Accounting And Finance Manager
University of Modern Sciences
Total years of experience :24 years, 1 Months
• Supervising the AR & Collection Unit Team members and their respective functions.
• Sponsor Student- Helping the Unit Team members in preparing and dispatch of invoices to the respective sponsor of the student.
• Follow up students' payments with the update of the relevant accounts.
• Handling Student Queries and statements, and follow up student respective account.
• Reconciling & Maintaining the AR & Collection Reports on a regular basis.
• Keeping the AR Aging and AR Outstanding reports up-to-date.
• Follow-up via SMS, Calls, and E-mails with the students who have an outstanding balance to ensure the payment is on time.
• Supervising the Front Desk Operations to make sure that the workflow during the pressure hours and registration period is going well.
• Coordinate with other Unit Heads & Team Members for any assistance they might require.
• Supervise and assist the Head of Accounts in particular urgent tasks required from management.
• Auditing the student’s accounts.
Finance Manager / Noor Group Syria from 2008 - present.
• Communicate with stockholders and other investors to provide information, and to raise capital.
• Prepare and submit the group's monthly financial results, budget and quarterly rolling forecasts and complete the reporting requirements to the parent company.
• Handling the Balance Sheets - Trial Balance & P&L Noor Group
• Maintain the general ledger, ensuring compliance with Syrian GAAP
• Review the monthly Business Activity Statements and review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepared documentation to assist with preparing legislative and statutory returns, including income tax, FBT and BAS returns
• Maintained and administered the corporate financial accounting system.
• Prepared the weekly and monthly payroll and all related issues, superfund, payroll tax and annual returns.
• Supervised employees in the Finance and Administration Department and was responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation.
• Coordinated the preparation of year-end statutory accounts and tax return.
• Established and maintained relations with banks and other financial institutions.
• Prepared reports required by regulatory agencies and arranged for audits of company accounts.
• Update Procurement System database with tax rate.
• Update tax assessment spread sheets for Key Performance Indicators
• Prepare and review detailed budgets for approval by the governing body in conjunction with the Honorary Treasurer and/or appropriate Sub- Committee.
Responsibilities: Senior Accountant in 2007 to 2008
• Responsible of launching Noor Group accounts in banks and make financial liaisons as a new starter company.
• Manage and oversee the financial resources and budgets of the company.
• Study the revenues trends and expenses of the company so that they are appropriately recorded.
• Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances
• Execute usual accounting functions which includes operating the general system and month-end close work.
• Analyze revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
• Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
Jun 2002 - March of 2007
Al Furat Petroleum Company / Shell - Syria (Finance Department)
A Syrian joint stock company consider as an agent for Syria and shell to produce oil &gas.
Responsibilities: • Senior Accountant.
• Tax controller.
• Follow up independently all AFPC business with other parties e.g. following shareholders ( Damascus Finance Directorate, Social Security & Syrian Petroleum Company)
• Managing and conducting related work by using: - SUN system.
- Data Management System.
• Handling authority in: reconciliation, daily taxation matters & accounting.
• As Shell followed a well-supported safety system, my experience in HSE has gotten into higher levels skill as HSE Coordinator.
Jan 2000 - Jun 2002
Arab writer Union organization - Syria
Responsibilities: • Budget and Trial Balance.
• Senior accountant.
• Material purchasing coordinator.
• Follow up and closed out, on weekly basis
• Commercial Institute, Graduated in 1998 “Accounting” Syria - Damascus • Bachelor of Sciences Economics “Business Administration Syria -Damascus. • Master Quality Management I Finished all courses still Internship Dubai – SVU
• Commercial Institute, Graduated in 1998 Syria - Damascus - Business Administration Virtual University, Fourth year (expected graduation date July 2013) still have Two materials to graduate .