Financial Analyst
Southern Area Municipality
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
Accomplishments:
Played key role in developing & periodic financial reports, analysis/pivot tables in Excel leading to accurate measure of expenses and seamless flow of information
Acquired management confidence by being nominated to attend meetings and organizing presentation on understanding budget for the Municipal Council Members
Successfully reduced preparation time by 50% and enhanced quality of management decisions by designing & implementing various reports
Accountabilities:
Collaborate with various support team in preparing & presenting periodic budget reports including variance analysis & charts for enhancing accuracy
Assess & approve payment orders and daily entries as well as outstanding LPOs in terms of reserved budget to ascertain organizational financial health
Represent the department as Financial representative in the purchasing committee and as Coordinator for the Centralized Financial System (CFS) shifting with Ministry of Finance
Analyze indirect cost allocation drivers between operations and service groups for optimizing resource utilization
Coordinate with the senior management in preparing / evaluating business cases & profit margins to enhance ROI of existing & future business ventures
Render technical expertise to purchasing & finance staff in using Financial System, MS Excel for enhancing operational efficiency and transaction accuracy
Participate in technical / financial evaluation of tenders & bids (ratio analysis) for maintaining organizational bottom lines. Maintain regular interaction with internal & external auditors based on business and operational requirements
Prepare & present various forecast reports for the senior management to evaluate & optimize costs to organizational budgets
Accountabilities:
Prepared & evaluated closing entries and financial statements. Conducted petty cash count and other inventory count in compliance to organizational policies and procedures
Followed up with the accounts officer in processing orders & accounts by accurately passing payment orders, GRNs & payments
Focused on preparing, controlling & evaluating budget to ensure alignment to organizational business objectives. Evaluated payments vouchers, monthly payroll, entries before posting including monthly reconciling of inter-branches and affiliated companies
Reconciled bank accounts, inter-company accounts and advances for maintaining accounts accuracy prior to preparing various financial statements and balance sheet
Prepared and maintained monthly fixed asset and other schedules including daily petty cash expenses.
Accountabilities:
Managed invoices, conducted bank reconciliations and maintained updated investment portfolio sheet for ascertaining organizational P&L
Generated monthly / annual financial statements and optimized financial reports of the joint venture company. Assessed monthly / annual depreciation. Processed prepayments, accruals and other adjusting entries
- Responsible of updating the financial reports of the joint venture company.
- Others.
-Training program that involved some visits to assist in the audit of clients.
I have graduated from University of Bahrain in June 2006 with a B.S.c. in Accounting (GPA 3.60 / 4.00). I have got many certificates of excellence during my study period. I am ACCA Affiliate since June 2016
