heba rafati, Regional Finance Manager

heba rafati

Regional Finance Manager

British Council - Jordan

Location
Jordan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Accounting
Experience
11 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months

Regional Finance Manager at British Council - Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since June 2022

Developing an efficient system and process to support local
finances teams to stay in compliance with regional and global
financial standards
• Conducting a regular monitoring for all financial processes within all
cluster countries to stay in line with regional and global
requirements and deadlines
• Ensure all regular finance process, e.g income and cost
reconciliations are regularly achieved on a monthly basis and
according to regional deadlines.
• Managing the response to various quarterly/yearly statistical survey
in relation to finance data.
• Manage internal audit process required by UK and external audit
required by local authorities (including tax audit); ensure that all
auditable finance factors are in line with the audit
recommendations.
• Working closely with the finance team on annual planning and
quarterly reforecasting.
• Provide regular performance report about the cluster management
to ensure monitoring and taking needed improvement actions.
• Lead, mentor and support the operational finance team in the
cluster countries. Adhere to HR procedures and ensure standards
are applied consistently
• Develop a self-development plan and encourage the culture of
continuous learning in respective teams.

Accountant Receivable at Yakooot.com
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2022 to June 2022

Part time remote receivables and revenue accounting and bookkeeping.

Cosmetics Sales Specialist at Business owner
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2016 to March 2020

Managed my own business of Online sales through social media

Accountant General Ledger at Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2015 to August 2016

Worked as a GL Accountant with primary responsibilities of:
• Using the standards and best practices to ensure financial
documents comply with the law
• Financial information collection and verification
• Daily transactions monitoring and maintenance of the general
ledger
• Resolving financial problems and performing audits
• Consolidation, inter-company transactions and reconciliations
• Profit loss analysis
• Producing accounting reports

Senior Accounts Officer at Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2011 to January 2015

I had this role for many years in the accounting office of the RJ airlines with the following responsibilities:
Heba Rafati
• Bookkeeping and reviewing payable invoices for accuracy.
• Monthly accruals, closing and adjusting general ledger accounts.
• Monitoring and analyzing the daily transactions.
• Reconciliations
• Providing the required information and Assisting auditors
In addition to the above, I managed the accounting processes and transactions of RJs gift shop:
• Maintaining accurate records of inventory by using the perpetual method
• Ensure that all items are priced correctly
• Ensure that daily sales are recorded properly
• Monthly sales reporting
• Analyzing expenses.
• Financial analysis.

Cash Associate at Housing bank for trade and finance
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2010 to May 2011

a bank teller, I had the following responsibilities:
• Receiving the working cash for the day and counting it before the
shift begins
• Accepting deposits of both checks and cash and validating deposit
slips
• Processing cash withdrawals
• To carry out specialized tasks like foreign currency exchange
• Balancing of the checks and cash at the end of every day
• Answering queries and assisting customers with account-related
issues.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Accounting
  • at The University of Jordan
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Finance
Airlines
Accounts Payable
Accounting
Banking
Communication
ACCOUNTING
GENERAL LEDGER
ACCRUALS
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Teamwork
Leadership
Softwares like: Oracle, SAP, Quickbooks, Microsoft excel
accuracy and timely completion of all financial activities

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Management development programme (Training)
Training Institute:
QA
Date Attended:
February 2023
Duration:
9 hours

Hobbies

  • Motor Sports
  • Swimming