Solah Mohamed

Chief Accountant

Baa Kudarikilu, MV.

About

Highly accomplished finance professional with over 17 years of progressive experience in hospitality finance, specializing in robust financial reporting and comprehensive tax compliance. Expertly manages complex accounting systems and spearheads cash flow forecasting to drive strategic financial decisions and optimize operational efficiency. Proven leader adept at coordinating cross-departmental financial activities, ensuring stringent regulatory compliance, and consistently delivering accurate financial statements to support senior leadership.

Work

Vakkaru Maldives Efzy Holdings Pvt Ltd

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Chief Accountant

Baa Kudarikilu, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Currently oversees comprehensive financial operations, reporting, and strategic planning for a luxury resort, ensuring regulatory compliance and optimizing financial performance.

Highlights

Lead daily financial operations, ensuring seamless management and adherence to resort policies and financial controls.

Direct the timely finalization of monthly financial reports and comprehensive yearly budgets and forecasts, providing critical financial oversight.

Develop and present weekly cash flow forecasts, delivering key insights that support strategic financial planning and informed decision-making.

Supervise and mentor a team responsible for night audit, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cashier functions, enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy.

Generate and analyze detailed financial and statistical reports, providing actionable intelligence to senior management for strategic initiatives and performance monitoring.

Vakkaru Maldives Efzy Holdings Pvt Ltd

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Accountant

Baa Kudarikilu, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Managed daily financial operations, including reporting, budgeting, and cash flow, while ensuring accurate revenue recording and tax compliance for a luxury resort.

Highlights

Assisted with daily financial operations, ensuring smooth management and strict adherence to internal controls and resort policies.

Finalized monthly financial reports, yearly budgets, and forecasts on schedule, contributing to timely financial oversight and planning.

Prepared weekly cash flow forecasts, supporting effective financial planning and robust liquidity management.

Reconciled and verified all hotel revenues, ensuring accurate recording and finalization of monthly revenue figures, minimizing discrepancies.

Reconciled all taxes liable to MIRA and prepared monthly tax computations, ensuring full regulatory compliance and timely submissions.

Vakkaru Maldives Efzy Holdings Pvt Ltd

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Tax And Income Auditor

Baa Kudarikilu, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Ensured precise daily revenue recording, tax compliance, and financial reconciliation across all resort operations, supporting management decisions and maintaining financial integrity.

Highlights

Managed all tax liabilities and ensured accurate daily revenue recording across resort operations, maintaining financial integrity and compliance.

Reconciled daily revenue against POS, PMS, and GL systems, ensuring data consistency and accuracy across all financial records.

Audited and summarized daily rebates, paid-outs, room discounts, and special rates, securing approvals from the Director of Finance and General Manager.

Conducted spot checks on room rate accuracy and ensured proper documentation and departmental signatures for daily rate check reports, reducing errors.

Prepared comprehensive daily revenue, reconciliation, rebate, void, and OC/ENT/COMP reports, providing critical financial insights for operational adjustments.

Executed daily reconciliations of TGST and Green Tax, processing monthly tax payments ahead of deadlines to avoid penalties.

Completed monthly balance sheet reconciliations for related GL accounts, ensuring financial statement accuracy and robust internal controls.

Vakkaru Maldives Efzy Holdings Pvt Ltd

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General Cashier / Paymaster

Baa Kudarikilu, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Oversaw all cash collections, bank deposits, petty cash management, and payroll processing, ensuring financial security, accuracy, and compliance with resort policies.

Highlights

Managed all resort cash collections and bank deposits, ensuring strict adherence to resort policy and maintaining financial security.

Administered and managed the resort's petty cash fund, ensuring proper approvals and timely disbursements for operational needs.

Conducted daily verification of cashier remittances against witness sheets and performed surprise cash counts on house bank floats, enhancing control.

Monitored foreign currency exchange movements, updating systems (Opera, General Cashiers Program, Material Control) with current rates after approval.

Prepared and processed monthly payroll reconciliation, leave balance, and leave liability, ensuring accurate and timely compensation for all staff.

Huvafen Fushi Per Aquum

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Accounts Officer

Male', Kaafu Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Supported day-to-day accounting operations, capital expenditure tracking, bank reconciliations, and accounts payable, contributing to efficient financial management and reporting.

Highlights

Assisted in daily accounting operations and month-end closing procedures, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.

Managed resort Capital Expenditures (CAPEX), ensuring proper tracking and financial control over significant investments.

Reconciled monthly bank statements and daily/monthly revenues, making necessary adjustments to ensure data accuracy.

Oversaw accounts payable for local and foreign suppliers, ensuring timely and accurate payments to maintain vendor relationships.

Prepared weekly cash flow statements, providing critical insights into the resort's liquidity position for informed decision-making.

Huvafen Fushi Per Aquum

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Accounts Payable / Income Auditor

Male', Kaafu Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Managed supplier payments, reconciled creditor aging, and ensured accurate daily revenue recording, contributing to robust financial control and compliance.

Highlights

Managed local and foreign supplier payments, ensuring timely processing via cheque and TT to maintain strong vendor relationships.

Reconciled supplier aging against monthly outstanding statements, maintaining accurate vendor records and minimizing discrepancies.

Prepared cash flow figures related to accounts payable and passed relevant journal entries, supporting financial transparency.

Executed all tax payments (TGST, Green Tax & WHT) and reconciled tax-related accounts, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements.

