Senior Financial Expert
Agility - Other Locations
Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months
Senior PFM Consultant for financial management reforms in Local Government in West-Bank and Gaza for implementing the Integrated Financial Management Information System “IFMIS” and the Revenue Management information Systems RMIS using the full Accrual Accounting basis. The financial management reform covers Budgeting management, Expenditure management, Assets, Inventory, Purchasing and Procurement management.
• Financial management reforms in Local Government in West-Bank and Gaza for implementing the Integrated Financial Management Information System “IFMIS” and the Revenue Management information Systems RMIS using the full Accrual Accounting basis.
• The financial management reform covers Budgeting management, Expenditure management, Assets, Inventory, Purchasing and Procurement management.
• Explain the difference between the Cash basis and the Accrual basis of Accounting in Municipalities and show the effect for both basis on reporting and financial statements.
• Finalizing the Mapping Report that shows the Current procedures in dealing with Assets, Liabilities, Net Assets, Expenditures and Revenues “As-Is by using Cash basis of Accounting” and future procedure to handle it by using the full Accrual Accounting basis “To-Be” as per the Ministry of Local Government regulations and the International Financial Standards “IFRS”.
• Planning, Reviewing and Verifying the preparation of the Opening Balances for the Assets, Liabilities and Net assets Accounts that will be recorded system in addition to all customers balances that are related to services provided by Municipalities “Enterprise and Non-enterprise funds”.
• Supervise the going live phase and prepare all required adjustments and get the sign off documents from Municipalities.
• Developed productive relationships with business representatives and consulted closely to uncover needs and match available solutions.
• Cultivated deep knowledge of customer businesses and relationship to company objectives.
• Maintained positive and productive customer relationships by performing location visits.
PFM Consultant & IFMIS implementation manager for the FreeBalance web-based Integrated Financial Management Information system covering the Middle-East, Africa, Asia Pacific and South America regions. Enrolled in more than 10 projects in different countries including Palestine, Afghanistan, Sierra-Leone, Uganda, South-Sudan, East-Timor, Liberia, Sri-Lanka, Suriname and Mongolia. Professional Services provided including:
• Reforming and improving financial, managerial control and improve reporting and trancperancy
• Modernizing public procurement and purchasing.
• Improving Financial Accountability for clients
• Analyzing business requirements and translate them to detailed technology solutions.
• Resource mobilization, allocations and capacity building, .
• Work with Government’s top management on enhancing controls over business processes, workflows & system security for more efficient & effective process execution.
• Assisting Governments in closing and opening fiscal years and fiscal periods and analyze all projected adjustments.
• Develops and delivery of training programs.
• Leading & supervising and managing team work on implementations process
• Communicated with clients via email, phone, online presentations, screen-share and in-person meetings.
• Handled client accounts through entire lifecycle, executing contracts, providing customer service and advising on methods for maximizing return from services provided.
• Maintained positive and productive customer relationships by performing location visits.
• Consulted with clients to assess and meet short- and long-term implementation goals.
• Oversaw project schedules and evaluated progress toward important milestones at every phase of project.
• Coordinated with appropriate departmental staff members to assign proper procedures for project implementation.
• Coordinated with project managers across multiple initiatives to align development timelines, plan testing and work with client representatives.
• Analyzed operations to ascertain detailed client needs.
• Cultivated best practices based on industry experience and current regulatory expectations.
• Updated stakeholders on key project milestones with regular verbal and written reports.
• Oversaw and supervised onsite consultant teams and liaised between team and business executives.
• Kept customer information confidential and handled details accurately.
• Assessed employees through on-site observation and interviews to determine strengths and weaknesses in work performance, methods and team functions.
• Being Responsible for Auditing and Controlling AZZAKAT Committees in West-Bank as a part of a project funded by President Office Responsibilities & Achievements.
• Managed and coached teams of up to 15 individuals on audit projects.
• Identified weaknesses of existing control systems and made suggestions for remediation.
• Creating, Managing and Coordinating Team’s Work.
• Applied audit fundamentals to identify risks and develop action plans.
• Communicated audit findings by preparing and disseminating final reports to Deputy Minister
• Coordinating Works and Decisions between MOF and Ministry of Religious Affairs.
• Facilitated successful internal and external audits through sound and thorough documentation.
• Communicated audit findings by preparing and disseminating final reports to Audit Manager
• Identified weaknesses of existing control systems and made suggestions for remediation.
• Met with business leaders and owners to discuss audits and findings.
• Audited payment and receipt documentation to verify compliance with FASB/IAS regulations.
• Appraised adequacy of internal control systems by completing audit questionnaires.
• Adhered to audit principles, standards and practices to keep company in good standing.
• Assessed compliance risk, developed audit work plans and documented findings.
• Made recommendations to resolve compliance audit findings.
• Met with stakeholders to discuss compliance audit plans and results, explaining options for improvement.
- Financial - Audit - Regulation - Business
- Provide expertise and knowledge of multiple functional areas of expertise, with hands-on experience with FreeBalance products/solutions - Manage customer expectations - Conduct business requirements review - Configure and demonstrate the FreeBalance software/solution to the client - Testing of the configured FreeBalance software/system with the client; - Develop training material and deliver required product and user training courses, - Manage your day-to-day operations aspects of a project and scope, including meeting the project schedules, and submitting quality deliverables; - Demonstrate strong project management skills - Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently on projects; - Provide input to product management on functional matters and future product requirements based on feedback from the client; - Report progress on all assigned activity and deliverables to the Project Manager; - Work with the Project Manager and team to achieve all milestones in a timely manner
- Provide expertise and knowledge of multiple functional areas of expertise, with hands-on experience with FreeBalance products/solutions - Manage customer expectations - Conduct business requirements review - Configure and demonstrate the FreeBalance software/solution to the client - Testing of the configured FreeBalance software/system with the client; - Develop training material and deliver required product and user training courses, - Manage your day-to-day operations aspects of a project and scope, including meeting the project schedules, and submitting quality deliverables; - Demonstrate strong project management skills - Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently on projects; - Provide input to product management on functional matters and future product requirements based on feedback from the client; - Report progress on all assigned activity and deliverables to the Project Manager; - Work with the Project Manager and team to achieve all milestones in a timely manner
