فراس عبد الله, Senior Director - Financial Accounting and operations

فراس عبد الله

Senior Director - Financial Accounting and operations

Emirates Post Group

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
التعليم
بكالوريوس, accounting
الخبرات
21 years, 3 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :21 years, 3 أشهر

Senior Director - Financial Accounting and operations في Emirates Post Group
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ أبريل 2021

Responsibilities:
• Managing the Financial accounting functions, GL, Fixed Assets, Revenue and receivables, and Business Units Financial Control functions.
• Managing the revenue and billing process, Accounts receivables credit control and collections.
• Managing the GL process, monthly closing of GL & all Modules, monthly generation of Financial Statements.
• Reviewing Commercial Contracts, insuring credit policies are implemented to minimize the credit exposure.
• Managing the Business Units Financial Controllers, providing support to BU’s heads, in terms of reporting, financial analysis, to maximize the returns and managing financial risks.
• Main point of contact with the Group’s auditors.
• Member of the new Oracle Fusion & Policies and procedures implantation steering committee.

Financial Reporting Director في Arabtec Holding
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • أبريل 2013 إلى مارس 2021

• Responsible for the group’s financial reporting function.
• Responsible for the group’s monthly consolidated financial statements and the monthly reporting package.
• Responsible for the subsidiaries financial statements, in matters of complaisance with IFRS, compliance with the group’s policies and procedures, reviewing the financials and propose adjustments as needed.
• Responsible for the groups policies and procedures, review on a quarterly basis, and suggest adjustments/amendments if needed.
• Monitoring the Group’s subsidiaries performance and KPI’s on a monthly basis, including the projects profitability, cash position, projects cash flows, receivables and unbilled revenue aging and movement.
• Review the groups projects on a monthly basis with the subsidiaries GM’s, Group’s commercial department, and subsidiaries Financial managers, the monthly review covers all the projects aspects, in matters of progress, profitability, potential claims and variations, risk’s and mitigation plans.
• Detailed review for the variations and claims with the commercial and operations departments, to make sure that the booking is done as per IFRS.
• Responsible for the Group’s commercial reconciliations for the intercompany projects.
• Review the cost allocation policies.
• Providing the Group CFO with a detailed overview on the Group monthly position, highlighting the major risks and issues, and presenting the risk mitigation plans.
• Managing the external audit process with the Group’s external auditors, insuring the process is being done in a smooth way, and all of the auditor’s comments and issues are being closed on time.
• Being the main contact person with the Group’s tax consultants, insuring full compliance with the different tax regulations, insuring that the tax filings and returns are finalize on a timely manner.
• Being part of the team responsible for the new market entry strategy, handing the part relating to setting up the new entities structure in the most efficient way, to minimize tax exposure of the group.
• Assist the group’s CFO to determine the weaknesses and risk area’s across the group, and setting up action plans to manage the risk’s.
• Perform monthly and quarterly field audit to the group’s subsidiaries, to insure the proper implementation of the group’s P&P.
• Responsible for the Group’s annual budgeting process, leading the budgeting process, reviewing the subsidiaries budgets, finalizing the standalone and consolidated budgets.
• Managing the external reporting to the key stakeholders, shareholders, SCA, and DFM.
• Preparation of Audit committee, and Board of Directors presentations.
• Attending the Audit committee meeting, and handling the presentations, addressing the committee’s questions and requests.
• Work closely with Board members on special tasks and engagements.

Financial Controller في Depa Limited
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • سبتمبر 2005 إلى مارس 2013

Depa Limited is one of the largest groups in the world in the field of interiors, construction, manufacturing, and procurement.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsible for the group’s financial reporting function.
• Responsible for the groups monthly consolidated financial statements and the monthly reporting package.
• Responsible for the subsidiaries financial statements, in matters of complaisance with IFRS, and compliance with the groups policies and procedures, reviewing the financial and propose adjustments as needed.
• Responsible for the groups policies and procedures, review on a quarterly basis, and suggest adjustments/amendments if needed.
• Perform monthly and quarterly field audit to the group’s subsidiaries, to insure the proper implementation of the group’s P&P.
• Review the subsidiaries commercial reports, and liaise with commercial/projects department to solve any arising issue.
• Develop and oversea the implementation of proper finance, accounting, and tax strategies and plans to ensure achieving the groups objectives, and maximum utilization of financial recourses.
• Liaise with group’s external and internal auditors, and the tax consultants, facilitate their work, and insure proper disposition of their observations.
• Assist the group’s CFO in monitoring the subsidiaries performance on a monthly basis, and setup actions plans as needed.
• Assist the group’s CFO in analyzing financial data, extract and define relevant information.
• Provide support and guidance to the subsidiaries in the financial matters and IFRS.
• • Responsible for the groups receivables aging system, and providing guidance for the groups companies on the provisions and actions to be taken for the doubtful debts.
• Managing the annual impairment test process, by highlighting the area’s/companies or assets subject to impairment, and coordinating with the groups consultants to finalize the process.

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Auditor في Deloitte & Touche ME
  • الأردن
  • ديسمبر 2002 إلى أبريل 2005

i am responsible of performing audit engagements, helping my audit team, performing all audit activities nessesary for our work within my posisition .
during my work i have performed many of audit engagments in a defferent sectors such as insurance, banking, trading, manufacturing, & industrial sectors .

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, accounting
  • في Applied science unevirsity
  • يوليو 2002

Currently preparing for the CPA exams

بكالوريوس, Accounting
  • في applied science university
  • يوليو 2002

B.A degree in Accounting

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
External Audit
Consolidation
ms office
Ms.office , internet , audit system 2 ( deloitte computirized computer system )

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس

العضويات

N/A
  • N/A
  • January 2004