Senior Accountant/Project accountant
Vopak Horizon Fujairah limited
Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months
• Currently looking after project financial and accounting of expansion and improvement projects.
• Looked after transfer of financial information from terminal to stake holders, management via analysis and reporting.
• Successfully played a lead role in terminal annual budget processes, forecast, estimates and annual closing process including handling of Internal and external auditors.
• Proven contribution on cost control issues including frequent activities based variance discussions together with unplanned & exceptional expenditures with departments.
• Monitoring cash flows and ensuring that funds are arranged in the most cost effective manner after projecting accurate cash forecast ensuring that there is no shortage of cash in hand.
• Established and maintained control on terminal capital expenditure including involvement in initial project definition stage, reviewing the execution stage, reporting on cash flow projections overrun/ under run of projects and capitalization upon project closeouts.
• Achieved significant process control in streamlining replacement and improvement capex of the organisation.
Highlights:
• Investment proposal made for expansion projects like crude oil tanks and power grid connections.
• Independently handled budgeting, auditing and cost control of the terminal.
• Efficiently handled internal controls responsibility including frequent review on compliance of written procedures and policies, setting action plan and follow-up on internal audit findings, etc.
• Responsible for financial information and reporting, book closing and cost control for Fuel transport division.
• Spearheaded activities involving Financial uploading & reporting of all the units of Fuel division in Hyperion, Group consolidation works, working capital study, receivables controls to monitor the efficacy of receivables, etc.
• Carried out financial projections and planning, Investment initiatives analysis, etc.
• Preparation of Financial model and project reports for Government and other contract works, Provide decision support information before the contract awards, risk and exposure, financial impact etc.
• Contribution includes major project awarded to the company for the project preparation work and study done- One relating to fuel farm in Congo for United Nation & another major fuel transportation Project for deliveries inside Iraq for US Government.