Sanjesh Kumar
ASA (Aust.)
Suva
Summary
Results-oriented professional with over 15 years of experience and a proven knowledge of Budgeting, Accounting, Assets, Financial Reporting, Audit Coordination, Risk Management and Policy Reviews. Ready to make an immediate contribution to your organization.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
2008
2008
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Project Assistant EU STREIT Programme
International Labor Organization
11.2024 - Current
- Minimized risk of errors by accurately processing invoices, payments and other financial transactions.
- Generated reports for budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis to track results against target profit margins.
- Maintained accurate records of financial transactions in alignment with regulatory requirements.
- Processed daily financial transactions in support of finance team objectives.
- Pitched in to assist with special projects and additional tasks.
- Effectively communicated with clients about payment needs and kept updated, detailed and accurate ledgers.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
- Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery.
- Completed multiple tasks simultaneously to optimize project completion.
Finance Manager
Land Transport Authority
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Coordinating the purchase, supply and payment of overseas and local purchases
- Ensuring that procurement is carried out as per established policies and procedures
- Ensuring that accurate and timely payments are made for salaries, wages, trade creditors and overseas creditors to meet deadlines and terms of payments
- Checking and authorizing payment requisitions for trade creditors, payroll, local and overseas purchases, and staff advance
- Ensuring that revenue is recorded accurately in the general ledger, revenue in LTA soft agrees to revenue recorded in the general ledger
- Verify the revenue reconciliation and ensuring that revenue is recorded in the correct account codes
- Verifying revenue analysis to determine completeness and accuracy of recorded revenue
- Review weekly and fortnightly payroll before authorization for payment
- Authorize weekly and fortnightly payroll journals
- Ensure that FNPF and PAYE are lodged and paid on timely basis
- Ensure that fixed assets are capitalized and disposed as per established policies and procedures
- Ensure that the fixed assets register is properly maintained, depreciation is calculated accurately and recorded in the general ledger
- Ensure that physical counting of fixed assets is carried out on a regular basis and that the fixed assets register and general ledger is updated accordingly
- Review product costing for all overseas purchases
- Ensure that stocks are recorded using correct method of valuation
- Verifying and authorizing petty cash request for HQ
- Ensuring that petty cash is replenished on timely basis
- Ensure that monthly reconciliation of all general ledger accounts is carried out on timely basis
- Review monthly VAT reconciliation
- Ensure that the VAT returns are lodged on timely basis
- Ensure that all company assets are insured
- Liaise for insurance claims in the event of theft and damage covered under insurance cover
- Liaise with departmental heads for their submission for annual budget
- Review the operating and capex budget
- Respond to queries from Ministries in relation to operating and capex budget
- Authorizing all journals before processing in the general ledger
- Responsible for ensuring that monthly accounts are submitted in a timely manner - Provide detailed analysis on cost and revenue to Management for assisting on making informed decisions
- Enhance and develop policies and procedures to improve controls of the Authority
- Update the current policy and procedures to eliminate the weaknesses in the process control
- Provide reports and recommendations to management to enable management to monitor the costs and expenses for their respective departments to budgetary allocations and to assist in making timely cost effective decisions
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Land Transport Authority
10.2021 - 07.2022
- Chairperson of Staff Board - handled staff disciplinary matters
- Chairperson of Management Tender Committee
- Oversee the operations of IT, Finance, Properties & Fleet Department
- Presentation of financial & policy review papers to LTA Board
- Member of Core Management team
- Actively participated in drafting 5 year strategic plan & annual corporate plan for the organization
- Presentation and finalization of LTA's budget
- Attend to parliament standing committees - Liaise with OAG on financial audits
Accountant
Carpenters Fiji Limited
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Calculate business interruption for all major Insurance claim - Consolidate monthly financials for Carpenters Group - Prepare monthly debtors ageing for all divisions - Prepare monthly stock ageing for all divisions - Highlighted focus areas for Carpenters Group - after going through monthly management accounts
