Khaled Al Faqsh, Financial Controller

Khaled Al Faqsh

Financial Controller

The Sultan Center - Holding Company

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Diploma, CMA (Certified Management Accountant)
Experience
20 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 10 Months

Financial Controller at The Sultan Center - Holding Company
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2006

Financial Controller - at present

Achievements
Participated in the due diligence project of the acquisition of Retail stores in Lebanon during 2008. Deal size is US$ 130 M.
Leading the project of designing the monthly set of financial performance reports provided to top management by the CFO.
Conduct a goodwill impairment test for Lebanon acquisition which had a positive impact on the company’s profitability of 20$ M.

Participated in the below projects:
Finance Division transformation (Organizational Structure and Policies & Procedures).
Standardization of all subsidiaries’ chart of accounts across countries.
Upgrade Oracle financials from 11i to 12i
Implementation of Oracle Project Billing, Procurements and Inventory.

Duties & Responsibilities
Supervise the monthly financial closing across all countries and subsidiaries.
Lead the process of preparing the monthly financial performance reports.
Prepare the quarterly consolidated financial statements.
Prepare the quarterly Board of Directors financial presentation.
Participate in the preparation of the annual master budget.
Provide assistance to external and internal auditors.
Policy enforcements across countries and subsidiaries.
Support Corporate Finance in performing business valuation and financial due diligence for the potential acquisitions and mergers.
Support Corporate Finance in performing cost benefit analysis and financial feasibility studies related to the new projects.

Senior Internal Auditor

Achievements
Participated in the revision of the department audit programs.
Participated in designing the department new audit programs in alignment with the annual audit plan
Participated in setting the department internal policies & procedures
Participated in the cross functional team responsible for designing the new ERP related business process

Senior Accountant at Al-Sawan Trading, Transportation, Tourism and Logistics Company
  • Kuwait
  • October 2003 to September 2005

Job profile:

- Control Airlines and Travel Agents payments.
- Prepare monthly payroll and payment process.
- Prepare monthly management reports "Income Statement and Sales Reports".
- Assist in the preparation of annual financial statements.
- Special Task - Acting as System Analyst during the implementation and integration stage of Microsoft Great Plains (Financial Application).

Finance Manager at Al-Masseel Group General and Trading Company
  • Kuwait
  • September 2005 to September 2005

Job profile:

- Ensure the accuracy of the accounting data and its adherence to IAS.
- Prepare monthly management reports.
- Prepare the annual financial statements.
- Give the support to the external auditors
- Assist in the training of staff to use the accounting system.

Accountant at Al-Mejhem General Trading & Contracting Company
  • Kuwait
  • August 2002 to September 2003

Job profile:

- Banks Reconciliations and checks issuance.
- Preparing required Journal Vouchers.

Education

Diploma, CMA (Certified Management Accountant)
  • at Institute of Management Accountants
  • August 2009
Diploma, CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)
  • at Institute of Internal Auditors
  • May 2007
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Accounts
  • at Damascus University
  • July 2002

Specialties & Skills

Team Management
Finance Sector
Managing Budget
Internal Audit
Microsoft Office XP (WinWord, Excel, Access & Powerpoint)
Good Using for the Internet, Good Knowledge in the Computer's Hardware & Software’s Mainten
Microsoft Great Plains

Languages

English
Intermediate