Sarath Pillai
Truro,NS
Summary
Highly accomplished Cost Controller with expertise in all aspects of accounting department management. Strong background in hospitality accounting with 8 years of experience where exceptional combination of Accounts Payable, Store Management, Accounting Clerk, General Accountant, Banking, Auditing, Cash Handling skills is required to effectively perform according to the company's standard to provide management with access to the latest data on company performance in order to create informed business decisions based on accurate information.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Cost Controller
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
Ithaafushi Island, Maldives
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Improved to manage the 1.2 million worth of Beverage Inventory by a Scanning machine which also works through a mobile Application
- Provide balance sheets, cash flow reports, income statements, completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare monthly financial documents and general account management
- Posting tax invoices to the accounting system by following the company policy
- Analyze financial data to identify areas of cost reduction
- Supporting company during E&Y external audit quarterly
- Provide all the supporting documents with following all the company policies and with getting 100% good result
- Preparation of cost board weekly using excel such as food and beverage and sending to the top management for having better ideas.
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
Ithaafushi Island, Maldives
11.2020 - 08.2021
- Interacted with corporate vendors, upper management, and peers
- Releasing Payments in an efficient and timely manner and giving hands to purchasing welcome suppliers better negotiations
- Checking Tax Invoices and posting according to the ledger
- 100% Vendor Reconciliation using excel before releasing each payments including manual EFT
- Filing and maintaining supplier payments & other records
- Maintained information integrity and confidentiality, communicating sensitive information tactfully
- Oversaw monthly accounting accruals to the close processes for timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
General Accounting Clerk
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Maintaining compliance with company standards and legal requirements
- Collecting daily cash and reconciling them against receipts and the accounting system
- Ensure to complete the audit file for all the bills related to the business
- Maintaining credit card reconciliation in accounting system and excel file
- Receiving and store operations.
- Compiled and archived signed sales agreements, client cost confirmations, invoicing and cash receipts.
Storekeeper
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
Ras Al Khaimah , United Arab Emirates
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Updated stock information on a daily basis in the system.
- Kept up-to-date records of receipts, records and withdrawals from stockroom.
- Monitored stock levels to identify shortages or overages in inventory items.
- Received delivery of incoming materials to reconcile purchase orders.
- Received and inspected incoming merchandise shipments to ensure accuracy of delivery, quantity and quality.
- Maintained accurate inventory records using computerized systems.
- Investigated discrepancies between physical count results and computer-generated reports.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting & Financial Accounting Management
Bharathiar University - National Institute of Business Management
01.2017
Skills
- Internal Controls
- Cost Analysis
- Inventory Controls
- Auditing
- Credit Card Reconciliation
- Forecasting
- Balance sheet Management
- Journal Entries
- Inventory Valuation
- Financial Analysis
- Cash Handling
- Banking
- Budgeting
- Tax Invoice posting
- Purchasing and Stores
- MS office (strong skills in Word, Excel and Outlook)
- SUN System
- Variance Analysis
- Processing payments
- Expense Control
Certifications Training
Lead 1.1 Virtual Leadership South Asia, Hilton University, 2023
Accomplishments
- Employee of the Department Award
- True Company Service Award
Timeline
Assistant Cost Controller
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
09.2021 - 09.2023
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
11.2020 - 08.2021
General Accounting Clerk
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
01.2016 - 01.2018
Storekeeper
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
01.2014 - 01.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting & Financial Accounting Management
Bharathiar University - National Institute of Business Management
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