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Baraa jahjah, Senior Accountant

Baraa jahjah

Senior Accountant·Hamra Shopping and Trading Co. SAL

Lebanon

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance

Work experience

Total years of experience: 20 years, 1 months

Senior Accountant

September 2020 - Present

Hamra Shopping and Trading Co. SAL

Beirut, Lebanon

September 2020 - Present

• Performing all accounting functions and tasks.
• Following up on emails daily and preparing any required reports.
• Monitoring budgets received from other departments and parties.
• Reviewing receivable and payable accounts and effecting payments accordingly
• Preparing banks letters for foreigners’ transfers and customs.
• Checking on purchase process by controlling the packing list, customs and clearance documents and costing sheet.
• Resolving account discrepancies, checking on trial balances and assisting the accounting manager
• Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and general ledger accounts
• Preparing financial analysis and reports (Cash Flow and Profit & Loss)
• Assisting with annual audit preparations
• Handling stores’ rental contracts file with the municipality yearly duties.
• Handling and updating IT and Marketing expenses report.
• Handling all reconciliations for local and foreigner supplier statements with bank accounts.
• Handling energy and utilities files for all locations with communication with concerned parties after controlling the rates applied (EDL, generator, chilled water expenses and fuel refill).
• Reviewing and updating HR expenses including payroll, deductions and others incentives.
• Controlling E-commerce invoicing process, deliveries statuses and follow up on collections.
• Assisting in paying the salaries and payroll checking on a monthly basis.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Senior Accountant

July 2013 - July 2020

Luxury Clothing Company S.A.L

Beirut, Lebanon

July 2013 - July 2020

• Integrate and control all accounting entries into the accounting software
• Review receivable and payable accounts and effecting payments accordingly
• Reconcile the daily sales, credit cards and cash shops reports
• Purchase Process (check the clearing charges, receiving goods and supplier’s invoice)
• Prepare financial reports, tax on salary, VAT declarations, depreciation report and cash flow
• Reconcile bank accounts, suppliers’ statements of accounts and trial balances
• Assist in closing year and preparing the financial statements
• Reconcile the monthly expenses report for all shops
• Provide any required report

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

SENIOR ACCOUTANT

January 2009 - April 2013

SOCIETE KAMEL BEKDACHE ET FILS

Beirut, Lebanon

January 2009 - April 2013

-Perform Data entry, JVs, PVs, checks& receipts.
-Prepare Sales invoices with control of Delivery notes, Sales orders, DN, CN.
-Purchases control (LC’s & orders control, SRV, Clearing Charges on PR)
-Prepare Notes Receivables & Payables.
-Reconcile Bank Accounts, Client Accounts, Aging of Receivables & Trial Balances.
-Maintain HR files & prepare Salaries-Overtimes-Annual Leave Reports-CNSS.
-Tax on salary & VAT Declaration.
- Depreciation report, balance sheet, P& L.
-Control Rolls' & papers' sheeting and production ( IN-OUT stock) on Excel report.
-Organize files& documents.

Company industry:
Heavy Industry & Metallurgy
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Executive Secretary, Accountant

July 2008 - December 2008

RAWA CO. S.A.R.L,

Beirut, Lebanon

July 2008 - December 2008

-Provide administrative support: filtering calls, correspondence, faxing, typing emails, scheduling, appointments, prepare letters & faxes with follow ups.
-Maintain & organize files and documents.
-Perform data entry, JVs and PVs.
-Follow up on Suppliers Invoices, payments, sales invoices and expenses.
-Reconcile Bank accounts, inflow and outflow
-Prepare Cheques and cash payments
-Reconcile Clients’ accounts and ledgers.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Administration

Accoutant- assistant of chief accountant

February 2006 - July 2008

getway Limited

Beirut, Lebanon

February 2006 - July 2008

- Perform data entry, prepare JVs and PVs.
- Oversee purchases control, billing and invoice.
- Manage accounts receivables and payables tasks.
- Follow up on stores sales and inventories levels.
- Follow up on transactions transfers for all stores and warehouse.
- Internal auditing by Reconciling accounts records& balances, reports and journals.
- Reconcile bank accounts, balancing general or ledgers, processing payments and compiling segments of monthly closings.
- Prepare petty Cash report & expenses reports -presented by location and include stores & headquarter with profit and loss. In addition, prepare various reports requested by management.
- Responsible for POS system implementation in all locations: -Maintain Stock control for each store- supervise the project with follow ups- lead the data entry operation and update system.
-Maintain accurate financial records and prepare accounting and statistical reports.
-Organize and archive the department documents.

Company industry:
Fashion Design
Job role:
Administration

Education

Lebanese University

August 2005

August 2005

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance

Lebanon

Skills

Payments
Expert
Payments
Expert
Data Entry
Expert
Data Entry
Expert
Operation
Expert
Operation
Expert
Microsoft PowerPoint
Expert
Microsoft PowerPoint
Expert
POS
Expert
POS
Expert
Computer Skills- Typing English and Arabic languages
Expert
Computer Skills- Typing English and Arabic languages
Expert
Access-powerpoint
Intermediate
Access-powerpoint
Intermediate
Word- Excel- Internet
Expert
Word- Excel- Internet
Expert
Microsoft Excel
Intermediate
Microsoft Excel
Intermediate
Data Entry
Expert
Data Entry
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Microsoft Office
Intermediate
Microsoft Office
Intermediate
Customer Service
Expert
Customer Service
Expert
Payments
Expert
Payments
Expert
Operation
Expert
Operation
Expert
Microsoft PowerPoint
Expert
Microsoft PowerPoint
Expert
POS
Expert
POS
Expert

Languages

English
Intermediate
French
Intermediate