Bhavik Patel
Christchurch
Summary
Diligent Accountant with strong accounting background and proven industry expertise. Monitored business operations and regulatory compliance for large corporation. Superior account management and reconciliation skills leading to achievement of desired results.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
Radian Stores Retail Ltd
Lusaka, Zambia
06.2012 - 01.2024
- Applied mathematical skills to calculate totals, check figures, and correct problems with physical and digital files.
- Maintained accurate invoice summaries and collection records to enhance monitoring of billing and cash inflows.
- Analyzed monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Calculated and prepared checks for utilities, taxes and other payments.
- Interacted with internal and external auditors to help complete audits and resolve issues.
- Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations and payroll function.
- Prepared P&L reports and financial statements for review by management.
- Assessed accuracy, completeness and integrity of corporate financial records.
- Adhered to audit standards and requirements by monitoring and improving accounting procedures.
- Identified and resolved obstacles to enable continuous workflow.
- Completed detailed income and expense projections through close analyses of overhead, operational and labor costs, as well as revenue and general expense trends.
- Optimized efficiency and reduced costs by automating financial document management.
- Verified and posted account transactions to prepare checks and maintain accounting ledgers.
- Maintained current understanding of state and federal accounting procedures to prevent legal or compliance issues.
- Implemented processes that utilized accounts receivable sub-ledger for accounting and customer attribute reporting.
- Performed comprehensive financial audits in collaboration with accounting team members.
- Improved year-end inventory audit process to increase accuracy.
- Maintained accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
- Processed invoices and reconciled accounts payable transactions.
- Resolved discrepancies between payments received and outstanding invoices.
- Prepared journal entries to record various business activities such as sales revenue, expenses.
Education
Certificate - Computer Networking And Telecommunications
Choice Computer School
Lusaka Zambia03.2015
Certificate - Graphic Design
Choice Computer School
Lusaka Zambia03.2015
BBA - Associate of Certified Chartered Accountants
Zambia Centre For Accountancy Studies
Lusaka ZambiaSkills
- GAAP Accounting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Account Reconciliation
- Tax Return Filing
- Accounts Payable
- Decision Making
- Financial Controls
- ERP Software
- Document Recordkeeping
- Problem-Solving
- Verbal and Written Communication
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Gujarati
Intermediate
B1
French
Beginner
A1
Accomplishments
- Set up the accounting workflow for an online website from scratch. And constantly improving it to incorporate growth of the sales.
Timeline
Accountant
Radian Stores Retail Ltd
06.2012 - 01.2024
Certificate - Computer Networking And Telecommunications
Choice Computer School
Certificate - Graphic Design
Choice Computer School
BBA - Associate of Certified Chartered Accountants
Zambia Centre For Accountancy Studies
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