Hero Clement Gomes

  • Accountant, Bookkeeper, Financial Analyst
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Jun 01, 2024
Full time Accounting Finance Nonprofit

Personal Summary

Accomplished accountant with over 25 years of experience in all facets of accounting, including budgeting, cash flow management, and financial reporting. Proficient in leading accounting software such as QuickBooks, Tally ERP, XERO, and DreamApps. Demonstrated expertise in streamlining processes and cost reduction initiatives.

Also, a critical thinker and problem solver with a proven ability to make informed decisions. Possesses strong data analysis and visualization skills, leveraging tools such as Python, R, SQL, Tableau, and spreadsheets to analyze data and tackle business challenges.

Work Experience

Finance Director
Jul 2022 - Present Sancerd Welfare Foundation

Responsibilities:

1.  Operate accounting software for accounting data entry.

2.  Prepare and analyze financial reports for stakeholders. I have created a data visualization dashboard that helped the operational team to increase their target achievement by 10%. Identified low achieving branch (<40%) and high achiever (99%) by analyzing budget vs actual report.

3.  Visualize analysis for better understanding the progress of overall project.

4.  Prepare cash-flow after analyze financial data from accounting software.

5.  Develop finance manuals to comply the organization’s finance/accounting rules.

6.  Prepare plan and budget.

7.  Forecast expenditure.

Finance Director
Mar 2012 - Jun 2022 The Glencoe Foundation

Responsibilities:

1.  Operate accounting software (Tally ERP9) for accounting data entry.

2.  Prepare and analyze financial reports for stakeholders. I have analyzed financial data to notice interim progress of project activity to operational staff.

3.  Lead a small accounting team.

4.  Provide revenue and expenditure data to Country Director and help to analyze feasibility to convert full charity project to semi-commercial franchise model. As a result, cost reduced by 20%.

5.  Correspondence with donors.

6.  Disburse salaries and other payments.

7.  Analyze financial data for forecasting next project budget and also for higher authorities’ decision

8.  Develop finance manuals to comply the organization’s finance/accounting rules.

Administrative & Finance Officer
Mar 2011 - Feb 2012 Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation

Responsibilities:

1.  Administered and monitored the financial system.

2.  Kept books of accounts and prepared financial statement.

3.  Budget preparation.

4.  Prepared ToR/agreement for partner NGO and agreement for contractual staff.

5.  Did secretarial and administrative jobs to support project.

6.  Did banking operations.

Accounts Executive
Mar 2010 - Nov 2010 Enem Express Limited

Responsibilities:

 

1. Checked bills, prepared vouchers and salary sheet.

2. Checked accounting entries of Enem Omni Companies.

3. Did banking operations.

4. Prepared periodical MIS report and inflow & outflow statement of fund for Managing Director.

5. Monitored business unites (freight forwarding and agro) and report to Managing Director.

Accounts Officer
Mar 2007 - Feb 2010 Masood & Company Limited

Responsibilities:

 

1.   Checked bills.

2.   Prepared voucher.

3.   Prepared salary sheet and disbursed among staff.

4.   Kept books of accounts.

5.   Did banking operations.

6.   Prepared accounts.

Accounts Officer
Sep 2006 - Mar 2007 Retired Armedforces Officers’ Welfare Association (RAOWA)

Responsibilities:

 

1.   Supervised other staff of the accounts section.

2.   Checked bills.

3.   Kept books of accounts.

4.   Prepared Receipts & Payments Account, Income & Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet of the organization.

5.   Prepared periodical financial reports required by the board members.

6.   Prepared annual budget for organization.

7.   Controlled budget.

8.   Faced external audit.

9.  Prepared VAT assessment sheet of the organization.

Accounts Officer
Nov 1999 - Jan 2006 Mass-line Media Center (MMC)

Responsibilities:

 

1.    Checked bills and prepared vouchers and disbursed payments.

2.    Kept books of accounts in a software called “Navision Finanical”.

3.    Monitored all activities of accounts section of local offices.

4.    Prepared accounts and periodical financial statements for stakeholders.

5.    Correspondence with donors in relation to financial reports.

6.    Prepared income tax assessment sheet of staff.

7.    Prepared budget for project.

8.  Faced external audits.

Junior Internal Auditor
Aug 1998 - Oct 1999 The Christian Co-operative Credit Union Ltd., Dhaka

Responsibilities:

 

1.   Checked all transactions, vouchers, cash book, general ledger, personal ledgers and other financial documents.

2.   Checked monthly and yearly statement of accounts prepared by accounts section.

3.   Checked savings interest, rebate & dividend.

4.  Faced external audit.

Junior Accountant
Jan 1995 - Dec 1997 Institute of Integrated Rural Development (IIRD)

Responsibilities:

 

1.   Prepared vouchers.

2.   Kept books of accounts.

3.   Prepared periodical financial statement for the organization.

4.  Faced external audit.

Education

Master of Commerce
Jan 1995 - Jun 1996 Dhaka College
Bachelor of Commerce
Jan 1990 - Dec 1991 Dhaka City College

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