Amira Hafez Taawash, HR Specialist/Administrative Assistant

Amira Hafez Taawash

HR Specialist/Administrative Assistant

Qatar Finland International School

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
15 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 6 Months

HR Specialist/Administrative Assistant at Qatar Finland International School
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since October 2014

Key Responsibilities:

 HR Specialist:
• Recruiting staff - this includes developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, interviewing and selecting candidates.
• Preparing contracts for successful candidates.
• Preparing Staff Handbooks.
• Developing and implementing policies on issues like working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and absence management.
• Administering payroll and maintaining employee records.
• Planning, and sometimes delivering, training - including inductions for new staff;
• Negotiating with staff and their representatives on issues relating to pay and conditions.
• Assisting new staff in finding appropriate Hotel, Apartments, and in immigration papers.
• Issuing Work permit for locally hired.

 Administrative Assistant:
• Meet the parents and introduce them to the school.
• Handle the admissions process.
• Maintain Student information system.
• Issue invoices for tuition fees/ Follow up with parents.
• Handle related issues with Supreme Education Council.
• Write weekly reports to SEC.
• Translation English documents to Arabic and vice versa.
• Take minutes of meetings.
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Payments Cheques Processing Officer - Service Delivery Dep at HSBC Bank Egypt
  • Egypt
  • March 2009 to October 2014

Payments Cheques Processing Officer - Service Delivery Dep., HSBC Bank Egypt

Handling and processing all the transactions and documents related to outward and inward cheques for collection.

➢ INWARD CHEQUES For Collection ( ICC): * Handling all the inward cheques sent for collection through verifying the customer signatures on the cheques and other banks authorized signatories according to limits set.
* Processing the payment of the cheque via telex transfer or demand draft as per the beneficiary bank requirement.
* Follow up with the concerned branches on any discrepancies and errors to ensure customer satisfaction.

➢ Outward Cheques For Collection: * Handling all the cheques sent for collection and ensures the timely and accurate processing of funds to the customer account.
* Follow up with domestic and foreign banks to investigate the status of the cheques.
* Follow up with the branches to rectify any errors in customer deposit forms.
* Following up on cheques sent for collection via courier - liaising with Snags and Investigation section to send tracers for long outstanding items.
* Sending cheques Via RDC and cash letter for collection.
* Settlement of cash letter and normal collection on daily basis.

➢ Cheques Outsourcing System (COS)
* Maintaining new PCM companies on COS database.
* Adding new COS stock online and allocating new serials for outsourcing cheques, demand drafts and cashier orders.
* Printing all the cheques requests received via COS system
* Ensuring timely and accurate delivery to the customers according to the SLA.
* Printing end of day report to ensure that all the stock levels are well maintained.
* Following up with PCM team on any discrepancies or errors.
* Handling and filing all the customer documents received from PCM team.


➢ Unclaimed Demand Drafts and Cashier orders.
* Handling the demand drafts and cashier orders outstanding for more than one year.
* Sending tracers on the outstanding Demand Drafts and Cashier Orders.
* Ensuring that the unclaimed DDs and COs are transferred to the proper unclaimed balances.
* Ensuring proper filing of the outstanding cases to be easily retrieved.
* Ensuring that all the proper documentation and requests are available in case customer requested to cancel the issued DD or CO.

Payments Processing Officer for Outward Transfers at HSBC Bank Egypt
  • Egypt
  • December 2008 to February 2009

12/2008 to 02/2009
Payments Processing Officer for Outward Transfers - Service Delivery Dep., HSBC Bank Egypt

➢ Interpreting and processing Telex Transfer instructions in order to reach the customer satisfaction level by prioritizing and completing the transfer in accordance to the procedures set.
➢ Verifying the customer signatures on the provided applications.
➢ Checking and reviewing the applications to ensure that all the mandatory details have been correctly provided.
➢ Ensuring the appropriate attraction of the proper charges from the loaded data on HUB and report any discrepancies.
➢ Strictly abide to the SLA while producing high level of accuracy.
➢ Allocating the best suitable route of funds to meet the customer required destination using correct routing data (swift code, fed wires and sort codes)
➢ Adhering to compliance and CBE regulatory requirements.

Account Officer - Customer Service Dept at aramex
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2008 to October 2008

9/2008 to 10/2008
Account Officer - Customer Service Dept., Aramex Shipping Company


➢ Interacting with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about the services.
➢ Explaining how to use the service.
➢ Handling and resolved customer's complaints.
➢ Gathering information about problems that faced the customers to make
check-lists.



07/2005 Loans Center Dep., NSGB Bank Egypt

➢ Performing I-SCORE with CBE bank.
➢ Coordinating with the branches and following up for any outstanding errors and/or missing documents.
➢ Preparing the final contracts for the approved loans applicants
➢ Ensuring the appropriate filing for the closed cases.

11/2008 Bank Assurance Dep., Allianz Insurance Company Egypt

➢ Setting meetings with customers to introduce Insurance related products and services.


MISC. INFORMATION:
* Ms.Windows
* Ms.Office Applications
* IBM Domino Lotus Notes Mail/Applications User

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Faculty of Commerce English Section Cairo University
  • June 2008

2008 B.Sc. of Commerce Major Accounting - English Section Cairo University Major Grade: V.Good General Grade: Good

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Orouba Language School
  • June 2004

2004 High School Certificate Orouba Language School Grade: 94.5% Science section

Specialties & Skills

Banking Operations
Customer Service
Human Resources
Job Analysis
Administration
CASHIER
COLLECTION
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
PAYMENTS
SATISFACTION

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Summer Trainning (Training)
Training Institute:
NSGB BANK EGYPT
Date Attended:
July 2005
Post Graduate Trainee (Training)
Training Institute:
Allianz Insurance Company
Date Attended:
November 2008