Farah Abla, Financial Control Officer

Farah Abla

Financial Control Officer

Arab Bank plc

Lieu
Liban
Éducation
Master, Accounting & Audit
Expérience
13 years, 9 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :13 years, 9 Mois

Financial Control Officer à Arab Bank plc
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • Je travaille ici depuis mars 2017

• Job Responsibilities:
1.Report on Revenues & Expenses, Fixed Assets, Projects, KRIs, Operational Losses & Recoveries, Deposits, Loans… (Adhere to Deadlines)
2.Ensure strong Internal Controls & thus minimize Operational Risk
3.Identify quality shortcomings & take remedial actions to ensure efficient work sequence
4.Prepare BDL & BCCL Reports with the Financial Compliance Unit (including Obligatory Reserves)
5.In contact with Internal & External Auditors (following up & resolving audit findings)

Reconciliation Controller/Financial Control Dept. à Arab Bank plc
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • mai 2011 à mars 2017

• Job Responsibilities:
1.Reconciliation Controlling & Investigating (Nostro & Vostro Accounts)
2.Reconciliation & Balance Confirmation (Suppliers & their External Auditors)
3.Pay approved invoices & Execute relative entries (Accurate & Timely)
4.In contact with suppliers & follow up aging invoices (with concerned departments)
5.Report on Reconciliations, Expenses, Fixed Assets, Projects, KRIs, Operational Losses & Recoveries… (Adhere to Deadlines)
6.Ensure that various projects’ stages are achieved within set time & assigned budgets
7.Periodic Cash Counts

Intern à Sidani & Co.
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • novembre 2010 à avril 2011

1.Junior Internal Auditor @ NGO
2.Junior External Auditor @ Manufacturing, Trading, Service, Construction & Contracting Companies
- Auditing financial statements & thus reporting on findings (B/S, P&L, Equity, Cash Flows)
- Examining & analyzing journal entries, ledgers, banks' statements, expenditures & other financial records to ensure recording accuracy & compliance with the standards
- Physical Inventory Count
- Fixed Assets

Intern à Deloitte & Touche
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • septembre 2009 à septembre 2009

Junior External Auditor (in office & at the client's premises - outside jobs)
- Auditing financial statements & thus reporting on findings (B/S, P&L, Equity, Cash Flows)
- NSSF & Salaries' Tax Reviews

Intern à Banque du Liban
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • juillet 2009 à juillet 2009

1. BDL's: Organizational Chart (Governer & the Central Council); Departments (as Accounting, Internal Audit, FX, Legal, etc.)
2. Commisions: BCCL (Banking Control Commission of Lebanon); HBC (Higher Banking Commission); SIC (Special Investigation Commission)
3. MIDCLEAR
4. Basel II & Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)
5. Kafalat

Intern à BankMed
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • juillet 2008 à août 2008

- Having to deale directly with angry clients & how to always (Keep them SMILING)
- Teller
- CSR: opening clients' accounts; editing clients' KYCs
- Products: Salary Domiciliation, Bills' Settlement (Phone/Internet), Loans, Credit Cards, etc...

Éducation

Master, Accounting & Audit
  • à Beirut Arab University (BAU)
  • juillet 2019

- finished all prerequisite courses - Thesis Stage

Diplôme supérieur, Internal Audit
  • à Morgan Int'l
  • mai 2011

CIA courses.

Baccalauréat, Accounting
  • à Beirut Arab University - BAU
  • juillet 2010

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Moyen
Français
Débutant

Adhésions

IIA - Institute of Internal Audit
  • Global Member
  • December 2011
ACFE - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Global Associate Member
  • March 2013
NGO-الجمعية الأهلية لأبناء بيروت
  • Volunteer & Accountant
  • June 2000
ACFE Lebanon - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Associate Member volunteering as the treasury committee officer
  • April 2015

Formation et Diplômes

IFRS-9 & Provisioning Needs (Formation)
Institut de formation:
BFI - Banking & Financial Institute
Date de la formation:
September 2018
Durée:
10 heures
برنامج تدريب موظفي القطاع المصرفي على الضرائب مع أحدث التعديلات (Formation)
Institut de formation:
BFI - Banking & Financial Institute
Date de la formation:
May 2018
IFRS (Formation)
Institut de formation:
MFI - Move Forward Internationl
Date de la formation:
November 2016
Durée:
7 heures
Consolidation (Formation)
Institut de formation:
MFI - Move Forward Internationl
Date de la formation:
December 2016
Durée:
7 heures
‎1st Annual ACFE Fraud Conference under the ‎patronage of BDL Governor Mr. Riad Salemeh (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ACFE – Lebanon
Date de la formation:
October 2015
Durée:
16 heures
Information Security Awareness ''Updated'' (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2016
Information Security Awareness ''Updated'' (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2016
Online Banking & BCP (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ISACA Lebanon
Date de la formation:
August 2015
Durée:
3 heures
Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Methodology & a Sound Strategy (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ISACA - Lebanon
Date de la formation:
June 2015
Durée:
3 heures
Business Etiquette & Corporate Image (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Starmanship & Associates
Date de la formation:
March 2015
Durée:
9 heures
Financial Analysis of Company Performance (Formation)
Institut de formation:
PwC - Price WaterHouse Coopers
Date de la formation:
October 2014
Durée:
9 heures
Corporate Income Tax Refunds & the Related Schedules (Formation)
Institut de formation:
EY - Ernst & Young
Date de la formation:
March 2014
Durée:
9 heures
Cash Flows Statement - Putting it in Practice (Formation)
Institut de formation:
PwC - Price WaterHouse Coopers
Date de la formation:
January 2012
Durée:
8 heures
ISO 27001 & Risk Management in Islamic Finance (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ISACA – Lebanon
Date de la formation:
April 2014
Durée:
4 heures
Lebanese Financial Regulations [ESA-Lebanon & CISI-London] (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
April 2013
Valide jusqu'à:
April 2013
Information Security Awareness (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
November 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
November 2012
Global Corruption & Bribery (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2013
Valide jusqu'à:
February 2013
KYC, AML & CTF (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
June 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
June 2011
Code of Conduct (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
July 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
July 2011

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