Omer Mohamed Omer, Finance Manager

Omer Mohamed Omer

Finance Manager

American Refugee Committee

Location
Somalia
Education
Master's degree, Business Administrations
Experience
19 years, 3 months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 3 months

Finance Manager at American Refugee Committee
  • Somalia
  • My current job since March 2014

• Set up and manage bank accounts or alternate cash facilitation systems.
• Manage budgets, grant tracking, and all financial activities/reports.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate accounting system
• Ensure timely closing of books as well as filing of required reports per ARC Finance deadlines
• Supervise daily activities of finance staff.
• Manage bank transfers, withdrawals and reconciliations
• Maintain staff payroll and time and attendance records.
• Provide oversight of all administrative and logistical activities for the country program
• Maintain local staff personnel files and provide training and support to financial and non-financial staff regarding ARC financial procedures and internal controls
• Examine all support documentation to financial transactions, ensuring completeness and compliance
• Run and prepare monthly reports after month closings, and ready them for use by management
• Monitor supplies, assigned drivers, log books, fitness of the guesthouse, as instructed
• Facilitate workshops, meetings and similar activities
• Hold readily auditable records of personnel, and inventory of assets and supplies
• Make runs to the financial institutions, to partners offices, as instructed

Accounts Section Supervisor / Senior Accountant at Dahabshiil Money Transfer Limited
  • Somalia
  • June 2012 to March 2014

• Prepare Agent Commissions and record in to the system, make all individual deductions, and finally prepare separate regional commission sheets and sent to the regional administrations for commission distribution.
• Checking the monthly closing accounts of all agents and general reconciliation of region as well as checking Banks and office expenses accounts monthly.
• Prepare exchange profit calculations schedule through using “Weighting Average Method” and other applicable methods as well as prepare monthly income and expenditure reports, and other financial reports.
• With the absence of the accounting supervisor, should supervise the work of all staff that works under his responsibility, and train other staff as required.
• Responsible for Data entry and account recording through Quick books.
• Do all other needful actions assigned by the management

Operations Executive Officer at DAHABSHIIL MONEY TRANSFER LIMITED
  • Somalia
  • July 2006 to May 2012

• Control and supervision over operations staff to ensure the smooth running of the operations department.
• Authentication for all the remittance/payment orders.
• Controlling cash flows for branches.
• Preparation of monthly & annual financial reports.
• Take part in the preparation of annual budget and budgetary control.
• Co-ordinate with compliance department in regard to Anti Money Laundering.
• Training and counseling department staff and branches to maintain effective and sound accounting system and to comply with the accounting procedures and standards set for the company.
• Provide MIS reports on remittances, finance and cash flows to the Managing Director and CEO.

Admin and Finance Officer
  • November 2005 to June 2006

for Peace & Governance

Project Manager at HYDA ORGANIZATION
  • May 2005 to October 2005

Set up and manage support functions covering planning, tracking, reporting, quality management and internal communication.
•Produce consolidated reporting to the Project Manager, including Project summary, key issues, risks, benefits, summary of costs incurred.
•Review project activities for compliance with procedures and standards.
•Participate in partnership building with national NGOs and authorities
•Supervise quality of reports
•Make available quantitative information about Community education,
•Ensure that procedures for community mobilization and local partners
•Organize trainings and supervise community education of Partners
•Promote collaboration with authorities and NGO

Admin and Finance Officer at Africa Renaissance Center for Social Research Media and Developmen
  • December 2004 to April 2005

Implementing and administering daily accounting and finance functions including the timely recording of transaction, cash management, banking, payroll, inventory, receivables and payables and other finance functions.
•Submitting monthly management reports to the Executive Director including expenditures by costs centers/projects required by partner reporting, as well as other financial information in a timely and accurate manner.
•Ensure compliance with ARECSMED procurement policies and procedures for all goods and services.
•Working closely to the administration assistant on administrative tasks including human resource management, logistics and all administrative office duties.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administrations
  • at Asia University of Malaysi
  • November 2011

Master's degree, Business Administrations
  • at Asia University of Malaysi
  • November 2011

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at University of HargeisaSomali
  • August 2006

Relevant courses covered: Accounting for government and non-profit organizations, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Conflict Management, Communication English, and Business Writing.

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Administrative Support
Bank Accounting
Project Finance
Teamwork
ACCOUNTANCY
ADMINISTRATION
BUDGETING
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT OFFICE
PAYROLL PROCESSING
RECORDING
CLOSING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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