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PRASAD LYAGALA

Prasad Lyagala- Finance Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Work Experience

  • Assistant Manager- Finance & VATFull Time

    National Store LLC- JK Group

    Apr 2017 - Present -8 yrs, 2 months

    United Arab Emirates , Dubai

    • Job Details:Key Responsibilities:  Forecasting & Budgeting  Financial Reporting  Financial Analysis, Margins Review  IFRS, Assisting External Audit  Internal Audit  HR & Service Dept Audit  ERP implementation Assisting Trade Finance (Invoice Discounting, LCs)  UAE VAT & Excise Implementation (Including Registrations, Monthly/Quarterly Filings, Refund Claims)  Preparation and finalize the Sale, Capex, Opex Budgets in detail and submit to the Group CFO.  Ensuring timely closing of books of accounts on monthly basis & reporting the MIS by 5th of following month.  Preparing of cash flows, and review of day to day fund holding position and timely transfer of funds to corporate. Ensuring Zero Cheque bounce cases.  Ensuring all stock provisions (Aging, retail less than cost and Shrinkage), and expenses provisions are made and accounted correctly as per SOP.  Monitoring and compression of employee cost, admin and other cost with approved budget and providing reason analysis to business heads to drew up necessary action plan to keep actual within the budgeted levels.  Visiting the group companies to evaluate the system of internal controls, designing and effectiveness of its implementation of controls.  Verifying the compliance with the IFRS by all the entities at group level.  Provide insightful information and expectations to senior executives to aid in long-term and short-term decision making  Track the company's financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement  Understand and adhere to financial regulations and legislation.  Review financial data and prepare monthly and annual reports  Liaise with bank on invoice discounting (Factoring), LCs, general management of the facilities (CC, OD) and preparation of forecasts as required.  Performing the operational GAP analysis and preparing the report.  Perform Financial Audits, Operational Audits, Gap Analysis, Compliance Audits, Fraud Investigations, Stock Audits and other Special Audits as per the requirement of higher management.  Performing monthly audits & reviews on HR dept for assisting & recommending about Payroll preparation, Monthly Deductions, Changes in Handbook as per law changes, Implementing the KPIs, Job descriptions maintenance.  Drafting the audit findings and recommendations and discuss findings with auditees to achieve agreement.  Performing the GAP analysis through preparation of process flow charts and identifying key control gaps and recommending the required controls.  Preparation of audit programs based on the risk-based approach. Developing the Indirect Tax (VAT & Excise) VAT strategy across the group Implement VAT policies and procedures for accounting, compliance, and audit.  Acting as the single point of contact for all VAT-related activities and providing periodic training and mentorship to departments within the Group concerning VAT implementation, documentation and compliance.  Review how key functions within the organization that will be impacted by VAT implementation Developing VAT training material for the staff.  Preparing design of the IT processes for the changes needed to be made to the IT systems to capture changes in business processes, transactions and arrangements and related input-output VAT, zero-rated and pot for partially exempt in the IT systems.  Evaluating current contracts effect and advising to management for necessary actions.  Analysing & Acting on deemed supplies or items classified as blocked for VAT Input Tax recovery purposes arising from any arrangements and their potential VAT impact.  Involving in the development of the Annual Audit Plan based on the reassessment performed at group level.  Delivering VAT reporting, ensuring VAT compliance and identifying risk.  Preparing, validating and submitting all required VAT returns, supporting schedules and any documentation/responses as may be required by the Federal Tax Authority.  Ensuring compliance of VAT & Excise data collection, review, consolidation, preparation payment of VAT/Excise liability for all the companies under group.  Minimizing VAT liabilities and compliance issues.  Preparing budgets and rolling forecasts for VAT implementations and other projects.  Preparing and submitting to the management monthly reports on the VAT activities of the Group Following are Industries under where of our Group have Presence: 1. Electronics Distribution (Canon, SanDisk, Moser, Crown line, Wiko) 2. Electronics Retail 3. Electronics Service 4. Foods & Beverages 5. Manufacturing 6. Real Estate
  • Asst Finance ManagerFull Time

    Landmark Group

    Dec 2014 - Jul 2016 -1 yr, 7 months

    Qatar , Doha

    • Job Details: Key Responsibilities: Budget  Finance and P & L  Logistics  Stock  Margins Review  Retail Orpos Revenue Assurance  Cash to Credit  Preparation and finalize the Sale budgets in detail (Event wise / Monthly / Store wise) and submit to the Concept business heads.  Monitoring and compression of employee cost, admin and other cost with approved budget and providing reason analysis to business heads to drew up necessary action plan to keep actual within the budgeted levels.  Preparing of cash flows, and review of day to day fund holding position and timely transfer of funds to corporate. Ensuring Zero cheque bounce cases.  Ensuring all stock provisions (Aging, retail less than cost and Shrinkage), and expenses provisions are made and accounted correctly as per SOP.  Fort-nightly review of receivables aging and timely actions on overdue outstanding  Ensuring daily sales reconciliation are correctly performing by outsourced partners  Review of Vehicle utilization, repairs cost and monitoring of WH fill rates, BIN occupancy % and fort-night outsourced labor cost etc.,  Monitoring of GIT on weekly basis and coordinate with logistics team for timely GRN and to keep GIT within the acceptable days.  Monitoring and review of trouble code stock aging at WH and coordinate with logistic team to clear trouble aging.  Scheduling of stock counts at least twice a year for territory and ensuring stock counts are conducted as per schedule to Complain group SOP.  Review and analysis of Stock take result with reasons and providing necessary approvals to post the results.  Drew up corrective action plan to reduce shrinkage and timely monitoring the agreed action plan to control further shrinkage.  Review of aging stock on monthly basis and comparison with budged levels of inventory (Stock KPI).  Controlling of damage inventory and ensuring damage write off is within the acceptable limits.  Submission of monthly stock MIS to management.  Review of stock adjustments and ensuring all adjustments are corrective and sign off from GM.  Driving team for store BOE audits, functional audits. Achieved top rank in corporate BOE store audits. Driving store staff on day to day operational issues.  Ensuring no revenue leakage through cash shortage, improper discounts, overrides.  Monitoring and report on discounts, promotions, price revisions, markdowns and price overrides.  Ensuring all tenders Cash, credit, credit note, gift vouchers and loyalty points are reconciled on timely basis and no revenue leakage/shortages are recovered and correct accounting of tenders.  Reviews of department wise Intake margin are in line with budgeted margin and reason analysis for lower margin depts.  Monthly review of store wise P&L and providing suggestive action plan to improve GP & Sales.  Review of monthly financial statements and submission of true and fair MIS to corporate.
  • Chief AccountantFull Time

    JBC Express Frieght LLC

    Mar 2012 - Nov 2014 -2 yrs, 8 months

    United Arab Emirates , Dubai

    • Job Details:Key Responsibilities: Finance and P & L Credit Control Margins Review Revenue Assurance Internal Audit  Preparing MIS reports relating to Sales MIS, Debtors aging analysis, Fleet management operational cost, Customer wise profitability. Monthly budgets & variance analysis reports.  Preparing and producing accurate monthly & quarterly complete financial statements incompliance with accounting standards/IFRS in timely manner.  Closing the month end books of accounts in timely manner. Managing payables & receivables and supervising banking activates  Maintain liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out; developing external relationships with appropriate contacts (Banks, Solicitors, etc.). systems are functioning as intended and will enable the organization’s objectives and goals to be met.  Reports risk management issues regarding transportation of Chemical, Food and internal controls deficiencies identified directly in Operations & customer service to the Group CEO and provide recommendations for improving the organization’s operations.  Evaluates information security and associated risk exposures in Ebiz ERP-Oracle based application.  Experienced in ERP Implementation as a team coordinator.  Evaluates & Monitoring regulatory compliance program regarding consolidate transportation norms & customs clearance.  Maintains open communication with Group CEO and assist Accounts Manager.  Provides support to the company's anti-fraud programs relating to Hiring Vehicles & improper quotations, customer data base.  Maintaining accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts; defining accounting policies and procedures  Working on strategy formations, Finding Expansion plans about business to improve the Wealth & safety of organization.  Verification of hire payments relating to fleet operations for reasonability & accuracy in payments.  Evaluates and provides reasonable assurance that risk management, internal controls, and governance systems are functioning as intended and will enable the organization’s objectives and goals to be met
  • Audit ManagerFull Time

    D Varalaxmi & Co

    Apr 2011 - Feb 2012 -10 months

    India , Hyderabad

    • Job Details: BVR Paper Manufacturing Industry Accounts & Financial Statements Preparation along with Internal Audit  Kamal Sri NBFC ltd –Accounts & financial statements preparation along with, Internal Audit  AP Govt. Power Distribution Sector Internal Audit  Nokia Mobiles & Maruthi Auto mobile Industry Financial Accounts maintenance &stock audit,  Indian Insurance co Oriental Insurance Ltd. internal Audit, Budgeting
  • Education

    • CA in Chartered Accountant

      Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2013 - 6 yr

    • CMA in Certified Management Accountant

      Institute of Management Accountants

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2013 - 0 Month

    • B.Com in Bachelor of Commerce

      Kakatiya University

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2010 - 3 yr

    • High School - Other

      ZPHS

      Jan 2005 

    Achievements

     VAT & Excise Implemented On Target dates with All Compliance.  Implementation Full Automation of Service ERP in Group.  VAT & Excise Returns Filed Till to date Before the Target date.  Achieved top rank in Corporate BOE Audit  Played a Key role in stabilizing Outsourced Partner  Reduced territory GIT aging with in the acceptable days  Minimizing Trouble Code Aging& Debtors Aging to risk free level

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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Hindi

      Fluent
    • Telugu

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • Chartered Accountant

      ICAI·2013
    • CMA

      2013
    • Article Assitant

      ICAI·2011
    • Information Technology Traniing

      ICAI·2009
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