Chief Accountant
Stenden University Qatar
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
Handling all Financial related issues including preparing monthly reports to the management, daily journal entries, annual budget also focal point between Qatar Campus and the main campus in The Netherlands.
• Ensure that all day-to-day financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annual reports to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts.
• Develop budgets and financial plans for the university based on research and data reports and review financial plans and budget to look for cost reduction opportunities.
• Fund management for Research programs’ funds granted to the university and ensures that the fund is spent as per approved budget.
• Review all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies.
• Report to the Management with timely and accurate financial information
• Assist the Management in presenting reports to stakeholders, and board members.
• Collaborate with auditors to ensure proper compliance with all regulations.
• Evaluating financial statements and assessing accounts for accuracy and compliance.
• Investigating internal systems and operations.
• Performing audits for other departments, as needed.
• Reporting on errors and fraud.
• Providing feedback reports on findings.
• Handling daily transactions including AR, AP, Inventory, Fixed assets, bank transactions and petty cash
• Prepare various Financial Statements on Monthly, quarterly, semi-annually & annual basis and present it to the Management.
• Interact with auditors to ensure proper compliance with all regulations.
• Contact with Foreign & Local Suppliers Of raw materials & Plant Machineries to get suitable and competitive price offers.
• Follow-up shipment of imports from abroad and to ensure completeness and integrity of the required documents and customs clearance procedures and add them to the stores or assets, depending on the nature of imports.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Recording Daily transactions, payment request and bank reconciliation
• Reconcile temporary accounts like prepayment, Accruals, and unearned revenues.
• compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts.
• Assist in preparing annually financial statements.
• Preparing withholding tax report.
• Interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
•Analyzing purchase requests
•Preparing purchase orders according to budget.
•Preparing payment requests.
•Identifying payment priorities.
•Preparing official letters.
•Sales representative
•Customer Service Manager Assistant.