Khaled El-Masri, HR Director

Khaled El-Masri

HR Director

Zain

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Diploma, Accredited Mediator
Experience
22 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 1 Months

HR Director at Zain
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • July 2012 to July 2013

• Managing HR activities with the aim of achieving significant ROI and productivity outcomes for the company. Responsibilities include preparing the HR budget, administering the company’s pay policy and structure, recruiting and staffing of local and ex-pat candidates, ensuring application of the local labor law, compensation and benefits, rewarding and retaining valuable employees, change implementation, diversity planning, employee relations, monitors appraisal process and ensure accountability, organizational and leadership development, Travel, Medical unit and day care (Nursery) .
• Recommending, formulating and writing the current internal processes and procedures for the operation with audit and control requirements being met
• Setting achievable goals and deadlines for the department and organization
• Identifying budget issues, providing alternative solutions and resolving problems

HR External Consultant at Resource Marketing Services SAL (RMS)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2010 to June 2012

As external consultant I help the organization in revising and updating the group’s HR and Administrative policies, procedures and organization structure design

HR & Administration Director at Telefocus
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2009 to March 2010

• Head of due diligence team. Responsible of the financial, HR, General services, administrative and legal part.
• Managing the group’s HR and Administrative operations, ongoing corporate strategy, responsible for all HR & administrative.
• Creating effective HR and administrative strategies, organization, policies and procedures and follow up the implementation within the operations in east and West Africa.
• Evaluating HR and administrative management activities to ensure compliance with government laws, rules and regulations for all the operations.
• Supervising HR activities, Procurement, fixed assets, inventories and other general HR and Administrative functions within the entire group.
• Comparing the periodic analytical reports, compared budget with actual and analyzed variances, place recommendation for the operations and train the HR and Administrative Directors within the operations to achieve the best performance.
• Support the boards in the preparation of HR and Administrative budget and training programs and in measuring the performance for all the directors in the group.
• Defining group-wide HR process
• Supporting the Group to accomplish functional synergies and to enhance corporate performance and efficiency.
• Put the organization structure design and the HR & Administrative budget for the 5 currents operations ( Burundi, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Establishing evaluation and motivation structure for the entire group

General Manager: HR & Administration at Areeba - Guinea, (Investcom Holding-MTN)
  • Guinea
  • October 2005 to May 2009

• Arrived first to Guinea, part of the startup team for the Operation.
• Recruiting more than 350 employees and leading changes and restructuration when MTN merged with Investcom
• Leading the Talent Management project in Guinea ( this project was for all the 21 operations)
• Preparing budget, directing and monitoring construction and renovation of projects to improve efficiency, as well as ensuring that facilities are well maintained by meeting environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations (Also established the initial set up of the operation)
• Recommending, formulating and writing the current internal processes and procedures for the operation with audit and control requirements being met
• Developing and managing the Administration Division including the Procurement and Human Resources Departments which currently fall under Administration’s responsibility.
o Procurement: Preparing budget, soliciting bids, securing quotations from local and international vendors, analyzing bids, performing value and cost analysis and selecting products and vendors consistent with existing policies and procedures. Training and developing other staff members in doing the same.
o Human Resources: Managing HR activities with the aim of achieving significant ROI and productivity outcomes for the company. Responsibilities include preparing the HR budget, administering the company’s pay policy and structure, recruiting and staffing of local and ex-pat candidates, ensuring application of the local labor law, compensation and benefits, rewarding and retaining valuable employees, change implementation, diversity planning, employee relations, monitors appraisal process and ensure accountability, organizational and leadership development. Implementing and launching ORACLE HRIS work system in place
• Providing financial analysis of cost reduction initiatives and other operational programs as required by the organization
• Planning, managing and controlling budgets for contracts and general services, rollout, equipment and supplies
• Setting achievable goals and deadlines for the department and organization
• Identifying budget issues, providing alternative solutions and resolving problems
• Overseeing the preparation of working papers and approved budgets; ensuring that expenditures for budgets and contracts are monitored and that reports are prepared to maintain balanced accounts
• Preparing and reviewing operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency
• Serving as the contact person for all corporate relations and representing the organization in PR and public events
• Functioned as Deputy CEO during absence of the CEO

Procurement Manager at Spacetel - Yemen (Investcom Holding - MTN)
  • Yemen
  • June 2003 to September 2005

- Managing international purchasing
.- Managing local purchasing affairs.
- Managing storeroom activities.
- Logistics and supply.
- Launching ORACLE work system in place.
- Leading cost management and saving projects activities.
- Enhancing work process to align with audit and control requirements.

