Ahmad Al-Rifai, Financial & Administration Manager

Ahmad Al-Rifai

Financial & Administration Manager

Shaban Group

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
19 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months

Financial & Administration Manager at Shaban Group
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2012 to May 2015

•Responsible for all aspects of Autodesk finance and administration. Reports on a daily basis to CEO and maintains frequent contact with other division managers.
•Responsible for developing and implementing financial and administrative procedures such as: payroll, bookkeeping, insurance, budget and cost control, personnel policies, accounting functions, procurement procedures, contracts, inventory management and control procedures, security of facilities, legal protection of Autodesk software rights, financial reporting, strategic planning, obtaining appropriate financing, developing the Autodesk business plan.
•Develops budgeting methodology and aids other division managers in preparing their budgets and quarterly reports.
•Consolidates budgets from division managers on a quarterly basis or more often as needed for submittal to CEO.
•Monitors division managers actual cost and recoveries versus budgeted cost and recoveries and prepares monthly reports for submittal to CEO. Prepares comprehensive Autodesk financial reports quarterly.
•Ensures that taxes and other payments are made in a timely manner to all government agencies.
•Responsible for maintaining and publishing all software documentation in coordination with the other division managers.
•Responsible for annual salary survey to ensure that Autodesk compensation structure is competitive with the computer software industry.
•Publishes monthly report to stockholders.
•Provides adequate written communication to keep all Autodesk employees and stockholders appropriately informed.

Financial Controller & Anylisist at Adnani Group For Int. Investment
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2010 to November 2012

•Responsible for the management of the teams including work allocation among team members, supervising the work performed.
•Build and maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions across the globe.
•Responsible for the group's treasury funding activities, arrange financing for Project in UAE and across the globe
•Propose trading and risk management strategies to maintain exposure within limits and in accordance with the Treasury Committee indications
•Execution of money market, fx, interest rate transactions
•Prepare and issue group cash and debt reports on weekly basis.
•Monitor loan documentation and ensure compliance.
•Prepare and calculate the group foreign exchange exposure based on projects cash flow and covering FX exposure spot Fwd.
•Prepare short term and long term cash flows and monitor the actual pay outs and receipts, ensuring adequacy of funds.

H.R & Financial Controller at Hertz Rent A Car
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2003 to December 2009

•Check on all Invoices In & out
•Auditing on all contracts for the costumers
•Treating all papers in the Free zone
•Making the Bank Reconciliation
•Checking on all reservations ( Cars & Hotels )
•Control on all duties of the employ
•Prepare & check the monthly salaries
•Managing the current Assets
•Preparing and Analyzing Financial Reports.
•Maintaining close follow-up, liaison & coordination with other management team, Ensuring timely submission of daily, weekly, monthly & yearly reports.
•Managing, overseeing & controlling all duties related to Finance & Accounts in accordance with the Company’s Policy
•applicable local laws, and regulation, and well versed with local bank requirements.
•Preparation of principal accounts, P& L, and the evaluation reports, etc.

Financial Controller at Alzubayen General Trading Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2006 to June 2007

• Managing, overseeing & controlling all duties related to Finance & Accounts in accordance with the Company’s Policy, procedure and applicable local laws, and regulation, and well versed with local bank requirements.
• Preparation of principal accounts, P& L, and the evaluation reports, etc.
• Monitoring cost, collections, payments, remittances, recoveries, budget preparation & expense budget management, and ensuring compliance with Company’s requirements of all cost centers.
• Preparing, interpreting and classifying the interim financial reports and statements.
• Preparing of periodical management and other statistical reports for submission to the Management as and when required, and assist in preparation of long term business plans.
• Ensuring preparation and compilation of periodical budgets and forecasts in coordination with the Management, concerning the growth of the Group’s financial aspects.
• Finding out the risk of management skills, cash & investment skills.
• Coordinating and assisting external auditors, and furnishing them with the required information and documents within the Company Policy standards.
• Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance.
• Assessing the financial implications of new or existing ventures.
• Draw accounting policies and practices according to GAAP.
• Carrying out financial activities under general guidelines in compliance with employment practices of countries, where we have established business.
• Providing accounting / financial leadership to the Company business units to achieve strategic business objectives.

Accountants’ officer at Royal Jordanian Airlines
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 1998 to August 2003

• Auditing and costing Royal Jordanian Aircraft fuel
• Auditing Hotel Alia Accommodation Voucher
• Auditing Catering Supply Invoices for Flights
• Auditing RJ Insurance (employees, offices, cars)
• Checking Local and Outstations expenses.
• Accountant : For Royal Jordanian Subsidiary Press : Print Shop(Part Time )

Accountant at Al Dar Al Arabia Auditing & Verification of Financial Matters/Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 1996 to May 1998

Accountant & Auditor
Perform all Accountant & Auditing duties to insure client success

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Applied Sciense University
  • January 1997

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Preparation
Airlines
Outlook
Computer Skills Using MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, E-mail, Internet.
Aug 1998 – Dec 1998 Royal Jordanian Airlines JordanInternal Training on the Oracle financial Applic
CPA(Certified Public Accountant) Parts (one/two/three/four) 2001
2000 - Royal Jordanian Airlines ISO2000

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Aldar Alarabia For Auditing And Verfication
  • Accountant & Auditor
  • July 1997

Hobbies

  • Swiming
  • Chess