Chief Finance & Administration Officer | Head of Transformation
Samra Electric Power Company - [SEPCO]
Total years of experience :25 years, 8 Months
1. Leading and managing the central operational departments of Finance, HR, IT, Supply Chain (Procurement and Warehousing\], Corporate Communication, and Transformation and Organizational \[Corporate\] Development.
2. Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
3. Chairing the Complaints and Suggestions Committee
4. Chairing the Employees’ Affairs Committee
5. Chairing the Housing Committee
6. Chairing the Medical \[Health\] Insurance Committee
7. Chairing the Executive Procurement Committee
8. Executive Member of the Executive Committee
9. Executive Member of the Leadership Team
10. Leading and approving all the financial transactions and reports of the company
11. Leading the efficiency rating, metrics reporting function \[KPIs\] and operational reviews of the company on periodic basis
12. Directly leading and handling the transformation, development and organizational development function, planning and methodology.
13. Ensure that the company IT systems are up to date and are used effectively.
14. Ensure that appropriate authorizations for approval, operational and financial controls are in place and that accounting standards meet legal requirements. Use Internal Audit effectively to secure that the required procedures are followed in all cases.
15. Directly managing and coordinating all the major events of the company which required direct interference to partner with different parties, from both the public and private sectors, in order to drive the event to a success.
16. Make sure that the appropriate systems and procedures support effectively the reporting system of the Company to provide accurate and timely management information. Prepare Business Progress Reports, Monthly & Quarterly Reports including narratives.
17. Budget Coordinator: Prepare, review, and submit realistic corporate budgets. Ensure that financial results are at least as forecast in the budget. Advise the General Manager for appropriate corrective actions.
18. Oversee the Individual Development Plans for Key employees (IDP).
19. Manage Legal affairs and lawsuits, hence, representing the company legal at the Jordanian courts and legal institutions.
20. Oversee all related compliance regulations and instructions.
21. Oversee all risks reporting, revision, approvals and finding.
22. Ensure that company meets Legal requirements (Licensing, Tax Reg., Social Security, Insurance Laws and Labor Laws)
• Reporting directly to the Head of Operations for the Middle East & Africa Region.
• Supervise the operations departments, ensuring they achieve a high degree of productivity and provide high quality service to internal and external customers.
• Ensure that the company IT systems are up to date and are used effectively.
• Ensure that appropriate authorizations for approval, operational and financial controls are in place and that accounting standards meet legal requirements. Use Internal Audit effectively to secure that the required procedures are followed in all cases.
• Budget Coordinator: Prepare, review, and submit realistic corporate budgets. Ensure that financial results are at least as forecast in the budget. Advise the General Manager for appropriate corrective actions.
• Review the budgets of the Functional depts. to ensure that plans support the objectives of high quality service to the customers and increased productivity. Review the sales budget to ensure that top and bottom line objectives are supported and advise the General Manager for the appropriate actions.
• Maintain Operating Expense ratios within budget. Report on Operating Expense variances. Review and approve Business Travel plans, budgets, and expenses.
• Understand and assist in the appropriate matching of Assets to Liabilities.
• Make sure that the appropriate systems and procedures support effectively the reporting system of the Company to provide accurate and timely management information. Prepare Business Progress Reports, Monthly & Quarterly Reports including narratives.
• Review & update Personnel Policy on Compensation.
• Oversee the Individual Development Plans for Key employees (IDP).
• Manage Legal affairs and lawsuits.
• Ensure that company meets Legal requirements (Licensing, Tax Reg., Social Security, Insurance Laws and Labor Laws)
• Oversee Market Share and Economic studies in addition to Market Demographics.
• Reporting directly to the CEO and CIO of Jordan Ahli Bank.
• Preparing and developing projects’ action plans.
• Managing projects related to I.T. and Business E-Transformation with total commitment to apply all guidelines and controls during the implementation cycle.
• Working on developing budgets related to implementing projects and programs and monitoring and following up on all financial affairs on budgets and operational expenses of each project.
• Managing and filing all documents and records related to each project and updating them continuously.
