Finance Manager
Al Madaj Group
Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months
As a Finance Manager:
Responsible for publishing of financial statements.
Responsible for overseeing accounting operations. Preparation of budgets, analyzing financial data and managing accounting records.
Managing financial transactions.
Responsible for operations and development of the company’s finance departments including creating and reviewing policies, budgeting, recruiting, training and conducting regular assessments of financial procedures.
Dealing with working capital management and production of cash flow forecasts.
Leading the team responsible for payroll, VAT and data entry processes.
Responsible for on time submission of VAT returns, Income tax return, withholding tax return at GAZT portal.
Responsible for the strategic business plans based on the analysis of the company’s status and financial forecasts.
As a Senior Accountant:
Supervision of accounting function, review and finalization of monthly closing with close liaison from regions.
Prepare project status report for management.
Prepare each department expenses report and compare it with budgeted figure for any over expense, through using pie charts and bar charts.
Working consultatively with the respective departments on cost reduction initiatives.
Day to day finance and accounts operations including review of payment vouchers and journal entries and supervision of accountants.
Actively involving in the preparation of forecasts / budgets and monitoring of the Company’s P&L.
Monitoring expenditures, analysing revenues and determine budget variances and report the same to management.
Generating financial reports and statements to Managers for review.
Assisting in auditing activities by providing necessary documentation and preparing requested information.
Managing the finance function to ensure compliance with group policies as well as local and IFRS compliances
Ensuring the accuracy of all creditors and debtors accounts and reviewing their aging analysis.
Monitoring working capital and cash flow management.
Review month end closing financial statements (Trial Balance, Income statement, Balance Sheet and statement of Cash flow.
Review cheque requisitions, LCs, Corporate Guarantee and bank transfer requests to settle accounts.
As a Chief Accountant:
Prepare and reconciliations of general ledger accounts and maintain petty cash.
Prepare year ending financial statements for audit purpose.
Monthly reconciliation of General Ledger and sub-ledger accounts.
Prepare all journal entries for monthly transactions.
Prepare and post journal entries for inter-company accounts.
Perform financial analysis of monthly and quarterly activity.
Prepare and review the monthly salary sheets and transfer from company bank accounts.
Prepare and review various financial reports requested by Senior Management.
Reconciliation of statements and accounts to system sub-ledger accounts to ensure accuracy.
Prepare cheque requisitions, LCs and bank transfer requests to settle accounts with suppliers and customers.
Prepare and review the purchase orders to suppliers.
Prepare quotations to customers.
As an Audit Supervisor:
Maintain client relationships at the appropriate level and show a favorable impression of the firm.
Resolution of accounting/technical issues raised by clients, ensuring members of the audit team Communicate, interact and collaborate effectively, act with objectivity, independence and integrity at all times, keep up-to-date with any changes or planned changes to accounting standards.
Prepare and critically review statutory accounts to ensure they fully meet company law and international financial reporting standards.
As an Accountant:
I prepared financial statements and presented them to the Finance Manager.
I prepared multiple types of vouchers and recorded these transactions in accounting software “Peachtree”.
I monitored advances and receivables, recovered advances and other expenses from employees.
I prepared bank reconciliation statement, coordinated with the Administration & the Finance manager with reference to operations of foreign & local bank accounts / transactions. I supervised the activities of receipts and disbursements.
I verified invoices / bills and payment vouchers for bank & cash payments.
I checked and verified bank receipt and payment vouchers and checks before signing by the authorized signatories.
I corresponded with third parties for payments.