Administrative Manager at Spacetel – Yemen (Investcom Holding - MTN)
  • Yemen
  • July 2002 to May 2003

- Managing international purchasing.
- Managing local purchasing affairs.
- Managing storeroom activities.
- Logistics and supply.
- Manage all contract and general services.
- PR affairs.- Residence and Work permits.

Administrative & Financial Director at Spacetel – Burundi (Investcom Holding)
  • Burundi
  • July 2001 to June 2002

- Prepare Journal entries for specified accounts and ensure consistency with GAAP
- Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliation.
- Monitoring petty cash.
- Respond to external auditor queries.
- Year-end audit.
- Special financial reports and other accounting related work,
- Bank Reconciliation.
- Keeping up to date record of all accounting transaction.
- Budgets preparation and monitoring.
- Manage all contract and general services.
- PR affairs.
- Residence and Work permits.

Financial Director at Spacetel – Guinea (Investcom Holding)
  • Liberia
  • September 2000 to June 2001

- Prepare Journal entries for specified accounts and ensure consistency with GAAP
- Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliation
- Monitoring petty cash
- Respond to external auditor queries.
- Year-end audit
- Special financial reports and other accounting related work
- Bank Reconciliation
- Keeping up to date record of all accounting transaction.
- Budgets preparation and monitoring

Chief Accountant at Sami Dandan & Co. (SADCO)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 1996 to August 2000

- Prepare Journal entries for specified accounts and ensure consistency with GAAP
- Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliation- Monitoring petty cash
- Respond to external auditor queries.
- Year-end audit
- Special financial reports and other accounting related work
- Bank Reconciliation
- Keeping up to date record of all accounting transaction.

Procurement Manager at Oskar Co.
  • Armenia
  • June 1995 to December 1995

- Managing international purchasing.
- Managing local purchasing affairs.

Chief Accountant at Wassef Sinno & Sons
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1991 to May 1995

- Prepare Journal entries for specified accounts and ensure consistency with GAAP
- Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliation
- Monitoring petty cash
- Respond to external auditor queries.
- Year-end audit
- Special financial reports and other accounting related work
- Bank Reconciliation
- Keeping up to date record of all accounting transaction.
- Prepare yearly financial declaration for government and tax authority.

Education

Diploma, Accredited Mediator
  • at Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), International Finance Corporation, World bank Group
  • February 2012

CEDR Accredited Mediator

Diploma,
  • at MTN Academy
  • March 2009

- Leadership excellence and dealing with people – LEAP- The Situational leadership with the Ken Blanchard Companies- MTN Academy – Accra – Ghana.

Diploma,
  • at MTN Academy
  • October 2008

- LTM (Leadership Talent Management) Talent Custodian Training with MTN SA.

Diploma,
  • at Leadership e-learning toolkit
  • June 2007

- Leadership e-learning toolkit « The Y’ello Leader Way » (Skillsoft/Harvard BSP/Leader Academy/ Ken Blanchard/Hughes & Munday/Mckinsey/HayGroup and others.

Diploma,
  • at MTN Academy
  • January 2007

- Job Evaluation Manager Training MTN SA.

Diploma, Contract preparation & management
  • at MEIRC
  • September 2004
Diploma, The new Millennium Manager
  • at Lebanese American University
  • June 2004
Diploma, Procurement & Contract Fraud
  • at IIR
  • October 2003
Diploma, Inventory Planning & Stock Control
  • at MEIRC
  • October 2003
Diploma, Advanced negotiation skills
  • at MEIRC
  • March 2003
Diploma, Win/Win negotiation skills
  • at MEIRC
  • December 2002
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor degree in Commerce & Business Administration specialized in Accounting.
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • June 1993

Specialties & Skills

Literacy
Human Resources
Team Management
Budgeting
Operation
Computer literacy with familiarity in computer based accounting systems, Microsoft Office

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

N/A
  • N/A
  • January 2005