• Determining potential risks and issues during the implementation cycle within the group and proposing recommendations on resolving related risks and issues to the related management.
• Managing the handover processes of all products and/or services including all related documents and records to the owner in coordination with the direct supervisor.
• Coordinating with all departments and groups tasks and updates in terms of related projects.
• Preparing and forwarding progress reports to the direct supervisor.
• Following up on and assuring that projects are being implemented in accordance to the action plans and in compliance with the related policies and proceudres and report to associated parties accordingly.
- Worked on managing and delivering several key transformation banking projects and programs such as: (Customer Communication Program | Mobile Banking | Online Banking Development | E-Banking Services Development)
- Serve as a key member and project manager in the bank's transformation star team of Jordan Ahli bank for the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) program.
• Reporting directly to the Deputy CEO, Head of Group Logistics of Jordan Ahli bank.
• Managing a team of 30 personnel divided between two units: The Fixed Assets Management unit and Central Data Management Unit.
• Managing a huge critical project of auto-archiving the bank’s comprehensive data for the last 15 years.
• Managing the data maintenance process
• Managing a project of counting all the fixed assets of the bank and working on re-segmenting it according to a professional acceptable cost-allocation standards and structure.
• Managing the administrative and accounting process of the bank’s warehouses.
• Managing, developing and maintaining proper accounting practices for fixed assets.
• Review journal entries prior to entry to the general ledger to ensure accurate, timely and reliable recording of transactions.
• Managing and controlling a huge budget in terms of allocations and financing related projects.
• Serving as a member in the Oracle Project Steering Committee (Finance, HRMS, CRM, and Data Warehousing).
- Managing the Administrative Systematic Development Process and Project Management and team.
- Managing the Real Estate Investment Process and approving on all related matters.
• In charge of managing and developing the bank’s electronic channels and electronic banking services.
• Managing all projects related to adding, developing, updating, upgrading, and modifying the bank’s e-channels and e-banking services.
• Responsible for preparing all business analytical reports of e-channels’ and e-banking services’ profitability, performance, and over-all evaluation on monthly basis.
• Monitoring branches’ customer relationship management’s performance in relation to applying e-banking methodologies in accordance to the highest international business and quality standards.
• Conducting internal and external training courses in CRM and E-Channels.
• Managing the day-to-day activities of departments falling under my direct supervision (Call Center, ATM Support, and E-Banking Services Management).
• Coordinating with all related groups and administrations to seriously assist in applying e-banking transactions on our bank’s interactions.
• Managing and controlling a huge budget in terms of allocations and financing related projects.
• Serving as a major member in the branches’ management and development committee.
• Serving as a member in the Oracle Project Steering Committee (Finance, HRMS, CRM, and Data Warehousing).
Project planning, executing, monitoring and controlling
Project Risk Planning, monitoring and risks response and mitigation planning.
Report to the project sponsor on a weekly basis or bi-weekly basis about the project status, progress, issues, risks and any needed actions or support from the project sponsor to resolve or facilitate possible project issues.
Follow-up all project tasks and coordinate with designated project resources to insure that each task in the project plan is progressing on a timely and efficient manners.
Arrange for project progress and review meetings with the project stakeholders, as well as IntraCom’s project manager.
Follow-up with the modules business owners for needed information, review feedbacks, and any needed business decisions. Also follow-up with the IT coordinator for any needed technical input.
Follow-up needed Sign-offs on the project deliverables and major milestones.
Planning and controlling needed resources and insure their availability and timely response per the agreed on detailed project plan.
Workshops planning and coordinating with the needed participants according to the project plan.
Attend all analysis workshops and testing activities to get awareness of the project knowledge areas and insure effectiveness of such activities.
Serves as a member of the Project Management Steering Committee.
Member of the Basel II Committee (Working Groups for Credit Risk, Operational Risk, and Market Risk).
Performing complex revenue and other financial analysis studies used in financial and budgetary planning.
Providing revenue projections; investigate and recommend additional financial sources and/or funding.
Compile, organize and analyze data on new and existing programs and projects; performing complex statistical analysis; preparing and conducting proposals, including financial policies’ and procedures’ requirements.
