Booming Singapore luring Indian workers

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SINGAPORE: T Junardhan is helping to install the plumbing at a luxury shopping and residential tower rising in Singapore's prime Orchard Road tourist belt. He can also balance your books if the need arises.

Junardhan, an Indian with a degree in accountancy, is one of almost 150,000 foreigners labouring in Singapore's booming construction sector.

Some complain of poor living conditions, over-work, homesickness and non-payment of wages.

But they say the risks and challenges are outweighed by one thing: the lure of money far greater than anything they could earn at home.

Junardhan, 23, of Andhra Pradesh, said he has an accountancy degree from a college near his home town but low wages in that profession drove him to put down his pen and pick up his tools overseas.

Singapore's Ministry of Manpower says about 145,000 foreigners are employed in the construction sector, where two multi-billion-dollar casino developments, subway lines, residential and other projects have generated high demand for labourers.

The ministry did not provide a breakdown by nationality but many of the workers come from India as well as Bangladesh and Thailand.

The Thai embassy said 47,000 of its nationals are working in Singapore, mostly in construction, while the Bangladeshi embassy said about 40,000 of its citizens are construction workers.

"I could earn $190 a month as a new accountant in India. Here I earn four times that," Junardhan said.

His friend, R Guna, told him it would be worth his while to leave his village for the Southeast Asian city-state of high-rise towers and expressways.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NASEEM HAIDER
E MAIL- ID : haider.haider433 AT gmail.com
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ACCOUNTS & AUDIT PROFESSIONAL
Seeking challenging assignments in an organization of repute which provides me avenues for professional learning and makes good use of my technical skills and encourages individual growth
PROFILE
- Dynamic & committed professional with a career spanning 3+ Years. Proven expertise in streamlining the accounting domain with focus on authenticity and accuracy in Accounts, Finance, MIS, Budgeting, Capitalization, negotiating and accounting.
- Deft in overall Funds Management coupled with distinguished ability in conducting Financial Audit / Internal Audits, Bank Reconciliation Statement, Statutory Compliances & MIS Management
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- Expertise in formulating and implementing the Finance & Accounting Policies/ Procedures & Statutory enactments with the ability to relate theory with practice.
- Demonstrated ability of handling day-to-day accounts, TDS matters, ensure Timely realization of debtors, of the Company.
OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE
Accounting - TDS Management - Auditing - Cash Management - Bank Reconciliation - Communication and Inter-personal Skill - MIS Reporting - Audit Facilitation - Statutory Compliances - Taxation - Strategic/ Financial Planning - LedgerEntry ________________________________________
Accountant since Oct 2000- May 2011
Indian Tyre Pvt Ltd
Day to day data entry in Tally ERP 9
-Recording of cash and bank transaction
-Entry of sale and purchase invoices
-Recording and verification of expenses
-Maintaining stock record in stock-accounting software
from purchase and sale invoices
-Involve in preparation of salary and maintain payroll of employees.
-Sundry debtors/creditors reconciliation
-Preparing monthly Bank Reconciliation Statement
-Interact with company tax consultant and Chartered Accountant for day to day accounting and assessments
-Preparing quarterly Vat Tax Return and file it with tax authority
-Negotiating with bank and preparing and providing necessary documents to them for cash credit facility
-Preparing Trading and Profit and loss account , Balance Sheet and
Cash Flow Statement quarterly and at the end of accounting year.
AUDIT CLERK July 1993 - Oct 1995
Raj Kumar Jindal & Company,Chartered Accountants
- Involved in handling the audit related work. Effectively managing the tax audit, statutory audit and internal audit and maintaining quarterly, half yearly and yearly audit work.
- Accountable for verification/review of ledgers, reconciliation of parties’ ledgers, preparation of various online returns & documents under Companies Act & timely reporting to the management.
- Analyzed financial statements; identify risks relating to financial reporting & perform relevant audit procedures.
- Managed all financial activities while strategically defining financial objectives & designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial controls
- Reported to management over developments of processing, audit reports while maintaining & presenting legal documents
- Handled & prepared funds/cash flow statements to monitor inflow/outflow of funds & ensure optimum utilization of available funds to accomplish organizational goals
