PAVITHRA SENEVIRATHNE
Colombo
Summary
Accounting Professional with over five years of experience in all aspects of general accounting. Expertise in analyzing financial data, developing forecasts, and implementing cost-effective solutions to drive organizational growth. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Accountant
Random Software LTD
Aberystwyth
06.2023 - Current
- Accountable for overseeing all finance operations across offices in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
- Collaborated with senior management to devise recommendations aimed at achieving or exceeding a 50% gross profit margin for each company project.
- Designed and implemented a Financial Dashboard to present monthly financial reports to senior management.
- Developed and executed an Employee Investment Fund Strategy in the company.
- Ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for all employees and maintain correct records of employee compensation.
- Maximized employees' tax refunds by striving to obtain taxable income, deductible expenses and allowance details.
- Established & implemented finance policies and internal controls to enhance risk mitigation.
- Diminished financial discrepancies and accurately reconciled accounts using detailed data analysis results.
- Responsible for budget and forecast preparation for each division, and monitoring expenditures to ensure adherence to budgetary guidelines.
- Liaised with external auditors to complete annual audits and maintain compliance government requirements.
Assistant Accountant
Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC
Kandy
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Responsible for overseeing finance department of 10 team members, ensuring smooth operations in receivables, payables, bookkeeping, and income audit.
- Preparation of documents for weekly and monthly performance reviews, and presenting the reviews to other departments.
- Ensure preparation of VAT and other Taxes calculation and maintain of tax schedules with utmost accuracy.
- Overseeing entries of financial information into the IDS software, verifying balances in ledgers and rectifying any discrepancies.
- Maintaining banking reconciliation and update bank balances on a daily basis by managing day to day transactions and ensuring the receipts are posted before the EOD.
- Authorizing documents such as payment vouchers, bills and keeping track of all payments and expenditure including purchase orders, invoices, supplier outstanding and ensure expenditures are within the budget
- Conduct periodic cash counts on daily collection of the cashiers against the invoices and closely monitor of petty cash payments by verification of proper receipts and vouchers..
Senior Associate- Finance Operations
WNS Global Services (PVT) Ltd
Colombo
07.2019 - 04.2022
- Executing month-end accounting entries and conducting balance sheet reconciliations, including analysis of inventory, pre-payments, accruals, etc.
- Accountable for managing team members to meet deliverables for parks, hotels, and resorts for USA-based clients.
- Query handling and regular communication with clients to provide insights on system improvements.
- Process and maintain fixed asset records including recording newly acquired fixed assets, monitoring existing assets, recording depreciation, and accounting for the disposition of fixed assets.
- Prepare and manage fixed asset schedules of asset deployments, depreciation run-outs, and contract updates
- Monitor actual capital expenditures incurred to date against approved project budgets.
Education
BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting -
Oxford Brookes University
01-2019
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) -
Mercury Institute of Management- Colombo Sri Lanka
01-2019
G.C.E Advanced Level -
Mahamaya Girls College
01-2014
Skills
- Financial Management
- Cash Flow Management
- Variance Analysis
- Fraud Identification
- Report Preparation
- Financial Controls
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Management Accountant
Random Software LTD
06.2023 - Current
Assistant Accountant
Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC
05.2022 - 03.2023
Senior Associate- Finance Operations
WNS Global Services (PVT) Ltd
07.2019 - 04.2022
BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting -
Oxford Brookes University
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) -
Mercury Institute of Management- Colombo Sri Lanka
G.C.E Advanced Level -
Mahamaya Girls College
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