Investigate, interpret, analyze and prepare recommendations related to improvements of budgetary and accounting information systems.
Oversee the daily work related to financial management, financial planning, accounting transactions, strategic financial analysis, banking affairs, financial investment, financial reporting, and cash flow and solvency analysis and management.
Financial Modeling.
Directing Modal’s financial goals, objectives and budgets.
Overseeing the investment of funds and managing associated risks.
Supervising cash flow management activities.
Executing capital-raising strategies to support the company’s expansion, and deal with managers and acquisitions.
Overseeing the company’s issuance of credit.
Establishing credit-rating criteria.
Determining credit ceilings.
Monitoring the collections of past-due accounts.
Monitoring and controlling the flow of cash receipts and disbursements to meet the business and investment needs of Modal.
Managing complex financial reporting and analysis.
Overseeing and directing the preparation of financial reports.
Implementing cash management strategies.
Summarizing and Forecasting the Project’s financial position, such as Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and analysis of future incoming funds or expenses.
Overseeing the accounting and budgeting procedures.
Directing the Project’s financial goals and objectives.
Overseeing the investment of funds and managing associated risks.
Supervising cash management activities.
Maintaining and balancing the general ledger and subsidiary ledgers and other related reports and financial statements.
Making adjusting entries for a range of accounts and appropriate journal entries for special accounts and fiscal activities.
Reconciling the banks accounts and managing all matters related to banks accounts.
Reconciling payroll accounts, investments accounts, and calculating and distributing various costs to a wide variety of accounts.
Supervising payroll and training coaching employees supervised as needed.
Assisting the auditors during the annual audit trial.
Directing ASEZA’s financial goals, objectives and budgets.
Overseeing the investment of funds and managing associated risks.
Supervising cash flow management activities.
Executing capital-raising strategies to support the authority’s expansion, and deal with managers and acquisitions.
Overseeing the authority’s issuance of credit.
Establishing credit-rating criteria.
Determining credit ceilings.
Monitoring the collections of past-due accounts.
Monitoring and controlling the flow of cash receipts and disbursements to meet the business and investment needs of ASEZA. “For example: Cash flow projections needed to determine whether loans must be obtained to meet cash requirements or whether surplus cash should be invested in interest-bearing instruments.”
Maintaining and balancing the general ledger and subsidiary ledgers and other related reports and financial statements.
Making adjustment entries for a range of accounts, and appropriate journal entries for special accounts and fiscal activities.
Reconciling bank statements and all banks accounts, payroll account, investment accounts, and accounts receivable and payable to the general ledger.
Calculating and distributing various costs to a wide variety of accounts.
Assisting the Executive Director of Finance by providing technical guidance to finance department staff and in preparing a variety of financial records, reports and analysis.
Preparing monthly investment reports and reconciling cash management account.
Assisting in developing fiscal policy; interprets and enforces current fiscal policies and practices for the finance department.
Assists the auditors during the annual audit trial of ASEZA’s financial records.
Providing supervision of the payroll and accounts payable functions; conducting performance appraisals of employees, and training and coaching employees supervised as needed.
- Serving as a key member of the Integrated Financial and Management System Program of ASEZA | Project Manager for the Accounts Payable Module.
Managing and approving all the financial transactions and reports of Jordan and Palestine.
In charge of and preparing the financial statements for external audit and management purposes and reviews.
In charge of the general ledger accounts and the accounts payable.
Controlling all the banks accounts and affairs, and reconciling the bank statements on monthly basis.
Arranging the annual budget.
Approving the payroll of the SOS personnel for Jordan and Palestine.
Reviewing and revising the financial statements, reports and transactions of various companies and clients in order to express a financial opinion.
Preparing the auditor’s report and audited financial statements \[Balance sheet, Income statement, and Cash flow, along with the accompanying notes and disclosures\].
Assessing feasibility studies, financial and real estate investment proposals for clients.
Providing financial consultations and accounting assistance.
Developing and modifying internal control procedures and accounting and organizational structures and systems.
Accredited Certified International Trainer (ACIT)