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(Top Finance person in the branch, reporting directly to Managing Director)
BUTEC is a leading Lebanese construction company in MENA & GCC with half a century experience in world-class engineering and construction projects. Qatar Branch is one of the largest offices with more than 12 projects competed with a value more than USD 0.5b.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations in the team of 2 persons plus 6 cost controllers on the sites
- Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries, being solely responsible for USD 5.0m monthly liquidity of the company
- Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies for the setup, not only in the head office but also on 6 construction sites
- Producing monthly management accounts, budgets, forecasts in line with methodology expected by Project Managers - being the ultimate finance partner for senior management
- Being responsible for monitoring of strategy KPI’s for the branch
- Assist with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements
- Develop long term relationships with bankers, auditors, local authorities and tax advisors

WATERMASTER is a specialized turnkey contractor which operates in 3 main divisions: Wellness & Pools | Water Features | Water & Waste Water Treatment |
WATERMASTER Qatar is owned by investment holding Group a listed company in Qatar.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinating with Board of directors for finance and funds, budgeting, juridical services, internal control system, tax issues and staff evaluation…
- Manage monthly reporting, budgeting, strategic planning financials, forecast, and cash flow. Make recommendations concerning business policy, resource allocation, and strategic planning activities to improve company bottom-line financial performance.
- Developing relations with external and internal stakeholders e.g. auditors, solicitors, bankers.

Achievements:
- Negotiated and secured USD 25m bank financing with international bank
- Monitored the company’s financial performance and identified areas for potential improvement resulting in cost reduction by 45%

(Top Finance person in the branch, reporting directly to GM)
BUTEC is a leading Lebanese construction company in MENA & GCC with half a century experience in world-class engineering and construction projects. Qatar Branch is one of the largest offices with more than 12 projects competed with a value more than USD 0.5b.
Responsibilities:
- Handle full spectrum of financial and cost accounting role incl. AR, AP, GL in 3, 000 accounting entries per month function
- Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations in the team of 2 persons plus 6 cost controllers on the sites
- Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries, being solely responsible for USD 5.0m monthly liquidity of the company
- Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies for the setup, not only in the head office but also on 6 construction sites
- Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of 500+ accounts
- Producing monthly management accounts, budgets, forecasts in line with methodology expected by Project Managers - being the ultimate finance partner for senior management
- Perform project cost forecasts/budgets, cost tracking, monitoring and controls
- Being responsible for monitoring of strategy KPI’s for the branch
- Assist with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements
- Develop long term relationships with bankers, auditors, local authorities and tax advisors
- Hire and train staff for finance department

Achievements:
- Successfully improve business processes that increased available cash flow and provided funding for organic business growth enabling the company to double its size in 3 years
- Negotiated and secured USD 190m bank financing with local and international banks
- Establish and maintain systems for cost-sensitivity analysis and early-warning of cost-overruns which led to USD 210k cost savings per year

BPM is a facility management company in Lebanon, providing comprehensive energy, maintenance and cleaning services through direct performance. BPM offer a range of eco-friendly solutions for commercial and private establishments.
Responsibilities:
- Managed all free cash flow, working capital, budgeting and business risk functions. Monitored business operations for compliance with debt to equity requirements. Forged lasting relationships with institutions, investors, trading partners and creditors. Executed strategies to increase market presence
- Established the financial structure for the companies including an updated local payroll
- Handled the tasks of managing financial accounting of the organization
- Responsible for analyzing market trends and competitors
- Played major role in providing and interpreting financial information
- Formulated long term and strategic business plans
- Produced accurate financial plans meeting deadlines
- Instrumental in the development of the company’s financial operations (sole bank signatory), organizational interdepartmental communication, staff training and development, client relations and marketing

Missions: My scope of work encompasses the responsibilities of:
• Performing the internal auditing and preparing final accounts of the Company.
• Conducting Internal Audit to prepare Annual Budget and Monthly Management Control Report.
• Preparing weekly and monthly statements of accounts, Cash flow, Fund flow and financial statement.
• Preparation of checks & supplier payments, invoice recordings, bank Reconciliation, supplier reconciliation, follows up with clients /suppliers, internal management of paper work, coordinating with other departments to maintain the ISO criteria and for a better performance.
* BIS Operator:
•Data Entry (Contract - Invoices)
•Reconcile the Po’s with the procurement and the site
•Ensure that all the Data had been entered correctly
•Follow up all the invoices in the site and with the suppliers
•Ensure that the procurement had put the commitments correctly
•Ensure that all the invoices had arrived to the Dolphin system
•Be in direct contact with the suppliers
* Dolphin:
•Follow up the trial balance
•Ensure that the all the invoices had all the necessary procedures
•Reconcile between our statement of account and the suppliers
•Meet with suppliers to solve their problems
•Reconcile between BIS and Dolphin
•Deliver invoices from the suppliers
Responsible for the petty cash