Francois Sarkis

• Responsible for capital and revenue expenditure including asset accounting.
• Overall management of working capital including management of inventories & receivables.
• Provide guidance to functional heads on all aspects of revenue, purchasing, cost control including variance analysis, training and development of staff.
• Collecting, preparing and interpreting reports, budgets, accounts, cost control, purchasing, commentaries and financial statements.
• Undertaking strategic analysis and assisting with strategic planning.
• Undertaking research into pricing, competitors and factors affecting performance.
• Controlling income, cash flow and expenditure.
• Managing budgets.
• Calculate and distribute wages and salaries.
• Maintains files of all contracts, insurance policies, tax reports, expenses, payroll, etc.
• Developing and managing financial systems / models.
• Prepare regular reports and summaries of accounting activities.
• Supervising the Financial Department staff including accounting, purchasing and cost control.
• Liaising with General Manager and owner representative.
• Ensure correct taxation are applied on all billing software like Property Management systems (PMS), Point of Sale (POS) and other software's.
• Review the Accounts Receivable (A/R) ageing reports on a daily basis.
• Maintain accurate collection of all cost figures of consumption operations (food, beverage, operational equipment, etc...).
• Monitor monthly revenue control generated from all departments.
• Supervise periodical inventories of food and beverage & operational equipment items with the assistance of Storekeeper and Food & Beverage personnel.
• Spot check merchandise received daily to ensure adherence to specifications.

 Processes all types of vouchers, purchase request, accounting and finance:
 Processes all types of vouchers, payment of goods and services (military equipment, communication and security systems, leasing house, cars, etc.)
 Examines and control all requests for payments, responsible of payments from signing the contracts, projects, leases, till final settlement
 Handling accounts receivables and payables
 Bank and suppliers accounts’ reconciliations
 General accounting entries
 Preparing financial plan to new train project at Saudi Arabia (RIYADH-MEKKA-MADINA-Etc.)
 Handling the cash and daily payment with daily reconciliation
 Handling the personal department: Payroll, Vacations, Clock Card, Issuing tickets, Insurance, Eligible Days, etc.

 General accounting entries
 Preparing payrolls
 Responsible of the petty cash
 Reconciliation (bank, customers and suppliers statements)
 Preparing production costs of PS LAB factory (raw materials, labor cost, electricity, maintenance, etc.)
 Purchasing equipment from local and foreign suppliers, and specifying the payment terms

 Preparing reports to the Chief Accountant and Financial Department
 Deadlines for student's financial aids
 VAT reporting
 General accounting