Mohammad Ali

• Lead and finalise month end report.
• Prepare and adjust the quarterly forecast and annual operating plans/budget processes
• Forecasting monthly and annual revenue and identifying gaps with management targets
• Management of monthly Xero trial balance and upload into Oracle/TM1 with assistance of the Informa SSC
• Review of general ledger accounts to ensure they are properly coded and aligned with Informa accounting requirements
• Identifying discrepancies in balance sheet and profit and loss accounts
• Take accountability over account reconciliations for internal and external audit processes
• Assist with year-end accounting and reporting processes and liaise with external auditors as required
• Ensuring that tax/ASIC reporting is processed correctly
• Management of deferred subscription revenue
• Tracking daily revenue flows and reconciling the bookkeeping records with management reporting
• Reconciling events contracts with recording of sponsorship revenue
• Aviation Div Annual Rev $120M USD

Key Achievements

• Found the right technology and contacted the supplier to initiate the integration between Salesforce and Xero to automate the invoicing process for subscriptions and events division.
• Found the right system and contact the supplier to initiate the move to an automated expense management system from the excel based process of reimbursement.

• Assist in preparing monthly financial statements
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation
• Review and reconcile month-end totals to deliver timely and accurate financial information reporting
• Review and reconcile general ledger entries for accuracy and completeness
• Liaise with suppliers, reconcile monthly sales report and raise monthly and annual rebate invoices
• Reconcile Foreign Exchange monthly settlements against the treasury statement
• Managing the company fleet vehicles, recording the movements and posting monthly lease and fuel charges
• Monthly rebate allocation posting based on sales
• Monthly Motor Vehicle and Entertainment FBT posting and year end reconciliation
• Monthly regional debtors reporting
• Monthly intercompany settlement reconciliation
• Full Asset Register Maintenance along with W.I.P accounts
• Fixed Asset Cost allocation to cost centres and fixed asset analysis
• Purchase Price Variance Analysis for approximately 120 cost centres
• Assist FC with Quarterly Forecast packs

Key Achievements

• Help migrate and set up fleet data from excel into an online fleet software which generates monthly fuel and operating cost of the company vehicles. This improved the tracking and control of all the motor vehicle expenses.

• Management of full accounts payable duties
• Month-End reporting
• Bank and revenue reconciliations
• Managing and reconciling general ledger accounts
• Monitoring and processing employee expenses
• Accounts payable accrual journal and reconciliation
• Processing fortnightly and monthly payroll for 50 staffs
• Setting up new customer and supplier accounts
• Assisting CFO with budget forecast and annual tax return
• Accurate and timely BAS calculation and lodgment
• Achievements: Help the business transition from paper-based approvals to online and online customer/supplier account setup in the beginning of Covid-19
• Worked directly with the CFO to help create and document policies relating employee expense in the company intranet

• Full accounts payable and receivable duties
• Month-end reporting
• Bank and revenue reconciliation
• Processing and reconciling monthly rental and outgoings for over 50 venues across Australia
• Liaising with suppliers and reconciling monthly statements and invoices
• Reconciling general ledger accounts
• Assisting financial accountant with budgeting and BAS calculations
• Reconciled company accounts for credit cards, employee expenses and commissions