As a Senior Accounts Manager in the Building Construction Industry, my role is pivotal. I ensure financial excellence through project budgeting, cost analysis, financial reporting, and vendor relationships. By leading and mentoring teams, I foster collaboration and empower efficient financial practices. My expertise in this dynamic industry integrates financial understanding with construction workings, enabling projects to flourish and the organization to grow.
· develop and implement financial strategies that align with the company's goals, overseeing financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes.
· Identify, assess, and mitigate financial risks associated with construction projects, including cost overruns, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory changes.
· Oversee the preparation of financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
· Ensure that the company complies with financial regulations, industry-specific standards, and tax laws, and stay updated on relevant changes.
· Implement cost control measures to optimize project profitability, monitor actual costs against budgeted amounts, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
· Collaborate with project managers and department heads to create and manage project budgets, as well as long-term financial forecasts.
· Monitor cash flow to maintain liquidity, optimize cash reserves, and address potential cash flow challenges to avoid project delays.
· Make informed decisions about the allocation of financial resources, including investments in new projects, equipment, and strategic initiatives.
· Analyze financial data to provide insights that support decision-making and strategic planning for both individual projects and the company as a whole.
· Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with regulations, and addressing any audit findings with corrective actions.
· Oversee tax-related matters, including tax filings, deductions, credits, and strategies to minimize the company's tax liability while ensuring compliance.
· Review and manage financial aspects of contracts and agreements with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers, ensuring favorable terms and the protection of the company's interests.
· Build and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers, negotiating favorable terms and ensuring accurate and timely invoicing.
· Lead the finance and accounting teams, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations to enhance the team's effectiveness and efficiency.
· Communicate financial information to internal and external stakeholders, providing clear and concise reports and presentations that aid decision-making.
· Establish and manage cash reserves and contingency plans to address unforeseen financial challenges that may arise during construction projects.
· develop and manage project budgets, considering labor costs, material expenses, equipment, subcontractor fees, and contingencies.
· Collaborate with site project managers to ensure that budgets align with project objectives and track budget performance throughout the project's lifecycle.
· Analyze project costs in detail, identifying potential cost-saving opportunities and areas of financial risk.
· Implement cost control measures to optimize project profitability.
· Generate timely and accurate financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
· Present financial data in a clear and comprehensible manner to assist stakeholders in making informed decisions.
· Build and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers to negotiate favorable terms, ensure timely invoicing, and validate billing accuracy against contract terms.
· Monitor procurement costs and optimize vendor relationships for cost efficiency.
· Monitor and manage cash flow to ensure there are adequate funds for project expenses and operations.
· Oversee tax-related matters, including tax filings, deductions, and credits specific to the construction industry.
· Optimize tax strategies to reduce the company's tax liability while maintaining compliance.
· Track project profitability by comparing revenue, costs, and margins, identifying areas for improvement, and maintaining profit targets.
· Collaborate with construction site project managers to make real-time adjustments to enhance financial performance.
· Prepare and facilitate internal and external audits, ensuring compliance and providing necessary documentation.
· Leverage accounting software, project management tools, and other relevant technologies to streamline financial processes and improve accuracy in financial reporting.
· Review and manage financial aspects of contracts and agreements with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
· Monitor project costs in real-time, ensuring that expenditures are in line with budgets and identifying cost overruns early for corrective action.
· prepare monthly management financial statements of the company. Monthly Sales and Purchase report, Profit and Loss report with balance sheet, and administration head-wise expense reports.
· Update fixed asset Register for each addition of assets on the basis of journal voucher and calculate depreciation at the end of each month.
· Working on accruals of income from the parent company against the sales commission report
· Reconciliation of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
· Bank statement reconciliation on a weekly basis.
· Prepare aging of accounts receivable and payable.
· Reviewing and supervising all type of activities related to (Purchase order/Delivery Order, Inward gate pass, Goods receipt note, purchase Return and sale return, etc.)
· Coordination and implementation of in-house built ERP accounting software.
· Ensure that cash book and petty cash posting are updated on a daily basis.
· Supervised nationwide 16 city branch accounts-related issues and posting of sales and purchase entries in accounting software as well as in a protected Excel sheet.
· Monitor accounts payable and ensure that outstanding balances are reconciled with the supplier statements.
· Posting of journal voucher entries in accounting software entries.
Accounting treatment and Journal posting in software, Monthly reporting system Manage control accounts, Cash & Bank Reconciliation, A/c Receivable & a/c Payable Management.
Prepare cash flow statement, Balance sheet, Income statement Book keeping, Ledger a/c, Expense and coordinate with teams, Prepare commission of Sale team with respect of their sale targets.
All records are maintained in customize Peachtree software as well as in Microsoft Excel.