Mohammed Lafir Mohammed Junaideen

My key areas as the reporting accountant are to ensure financial accuracy, integrity, control, timeliness, and efficiency of reporting by Financial Control to the FD, UK Management and Global Finance.
Identify areas for development within the finance department, suggest and implement process improvements in conjunction with the Financial Reporting Team.
Report actual results for P&L, balance sheet against budget, forecasts and prior year.
IFRS 16 compliance for all lease transactions including property and vehicle fleet leases, ensure IFRS 16 information are accurate and complete across all UK Companies and disclosure information is maintained.
Complete UK Group VAT returns ensuring compliance with all HMRC regulations.
Assist with the interim and year-end audit to ensure a swift and effective process.
Production of statutory accounts to help ensure Companies House filing on time and group statutory compliance.
Assisting with tax queries to ensure timely filing of Corporation Tax returns.
Support the evolution of the internal control function within the UK business.
Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations reviews and discuss findings with Management.
Other areas of responsibility include fixed assets classifications, CAPEX monitoring, AUC monitoring and managing movements between AUC, CAPEX and write offs.
Liaison with management accountants and finance business partners on month end activities for reporting and forecasting exercises. Provide feedback on inconsistencies.

I managed a portfolio of medium to big sized engagements, using my team and relationship management skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality external audit - from planning to completion of an audit, including the review of financial statements, ensuring that it meets UK applicable financial reporting standards, regulatory standards, firm standards and complying with International Standards on Auditing.

Delivering high quality audit work while coaching, mentoring, and motivating the audit teams.

Acting as the key IFRS resource person within the firm for IFRS reporting engagements and key advisory go to person for complex transactions involving group audits.

Ensure timely and accurate fulfilment of all applicable contractual duties by executing appropriate set of accounting books reflecting all revenue items. Adhere to all relevant contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and IFRS compliance. Evaluate performance and fund movement while complying with budget, expenditures, and income. Deploy internal controls and accounting procedures in accordance with industry good practices. Provide insights to upper management on business units’ progress. Prepare business unit level monthly financial statements and management reports, including dashboards and detailed reports to Board of Directors. Maintain books of accounts for certain subsidiaries under direct supervision. Sustain seamless execution of revenue and reporting functions of finance department by mentoring staff. Serve as primary point of contact for customers with financial matters, such as debt collection and account statements. Collaborate with banks to manage clearing, payments, and loans. Consolidate books of account to provide quarterly, semi-annual, and annual financial reports.
● Responsible for the monthly consolidation of a group, including the continuous development of associated processes.
● Preparation of quarterly, half yearly and annual Group financial results announcement and analyst presentations.
● Proactively anticipate consolidation issues and formulate solutions on a timely basis.
● Prepare consolidation entries, such as “At Acquisition”, equity accounting, alignment of accounting policy, elimination, etc.
● Involving in annual budgetary process of parent entity specifically commercial leasing operation and real estate sales operation.
● Preparation of various business unit level monthly financial statements and monthly management reports including dashboards & detailed reports to the Board of Directors and budgetary comparisons.
● Created financial policies and procedures manual for sales and retail leasing.
● Functioned as key financial input resource for CRM implementation in 2018 and 2021.
● Ensured ICOFR compliance in cooperation with third party consultants and external auditors.
● Determined and slashed financial risks by leading implementation of internal control mechanisms.
● Improved operational efficiency by identifying improvement areas and following agreed procedures.
● Changed from old system to Oracle, adapted Oracle new versions, and transferred from Oracle to CRM.
● Acted as key finance input resource for Oracle system changes and improvements in year 2015 and 2017.
● Completed group entities' annual tax returns on time and accurately by partnering with outside tax advisors.
● Facilitated half-year assessment and year-end financial audit processes by coordinating with external auditors and third-party advisors.
● Liaise with third party consultants and external auditors for ICOFR compliance reviews.
● Liaise with tax consultants for annual tax returns filing for all group entities.
● Manage five accounting staff with assignment of responsibilities, annual objectives, and performance management.

● I oversaw organizing and carrying out external and statutory audits for a diverse range of customers in sectors such as manufacturing, commerce, telecommunications, real estate, construction, hotels & hospitality, and others.
● One of my primary responsibilities was to identify business process risks in each engagement.
● It is worth mentioning that I was creating testing procedures to assess control sufficiency using KPMG audit tools.
● In addition, I was recording the findings of the assessments and reviewing the work of the audit engagement teams.
● One of my key roles was to generate audit-based suggestions and reports and to deliver these ideas to client senior management through management letters.
● In addition, I was developing professional development and educational programs for junior staff members, including frequent training sessions on specific IFRS and/or IAuS improvements.
● Furthermore, I was organizing and assigning resources and personnel (in excess of 20 staff including trainee accountants) in line with audit engagement skills, timetables, and budgetary levels. My notable outcomes for this role include:
Developed the existing portfolio based on annual revenue targets through fee escalations, cost reduction and addition of new clients through wining new audit proposals.

From joining KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co., in October 2001, the following positions were held;

From October 2001 - 31 March 2002 - Audit Assistant
April 2002 - December 2003 - Audit Senior
January 2004 - July 2006 - Audit Supervisor
August 2006 - Dec 2006 - Senior Supervisor, Audit

The above roles included from handling an from a junior level to a handling of group audits single handedly at various capacities.