Georges Karam

Joined Cristal Amaken a beautiful 4 stars property at the early stages
of the preopening and I was fully in charge of the following:
* Choosing and ordering full property turnkey of operating supplies
and equipment including room guest linen, F&B linen and all outlets
chinaware, flatware and glassware.
*Choosing and ordering hotel minibar, safe boxes & kettles
*Choosing and ordering room numbers signage and in room desk
chairs
*Choosing and ordering gym equipment
*Choosing and ordering offices and public area hardware
*Fully engaged in hotel software implementation "Opera, MC, SUN,
Symphony and Bayan payroll system.
*In charge of making the deal with STC concerning internet & trunk
lines implementation.
*Choosing and ordering hotel Car Fleet
*Deciding and supervising hotel indoor signage and facade lighting.
*Distributing offices and ordering office furniture
*In charge of distributing hotels various stores and ordering
shelving.
*In charge of deciding where to store the OSE and procedure for
distribution
*Screening, Shortlisting, interviewing and part of decision making
about HODs recruitment
*Purchasing staff accommodation furniture
*Choosing and distributing staff accommodation
*Preparing the preopening expenses budget for preopening and post
opening phase
*Was part of weekly on site contractors meeting representing the
operator

Pre-opening of this great project in Abha, KSA. A 5* Hotel that opened in July.
Responsible for all the preparation for Finance Department through detailed critical path that cover all areas from legal, audit, licensing, insurance, manning, employee benefits, internal procedures, stationery, formats and full finance P&P.
Preparation of all storage rooms, Responsible of all the Purchasing for the department.
Been Part of the decision making for ordering all operating supplies and equipment.
Followed up the hotel assets deliveries including not limited to all required logistics to arrive on site.
Responsible of Interviewing and training for the Department.
Fully Responsible of the configuration for Opera, Micros, MC, Sun accounting system and Bayan Payroll System
Start all the standards and procedure for the Department and the daily operation day.
Report Directly to GM and in direct contact with CEO and Owners.
Coaching and mentoring a team of 8.

Report directly to general manager and provide insightful decision support
Fully in charge of the installation and implementation of SUN accounting system including not limited to all trial balance transaction codes.
Assisted with the installation and implementation of Opera billing system, responsible for all ledgers and reservations tallying during the shifting period
Responsible for upgrading MICROS billing food & beverage and other revenue system, taking into consideration all menu items pricing
Implemented full pack reporting including P&L, BS and cash flow as per the IFRS and the updated uniform system of accounts for the lodging industry.
Coaching and mentoring team of 5.

Report directly to owner and provide insightful decision support
Responsible for internal/external accounting, reporting and financial analysis.
Analyze and report actual operating performance against budgets, forecasts and trends.
Improve financial ratio to above selling average.
Fixed assets management, acquisition and disposal
Managing, mentoring and developing team of 7.
Responsible of banking and auditing function.
Responsible for VAT, NSSF and CNSS declaration.
Perform financial statement on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis as per IFRS.

The job says it all — I am handling the accounts. It's just that in the hospitality industry you'll be doing it in the vibrant atmosphere of a hotel, contract caterer, pub or restaurant company rather than in a stuffy corporation.
Key responsibilities include:
Producing and analysing all financial information, such as monthly profit and loss accounts
Maximising revenue
Ensuring that accurate accounting records are kept of the income and expenditure of the business
Providing information to management to assist in forecasting and budgeting
Providing the owners with balance sheet reflecting the movements of the company
Providing owners and management with a different financial studies where we reflect the figures in comparison with all outlets.
Training and motivating team of 8.
Installing Micros, sun system and materials control in outlets and head office in coordination with support team of Jordan.
Reporting directly to owner and managing director.
In charge of inventory control, write off, min/max level, inventory turnover.
Establishing company policies.

Reported directly to Owner representative and General manager
Oversight over 30 employees in more than one department.
Budget implementation for the hotel.
Created new procedures and reporting protocol for the hotel.

Ensure all taxation and legislative requirements are complied at all times, conduct on a monthly basis balance sheet reconciliation for review by owners and management.
Update ''chart of accounts '' monthly to reflect account management activities.
Ensure the monthly reconciliation of all ledgers and sub-ledgers, ensure revenue and expenses are allocated correctly.
Ensure monthly accruals are adjusted to meet demands of the Business.
Ensure that debtors is monitored and collections are consistent with set company with frames.
Co-ordinate and prepare annual budgets, including operating and capital expenditure.
Ensure the accurate preparation / reporting of monthly financial results in strict accordance with company deadlines.
Ensure all asset management to be monitored and effectively accounted for, m ensure on monthly basis that the general ledger is reconciled to the assets register.
Supervising the daily operation of the Finance department, bank reconciliations, maintaining the balance sheet and P&L for the hotel, following up on contracts and prepayments, doing the payroll with all follow ups with banks. Weekly forecasting revenue and expenses with analyzing the break even, .

Receives and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services.
Prepare JV's for data entry.
Data enter invoices as per the COA for payment.
Manage the weekly cheque run.
Record all cheques.
Prepare vendor cheques.
Maintain listing of account payable and general ledger.
Maintain updated vendor files and file numbers .
Preparing payroll for 120 employees for all departments, checking attendance, deductions, change of status, CNSS, tax on salaries and posting the relative JV to the system.