- Summarize monthly operating results
- Calculate different ratios for each division
- Prepare process flow charts where SOP is not present
- SWOT/budget analysis - both company & government - Price increase/decrease analysis of a particular product - FMTA analysis - Negative & low margin report - Other ad-hoc reports assigned by GFC
Administration Accountant
Carpenters Motors
01.2013 - 04.2018
- Prepare monthly executive financial report for Directors in Fiji & Malaysia
- Cheque Signatory
- Manage daily cash flows
- Prepare budget for Carpenters Motors
- Liaise with FRCA on tax issues like stamp duties, STT, etc
- Liaise with Ministry of Labour on OHS and other issues
- Liaise with Bureau of Stats on quarterly reports
- Carry out renewal of business license
- Check and approve creditors posting to general ledger
- Oversee servicing and passing of all fleet vehicles
- Do general ledger reconciliation of major accounts
- Prepare overall stock take schedule
- Prepare insurance renewal program report
- Prepare documents for insurance claims (accidents & burglary)
Accountant
Carpenters Motors
06.2009 - 01.2013
- Prepare monthly management report for Directors in Fiji, Malaysia & PNG
- Carry out monthly financial trading for tyres and batteries
- Carry out monthly financial trading for Machinery & Marine
- Carry out monthly financial trading for Mobil Oil Lubricants
- Do general ledger reconciliation of major accounts
- Prepare overall stock take schedule
- Report flash sales to head office
- Manage cash flows on daily basis
- Do payroll reconciliation
- Reviewing of debtors clerk and creditors clerk work, that is the Sales Journal, Creditors (Accounts Payable)
Assistant Accountant
MIS - Carpenters Motors
01.2009 - 05.2009
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register
- Doing General Ledger Reconciliation of major Accounts
- Carry out Fixed Asset Stock Take
- Provide Depreciation for fixed assets
- Provide monthly reports to various managers
- Carry out feasibility for major capital expenditures
Assistant Accountant
Carpenters Motors
10.2007 - 01.2009
- Preparation of monthly and annual financial reports for 14 Service Garages throughout Fiji
- Assist in internal and External Audit reports, conduct quarterly stock takes and any other work and responsibility assigned by the Financial Controller
- Reviewing of Debtors Clerk and Creditors Clerk work, that is the Sales Journal, Creditors (Accounts Payable)
- Assist in the preparation of Annual budget
- Doing General Ledger Reconciliation of major Accounts
- Check Garage payroll timecards
Accounts Clerk
Carpenters Motors
04.2007 - 09.2007
- Processing of Inter - Company creditors to General Ledger
- Reconciliation of creditors accounts
- Monthly Motor vehicle fuel reports and other tasks assigned by the Financial Controller or Senior Accountants
- Attend Stock takes
Education
BA - Accounting & Economics
University of the South Pacific
High School Diploma - undefined
Korovuto College
Malamala Public School - undefined
Malamala Public School
CPA - Finance
CPA Australia
Fiji 01.2025 - Current
Skills
- IRIS
- Accounting softwares
- EPICOR
- IRIUM
- Newman's PMDS system
- SAGE
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Power Point
- networking
- printers
- scanners
- Financial Management
- Risk Management
- Audit Coordination
- Business Forecasting
- Strategic Planning
- Improve Policies
- Capital Expenditure Planning
- Results Orientation
- Balanced Work Ethic
- Management Team Leadership
- Approachable
- Outgoing
- Departmental Coordination
- Adaptable
- Flexible
- Reporting Expertise
Certification
Basic Level Certificate in Power BI
Referees
Makitalena Drova
GM Operations, Land Transport Authority - Reporting Manager
Phone Number 9905260 Email makitalena.drova@lta.com.fj
Prakash Narayan
Financial Controller (Retired), Carpenters Motors - Former Direct Reporting Manager
Phone Number 9996430 Email p.narayan0702@gmail.com
Daven Gounder
National Operations Manager, Carpenters Motors - Reporting Manager
Phone Number 9996426 Email d.goundar.motors@carpenters.com.fj
Timeline
CPA - Finance
CPA Australia
01.2025 - Current
Project Assistant EU STREIT Programme
International Labor Organization
11.2024 - Current
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Land Transport Authority
10.2021 - 07.2022
Finance Manager
Land Transport Authority
01.2021 - 01.2024
Accountant
Carpenters Fiji Limited
05.2018 - 12.2020
Administration Accountant
Carpenters Motors
01.2013 - 04.2018
Accountant
Carpenters Motors
06.2009 - 01.2013
Assistant Accountant
MIS - Carpenters Motors
01.2009 - 05.2009
Assistant Accountant
Carpenters Motors
10.2007 - 01.2009
Accounts Clerk
Carpenters Motors
04.2007 - 09.2007
High School Diploma - undefined
Korovuto College
Malamala Public School - undefined
Malamala Public School
BA - Accounting & Economics
University of the South Pacific
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