Finance Manager
Olive Group
Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months
1. Provide relevant, timely and accurate financial information and analysis to the Finance Director.
2. Maintenance of the Cashbooks & Audit.
3. Maintain proper and effective internal financial controls in accordance with the group finance policy and procedure manual.
4. Prepare the annual Contract Budget and Monthly forecasts, ensuring that contractual changes and cost assumptions are captured in a timely and accurate manner.
5. Create and maintain Area and Projects financial status: Plan verses Actual analysis, PRs, POs, Invoices, etc.
6. Raising and managing the financial Risk & red flags of the Area to the Finance Director and Head Office.
7. Responsible for the in country Local National Payrolls, including calculation, consolidation and system development.
8. Preparation of the Local National Monthly Payroll and associated Social Insurance Returns & Wage Withholding TAX (WWT) from calculation to submission and ensuring that the Company receives the Annual WWT and SI Clearance Certificates.
9. Liaison with the Lawyer and External Auditors to facilitate the securing of the annual Company Corporation Tax Clearance.
10. Responsible for ensuring that there are strong and fully documented financial controls within the region particularly in relation to the control of Cash.
11. To assist in the development of efficient and cost effective in country procurement processes.
12. Prepare and maintain the financial contribution of the Area to the Monthly Execution Management Meeting Report.
13. Oversee and develop the monthly stock control and cost allocation process.
14. Oversee the Fixed Asset procurement and control processes.
15. Educate non-financial managers to understand and interpret their financial results, providing training modules where necessary.
Accounts & Admin Executive- INCHCAPE Shipping Services (Basra - IRAQ) 2008- July 2009
1. I have implemented SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) in Accounting & Admin.
2. Management and Administration of Labour practices and coordinate of vetting
processes.
3. Submit monthly Invoicing information to Head Office.
4. Cash Control / Petty Cash
5. Daily Receipts & Collection Reports.
6. Expanded daily tasking into operational logistics and problem solving for client
7. Development & Improvement of convoy booking schedules.
8. Arrange/hire equipment like Crane, Trailers & other plant & machinery for our main
Contractor KBR (UK) from Kuwait & Iraq.
9. Prepare / arrange Weekly Payrolls of about 500 Local Nationals.
Regional Financial Controller - Hart Security 2004-2007
Initially I was employed by Hart security to manage their accounts in Kuwait but was quickly
given responsibility for accounting across the Middle East, ending up as the company's
regional Financial Controller. My specific responsibilities included: 1. Financial Controller in IRAQ - Kuwait - Afghanistan. This took considerable liaison with both head office in Cyprus and the other countries.
2. Weekly Invoicing Information of Clients. Up to 15 Clients requiring weekly or monthly billing concurrently.
3. Budgeting: HART's main Cost areas (Personnel, Transport, Communication, Life
Support, Misc. Ops Cost, Equipment & Travel)
4. Prepare fortnightly Cash Bid of 15 locations. (Operating Expenditures, Equipment
Expenditures, Other Running Costs & Assets)
5. Collection of Cash from Bank and distribute to Project Managers according to their
bids.
6. Fortnightly Audit of Accounts (10 to15 Locations) I was also given the responsibility for auditing of their sister company Symbion Power Technologies, who have approx
$200m worth of PCO contracts.
7. To deal and handle Purchase Orders.
8. Collection of Daily Tasking sheets from Project Managers, reconcile them and prepare the weekly Invoicing.
9. Prepare weekly wages of around 200 National workers and arrange payments.
10. Submit the Accounts to Head Office for internal/interim Audit.
Senior Accountant - Salem Al Nisf Electrical Co. 2002-2003
Initially I was employed by Salem Al Nisf for Data Entries in the warehouse but after couple of months got the opportunity to work in head office in main "Accounts Department" ending up as Senior Accountant. My specific responsibilities included:
1. Follow up the daily Sales data and upload the daily sales data into the system and to circulate daily status to HO.
2. To deal and handle Purchase Orders with many local and Foreign Electrical
Companies like THORN (UK), MK (UK), ILLUMA (AUS) and GULF Cables.
3. Weekly collection of CASH and Sales Vouchers from Stores.
4. Maintaining Payment records of distributors.
5. Compiling report of stock return/recall & others on weekly / monthly basis.
6. Handle various queries of customers on payments, Invoices & claim adjustment.
7. Supervise JM Invoicing for his daily processing of Data.
8. Physical stock checking at stores/warehouses and ensure house keeping as per
company standard.
9. Prepare Weekly & Monthly Payrolls of about x200 ground workers.
10. To Liaise with Engineers and help them to prepare proposal for various projects.