christina Abbas, Business Development Director

christina Abbas

Business Development Director

Benefits

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Banking and Finance
Experience
13 years, 5 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 5 months

Business Development Director at Benefits
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2019

• Contacting potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings.
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives.
• Researching organizations and individuals to find new opportunities.
• Increasing the value of current customers while attracting new ones.
• Finding and developing new markets and improving sales.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events.
• Developing quotes and proposals for clients.
• Developing goals for the development team and business growth and ensuring they are met.
• Training personnel and helping team members develop their skills.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheets, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product. Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing information for auditors.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Conduct research, analysis, development, and summarization of financial information for audit purposes and financial reporting and to perform the financial administration and reporting of federal and state grants.

senior accountant at Fine Concept Engineering
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2017 to March 2019

• Contact clients and discuss with them their accounts balances and due payments
• Negotiate with clients the payment plans and payment schedules that suit their current financial situation while still satisfying their debt
• Advise customers on their various payment options and of the methods appropriate to collect overdue debts
• Supervise team members on a daily basis and assist them in specific transactions and events
• Prepare the financial statements and discuss them with management on a monthly basis
• Actively participate in meetings with management on a weekly basis and advise on the financial position of the company and its current relationship with its main clients
• Prepare monthly financial statements, reports and records by collecting, analyzing and summarizing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Review bank statements. (Monthly reconciliations)
• Research and reconcile all discrepancies.
• Financial and profitability analysis on a requested basis.
• Assist in preparing NSSF, income tax and VAT declarations.
• Providing information for auditors.

Sr Accountant at EGI SARL
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2013 to September 2017

Prepare monthly financial statements, reports and records by collecting, analyzing and
summarizing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling
transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance;
reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss,
and other statements.
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished
product.Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts;
providing information for auditors.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Review bank statements. (Monthly reconciliations)
• Research and reconcile all discrepancies.
• Financial and profitability analysis on a requested basis.
• Assist in preparing NSSF, income tax and VAT declarations.

secretary at Etude Joseph Karam
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2012 to May 2013

- Answering telephone calls
- Arranging appointments
- Typing and word processing (especially in Arabic)
- Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
- Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.

animator at Birdy
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2007 to July 2009

Dealing with diverse business cultures, delivering presentations, animating kids’ birthdays

Education

Master's degree, Banking and Finance
  • at Université La Sagesse
  • January 2017
Bachelor's degree, audit
  • at lebanese university faculty of business and economics
  • July 2013

Certification of French Language Accomplishing a thesis on : ‘‘Etude Financière et comptable de la société Holcim SAL’’

Diploma, Sociology and Economics
  • at ecole fille de la charite
  • July 2010

Specialties & Skills

Performance Auditing
Safety Auditing
Small Business Accounting
Quality Auditing
Auditing
 Work well under pressure  Cooperative in team work  Finish tasks on time and punctual  Energeti
Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel

Languages

English
Intermediate
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

English courses (Training)
Training Institute:
TLC
Date Attended:
June 2009