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George Mattar, Group Financial Controller

George Mattar

Group Financial Controller·Saiid Kobeisy Fashion House Group, SKG

Lebanon

Diploma, Bachelor Degree: Marketing & Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 24 years, 3 months

Group Financial Controller

December 2021 - Present

Saiid Kobeisy Fashion House Group, SKG

Beirut, Lebanon

December 2021 - Present

1. Financial Management:
➢ Oversee the company’s financial reporting, including preparing financial statements, balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow reports.
➢ Manage and supervise day-to-day financial operations such as budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial analysis.
➢ Ensure compliance with accounting regulations and internal controls.
➢ Lead the month-end and year-end closing processes.
➢ Develop financial policies, procedures, and strategies to optimize financial performance.
➢ Coordinate external audits and prepare audit documentation.
2. Business Intelligence & Data Analysis:
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➢ Designing complex data models, creating sophisticated dashboards, and leading data analytics projects.
➢ Leverage Business Intelligence (BI) tools to extract, analyze, and interpret complex financial data to identify
trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
➢ Implement and maintain BI dashboards that provide real-time insights into key financial metrics.
➢ Collaborate with various departments to streamline data collection and reporting.
➢ Translate financial data into meaningful insights and present them to senior management and stakeholders to
support strategic decision-making.
➢ Develop and manage financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.
3. Financial Planning & Strategy:
➢ Analyze financial performance and provide recommendations for cost reduction, revenue growth, and efficiency
improvements.
➢ Contribute to long-term financial planning and strategy development.
➢ Assist with capital allocation decisions, identifying areas of potential investment or divestment.
4. Leadership & Team Management:
➢ Manage and mentor a team of accountants and financial analysts.
➢ Ensure team members are trained and proficient in both traditional financial practices and data analysis tools.
➢ Collaborate with IT and other departments to enhance data integrity and improve reporting processes.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Accounting Manager

November 2013 - November 2021

Hanna Khoury Brothers for Engineering & Contracting

Beirut, Lebanon

November 2013 - November 2021

 Manage and supervise accounting department employees through Leading, controlling & coaching a team of 8 Employee to insure that the whole general accepted accounting Principles are respected.
 Preparing Financial statement & analysis for whole of the company: P&L Reports, Balance Sheet reports, General & Administrative expenses Reports, Cash Flow Reports, Bank situation reports, Sales comparison Reports, Inventory Purchase & comparison reports, P&L/Projects reports, Cost /Vehicles Report, consumption /vehicles reports & production cost reports.
 Ensure timely and accurate delivery of monthly, quarterly and annual cost accounting reports.
 Process Cost accounting - responsible for the accurate reporting of Cost of Goods Manufactured and Sold using ERP smart pack system.
 Diagnose financial statements & trial Balance to resolve issues and build financial cash flow forecasts.
 Generating special reports from software into excel & using pivot tables to check and manage a lot of duties & reconciling records registered by the team.
 Collaborate with family & engineer managers to analyze costs and identify productivity enhancements.
 Provides management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services.
 Analyze complex manufacturing processes in coordination with Plant managers to improve decision making.
 Analyze company & project performance and follow up with Division Management to resolve any questions.
 Distributes costs between the various divisions of management and production.
 Classifies production costs into wages, material and overhead.
 Analyze and review monthly/quarterly adjustments
 Prepare and review balance sheet account reconciliations
 Prepares cost estimates of new or special products for establishing selling prices and production forecasts.
 Performs regular cycle counts to reconcile stock balances & correct inventory misstatements.
 Provide account analysis for assigned accounts and other accounts as necessary.
 Follow up with the team concerning sales and its maturity collections.
 Follow up with the team concerning the payroll process and allocation of compensations & benefits cost all over its cost center & projects.
 Follow up on Leasing contracts issues.
 Ensure validity & Maintain integrity and accuracy of ERP software through analysis, internal audit, and coordination with inventory control, production and work order processing and follow up with the implementer to solve any problem and all its related issues.
 Manage accounting for: fixed assets, receivables, payables, payroll, ledger and inventory, legal Issues such as Rent contracts, L/Gs & L/ Cs, Control all Taxes, VAT, CNSS, and yearly income tax declarations.
 Coordinate and provide support for internal and external audits.
 Reconcile more complex or difficult accounts that require in-depth analysis and research, including bank statements and inter-company general ledger accounts.
 Periodic review of internal controls.
 Assist in developing and documenting policies and procedures, including system requirements and internal controls.
 Represent Finance/Accounting on teams designed to improve operations, reduce costs, etc.
 Any other duties as assigned.

