JOMETT THOMAS

• Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
• Streamlined month-end close process, reducing time spent on manual tasks and improving data accuracy.
• Ensured compliance with local, state, federal tax regulations; timely filing of all required documents, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
• Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
• Mentored junior finance staff, fostering professional development and strong team dynamics.
• Increased financial efficiency by streamlining and automating financial reporting processes.
• Improved financial forecasting accuracy, utilizing advanced analytical models.
• Performed banking, business administration and financial tasks to guarantee five-star service for clients.

Company Overview: a leading wholesale wood traders in Middle East and Africa

• Supervise all regular accounting processes such as A/P and Journal Entries plus monthly closure accounts
• Organize all company financial programs and ensure compliance to budgetary requirements
• Analyze and forecast financial requirements for organization
• Supervise and ensure the efficient working of all financial transactions in the organization
• Monitor and implement all accounts payable check activation and wire transactions
• Assist departments in account reconciliation process on monthly basis
• Monitor authorized account reconciliation
• Administer all bank transactions and oversee data recording procedures monthly
• Provide support to auxiliary schedules for auditing purposes as per assigned work
• Analyze different general ledger accounts regularly
• Develop budgetary plans for processes as per requirement
• Design and prepare audit schedules for external audit processors
• Provide support to safekeeping of internal expenses in company
• Monitor account reconciliation, tax and calculations inclusive of cost accounting plus factory data recording processes
• Manage and maintain finance related programs and documents inclusive of future plans and programs
• Develop and formulate all reports and deliver presentation projects for repeated usage
• Evaluate current methods and processes inclusive of up gradation of process development
• Negotiate LC Documents - Global
• Handle all types of export and import documents -Global
• Prepare management report monthly - Global
• Handle all customs and port related activities and provide necessary help to Logistics department
• Negotiate with banks for better facilities
• Finalization of Financial statements
• VAT Filing as per the rules of FTA
• A leading wholesale wood traders in Middle East and Africa

• Assist in directing and overseeing the accounting, reporting, budgeting, financing, investing and funding activities for the company
• Reviewing reports which summarize and forecast the Group business activities and financial position in the areas of income, expense and earnings
• Advise the Chief Financial Officer on desirable financial adjustments
• Provide accurate, comprehensive and timely information regarding the financial status of the company through the utilization of effective accounting concepts, principles and procedures, and the custody and protection and control of assets
• Provide managerial and technical direction over the development and maintenance of records to accurately and efficiently provide Management with information on all aspects of the Company
• Act as an immediate contact with the Company's External Auditors
• Complete special assignments as directed by the Chief Financial Officer
• Develop updates and recommends an effective accounting and internal financial reporting system and procedure
• Assists in contributing to the achievement of the company objectives through timely, sound and effective financial counsel to top management
• Ensure the accuracy of the Company's accounting records and reports through effective recording, verification and processing of data
• Ensure effective departmental operations, both currently and in the future, through the selection and deployment of competent accountants
• Review and submits accounting and financial reports with regards to costs, budgets, trends and profits
• Supervise the preparation and issuance of the company annual reports
• Issues the required statutory reports
• Arrange through the Chief Financial Officer the audit of the company's accounts (internal and external) and provides the required data to the Auditors
• Direct and coordinate the establishment and preparation of budget programs and reports

• Review, analysis and presents financial data, including revenue projections and expenditure reports to determine funding requirements
• Prepare financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, statistical data and other information concerning financial requirements; assist in gathering and reviewing data for preparation of budget work programs
• Maintain various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records, allocate revenues to appropriate functions, classify expenditure and post to various accounts as required
• Review and process the expense vouchers, invoices and other fiscal documents for payments, reconcile various financial reports and other data concerning fiscal operations
• Determine payroll requirements, maintain pay roll data, prepares and process monthly pay rolls
• Preparing Bank Reconciliation Statement
• Finalization of Accounts for Audit

• Facilitate and ensure the procedures for stock control are documented
• Ensure the cost of sales is calculated accurately and the appropriate journal entries are passed in a timely manner
• Ensure accruals are identified and necessary journals taken up and reversed every month
• Review cost price, selling price and profit margins to ensure that service stations are run profitably
• Review monthly Management Reports and input files
• Assist the Financial Controller with external auditors in relation to external yearly audits
• Preparation of company annual budgets
• Carry out any other projects as required by the Financial Controller or other top management
• Provide training for accounting staff as well as branch staff in understanding the systems and reports in liaison with the Training Department
• Ensured timely completion of month-end closing procedures for accurate financial statements.

• Data Entry
• Finalization of Accounts
• Bank Reconciliation Statements
• Office Administration
• Answered phone calls regarding financial matters such as payments due.
• Reconciled bank statements monthly, identifying discrepancies for prompt resolution.
• Used spreadsheets to track data and produce charts.