Senior Finance Business Partner
Qatar Foundation
Total des années d'expérience :21 years, 9 Mois
Management Accountant - Qatar Foundation Doha April 2011 to date
• Conduct monthly budget management meeting and log issues that may arise in the areas of, Year to date actual, mis-bookings, forecast actual, budgetary matters, variance explanation and mitigation, manpower matters, reporting improvements, in-year opportunities which can be banked and trend analysis.
• Deal with Hamad Bin Kalifa University Campuses funding requests and conducting monthly budget monitoring for Weil Cornell University, North Western University, Carnegie Mellon University, University College University and HEC-Q
• Liaise with Branch campuses to establish their annual budget including Seed and Research Funding
• Review Branch Campuses annual Budget and liaise with University for additional information and or meet to resolve any pertinent issues
• Establish the budget on QF Hyperion System
• Review the quarterly submission (Actual spend v Budget to date allocated) from the Branch Campuses and meet to discuss any variation from the budget
• Deal with the closing of accounts including their Capital Carryover
• Deal with Letter of Credit request
• I provide Financial Application system training to end users as required.
• I assist with system consolidation and preparation of budget information for Finance Committee.
• I receive, analyse and resolve all adhoc queries from entities and Branch campuses
• I deal with the closing of year end account, including communicating with entities and Branch Campuses about their end of year accruals, payment in advance and any other provisions to be provided in the account.
Extensive Local Government and National Health Service accounting experience, most recently 7 years in National Health Services operating within partnership arrangements with a London PCT. Responsible for business activities with service providers, a completer/finisher with a track record of delivering on time and to requirements. Diligent and accurate, business focused with strong interpersonal skills, has the ability to understand the needs of managers and to motivate staff in achieving challenging targets
I prepare budget monitoring and reporting analysis for the partners and board members. I prepare both annual, medium and long term budget planning and forecasting which is presented on a regular basis to board members.
• I have developed and updated internal control and financial procedures for both partners
• I have planned, developed and implemented a financial payment system for prompt payment to our providers and put appropriate control in place
• Introduced a payment strategy that maximise funding arrangement and cash flow
• I have prepared relevant financial statement from General ledger including cash flow statement, Profit and Loss account and Balance sheet for the partners.
• I attend and participate at various meeting including Board and management meeting to discuss the budget planning and budget monitoring periodically
• I advise, train and meet with service managers regarding general accounting issues, entries, reports and variance analysis for their budget areas
• Successfully introduced commitment accounting in delivering a balanced budget
• Responsible for collating and monitoring of all services performance indicators
• Presentation of monthly budget monitoring report to the Joint Management Team and Departmental Management Team
• I produce financial and management with a good command of Excel Spreadsheet application
This is a professional accountancy qualification. I am a qualified chartered Accountant Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy MBA - Strategic Leadership
Professional qualification and a qualified accounting technician
