Mirzi Clark

Senior Accounting Professional with a BSc in Accountancy and over 25 years of international experience across the Philippines, UAE, Singapore, and the UK (12 years in Glasgow). Extensive background across real estate, property management, large-scale quasi-government property development, banking, manufacturing, shipping, oil and rig construction, and consultancy environments. Recognized for strong expertise in cash management, treasury, payroll, general ledger, and financial reporting, alongside successful delivery of system implementations and workflow optimization initiatives, helping streamline process for complex client portfolios.

Detail-driven, analytical, and commercially minded, with a proven ability to build efficient, compliant, and works closely with clients, surveyors, property managers, auditors, and leadership teams to ensure reliable financial management and consistently high standards of service. Proven expertise in implementing and optimizing finance systems, particularly property management platforms including Yardi, MRI, Horizon (Qube), Tramps/Bluebox, XERO, APB, and Released. Currently providing Consultancy Services to multiple clients across UK (Roger Hannah and DM Hall Clients).

Senior Client Accountant (Promoted) - Optimal Property Asset Management Ltd - The Bookshop | 26 Bothwell Street | Glasgow | G2 1PJ

(2024-04)

• Thorough reconciliation of Clients Portfolio.
• Prepare the SALES apportionment and transition process.
• Prepare the Weekly or Monthly Client Statement Report for Directors and Clients depending on their requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the external accountants regarding IFRS issues.
• Assist with internal and external audits and respond to the audit queries.
• Prepare Monthly/Quarterly VAT summary report for clients.
• Setting up Chart of Accounts via XERO and Released System.
• Review leases and setting up RENT and SC templates on the system.
• Preparing CASH Flow weekly for Directors and Clients.
• Meeting with Clients when necessary for the Financial Report and any reconciliations schedules.
• Delegate and assist the Team with the daily process (allocations, payments, invoice recharges etc.).
• Prepare the Service Charges Reconciliation for each reporting period.
• Manage client transition processes, including onboarding and offboarding.
• Ad hoc required duties required from Directors and Clients.

Client Accountant - Optimal Property Asset Management Ltd - The Bookshop | 26 Bothwell Street | Glasgow | G2 1PJ

(2022-05 - 2024-04)

• Set-up systems and procedures of the company.
• Dealt the historic transactions from 2019- 2022.
• Allocations of daily bank receipts and payments
• Chasing tenancy arrears and providing weekly reports to clients and directors.
• Weekly Bank reconciliations (52 accounts)
• Complete reconciliations of Service Charge accounts
• Prepare Financial reports (P&L, Balance sheet) for external accountants and auditors.
• Prepare all the schedules (expenses, receivables).
• Prepare payments to external suppliers and clients via CHAPS, Faster Bacs and Bacs.
• Review and code invoices that correspond to Service Charges budgets.
• Reviewing the Budgets vs Actual and liaising with Surveyors.
• Facilitating recharges to tenants.
• Data entries of the new tenants and liaise with the solicitors for the contracts.
• Preparing Cash Flow report for clients.
• Regularly review funding to ensure clients' payments can be made.
• Take charge of transition process of client portfolios.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Accounts Assistant - Babcock & Wilcox (Diamond Power Specialty Ltd) - Block 10, Vale of Leven Industrial Estate, Dumbarton G82 3AD

(2022-03 - 2022-05)

• Managing the Sales Ledgers daily (including chasing and sending invoices to clients).
• Helping Purchase Ledger Clerk, keying in supplier invoices, staff's expenses and answering queries.
• Assisting with the preparation of the monthly management accounts.
• Daily Banking of GBP, USD and Euro Accounts (includes reconciliations, receipt allocations and payments).
• Reconciliations including General Ledger and Balance Sheet Accounts.
• Processing of deferred revenue, accruals, prepayments and subsequent journals for month end closing.
• Producing profit and loss accounts.
• Weekly Consolidation of Cash Reporting (Budget vs Actual) of our European Companies (Germany, Finland, Sweden for USA main office submission.
• Analyzing Cost of Sales, Inventories and Sales Margins monthly.
• Monthly VAT Returns.

Finance Assistant - LSPIM (London & Scottish Investment Property Management) - 300 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JR

(2019-09 - 2022-03)

Set up the new accounting system procedures which were all approved by the Board of Directors.

