hussein taleb

Senior Accountant at OSN

• Lebanon
• My current job since June 2014

*         Responsible for the day-to-day accounting needs of the Lebanon legal entity. This includes entering, and maintaining accurate
monthly accounts timely and in compliance with IFRS and Lebanon Tax law;
*        Support the Finance Manager in ALL month-end activities including month end journal entries, preparing statement of financial position
and statement of income scrutiny, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis and submitting monthly financials;
*         Ensure that the financial control environment and processes in Lebanon are constantly reviewed
and improvements implemented across the Group, along with providing suggestions on improving processes;
*         Manage and coordinate key projects that are allocated by the Finance Manager or the Regional Finance Manager;
*         Coordinating with Sales/Marketing/Legal Departments and interacting with Accounts Receivables -
IBS (Billing system) to ensure transactions are posted, and reconciled with Great Plains/PIMS.
*         Coordinating with AP Head Office team in terms of recording vendors’ transactions and generate
the relevant cash requirements to ensure vendors are settled within the accepted credit limit;
*       Prepare all local tax requirements and returns and submitted to the Finance Manager for his/her review i.e.
Vat return, Withholding taxes return, Social contributions, Payroll taxes,
and all other governmental obligations periodically paid and returns submitted;
*         Conduct reviews and make recommendations for cost-reduction and/or cash saving initiatives;
*        Proactively propose and implement improvements to local accounting processes
along with internal controls to facilitate accurate and timely reporting;
*         Prepare cash flows in coordination with the group’s Treasury Manager
and ensure operational compliance with PMGL’s purchasing policy and Chart of Authority;
*         Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled monthly and submitted to t; and
he group’s treasury department together with the Petty Cash reconciliation
*         Any other ad hoc tasks that might be assigned from time to time by the Finance Manager;