Financial Administrator
BAE SYSTEMS
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
BAE Systems design, manufacture, upgrade, and support combat and trainer aircraft, partner with academic and industrial leaders to develop new technologies to support future product strategies, develop and deliver a wide range of advanced technologies for the commercial and military electronics markets and is involved is such other diverse business activities.
Key Responsibilities:
• Contracts and Agreements Department: Collaborate for budgeting, control of exchange and transactions. Liaise for direct contracts with countries and also for contracts with companies for financial matters and coordinated for writing a statement of work contracts with companies and regularly follow-up them.
• Data and Analysis Section: Collaborated for correspondence and analysis of the financial statement.
• Supply Support Department: Function as liaison officer between the Supply Department and the management of plans and programs and coordinated for plans and objectives, modernization of programs and projects, human resources, logistic readiness, exercises and military movements. Functioned in the air force in the supply & supply management department.
Finance Policies & Control
• Define the policy, procedures and internal systems of the accounting and finance department, verify accounting treatment accorded to complex business transactions (local and international) and ensure accountability and transparency in reporting.
• Direct the finance team with overall control of the company’s accounting and finance function to optimize the company’s financial performance and strategic position.
• Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget, financial forecasts and report variances; forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs and available funds for investment.
• Oversee the activities for each department in the organization to ensure the procedures laid down in company’s financial regulations are adhered to.
Financial Management
• Oversee the development and implementation of policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of finance so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled.
• Ensure that financial reports that provide to the management are timely reliable and integrity to make sound decisions.
• Assist management to set long term strategic and financial planning to achieve organization target goals.
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.
Internal Control Measures
• Actively participate in budget preparation and variance analysis, control expenses for the identified cost centers so that budgetary figures are achieved.
• Monitor and verify accounts payable process ensuring timeliness and accuracy by scrutinizing invoices received.
• Exercised a strong control over accounts receivable, ensured payments from customers are received as per the prescribed credit norms of the company. Ensure effectiveness and efficiency of internal control.
Administration
• Support management in decision making, problem solving with Can Do attitude to achieve business results.
• Manage the team and motivate them to achieve their targets as required by business and lead them by example.
Key Responsibilities:
Customer Service
• Effectively maintained client relations, obtained referral business leads from the existing client base, built a prospective contacts database and approached new clients to present banking products and services on offer.
• Pitched banking products and financial services and closed sales deals; responded to customer inquiries and provided information related to products and services offered by the bank.
• Provided customized financial planning solutions to key accounts and provided reliable solutions to assist them in meeting short-term, mid-term and long-term finance / funding requirements; ensure maximum customer satisfaction and retention.
Relationship Management
• Recommended most suitable product to the customers, which met their exact requirements and submit proposals with detailed terms and conditions. Pragmatic in serving ordinary clients, discrimination and premiere.
• Maintained customer focus all times and answer customer’s enquiries using the standard guidelines; handled customer complaints and queries and proactively followed through to resolution.
Administration
• Gathered customer feedback on products & services offered by the bank, evaluated comments and responses pertaining to services provided and complaints resolved by internal teams & initiated efforts to improve the customer service function.
• Assisted customers in opening bank accounts, provided detailed information pertaining to documents required as per KYC guidelines and extended prompt assistance to customers availing mobile and internet banking facilities.
• Registered and handled customer complaints, reported serious, escalated cases to senior teams for resolution and worked in close collaboration with the operations team to process customer requests.
Rama Al-Jazirah Establishment is specializing in the iron and fiber industries, started as director of marketing and follow-up of government tenders. Thereafter, promoted to the director of administrative and financial affairs involving coordination for all the work of the financial institution and the employees.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Administration
• Consolidated and analyzed financial data including budgets, income statement forecasts etc. considering company’s goals and financial standing.
• Coordinated with the finance team in preparation of accounts, review and authorized their postings and sorted out the discrepancies.
• Effectively performed ratio analysis to understand the exact financial position, highlighted returns on investment and provided comprehensive information on liquidity and profitability position of the company.
Accounting Operations
• Monitored daily transactions and ascertained their proper treatment in accounting books, maintained accurate record of transactions. Reconciled with relevant authorities & ensured compliance to all accounting and internal control procedures.
• Developed accounting reports to be submitted to the management to enable decision making, ascertained that all statutory reporting is conducted in time.