Ali Haidar-Ahmad

Responsibilities:
 Provides leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives.
 Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends, and forecasts.
 Take the hands-on lead position of developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive job cost system.
 Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance & Accounting functions of the organization.
 Evaluate and advises on the impact of long-range planning, the introduction of new programs/ strategies, and regulatory action.
 Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior executives so as to identify their needs and seek a full range of business solutions.
 Provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities.
 Manage processes for financial forecasting, budgets, and consolidation, and reporting to the Company
 Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities.
 Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable federal, state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting.

NUTRICO FOODS s.a.r.l. (Foods industry- fresh FMCG)
Address: Deek el Mehdy, Metn, Lebanon
• Post: Head of the Accounting Department
- Accounting, Payroll, Budgeting, costing…
- Analyst and Financial reports; IFRS, IAS, (BS, P&L, Cash Flow...)
- Re-planning, Organizing and systematizing the accounting department…
- Banking; reconciliations, Control Loans, domiciliation, transfers, negotiation …
- In charge of all the accounting tasks (JVs, PVs, VAT, Taxes, NSSF, …)
- Detects miss-functionalities, proposing adequate solutions
- Helps the company accomplish financial objectives by assessing financial situation; developing and presenting financial strategies and plans; monitoring changes in financial status and life circumstances.

Company: BLUEPRINT s.a.r.l. (Design and Contracting)

Position: Chief Accountant and Financial Consultant

Work Description:

1. Responsible for knowing critical functions within the department and capable of mentoring and assisting employees within the department.
2. Utilize teamwork to develop departmental synergy.
3. Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and company procedures.
4. Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
5. Reviews accounts payables and daily/weekly check runs.
6. Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions within designated limits.
7. Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, cost centers and documents business transactions.
8. Responsible for distributing financial statements and cost center reports.
9. Prepares work papers and supporting schedules for the annual financial review.
10. Staff management and development.
11. Distributes monthly comparison reports and cost center reports according to schedules.
12. Prepares financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
13. Analyze transactional processes and identify areas where additional accuracies and efficiencies can be achieved.
14. Closely maintains and monitors the fixed assets system.
15. Adheres to internal and external deadlines.
16. Applies cost accounting methods to achieve accurate representation of cost center performance.
17. Assist with annual budgets - prepares all allocations;
18. Coordinate monthly closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts.
19. Responsible for all taxes obligations.
20. Support the Company’s mission, vision, values and goals in the performance of daily activities.
21. Develop and implement various accounting procedures.
22. Work with auditors
23. Maintain system of accounts and keep records on all company transactions and assets.
Also:
- Re-planning, Organizing and systematizing the accounting department…
- Helps company accomplish financial objectives by assessing financial situation; developing and presenting financial strategies and plans; monitoring changes in financial status and life circumstances.

Post: Senior Accounting Manager (ISO Valuation & Title)
Project: Africons Group (import, export & Trade) in Angola
Companies name: Altatrade, Africons, Nourco, Modemcom Group subsidiaries.
Responsibilities:
- Monthly & yearly Financial Reports (T.B., B.S, P&L …)
- Reporting to Top Management
- Perform & Control the budgeting process
- Supervision in the budgetary auditing
- Supervision and analyses the differences between the executed & the preventive
- Integrates certain business scenarios as requested
- Detects miss-functionality, proposing adequate solutions

- Following up and supervising with departments’ managers the following:
 In Head Office:
Cash & Bank, Data importation and financial statements
Cost accounting, Provisions and Inventory Analysis
Inventory control
Payroll, Day book Audit, Cost centers and Reconciliations.

 In Africa:
Warehouses Supervision & Administrative related issues
Payroll, Taxes and Cost centers operations
Internal Inventory Audit
Accounting Operations…

Project: Dimassaba, Africons, Kansoun Group subsidiaries. (Import, Export & Trade Angola)
Responsibilities:
- Monthly & yearly Financial Reports (T.B., B.S, P&L…)
- Reporting to Top Management
- Following up and supervising with departments’ managers the following:
 In Head Office:
Cash & Bank, Data importation and Financial statements
Cost accounting, Provisions and Inventory Analysis
Inventory control
Payroll, Daybook Audit, Cost centers and Reconciliations.

 In Africa:
Warehouses Supervision & Administrative related issues
Payroll, Taxes and Cost centers operations
Internal Inventory Audit
Accounting Operations
Inventory Operations.

Project: Dimassaba, Africons, Kansoun co. (import, export & Trade-Angola)
(2007-2008)
• Post: Financial analysis
- Provision daily sales.
- Purchases additional cost studies and analysis
- Weekly & monthly cost & Profit reports

Project: Dimassaba, Africons, Kansoun Group subsidiaries. (Import, Export & Trade-Angola)
(2005-2006)
• Post: Inventory Accounting Manager
- Provision daily sales.
- Cost studies and analysis
- Pricing management
- Weekly & monthly cost & Profit reports
- Cost center management…

Project: MWP. Metro wood processing (Wood factory - Ghana)
(2004 - 8 moths):
• Post: Chief Accountant, Payroll Control.
- Accounting & Stock System ( Tally)
- Auditing daily booked entries
- Cost Analysis

- Accounting System (Focus)
- Ticketing sales controller (IATA)
- IATA - Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP)
- In charge of all the accounting tasks (JVs, PVs, VAT, Taxes, NSSF, LGs…)
- Re-organized the accounting department efficiently.

- Accounting System ( Focus, Orange Program)
- Ticketing System (Dolphin Program - UK)
- Ticketing sales controller (IATA)
- IATA - Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP)
- In charge of all the accounting tasks (JVs, PVs, VAT, Taxes, NSSF, LGs…)
- Re-organized the accounting department efficiently.

* Chief Accountant
- Accounting, Stock and Payroll tasks
- Analyst reports.
- VAT- Taxes, NSSF

1- Administrative manager
2- Executive & Production manager
3- Stock Control (product & Raw materials)
4- Computer supervisor.
- Accounting and Payroll systems
- Stock & Production systems

Accountant & Sales control (Partial time)
Control Cash Van sales

Analyst and Programmer in several kind of computers: Personal PC, Main & Mini:
Full knowledge in the following Computer languages :
- On IBM/PCs & Compatible:
BASIC, PASCAL, MS-COBOL, RM-COBOL, FoxBASE+, FoxPro.
- On MINI (HP-3000, DATA GENERAL 10, DATA GENERAL 3000) :
BASIC, COBOL-3000, I-COBOL.