Divina Balasundram
Rawang
Summary
To contribute to a dynamic organization that fosters professional growth and offers challenging, rewarding opportunities, allowing me to leverage my skills and knowledge while advancing my career.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Audit Associate
Natarajan and Swaminathan LLP
08.2023 - Current
- Assist in performing financial audits for clients, including testing financial records and transactions.
- Review and analyze financial statements to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
- Prepare and maintain detailed workpapers to document audit findings, procedures, and conclusions.
- Support senior auditors by gathering and analyzing data, performing tests, and providing recommendations.
- Assist in identifying potential financial risks and areas of non-compliance.
- Conduct substantive and analytical testing for financial accounts to ensure completeness and correctness.
Accountant
Singapore Incorporation Pte Ltd
02.2022 - 08.2023
- Handling full spectrum of corporate secretarial duties including company incorporations, registration of foreign branches & representative offices, preparation of directors’/ shareholders’ resolutions for on-going corporate secretarial matters for clients, application of employment passes, opening accounts and change of signatories
- Handle full set of accounts
- Prepare unaudited Financial Statements
- Perform GST registration and quarterly submission for client
- Perform monthly bank reconciliation and ensure monthly reconciliations are completed promptly and that unreconciled items are investigated and resolved in a timely manner
- Perform CPF submission for client
- Apply work passes for foreigners
Accountant
Sakunthala’s Food Manufacturers Pte Ltd
07.2019 - 02.2022
- Solely manages the full sets of account for 4 restaurants, 1 franchise restaurant, 1 parent company, 1 manufacturing, 1 provision store, and 1 holdings (investment) which includes Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, and general ledger
- Ensure day to day finance operations and leading team of finance personnel to ensure smooth day to day operations
- Prepare and submit GST return for Sakunthala's
- Updating of property loan interest and reconciliation of property loan amounts
- To verify and update data of all receipts (sales) and payments from respective restaurants (branches)
- Manages month end accounts closing and preparation of monthly financial statement and submitting timely to internal auditor
- Perform bank reconciliation for all Sakunthala's bank statement
- Handles petty cash claims and salary settlements
- Manages fixed asset register on a monthly basis
- Monthly debtor and creditor aging
- Processes cheque payments for supplier
- Follow up with banks, vendors, customers
- Attending to audit queries from government bodies and audit firms
- Updating depreciation schedule
- Filing individual income tax return for all employees and directors
- Preparation of employment contracts
- Preparation of payslip for all employees
Accounts Assistant
Sara Management Services
10.2017 - 10.2018
- To validate, update data and record keeping
- Matching payment with expense report
- To do bank reconciliation
- To verify the hire purchase, term loan & other banking facilities account has been updated accurately according to the documentation
- To prepare full set of account
- To prepare schedule & breakdown of particular expenses for audit purpose
Intern as IT Auditor (Risk Assurance Services)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
02.2017 - 08.2017
- Company Overview: Kuala Lumpur
- ITGC, completeness testing
- Kuala Lumpur
Education
Bachelor of Accounting - Information System
University Utara Malaysia
Sintok, Kedah12.2016
Diploma in Accounting -
Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor
Banting, Selangor04.2013
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia -
SMK Seri Garing
Taman Garing, Selangor12.2011
Ujian Pelajaran Sekolah Rendah -
S.K Sinaran Budi
Taman Garing, Selangor12.2006
Skills
- MICROSOFT OFFICE
- CCH
- CASEWARE
- TALLY
- XERO
- AUTOCOUNT
- UBS (GST)
- MYOB
- SQL
Courses Seminars Workshops Attended
- Autocount Computerized Accounting Software
- SAGE 50: Accounting & Billing for GST
- Program Accounting, Business and Economics Student Conference
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 04/27/94
- Nationality: Malaysian
- Marital Status: Single
- Current work pass: Permanent Resident (PR)
Awards
- Leadership Excellence, 2014
- Dean’s Award, 2013 (Semester 1 and 2)
- Student Excellence Perodua, 2011
Additional Information
Currently pursuing ACCA certification, with only one paper remaining to complete the qualification
Languages
English
Malay
Tamil
Timeline
Audit Associate
Natarajan and Swaminathan LLP
08.2023 - Current
Accountant
Singapore Incorporation Pte Ltd
02.2022 - 08.2023
Accountant
Sakunthala’s Food Manufacturers Pte Ltd
07.2019 - 02.2022
Accounts Assistant
Sara Management Services
10.2017 - 10.2018
Intern as IT Auditor (Risk Assurance Services)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
02.2017 - 08.2017
Diploma in Accounting -
Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia -
SMK Seri Garing
Ujian Pelajaran Sekolah Rendah -
S.K Sinaran Budi
Bachelor of Accounting - Information System
University Utara Malaysia
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