Company industry:
Civil Engineering
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Assistant accounting Manager

October 2001 - May 2013

Azadea Group

Beirut, Lebanon

October 2001 - May 2013

 Leading, controlling & coaching a team of 21 Employee in the accounting department to insure that the whole general accepted accounting Principles are respected.
 Preparing Financials: P&L Reports, Balance Sheet reports, General & Administration expenses Reports, Cash Flow Reports, Bank situation reports, Sales comparison Reports, actual V/S Budgets reports
 Follow up with the team concerning cash payments (request & approval)
 Preparing and analyzing cash flows for operating companies.
 Follow up with the team concerning the sales registration & all bank receipts & credit cards collections process.
 Foreign Currencies’ Hedging. (Forward Deals + Options), and EURO Templates reports preparation.
 Gathering meetings with the head of units inside the accounting department to take and give the necessary information and reach our goals
 Follow up with the HR department concerning the payroll process and allocation of compensation & benefit cost all over its cost center.
 Examination & reviewing over the compliance officer to Control all Taxes, VAT, CNSS, and yearly income tax declarations.
 Handling legal Issues such as Rent contracts, L/Gs & L/ Cs
 Prepare and provide appropriate accounting information such as bank reports and payments reports.
 Reconcile more complex or difficult accounts that require in-depth analysis and research, including bank statements and inter-company general ledger accounts. Periodic review of internal controls
 Controlling the payments of local and trade suppliers
 Coordinate problem resolution and provide technical guidance/training to other finance staff and departments as necessary.
 Stock market follow up “Currencies and Stocks”
 Cooperates with & assist internal & external auditors & MOF inspectors during their periodic & annual inspections.
 Cooperates with external auditors while preparing consolidation through providing them with a clear data.
 Establish and maintain accounting records with appropriate supporting material; prepare and correct entries for general ledger reporting. Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly accruals.
 Follow up on Bank Facilities to stay below its ceiling in order to avoid highest overdraft commission penalty.
 Follow up & prepare combined bank position through all banks in order to generate transfers between accounts to fill any shortage.
 Review all franchise agreements
 Follow up with the team on assets of the company (Registration, Depreciation and selling).
 Gathering meetings with IT department in order to follow up on systematic development and implementation of ERP reports & other issues.
 Gathering meetings with Inventory department in order to follow up on monthly inventory count and all shipments in process.
 Gathering meetings with operations department in order to faster the closing process of each month before its due date.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Faculty of Economics & Business Administration

July 2000

July 2000

Diploma, Bachelor Degree: Marketing & Management

Lebanon

Faculty of Economics & Business Administration

July 1999

July 1999

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor Degree: Accounting & Finance

Lebanon

Skills

JD Edwards
Expert
JD Edwards
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
Internet & E-mail Applications
Expert
Internet & E-mail Applications
Expert
Power Point
Intermediate
Power Point
Intermediate
Access
Intermediate
Access
Intermediate
Word
Expert
Word
Expert
Business Pack & Visual Dolphin.
Expert
Business Pack & Visual Dolphin.
Expert
Omega Software
Expert
Omega Software
Expert
Smart Pack Software (ERP)
Expert
Smart Pack Software (ERP)
Expert
ERP Solution (JD Edwards/Oracle),
Expert
ERP Solution (JD Edwards/Oracle),
Expert
Dynamics 365 Business Central (Navision)
Expert
Dynamics 365 Business Central (Navision)
Expert
Power BI Developer
Expert
Power BI Developer
Expert
JD Edwards
Expert
JD Edwards
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert