Karim Nasser

Karim Nasser

Chief Accountant

karim@example.com
+971 4 000 0000

-!- Education -!-

Working in finance, accounting, cost and tax for more than 11 years, with real estate investment, construction and manufacturing companies.

Gulf College of Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce

Accounting major

Very good grade

2010

IFRS

Diploma in International Reporting

Passed with merit

2020

My achievements

  • Cleared AED 740,000 of VAT penalties and outstanding balances from the company’s liabilities.
  • Arranged two instalment plans for large VAT balances, avoiding monthly penalties.
  • Filed the group’s first UAE corporate tax return on time.
  • Designed the chart of accounts for a real estate investment division.

-!- Experience -!-

Always looking for better ways of working. I have combined my professional and academic qualifications as Chief Accountant, Financial Accountant and Cost Controller.

  • Supervise the accounting system and the ERP finance modules.
  • Run the monthly close for tax reports, financial statements and performance reports.
  • Review around 3,200 vouchers a month across ledger, suppliers, customers and payments.
  • Control cash flow with the sales and supply chain teams through budgets.
  • Handle every Federal Tax Authority request for VAT and corporate tax reviews.
  • Prepared quarterly financial statements for real estate, construction and hotel apartment divisions.
  • Filed quarterly VAT returns and prepared the annual statements for the auditors.
  • Managed more than 200 showrooms, warehouses, shops and duplexes, with Ejari contracts and cheque collection.
  • Prepared monthly payroll and uploaded it to the Wages Protection System.
  • Prepared daily to annual cost reports for the cost manager.
  • Set targets for presses, glaze lines and kilns, and tracked waste.
  • Calculated unit costs and proposed a price for each tile.

-!- Portfolio -!-

Chief Accountant with more than 10 years in cost and financial accounting, seven of them with a Dubai real estate group. In addition:

  • VAT and corporate tax: returns for the Federal Tax Authority and audited statements with external auditors.
  • Strong with ERP systems: Oracle user, SAP knowledge.
  • Fluent in English and Arabic, with good knowledge of UAE visas, WPS, trade licences and Ejari.

-!- Skills -!-

Accounting & finance

  • Cash flow management
  • Financial statements under IFRS
  • P&L and cost control
  • Management reports
  • Accounts receivable and payable

ERP & technology

  • Oracle
  • SAP
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Advanced Excel
  • Power BI
  • Tableau dashboards

Government & tax

  • VAT returns
  • Five VAT audits without penalties
  • UAE corporate tax registration
  • WPS payroll matching
  • Ejari and tenancy contracts
To take a senior finance role in a growing company, where clean books and clear numbers help it succeed.Karim Nasser

Certifications

Diploma in IFRS

2020

Data Analytics & Visualisation

2020

IFRS 16 Leases, basic and advanced

2020

UAE Corporate Tax Essentials

2023

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