Cost Controller
Nahdat Al Emaar
Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months
• Expense monitoring of all trades construction projects on a real time basis.
• Elaborating comprehensive cost control reports including direct and indirect costs, productivity ratios, and incurred project expenses.
• Monthly financial comparison of the incurred expenses against the consumed budget on an item basis and according to the physical progress of each budgeted task.
• Estimate the remaining expenditures needed to complete the project and calculation of the project’s final cost.
• Pinpoint, analyze and explain the financial variances to the budget.
• Help elaborating strategic proposals to lower costs/remedy financial drifts in order to prevent further losses.
• Evaluate and Monitor Subcontractor Billings as per contract.
• Cost Allocation subcontracted works Base on CSI master format Standards 2004.
• Evaluate new contracts in comparison to historical cost of other subcontracted work order.
• Expense monitoring of all trades construction projects on a real time basis.
• Elaborating comprehensive cost control reports including direct and indirect costs, productivity ratios, and incurred project expenses.
• Monthly financial comparison of the incurred expenses against the consumed budget on an item basis and according to the physical progress of each budgeted task.
• Estimate the remaining expenditures needed to complete the project and calculation of the project’s final cost.
• Pinpoint, analyze and explain the financial variances to the budget.
• Help elaborating strategic proposals to lower costs/remedy financial drifts in order to prevent further losses.
• Responsible for general Supervision of accounting staff and general clerks
• Design effective accounting policy procedure
• Responsible in reports embracing, administrative financing and treasury in all branches.
• Responsible for training of all accounting staff using Peachtree Accounting by: sage.
• And also acting computer analyst.
• Conduct actual branch audit
Other Functions: Computerization Project
• Provide staff and users with assistance solving computer related problems, such as malfunctions and program problems.
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
• Coordinate and link the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility and so information can be shared.
• Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
• Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve work flow.
• Interview or survey workers, observe job performance and/or perform the job in order to determine what information is processed and how it is processed.
• Determine computer software or hardware needed to set up or alter system.
• Train staff and users to work with computer systems and programs.
• Assess the usefulness of pre-developed application packages and adapt them to a user environment.
• Define the goals of the system and devise flow charts and diagrams describing logical operational steps of programs.
• Develop, document and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
• Review and analyze computer printouts and performance indicators to locate code problems, and correct errors by correcting codes.
• Recommend new equipment or software packages.
• Utilize the computer in the analysis and solution of business problems such as development of integrated production and inventory control and cost analysis systems.
• Specify inputs accessed by the system and plan the distribution and use of the results.
Bookkeeper (June 20, 2006-February 20, 2007)
• Has Set-up New Accounting System for Direct Selling using Peachtree Accounting or User Business System (Stand alone).
• Posting Receive Inventories from Suppliers
• Prepares Check for Payments
• Purchase Orders
• Responsible in producing Financial Reports (Balance Sheet, Comparative Income Statements- Branch Form)
• Prepares monthly Financial Statement reports for Board Meeting
• Prepares Daily Cash Position,
• Prepares Bank Reconciliation
• Prepares Billing Statements to Customers,
• Purchase order
• Posting of Daily Sales Report (Peachtree Accounting System) by: Sage,
• Posting Collections
• Prepares Aging of Accounts Receivable
• and Supervise monthly Physical Inventory Counting.
• Posting of Business transactions Disbursement,
• Posting Cash Receipts to Peachtree
• Prepares monthly Bank Reconciliation
Skills Proficiency: Skill (Years of Experience) • Excellent in: Bookkeeping – (5) years • Intermediate: Accounting supervising (2) years • Intermediate: Project Cost Control – (2) years • Excellent in MS Excel (6) Years • Excellent in : MS Word, (6) Years • Intermediate in: MS Access, (2) Years • Accounting Programs ( Web base