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- Assisted in tax compliances as well as returns filing while monitoring total income, deductions & relief’s and tax payees, Statutory Registers, Accounting of expenses, adjustments, Petty Cash Replenishment, Retention Money & Accounting, etc.
- Meticulously managed diverse accounting functions including error-free entries in Tally, Daily Cash & Bank Book, Generating TDS Certificates, Banking functions, Bank Reconciliation and Vendor Billing.
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Gupta Ashok Kumar & Associates, Chartered Accountants
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AUDIT UNDERTAKEN
- Tax Audit of Business Entities
- Revenue Audit of Bank Branch
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ACADEMIA
ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, 2010
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
CA : INTERMEDIATE, 2000
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE, 1992
Punjabi University, Patiala
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Windows XP/2003/2000/98/95, Tally 5.4, 7.2 and ERP 9
MS Word, MSExcel, MS PowerPoint and Internet Applications
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SAJAN JAFFARUDEEN
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JOB OBJECTIVE : Seeking challenging assignments in Business Administration & HR Management in a growth oriented organization where my skills and experience are utilized for greater benefit both for the organization and self.
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
1. Pursuing Master of Business Administration from Madurai Kamaraj University in the field of Human Resources.
2. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), with First Class specialization in Administration & HR, from Mahatma Gandhi University in June 2002 - March 2005
3. Diploma in Office Automation and Financial Accounting
4. Plus Two with First Class from T.K.M. College (CBSE).
5. 10th with First Class from Trinity Lyceum (ICSE)
SKILLS
1 Can converse in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and Tamil.
2 Supervisory ;team building; accounting and bookkeeping ; decision making ; effective verbal and listening communications ; Computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheet and word-processing and time management skills.
ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
ADMINISTRATOR & GUEST RELATION MANAGER IN KUD AL ARABIA DREAM HOME,JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA.
KUD AL ARABIA is a Real Estate company who owns and offers furnished, unfurnished apartments and labour camps for corporate clients. We undertake construction and Heavy vehicle rental.
My job profile : Job responsible for the successful operation of the front desk, Administration and Accounts. It involves Hiring, Training, Managing, Marketing, Accounting and overseeing the overall activities of the organization.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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- Applying for Medical report for new employee and renewal of residence visa.
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- Petty cash report and monitoring the account balance, advises, and post dated cheque, arrangement letter for transferring money in the bank.
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- Co-ordination with contractors regarding laundry and pest control.
LIC HOUSING FINANCE LTD AS CRO IN KOLLAM, KERALA.
- Calculation & verification of the eligibility of the customer documents for sanctioning the loan.
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- Building long-term relation with the customer.
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BIJITHA UMBRELLA MART AS ADMINISTRATION CUM HR MANAGER , KERALA.
- enables organization to structure and manage roles in a uniform way, thus increasing efficiency and effectiveness of recruitment, training and development, organizational structure, work flow and activities, customer service, etc
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- Hand over cheques to Customer Relations Officers.
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- 10 days training program on housing loan marketing and operations conducted by LICHF. Pvt .Ltd.
- Visited and attended in International property exhibition in Dubai.
- Attended Real Estate Management training in AK Real Estate in Dubai for 1 Month.
- 8th International Film Festival held at Trivandrum for 10 days.
- One Month Summer internship as part of BBA at KMML (Kerala Mineral and Metals Limited) at Chavara, Kollam, Kerala, India.
- One-week organization study at United Electrical Industry, Kollam, Kerala, India.
- Student placement coordinator, BBA 2002-2005 batch DCSMAT.
- Executive member of Entrepreneur Development club, DCSMAT.
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- Conducted a Market Survey and study on customer behavior in Onam festival held in Trivandrum conducted by GIE Shopping Festival.
- Attended one week management course in hospital management conducted by Lake Shore Hospital in 2004