Faisal Butt, Head Leasing Operations (Finance)

Faisal Butt

Head Leasing Operations (Finance)

Tamouh Investments LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
22 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months

Head Leasing Operations (Finance) at Tamouh Investments LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since April 2011

Head Leasing Operations (Finance)
Supervising Lease Financial Operations and Reporting

• To ensure that units database is updated for all plots and buildings across all companies in SAP system
• Managing retail, office/commercial and residential lease portfolio for more than 800+ units
• Examining new/renewed lease agreement’s particulars, financial exhibits and payment schedule
• To ensure all signed lease agreements are created in SAP and VAT invoices are issued on time
• Checking customer VAT/Non VAT invoices, statement of accounts, debit and credit notes
• Updating tenant’s fact sheet for every financial activity for all units for budgeting
• Liaise with other team members of legal, commercial and inter-company departments
• Analyzing monthly aging summary, and report long outstanding to legal department to issue legal notices
• Highlighting financial and operational discrepancies by analyzing leasing records in SAP and propose remedies
• Prepare various monthly management reports for higher management
• Resolving customer queries related to payment plan, penalty waiver, defer PDC’s and other disputes
• Develop and maintain relationships with prospective, existing and short term tenants
• Continuous process improvements in SAP for leasing and financial operations

Chief Accountant
Financial and Management Reporting

• Perform financial analysis, generate financial reports and statements for management as needed
• Coordinate with Payable and Receivable team to complete assigned tasks within deadlines
• Monitor expenditures, analyze revenues and determine budget variances and report the same to management
• Respond to operational and financial inquiries from management in a timely fashion
• Provide guidance and follow-up with team members for monthly and year end closing tasks
• Responsible to timely submit monthly consolidated financial and cash-flow management reports
• Analyzing financial discrepancies and recommend effective resolutions
• Assist in budget preparation and expense management activities for assigned accounts
• Assist in auditing activities by providing necessary information and preparing requested documentations

Senior Finance Executive / MIS Officer
Payable Accounts and General Ledger Reconciliation

• Checking on a regular basis weekly and monthly payments for Tenants, contractors & suppliers
• Perform month-end accounting activities such as inter-company reconciliations and journal entries
• Monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies and regulations
• Recording the cost of newly-acquired fixed assets and accounting for disposal of fixed assets
• Preparing weekly cash book report and quarterly/monthly bank reconciliation for all bank accounts
• Review and compilation of monthly management reports from all departments and present to CFO

Senior Payroll Administrator at Tamouh Investments LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 2009 to March 2011

• Supervised and administered overall payroll functions for Tamouh and 3 subsidiaries
• Reviews, analyzes and verifies payroll reports and documents for accuracy; advise on necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other established procedures
• Assist in development of payroll policies and procedures, contingency plans and process improvement
• Manage time attendance system and time prepare punches summary for employees upon supervisor’s request
• Preparing reports for payroll budgets, forecasting and other analysis to present in company board meeting
• Formulating monthly cost center wise staff payroll allocation report for finance
• Provide auditors with various reports including Leave Balance, End of services benefits and employee turnover
• Analyzing operational difficulties and liaising between users & ERP team to resolve issues

Senior Accountant at Haroon Company WLL
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • September 2007 to March 2009

My Job Description includes:
• Checking and Posting Petty Cash, Receipts, Payment and Journal Vouchers
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, cost centers and documents business transactions
• Maintain the proper documentation for all financial matters such as Fixed Assets Register, Time deposits, L.G’s and liens maintained with the bank
• Filling of LC applications after receiving Proforma Invoice and checking all related matters to the LC shipment, (LC Amendments, Purchase Order Costing, Cargo Arrival Notices, and Production Sample Approval etc) from the time of application until it arrives to the warehouse.
• To remit the payments to overseas Suppliers via TT and DD
• To prepare weekly and monthly payable schedule of foreign suppliers, and buying enough currency (Euro & GBP) for future payments
• To prepare cheques of all local suppliers once in a month
• Prepare monthly salary deduction and report for payroll purpose (i.e. loan Installment, Advances, Medical expenses and Debit Note adjustments)

Traffic Control Accountant/Revenue Assurance Officer at WorldCall Telecommunication Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2006 to June 2007

Worldcall Group is one of the largest private telecom operators in the country with businesses like Wireless Local Loop (WLL), nationwide presence of long distance & international (LDI) network and rights to dark fibers in a national long haul network being built across Pakistan.

My primary responsibility was to look after the Payphone / Prepaid segment and preparing MIS reports for higher management. That includes but not limited to the following:

•Updating of reports about incoming and outgoing national and international traffic
•Preparation of Daily /weekly /Monthly /Quarterly Cost, Revenue and Marginal analysis
•Assess existing processes/methods and prepare presentations/reports with analysis
•Conduct research to recognize areas of poor performance

Accounts Officer at University of Management & Technology
  • Pakistan
  • May 2001 to June 2006

A National reputable organization based in Lahore (Pakistan) engaged in the professional education, Information Technology, Research and Development.

During 5 years of career in University’s Accounts and Finance Department, I was in charge of preparing accounts reports for financial statements, budgeting, reconciliations along with other responsibilities to record keeping and analysis of student’s refunds. I also assisted to Internal Auditor for examining and evaluating the correctness and effectiveness of the systems of internal control and their related accounting, financial and operational policies and Procedures. I prepare the schedule of university’s visiting faculty and later prepare the payment on the expiry of their contract. I also worked on foxpro & Microsoft access to prepare the payroll of university employees.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at University of Management and Technology
  • December 2006

CGPA: 3.43 Major Cources studied 1- Corporate Governance 2-Investment analysis and Portfolio Management 3-Banking Credit Management 4-Auditing and Internal Control

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Punjab College of Commerce
  • August 1998

Bachelor's Of Commerce

Specialties & Skills

Reconciliation
Payroll
Financial Statements
Accounts Payable
Microsoft Office
MS Excel (Pivot Table, Formulas etc)
SAP (ERP System) HRIS, FI/CO and REFX
Payroll Management
Accounts payable and GL
Financial Reporting
Management Reporting
Leasing (Retail, Commercial and Residentail)

Languages

English
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Urdu
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