance confirmation from various banks (including Representative Office) on quarterly and yearly basis.
? SOX Audit – Preparation of report, handling of documents and recording of Transaction related to bank / vendor in SAP as per Japan SOX Compliance. Preparation of various reports as per the requirement from Panasonic Head office Japan.
? Accounts Payable – Checking and booking of invoices related to various types of vendor viz General, Shipping, Advertisement and Staff Claims such as Entertainment etc. Checking and approving claims from employees towards their Business Trip through in-house software “eTravel”. Accruals and provision on monthly and yearly basis.
? Accounts Receivable – Continues follow up for 100% collection. Discussion & reporting to the management critical cases and countermeasure to cover the short fall.
? Representative Office / Branch Office – Checking and updating all expenses incurred in Egypt and Nigeria representative office. Checking, coordinating and directing in preparation of the budget and yearly business plan. Checking contracts, analysing and preparing reports to get it approve from Legal Team and Management.
? Month End / Year End Activity – Various reports and analysis as per the requirement from Panasonic Head office Japan on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
Accountant
Global Link Communications LLC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 12-Dec-2005 to 12-April-2007
Company Activity: - It has 13 Electronic Retail shops in different showrooms across UAE. It owned by Hamad Group. It sells all electronic items like Computers, Mobiles and its accessories etc.
My Role & Duties: -
? MIS Report & Analysis – Sales report for management & suppliers on daily & monthly basis.
? Employees Related – Attendance scrutiny, Salary computation and calculation of commission.
? Others – Monitoring Daily Cash Collection from sales. Follow up for collection. Handling Daily petty cash. Bank and Supplier accounts reconciliation, coordinating between stores, purchasing department and comparing the stores with stock register, recording of transaction in accounting software Peachtree.
Accounts Assistant
Ranjit Karthikeyan Associates, Chartered Accountant
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. 01-Jan-2003 to 23-Sep-2005
? Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd - June 2004 to Sep 2005 – Responsible for the Book Keeping (both manually & on Oracle 8i based Accounting Software) up to Finalization of Accounts on monthly and quarterly basis. Computation of Tax and Salary. Responsible for preparing Budget and monthly bank reconciliation.
? Kerala State Handicapped Person’s Welfare Society - August 2003 to May 2004 – Internal Auditing & Maintenance of Books of Accounts in Tally. Finalization of accounts maintained at H.O, along with its five Branches spread across Kerala for the Financial Year 2003-2004.
? Trivandrum Tennis Club - May 2003 to July 2003 – Assist in Rectifying Books of Accounts on account of Sales Tax Departments query. Computerization & Finalization of Accounts, Internal Auditing.
? eTravel – In-house Business Trip Settlement application linking with SAP – April 2017 to July 2018
Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa FZE, Dubai UAE.
New in-house application (eTravel) created for settlement of employees business trip. It's Link to SAP, which will post JV in SAP once checking is done at different levels and approved in eTravel. Awarded as "myPanasonic Star" for the month of July 2018.
? Bank Reconciliation Statement Automation - Linking with SAP – April 2016 to March 2017
Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa FZE, Dubai UAE.
MT940 file is generated through bank website on daily basis. It is send to user in txt file through email. User will upload the file in SAP using T.Code FF_5. It will post the transaction in SAP to the GL's assigned to it.
? Panasonic Star of the month - July 2018 – Received “MyPanasonicStar” TEAM AWARD for successfully implementation of employees Business Trip related software.
? Panasonic Implementation of Online Banking Software – Implemented various online banking software which are as follows; Mashreq Bank – Mashreq Matrix, HSBC – HSBCnet, Emirates Bank – SmartBusiness, Barclays Bank – BarclaysME, and automated Citibank’s Bank statement through MT940.
? Trivandrum Tennis Club under Ranjit Karthikeyan Associates CA Firm – Assist in Rectifying Books of Accounts on account of Sales Tax Departments query.
Date of Birth : 04-May-1979
Nationality : Indian
Place of Birth : Kerala
Marital Status : Married
VISA : Employment
Driving License No. : 1551410 [ UAE ]
Passport No. : L4527199
Language Known. : English, Hindi and Malayalam.