Financial Accountant
PHOENICIA INTER-CONTINENTAL HOTEL
Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months
Day to day supervision to finance operation (accounts payable, income audit and general cashier etc.)
•Ensured accuracy of compliance with accounting policies and procedures
•Bank Reconciliation
•Assets/ Liabilities Reconciliation
•Preparing Month end closing tasks (expenses review, month end allocations, profit and loss report, balance sheet, EFPM Actual reporting to Head office)
•Budget preparation and importation to SUN and EFPM
•Rolling forecast preparation and submission
•V.A.T reconciliation
•CSA (IHG internal Audit) Assessment action plan and review
Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
•Overseeing internal financial controls.
•Producing meaningful analysis of financial data.
•Reviewing new & existing business models.
•Identifying and developing controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted.
•Elected employee of the month in September 2013
Ensuring accuracy of compliance with international accounting policies and procedures and IFRS.
•Assisting with the budgets yearly preparation.
•Verifying cost allocations according to company procedures.
•Performing financial analysis and modeling.
•Establishing and maintaining internal controls as per international standards.
•Assisting and cooperating with external Auditors and validating their reports. .
•Approving and validating daily income journal for the daily posting of revenues and receipts for the hotel.
•Ensuring compliance with existing internal and external income control policies and procedures .
Key Achievements
•Updating the chart of account and the reporting system to match the new corporate accounting manual requirement.
•Revising the policies and procedures in the income section and updating them to cope with the new installed systems to have better control.
•Updating and enhancing the Balance Sheet & bank reconciliation.
•Creating and updating all the excel spreadsheets.
Posting and checking invoices against purchase order
•Preparing payments, print checks and sending bank transfers
•Paying to suppliers and collecting cash receipts
•Reconciling Supplier’s accounts
•Taking accruals for expected payments
payable
Key Achievements
•Instalation of SUN system, working closely with the installers to create the AP customer list and the different related reports
•Installation of FBM system and data migration from FB to FBM
•Creation of the cost control section and different procedures for Purchasing, Receiving, Stores, AP section and different outlets