Chief Accountant
Galerie Issam Khatib El hage
Total years of experience :20 years, 0 months
- Handling the accounting and HR departments
- Developing accounting procedures specific to the company
- Teaching the new accounting programs to the new employees
- Making recommendations for promotions
- Coming up with financial solutions to improve profits
- Pricing of products and services
- Presenting the accounts to the management
- Helping with calculations of the taxes
- Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations for two branches
- Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of accounts.
- Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries
- Perform cash flow forecasting, budgeting and working closely with the operations and project teams in analyzing margins, variances and cost analysis.
- Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies for the set up.
- Preparing and filling taxes form with the external auditor
- Supervise staff and students to ensure that they adhere to
Nursery’s policies and procedures.
- Ensure the health, safety and well being of all the children.
- Oganize and plan a program of activities to suit the children’s stage of development whilst promoting positive behavior.
- Build trusting relationships with all parents, taking appropriate and prompt action on any Concern’s raised and to encourage their active participation in the activities of the nursery.
- Lead and encourage the staff to work in a team environment including scheduling of staff meeting’s to ensure maximum participation.
- Provide assistance to the effective induction for new members of staff following the guidelines and using the resources provided by the nursery; liaising with the Nursery Manager on performance and progress during the probationary period.
- Keep and maintain up to date and accurate records and reports.
- Ensure that staffs maintain a safe and clean environment and to liaise with the Nursery Manager in connection with health and safety matters.
- Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
- Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule.
- Facilitate and complete monthly close procedures.
- Analyze revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
- Prepare monthly account reconciliations.
- Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances.
- Assist with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements.
- Assist with quarterly producer commission reports; analyzing and correcting discrepancies.
- Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
- Direct report to General Manager and Sales Representatives
- Assist with financial and tax audits
- Maintaining stock, inventories and costing
- Follow up the import/export transactions
- Multi-managerial tasks (Time Management, HR Tasks (formalities, vacations...)
- Other projects as assigned
- All under ISO 9001 standards.
- Organize and monitor inventory levels to maximize efficiency
- Manage storage warehouses or delivering products to retail stores
- Schedule employee shifts
- Organize the shipment and reception of products
- Enter the products to the system with labeling
- Schedule and attend confidential management and board meetings
- Screen calls, manage calendars, making travel, meeting and event arrangements
- Prepare reports and financial data
- Training and supervising other support staff
- Customer relations
- Keep a record and maintain cycle counts of the entire inventory in the store
- Receive and verify the inventory with the purchase order listings
- Report loss, damage and any such discrepancies to the supervising authorities
- Sort all goods and stack them appropriately
- Assist in the labeling, tagging and packaging of the goods
thesis not submitted
2003-2007 BA - Business Administration System - Arab Open University (AOU)
2000-2001 Lebanese Baccalaureates in Economics and Social Sciences - Collège Sœurs des Saints Cœurs