• Oversee accounts receivable write-offs, adjustments and payment reversals.
• Process accounts and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Allocate and post daily cash receipts from customers.
• Assisting the Administrators with the cheque deposits.
• Liaise with customers to obtain remittance advice and resolve any allocation discrepancies.
• Investigate and resolve unallocated cash receipts.
• Reconciliation of more than 200 bank accounts.
• Posting journals/nominals and processing refunds/payments in a timely manner.
• Coordinating Credit Controllers of the debtor's ledger accounts.
• Assist the Financial Accountants with month-end closing procedures.
• Provide the Financial Controllers with a tracker report of SOLD Properties.
• Liaise with our independent lawyers with regards to the new lease contracts and coordinate with the Property Accounts /Property and Asset Managers team to set up new debtor's ledger accounts.
• Complete weekly debt or sales reports.
• Supplier statement reconciliations.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Client Accountant - Savills UK Ltd - 163 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2JJ

(2019-01 - 2019-06)

• Prepare Monthly Management accounts of clients.
• Standard reporting to clients (or any additional) of 48 properties across the UK.
• Ensure correct reconciliation of client reports such as VAT, client statements, Voids Invoices etc)
• Raising Invoices, reporting and transfer of payments to clients (PTC) weekly.
• Liaise with Cash/Treasury and Accounts Payable Dept to ensure that cash-flow for each property service charge is sufficient.
• Prepare annual property service charge audits and liaise with Asset Manager and service charge auditors to ensure completion within a reasonable time.
• Prepare annual property service charge Cash reconciliations including full balance sheet with narrative details.
• Monitoring and inputting service charge budget (agreed with property management surveyor) and reporting quarterly on Budget vs Expenditure and cash flow. Liaising with clients on vacant area costs
• Purchase ledger processing and liaising with AP of any unpaid creditors.
• Ad-hoc tasks instructed by Client Accounts Director and Head of Property Finance UK.
• Make sure that KPI's are met for Monthly Compliance Reporting.

Accounting Cashier (Cash and Banking Team) - CBRE Ltd. (Commercial Real Estate Services) - Pacific House, 70 Wellington St. Glasgow, UK

(2014-06 - 2018-12)

• Manage property funds receipts (minimum of 50 transactions daily, more than 100 at the month end and more than 200's on quarter).
• Carry out daily Bank Reconciliations in Sterling and Euro currencies as appropriate, identifying under-payments and non-payments (6 bank accounts of different systems)
• Ensure all funds received are identified and allocated on a timely basis. Receive tenant cheques and prepare for banking. Reconcile items and reallocate funds to correct bank account for service charges etc.
• Liaise with credit controllers and client accountants regarding any queries on over, under or non-payments.
• Investigate the posted entries and carry out the necessary reversals and reallocations.
• Hold and control all queries, hold and post-dated cheques and action all returned cheques.
• Ensure all payments to clients and other beneficiaries are processed within agreed timelines.
• Use the various Internet banking systems such as BACS, CHAPS, FBACS basis and complete payments and transfers in Sterling, Euro, Dollar and other currencies when appropriate.
• Ensure that all daily property transaction statements are produced and distributed to property management.

Visa Processing - UK Residence Visa Processing

(2013-08 - 2014-05)

May 31, 2014 – Residence VISA Issued

Finance Officer - SEO Agency Pte Ltd - SINGAPORE

(2013-01 - 2013-07)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) consultancy.

• Processing new clients as per the request of sales staff via email.
• Update client data from Google performance statistics as reference for issuing Invoices.
• Issue invoices on a timely basis. Update ledger following receipt of funds from clients.
• Follow up by email, letter and phone to ensure collections are received in a timely manner.
• Prepare payments to suppliers, utilities, petty cash replenishment etc. using MYOB accounting software
• Prepare the bank transfers for approval by the GM and Director.
• Reconcile the company bank accounts and PayPal accounts, prepare the monthly sales commissions for payroll run, process Payroll, complete the Salary transfer and prepare the daily Cash Flow Report for the GM.
• Prepare the Company's Financial Budget, update the Depreciation / Accruals of Expenses, update and keep track of the Accrual Income Sheet for the advance payment & advance Invoicing.
• Analyses the Budget and Actual variances and provides commentary.
• Monthly Financial Reports, P & L Summary & Balance Sheet to Australian parent company.