Oversaw General Cashiering Functions during the General Cashier's absence, including resort cash collections and petty cash management.

Royal Island Resort & Spa Villa Hotels & Resorts

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Accounts Receivable

Baa Atoll, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Managed receivables from tour operators, oversaw debtor aging, and ensured timely collection of payments, contributing to healthy cash flow.

Highlights

Managed and tracked receivables from tour operators, ensuring timely collection of all outstanding payments to optimize cash flow.

Monitored and reconciled the debtor's aging report, proactively identifying and addressing overdue accounts to reduce bad debt.

Prepared and sent Pro-forma & Tax Invoices to tour operators, facilitating efficient payment processes and ensuring compliance.

Generated accurate cash flow figures related to accounts receivable and passed necessary journal entries for transparent reporting.

Prepared and passed month-end journal entries and conducted monthly balance sheet reconciliations for accounts receivable, ensuring accuracy.

Royal Island Resort & Spa Villa Hotels & Resorts

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Accounts Payable

Baa Atoll, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Managed local and foreign supplier payments, reconciled creditor aging, and prepared cash flow forecasts related to accounts payable, ensuring financial control.

Highlights

Managed local and foreign supplier payments, ensuring timely processing via cheque and TT to maintain strong vendor relationships.

Reconciled supplier aging against monthly outstanding statements, maintaining accurate vendor records and preventing payment disputes.

Prepared weekly cash flow forecast figures related to accounts payable, supporting effective liquidity management and financial planning.

Passed journal entries and prepared month-end journal entries related to accounts payable, ensuring accurate financial records.

Prepared balance sheet reconciliations for all GL accounts related to accounts payable, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance.

Royal Island Resort & Spa Villa Hotels & Resorts

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Assistant Cost Controller

Baa Atoll, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Assisted in daily and monthly food & beverage cost control, inventory management, and reporting, contributing to cost optimization and operational efficiency.

Highlights

Assisted the Cost Controller in preparing daily and monthly Food & Beverage cost reports and managing inventories, contributing to cost control.

Conducted daily outlet inventories of random items and prepared item recipes as requested by F&B production, ensuring accurate stock management.

Prepared cost comparison reports and daily OC/ENT/COMP reports, identifying key areas for cost efficiency and savings.

Managed the creation, pricing, and entry of new items into the system and processed Goods Received Notes (GRNs) once completed by Stores.

Conducted monthly inventories of Outlets & Main Stores and prepared monthly Food & Beverage Cost Reports, ensuring accurate financial records.

Royal Island Resort & Spa Villa Hotels & Resorts

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Night Auditor

Baa Atoll, Baa Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Ensured accurate daily revenue recording and reconciliation across resort operations, maintaining financial integrity and supporting management reporting.

Highlights

Ensured all daily revenues generated by the resort were accurately recorded and reconciled against POS, PMS, and GL systems.

Conducted spot checks on room rate accuracy and ensured daily rate check reports were verified and signed by relevant departments.

Passed necessary journal entries to support daily financial operations and prepared daily income statements.

Performed monthly balance sheet reconciliations of related GL accounts, contributing to financial reporting accuracy.

Male' Aerated Water Company (MAWC)

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Sales Executive

Male', Kaafu Atoll, Maldives

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Summary

Maximized company sales and fostered strong customer relationships by ensuring optimal product visibility and efficient order processing.

Highlights

Maximized company sales by regularly visiting shops to ensure proper product arrangement and display, enhancing brand visibility.

Communicated effectively with shopkeepers and owners to optimize product placement and promotional efforts, driving sales.

Efficiently took and processed orders from various outlets, contributing to streamlined sales operations and customer satisfaction.

Contributed to creating and maintaining good relationships with customers, fostering loyalty and repeat business for the company.

Education

Maps College Male'

Male', Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
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Professional Qualification ACCA Knowledge Level

Courses

Business and Technology (BT)

Management Accounting (MA)

Financial Accounting (FA)

Centre for Higher Secondary Education Male'

Male', Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
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General Certificate Of Education Advanced Level Business Stream

Courses

Accounting

Mathematics

Business Studies

Baa Atoll School Baa Dharavandhoo

Baa Dharavandhoo, Baa Atoll, Maldives
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General Certificate Of Education Ordinary Level Commerce Stream

Courses

Economics

Commerce

Mathematics

Accounting

Fisheries Science

Dhivehi

Islam

Baa Kudarikilu Shcool

Baa Kudarikilu, Baa Atoll, Maldives
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Primary School Primary Education

Awards

Manager of the year 2022

Vakkaru Maldives

Recognized for outstanding leadership and contributions as Manager of the Year for 2022.

Employee of the Month Awards

Vakkaru Maldives

Received multiple Employee of the Month awards for exceptional performance and dedication.

Languages

Dhivehi

English

Certificates

Profit & Loss Essentials

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Fundamentals of Hotel Revenue Management

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Hotel Finance for Non-finance managers

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Introduction to Leadership

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Effective Communication with staff

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Leading & Motivating Teams

Typsy - Institute of Hospitality Endorsed Courses

Skills

Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook

Suns System

Opera System

Fusion

Micros (POS)

Infrasys (POS)

Micros Material control

Vision Excel (Sun & Opera)

References

Mohamed Musthafa

Director Of Finance, Vakkaru Maldives, 7791128

Hussain Razan Shareef

Assistant Director Of Finance, 7775556

Ibrahim Rafeef

Director Of Finance, 7787888