Seraj Alam
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work history
Accounts Manager
Prestige Cosmetics Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
2022.09 - 2026.09
- Manage day-to-day accounting, finance and trade-related activities for a manufacturing business using QuickBooks.
- Prepare and coordinate monthly WHT and VAT computations and payments with NRS and LIRS, including demand notices and tax GL scrutiny.
- Handle PAYE, NSITF and other statutory payments, ensuring timely processing and compliance.
- Coordinate Form M applications, NAFDAC registration, SON certification, import permits and LC/PAAR follow-up with banks.
- Process import duties, freight, supplier, rent and other statutory payments while maintaining payment controls.
- Handle petty cash/safe cash, debit and credit notes and advance-payment follow-ups.
- Manage local staff payroll, casual wages, PAYE, pension and NSITF payments.
- Prepare daily customer sales, sales and supplier reports; perform daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Perform suppliers and customers Accounts Reconciliation.
- Support GL identification, cost-centre and CTC implementation, fixed-asset capitalization, depreciation, expense allocation/provisions and budgeting.
- Monthly Overdraft (OD) interest computation and following with banks on discrepancies.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly & yearly Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Statement
- Prepare Fund Inflow & Cash Outflow Statement
Senior Accountant
African Industries Group- AIG-Pacro Group
Lagos, Nigeria
2016.09 - 2022.04
- Managed Accounts Payable activities for a steel trading and manufacturing environment using Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
- Processed vendor invoices and payments, freight, customs duties, statutory payments, refunds and bank transfers while resolving vendor queries.
- Performed vendor, GL, inter-company, bank and statutory reconciliations and maintained balance confirmations.
- Handled petty cash/safe cash, debit and credit notes and advance-payment follow-ups.
- Supported cost accounting through PO creation, import packing-list analysis, GRN/GRR, purchase invoicing, import costing and CFR variation analysis.
- Supported Accounts Receivable through sales orders, daily sales and collection reporting, PDC/direct-lodgement posting, debtor exposure reporting and customer reconciliations.
- Provided audit support, including sorting sales/import/local purchase documentation and assisting during internal and external audits.
- Supported logistics accounting through stock ageing, freight modules, shipment creation, inventory verification and stock adjustments.
- Prepared bank/cash reports, warehouse and location expense reports, budgets, P&L and balance-sheet schedules, and payroll-related ERP activities.
Senior Accountant
Minacs Worldwide Limited
Mumbai
2014.08 - 2016.08
- Handled Accounts Payable operations for the AV Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada project using SAP FI.
- Processed vendor payments in USD, CAD and INR through Bank of America CashPro and SAP.
- Managed payment proposals, manual payments, payment blocks/unblocks, inter-bank transfers and invoice processing for PO/non-PO invoices.
- Performed duplicate invoice/payment checks, GR/IR clearing, vendor and statement reconciliations, bank reconciliation and advance reconciliation.
- Processed employee benefits invoices, customer AR deposits and vendor account knock-offs.
- Resolved vendor queries and trained team members in invoice and payment processing.
Accountant
IndyGroup Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
2012.01 - 2014.08
- Managed daily cash, bank and journal entries, client invoicing, salary calculations and payments.
- Handled TDS and Service Tax calculations/e-payments, tenant/vendor reconciliations and cheque collections.
- Processed DDs, TRFs, NEFTs and RTGS transactions and maintained ERP entries for receipts, payments, sales and purchases.
- Prepared debit/credit notes, performed weekly bank reconciliations and supported internal and external audits.
Education
Master of Business Administration - finance
Osmania University
IndiaPersonal Information
- Date of birth: 1987-11-02
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital status: Single
- ID Type: Passport
- ID Number: Z7443179
Timeline
Accounts Manager
Prestige Cosmetics Limited
2022.09 - 2026.09
Senior Accountant
African Industries Group- AIG-Pacro Group
2016.09 - 2022.04
Senior Accountant
Minacs Worldwide Limited
2014.08 - 2016.08
Accountant
IndyGroup Pvt. Ltd.
2012.01 - 2014.08
Master of Business Administration - finance
Osmania University