Accounting Specialist - Union Properties LLC - Dubai, UAE

(2008-03 - 2012-05)

Property Development and Management (Semi-Government)

• Handle Rent Receivable and Service Charges Account on All Retail and Residential Areas, posting the leases related to retail & residential units, handling the daily deposits to the designated banks and preparing the request of withdrawal of cheques to the banks.
• Prepare the daily bank reconciliations of 6 different bank accounts (in AED, USD EUROS, GBP), prepare and update the PMD & Legal Departments against the bounced cheques.
• Raising Sales Invoices to the respective customers and subsidiary companies.
• Prepare the month-end reconciliation of the related accounts: Security Deposits, AR, Accrued Income.
• Report every month and prepare the cancellation entries regarding pre-terminated leases.
• Analyses and book the purchase invoices by expense type (coding invoices) related to rental portfolios and service charge accounts, pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, scheduling and preparing cheques, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation, insuring credit is received for outstanding memos issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments and liaise with the Purchase Department regarding disputed items.
• Deal with supplier account queries via telephone, email and fax and resolve queries promptly
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions, resolving significant issues (e.g. final demand letters) promptly, perform payment runs (CHAPS, BACS, cheques,) and prepare petty cash replenishment for offsite locations:
• Review all invoices (3,000 suppliers) for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment, classify and make entries of the invoices received from the Purchasing and HR departments and prioritise invoices according to cash discount potential and payment terms.
• Matching invoices, obtaining all signatures for cheques and distributing accordingly, encoding and making payment via Horizon & Navision and responding to all vendor inquiries, sorting and distributing incoming mails.
• Reconcile vendor statements, research and correct discrepancies, send out TT's, BACS, CHAPS and remittance advice and process cheques for leavers, resignations & termination pay.
• Audit and process reimbursements of credit card bills and business expenses for Directors and Departmental Heads.
• Prepare the summary report on the petty cash replenishment of each department.
• Reconciliations of Accrued Expenses, Prepayments and other Balance Sheet accounts as required and prepare the rectification entries and monthly reports, reconcile the Inter-company balance accounts (SERVE-U, Dubai Autodrome, Thermo, etc.) and analyses the Budget and Actual variances and provide commentary.

Accounts Payable Specialist - QGM Group LLC - Sharjah, UAE

(2007-01 - 2008-04)

Offshore Marine Construction.

• Assist with domestic vendor payable processing from receipt of invoices to payment, match receiving records, purchase orders, requisitions, and invoices for proper department coding and ensure invoices are properly approved in a timely manner.
• Enter vendor invoice data into the AP sub-ledger to record liabilities via Exact System, create journal entries in the accounting system to reflect accounts payable related accruals and reconcile general ledger accounts associated with accounts payable monthly (e.g. AP accrual, accounts payable reconciliation).
• Issue cheques to suppliers on a weekly basis and get the approval from Directors, CEO and Finance Head, receive and entertain daily queries of more than 400 suppliers.
• Prepare and monitor the daily cash flow of the company and allocate payments as per approved budget.
• Bank account reconciliation and analyses the weekly movement of different bank accounts.
• Maintain accounts payable files.
• Act as the Personal Assistant to the Finance Director. Maintain the appointment schedule of the Finance Director to meet with suppliers/visitors.

General Accountant - United International Technology FZE - Dubai, UAE

(2006-09 - 2007-01)

In charge of all the accounts including Prepare the cash flow, prepare the administrative payroll, including salary transfer, prepare the Sales & Purchases Analysis, prepare Pro-forma Invoices & Purchase orders in QuickBooks. Ensure bank loan repayments are processed as well as collections, disbursements, petty cash fund etc. and perform all banking transactions including foreign banks which include TT's and monitor all the daily banking transactions. Reconcile all the management records to the bank statement and enter the transaction in QuickBooks.

Accountant Administrator - Tuscania Condominium Corporation - Cebu, Philippines

(2001-02 - 2006-09)

Real estate management

Accounts Assistant - WG&A Shipping Lines, Inc

(1998-01 - 2001-01)

Largest Ferry and Logistics Company in Philippines

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy - University of San Carlos (1993 - 1997) Cebu City, Philippines