ghazy kourawi, Financial Manager

ghazy kourawi

Financial Manager

A Special Office of Accounting and Financial Audit

Location
Palestine - West Bank
Education
Diploma, Business Computing
Experience
18 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months

Financial Manager at A Special Office of Accounting and Financial Audit
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • My current job since April 2011

Key Responsibilities:
Financial Management
• Evaluating organizational financial health for designing strategic and long-term financial plans.
• Maintaining fund availability for investment by assessing cash flow position and forecasts.
• Collaborating with the senior management in organizational cost reduction analyses and evaluating budget variances for implementing effective remedial measures.
• Assisting team members in evaluating and processing international financial data, rectifying errors by evaluating financial statements of respective institutions.
• Setting up financial audits and conducting feasibility study for various projects.
• Guiding team members in drafting financial statements and maintaining financial flow.
• Preparing and maintaining general budgets aligned to organizational business objectives.
Operations Management
• Spearheading team efforts in seamlessly maintaining day to day operations aimed at accomplishing business targets.
• Optimizing resource utilization and streamlining processes for enhancing operational efficiency.
• Implementing various process improvement initiatives by evaluating and eliminating potential performance bottlenecks.
• Assisting the senior leadership team in defining and implementing business strategies aligned to changes in financial regulations and legislation.
• Generating and presenting various reports to the senior management team and other stakeholders to enable effective decision making.
• Evaluating team performance and providing productivity enhancement feedback.

Accountant at Al Jaber Pharmaceuticals
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • November 2007 to January 2010

Key Responsibilities:
Finance and Accounts Management
• Coordinated activities related to registering accounting operations at primary, secondary and financial data processing including registering fixed and mobile assets.
• Collaborated with team members in preparing debt securities, half yearly and general budgets aimed at enhancing organizational profitability by effective financial management.
• Finalized accounts using bank reconciliation, updated journals, P&L and balance sheet aligned to statutory requirements.
• Assessed and rectified various books of accounts, cleared accounting backlogs prior to generating financial statements and reports.
• Participated in interim and final audits for verifying accuracy of financial transactions.
Miscellaneous Activities
• Highlighted financial health of the organization to the senior management team using detailed reports and qualitative presentations.
• Provided status reports to the management, internal and external auditors to enable effective decision making.
• Maintained updated knowledge of modern financial and administrative concepts.
• Spearheaded development of various plans, programs and budgets aligned to operational requirements.
• Groomed and mentored team members in enhancing client satisfaction through quality service.
• Guided team members in managing marketing process for organizational products.

Financial Manager at Mansour Solar
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • April 2004 to July 2007

Key Responsibilities:
• Finalized decisions on company finances, funding company operations, financial and risk management activities after studying market conditions.
• Negotiated borrowing terms with banks and rendered consultancy on investment options to enhance financial efficiency of the organization.
• Conducted feasibility study of proposed projects and monitored cash balances from sales.
• Defined primary and secondary processes for processing accounting and financial data including registering fixed and mobile assets.
• Maintained productive business relationship with organizational bankers and investors leading to smooth functioning of business operations.
• Participation in the marketing process for all products in the company.

Education

Diploma, Business Computing
  • at Kavendg College of Science and Management
  • January 2003

Trainings and Workshops March 2004: West (Training), (Intensive workshops in financial management)

Specialties & Skills

Training
Accounting
Sales Improvement
Purchase Management
Client Service
Re-Financing, Restructuring, Liquidity Management
Revenue Forecast, Economic Evaluation, Budgeting and Cost Control
Chart of Accounts, Financial Statements, Settlement Sheets
Cost Reduction, Budget Variances, Profitability Analysis
Evaluating Cash Flow, Forecasting, Liquidity Management
Effective Communicator, Team Leader, Analytical and Decisive
Financial Planning, Maximizing ROI, Investment Ventures
Asset Management, Inventory Management, Risk Management
Feasibility Analysis, Risk Assessment, Contingency Planning
Debt Restructuring, Account Payables, Receivables

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading on economics, finance and accounting, financial management and real estate development.