Lutfi Al Ashour, Supervisor – Payroll & Banking

Lutfi Al Ashour

Supervisor – Payroll & Banking

Middle East Battery co.

Location
Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
Education
Diploma,  Understanding & Analyzing Financial Statement And Reports
Experience
27 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 1 Months

Supervisor – Payroll & Banking at Middle East Battery co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • My current job since August 2001

1- Supervisor Payroll Accountant
MEBCO / GENERAL MOTORS - Dammam

One of the largest lead acid battery manufacturer (free maintenance) in the Middle East that distributes to the entire Middle East region, African region and other countries.

Payroll tasks:
- Responsible for preparing monthly payroll.
- Arrange the advance payment for employees going on vacation.
-Review and audit time sheet for attendance of all employees in all departments.
- Calculate employees’ end of service settlement, benefits and merit increases.
- Review and update payroll deductions & reconcile to ensure accuracy.
- Coordinate with banks for staff accounts and related issues.
- Prepare JV’s for end of the month closing.
- Reconciliation of Accruals and Expense accounts of payroll.
- Ensure high efficiency and accuracy in updating HRMS Payroll to meet end of the month closure.
- Prepare employees’ monthly insurance subscription for (GOSI) online.
- Submit requests and follow up with (HRDF) to refund 50% of salaries for the new Saudi's hired by the company.

Bank related tasks:
- Prepare banks reconciliation.
- Communicate with banks to handle company financial matters.
- Prepare and review all banks facilities and agreements.
- Arrange daily cash position Current Accounts, Time Deposit, Petty Cash, LCs and LGs.
- Prepare Time Deposit and follow up with the bank to record it (Rollover or Liquidate).
- Purchase Different currency from Treasury Department (Foreign Exchange Currency).
- Prepare L/Cs Applications for import materials from our suppliers and discuss it with the bank.
- Review all export L/Cs with the bank and follow up with them to insure the amount depositing to our account.
- Prepare L/Gs Applications for Customs duty.

Credit Cards:
- Responsible for issuing credit cards for both General Motors and MEBCO management for business operation.
- Preparing credit cards reconciliation.

Petty Cash:
- Handling petty cash movement.

Expense claim Reports:
- Check and review all travel expense reports to insure they comply with company’s policy.
- Control travel expenses within the Budget.

Accounts Receivable:
- Process all Sales Invoices, with supporting documentation is included.
- Review and analysis the Aged Debtors to follow up with customers to improve the Company’s cash position.
- Maintain & update in the system selling prices lists.
- Reconcile the Accounts Receivable Ledger with the General Ledger.
- Prepare any Journal Entry Vouchers relating to the Accounts Receivable.
- Prepare weekly or monthly forecast of the expected forward cash collections from customers.

Accounts Payable:
- Process all Accounts Payable vouchers through to “Payment Voucher” status, with supporting documentation is included and that the invoice matches with the Purchase Order and Goods Receipt.
- Review payment terms and any identified opportunities to improve the Company’s cash position.
- Reconcile the Accounts Payable Ledger with the General Ledger every month.
- Monitor advances/prepayments made to suppliers and closing in the system.
- Review all open Purchase Orders for appropriateness.
- Prepare weekly/monthly forecast of the expected forward cash payments.

Accountant at Abdul Latif Jameel Retail Co. Ltd. (TOYOTA)
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • March 1997 to August 2001

Monitoring the daily sales transaction
Monthly stock taking over the vehicle stock
Monitoring cash movements
Responsible for Accounts payable
Handling the work of general accounting & analysis of accounts.

Education

Diploma,  Understanding & Analyzing Financial Statement And Reports
  • at Progress Management Consultant
  • June 2007
Diploma, Mastering Business & Financial Modeling Using Excel
  • at Meirc Training & Consulting
  • April 2007
Diploma, Social insurance rules & executive registration
  • at GOSI
  • March 2005
Diploma, General English
  • at Al-Ezdihar Institute for Languages
  • September 2004
Diploma, Financial Accounting & Reporting
  • at Meirc Training & Consulting
  • June 2004
Diploma, Essentials of Financial Management
  • at Meirc Training & Consulting
  • December 2003
Diploma, Business writing & Writing Skills
  • at Al-Andalus Language Institute
  • April 2003
Diploma, General English
  • at The British Council
  • February 2003
Higher diploma, Motivating, Rewording and leading Teams
  • at College of Accounting and Finance
  • April 1997
Diploma, Accounting
  • at Institute of Public Administration (IPA)
  • March 1997

Intensive English courses from Sep. 1994 to Jun. 1995 Co-op training at Al-Mutlaq Co.

Diploma, Automobile technician
  • at Technical collage
  • March 1993

Specialties & Skills

Insurance
Management
Training
Mastering
Reporting
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Project, Project Workbench and Lotus Notes- Expert.
English

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Company
  • Active member (name of association).
  • August 2000

Hobbies

  • sports and computer