Crazy week

Finally got to Friday, it's a super crazy wk. .in fact crazy was an understatement..My brain is totally fried and I wonder how much brain cells I have left..

Rushed to settle the Indonesia crew tax at the start of wk as I struggle to communicate with my indo counterparts..The worst thing is, there is a deadline for the submission and we need to be agreeable on the final figures to be submitted. .

Just as I finish the taxes, I moved on to the portage bills of the various vessels..Need to close for 6 vessels and to adjust the project crew costs accordingly. .if time is on my side I can go thru slowly but this mth, I simply feel like throwing the files away. .

Then came the bomb of project costs adjustment for the whole year for the crew. Not a difficult task, but definitely time consuming. The stress comes from the manager who keep getting his staff to check with me now & then on the progress. Though he's not aggressive, you can sense his anxiety in this matter. Aside from this, I still have my daily duties, plus need to handle the vessels' enquries now & then, thus it is not easy to fully concentrate on amending the costs.

Took me 3 full days to finish and came the scare of the daily costs going up instead of down. I nearly fainted when they show me the stats. Luckily, being in this position for half a yr and fully incharge of the chargings, I am able to explain my way out. Turns out that they had generate the comparision report b4 I closed the Dec 12 bills and after all my adjustment, it would be a full year report. Now, we are waiting for the manager to give the final verdict for he is the 1 who can assess to the data..

I then realised, despite clearing all the invoices last wk, there came a full stack this wk awaiting my attention. I dun even have the time to go thru and pick up the more urgent 1 to give them the due attention. 

I had initially planned to clear the petty cash by this wk, but it seems that I can onli start on Mon afternoon after I have finish closing my portage bills which is required for my FM to submit the final figures to my London office.They had brought forward the request by 2wks and now, every 1 is rushing to input/amend the costs as accurate as we can. Most of the time, the job falls on the accounting team while other dept will onli have to give the instructions and expect the job to be done in a snap. 

Being in accounts for the past few yrs, I learnt that plp always have this tinking that all accounts have to do is to make payments, take in costs. Simple as ABC. But they did not realise that we are the last line of defence for all purchases/sales. Making sure all procedures are followed for purchases, values, quantities are correct, costs are allocated to the correct cost centres/projects. No under/over stated of figures etc etc. We do not do things blindly. Higher rank or not, if a discrepancy is detected, we have every right to question or hold the processing. This is accounting dept's duties, this is our call.

Its tiring no doubt, but theres a sense of accomplishment at least, though it is not the most appreciated dept in the company. 

After this nerve wrecking week,  I need to prepare for next wk which will be as if not equally busy. Now I know why my Jan leave is not approved. I think I would need to camp in office if I had go ahead with the leave. Either that or my colleague would be drown to death by covering me. 

Hope all this hard work is worth when I see this month's pay. Is still waiting for the bonus to come in..