Jawad Jaber

• Assisting the Director of Finance and other senior executives in overseeing financial documents, and making strategic implementations
• Handling several companies with different types of business; Holding, Offshore and SAL Companies (Media & Commercial)
• Generating all the needed financial reports; P&L, Balance sheet & Cash Flow.
• Preparing Budgets
• Direct contact with lawyer, internal & external auditors to finalize all legal and financial issues with subsidiary companies in addition to tax declarations submitted to the Ministry of Finance
• Monitoring Balance Sheet, Cash & Bank, Vendors and Intercompany reconciliations within the Group
• Analyze, examine and interpret accounting transactions, reviewing general ledger functions, and administering strict timeline for tasks
• Meet all the financial deadlines and respect time bounds for proper and accurate reporting
• Guiding accounting staff by coordinating activities, answering questions, and resolving discrepancies
• Holding monthly departmental meetings with the accounting staff to ensure open communication, and addressing issues faced by the team

• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of all financial reporting and general ledger structure.
• Ensures an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Collaborates with all other departments to support overall goals and objectives.
• Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Tracks the General Cashier work flow.
• In Charge of Payroll Task (Hotel Payroll, New Comers, Leavers, Tax reconciliation, employee’s requests and Money transfer).
• Supervise Payable Task (Follow up on the assistant accountant payable through managing all the clients’ profiles, legal papers, direct control on invoices allocation and monthly issued checks).
• Follow up on Accounts Receivable Aging including the consistent application of a credit policy, periodic credit reviews of existing customers, and the assessment of the creditworthiness of potential customers, with the goal of optimizing the mix of company sales and bad debt losses.
• Follow up on Credit Cards issues with customers and the bank to avoid any loss of money due to fraud or mishandling of credit cards transactions.
• Conduct the Income Audit task (Revenue, General Ledger, Unclosed Accounts, Rebates, Discrepancies Investigation, and Invoices reconciliation from outlets…)
• Prepare Monthly P&L report for the entire company to be discussed and presented to the General Manager in our monthly meeting.
• Support Controller in Hotel Budget, Monthly Rolling Forecast and with special projects and work flow process improvements.
• Prepare Cost Room meeting with several ideas to reduce expenses to be negotiated and implemented in the monthly meeting.
• Reporting directly to the Financial Controller and General Manager in decision making or actions taken.
• Preparing Monthly Financial Package to be distributed to the Owners.
• Feasibility studies for several outlets, buffets and brunches.
• Monthly Assets and Liabilities Reconciliation.
• Direct contact with the external auditing company and the owner’s internal audit and supporting them with all the documents and reports needed.

Holiday Inn Dunes, Beirut - Lebano
Senior Accountant Supervisor, June 2011- August 2014

Holiday Inn Dunes, Beirut - Lebanon
Accountant Supervisor, April 2009 - June 2011.

Holiday Inn Dunes, Beirut - Lebanon
Accountant, April 2008- April 2009.

Holiday Inn Dunes, Beirut - Lebanon
Receiving Agent / Store Keeper, January 2008 - April 2008.

Holiday Inn Dunes, Beirut - Lebanon
Waiter, August 2006 - January 2008

Cashier

Customer Service officer, June 2005 till August 2006