Head, Finance/Account at a Top Construction Company

Responsibilities

• Drive the process of setting up accounting process.
• Supervises, manages, and audits all accounting processes.
• Coordinate and monitor the progress of all company’s accounts.
• Creating project accounts in the accounting system where needed.
• Developing and managing a contemporary and secure accounting system. 
• Ensure the accurate and timely submission of all account related documents and reports.
• Oversee all necessary account balancing and payment reconciliations.
• Maintaining project-related records
• Verifying employee and project taxes and other deductibles.
• Creating and submitting government reports and tax returns related to the Company.
• Authorising the transfer of expenses into and out of project related accounts with the Management approval.
• Investigating variances in project budgets and submit to the Management.
• Review and approve supplier invoices related to all Construction projects.
• Review and approve overhead charges applied to all projects.
• Investigate all project expenses.
• Compile information for internal and external auditors (also conducts weekly team audit).
• Complete requests for pay related documentations, including statements and verifications.
• Sort, code, and enter accounts payable data using the appropriate software.
• Verify and process invoices and analyse discrepancies and unpaid invoices.
• Approve processed employee and contractors’ timesheets and overtime (with the Management authorisation).
• Code, post, and coordinate payments, transfers, and deposits
• Supervise the update and maintain account journals, ledgers, and other financial records.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual Financial Statement Reports in collaboration with the Financial Consultants.
• Provide historical reference and serve as institutional memory by defining procedures for retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of financial records.
• Close out project account upon project completion.