Nisha Joseph

NISHA JOSEPH Accountant   Contact   Address Room#1203, Miknas Plaza, Tecom, Dubai, UAE, 454834 Phone -/- E-mail -  Skills & Areas of Expertise   Strong interpersonal skills, good business acumen, Team Building & Staff Supervision Excellent Accounts Payable/ Receivables Process & Management, Invoices/Expense/Accounting Reports/Payment Transactions, Vendor Negotiations & Management, Reconciliations, Corporate Accounting & Bookkeeping Very Good   Software   SAP, Oracle, Tally, PeopleSoft , Tableau, Lotus Notes and MS Office Suite Excellent   Languages   English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and French Excellent   Finance Professional with 11 years' experience with Accounts Payable, Treasury and Accounts Receivable. Team Oriented Accounts Specialist who prepares clear, comprehensive financial reports for executive-level management.   Work History     2018-11 - 2022-07   Associate Accountant McDermott, Inc, Chennai Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, purchase orders, invoices, statements etc. in Oracle Cloud (R13). Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances (including project cost reporting). Maintaining historical records. Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing pay checks. Paying vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance. Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports. Resolved months of backlogged work, restored order and organization to processes/records in disarray, researched and solved billing problems and corrected invoicing and journal entry errors that had previously been missed. Capturing and Maintaining records of Intercompany invoices in IC tracker. Process and update all fixed assets additions, retirements and transfers. Recording of depreciation of fixed assets. Provide support for general accounting for fixed asset accounting. Month end tasks including validation of monthly depreciation run. Updating entries for monthly accrual process in GEAC and Oracle. Interacted with vendors, upper management and peers   2017-01 - 2018-11   Accounts Assistant Petrofac, Chennai /Sharjah Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; splitting VAT amount verifying national id numbers; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos; issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments in Oracle ERP for MENA region Process all purchases (supplier invoices) and refunds (credit notes) in Oracle (ERP) platform and gained access to specialists tasks daily using Omni flow. Analyze purchases by expense type (coding invoices) and obtain invoice authorization. Set-up and maintain supplier accounts. Reconcile supplier accounts and resolve differences. Deal with supplier account queries via telephone, email and fax and resolve queries promptly. Resolve significant issues (e.g. Final demand letters) promptly. Perform payment runs (checks, direct debits) and send out remittance advices. Process staff expenses (cash and credit cards), credit card statements, cheque requisitions and petty cash vouchers Reviewed figures, postings and documents for correct entry, completeness and accuracy   2014-02 - 2016-12   Accounts Executive STX Offshore, Seoul, South Korea Verify and process all accounts payable documents. Monitor payments and expenditures. Reconciliation of vendor's accounts. Negotiate payment terms with vendors/suppliers. Resolve invoice discrepancies. Process credit memos. Manage vendor issues. Maintain updated vendor files.   2011-05 - 2014-01   Accounts Assistant RM Education Solutions Pvt Ltd, Trivandrum, Kerala Participated in Onsite Assignment in UK for 3 months as part of Development/Bug fixing of Optical Character Recognition DB Scanner into ERP. Implemented OCR process in tagging and registering of invoices in Agresso (ERP) platform. Managing daily cash balances thereby ensuring that company's cash flow is adequate to allow it to operate effectively. Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow. Undertaking risk management activities to protect company's financial well-being. Making decisions on company finances, for example, funding of company operations. Progressing specific financial projects, such as acquisition of another business. Evaluating financial impact of new business ventures and negotiating loan or overdraft terms with company bankers and creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge. Taking responsibility for, and supervising work of, more junior members of staff. Liaising with bankers, investors for maintaining positive working relationships and also with other departments, such as tax and accountancy, on range of issues. Making presentations to company board on specific financial issues. Payroll: Calculations of UK employee wages, and prepare checks for payment, incorporating, social security, and other tax reports. Customer Service: Providing help and advice to customers using organizations products or services. Communicating courteously with customers by telephone, email, letter and face to face. Investigating and solving customers' problems, which may be complex or long-standing problems that have been passed on by customer service assistants.   Education     2009-07 - 2011-03   MBA: Banking & Insurance, Marketing SCMS - Kerala 75%   2006-07 - 2009-01   BCom: Taxation All Saints College, Kerala University - Trivandrum 53%   Accomplishments   Introduced an online data entry system which reduced invoice input time by 50%. Redesigned the accounts payable system, thereby increasing system efficiency by 70%. Perfectly adapted existing account payable system post-merger, thereby ensuring no loose ends during the transition period. Decreased month-end closing tasks spanning 5 days to 2 days following implementation of the computerized accounting system. Reducing backlogs consistently during transition time without compromising on accuracy of the process Documented and resolved process gaps which led to 70% accuracy in process.   Additional Information (Visa Status)   Resident Visa .