osama Nahas, Finance controller

osama Nahas

Finance controller

LOOTAH GENERAL TRADING

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, accountant
Experience
18 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 7 Months

Finance controller at LOOTAH GENERAL TRADING
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to January 2014

Prepare monthly and annual financial statements MIS (KPI, S, OPEX, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement & Cash Flow) and supporting schedules and reporting to Chairman
Lead the financial accounting team& Manage accountants and junior accountants according to specific area of responsibility and follow them.
Ensure accurate accounting records are maintained during a whole fiscal year.
Ensure proper billing of all jobs to the customers on a regular basis.
Coordinate regular follow up of debtors and keep management informed about any issues.
Ensure timely and accurate management reports are provided.
Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations as well as timely payments to suppliers.
Repairing monthly and annual budget and forecast Planning to monitoring of performance against these plans .
Respond to requests made by the management or customers.
Maintain and controlling document systems of internal control to support legal accounting records.
Other finance and administration jobs

Finance manager at AL MADAR PAPER TRADING
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2003 to August 2013

اصدار التقارير والقوائم المالية شهريا وسنويا - وتصميم الدورة الدفترية والمستندية وفقا لنشاط الشركة - تدقيق ومراجعة اتفاقيات الشركة مع الاطراف الاخرى - التدقبق والمراجعة لكل للتصرفات المالية والادارية - عمل الموازنات التقديرية ومتابعة تحقيقها - الاتفاقيات والتفاوض مع البنوك والمؤسسات المالية - بالاضافة لاعمال مالية ومحاسبية وادارية اخرى

Finance manager at AL MADAR PAPER TRADING
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2003 to April 2013

❖ AL MADAR is one of a big Saudi joint stock company Group, was founded in 2003 as a new member of Saudi company Group of Companies to cover the ever-increasing demand for waste paper in the Arabian Gulf Region and international demand, Starting with the main office in Saudi, AL MADAR now has a fully operating branch in ALGERIA, JORDAN and trading covering CHINA, INDIAN, KUWAIT and OMAN.
Duties & Responsibilities
❖ Decision - making for finance and administrative.
❖ Lead the financial accounting team& Manage accountants and junior accountants according to specific area of responsibility.
❖ Ensure accurate accounting records are maintained during a whole fiscal year.
❖ Ensure proper billing of all jobs to the customers on a regular basis.
❖ Coordinate regular follow up of debtors and keep management informed about any issues.
❖ Ensure timely and accurate management reports are provided.
❖ Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations as well as timely payments to suppliers.
❖ Monitoring the financial Policies and procedures that are laid out by the company are adhered to and followed.
❖ Planning and controlling of annual budgets and the monitoring of performance against these plans
❖ Respond to requests made by the management or other internal customers.
❖ Maintain and controlling document systems of internal control to support legal accounting records.
❖ Prepare year-end financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement & Cash Flow) and supporting schedules and reporting to head office in Saudi grope.

Internal Auditor at Ali Al Hashimi Trading
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2001 to January 2003

Ali Al Hashimi Trading 2001-2003 Dubai-UAE
❖ Internal Auditor Reporting to General Manager
❖ Duties & Responsibilities
❖ Auditing all Ali Hashimi Group in the Gulf Area, Lebanon, Jordan & Egypt Branches.
❖ Reporting to General Manager, Operations & Quality Audit Unit Group for Internal Audit and Risk Management Dept.
❖ Conducting specialized internal audits of operations & quality audits within our client, assists in the preparation of audit work plans, collect and analyse relevant information.
❖ Prepares reports of findings, conclusions, and recommendations; and presents the reports and work papers to the Manager, Operations & Quality Audit Unit, Group Internal Audit and Risk Management Dept for review.
❖ Assist in the preparation of internal audit review work plans, which are specifically designed to meet the objectives approved in the audit schedule.
❖ Perform a risk assessment with the goal to sort out "auditable areas" and ranking by risk.
❖ Design and implement appropriate data collection, analysis and reporting mechanisms to facilitate monitoring and analysis of exposure.
❖ Schedule audit works with the relevant and other department activities.
❖ Prepare relevant work papers in accordance with quality standards, internal and generally accepted auditing standards.
❖ Coordinate the development of the work plan with external auditors when a project is to be relied upon by them or performed by them.
❖ Review Preliminary findings and conclusions with the Manager - Operations & Quality Audit Unit to evaluate the need for additional work or changes in scope.
❖ Prepare a draft report of findings, conclusions and recommendations for each project and submit the draft report and relevant work papers to the Manager - Operations & Quality Audit Unit for review.
❖ Assist the Manager - Operations & Quality Audit Dep. in presenting internal audit results to the relevant managers in order to resolve any open issues.
❖ Follow up on the status of recommendations, which are being implemented, and points that are still open. Evaluate the adequacy of steps taken by the relevant department and report to the Manager - Operations & Quality Audit Dep.

Internal Auditor at EGYPTIAN COMPANY FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION ( SILITAL)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1999 to January 2001

❖ EGYPTIAN COMPANY FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION ( SILITAL) 1999 - 2001 CAIRO - EGYPT
Internal Auditor Reporting to. Financial Manager
Duties & Responsibilities
❖ Preparing audit strategy and planning
❖ Understanding and evaluating internal control structure
❖ Draft management letters and discussing reportable conditions with client's management
❖ Performing audit test work.
❖ Assisting in financial statement preparation
❖ Reviewing audit reports and management letters before being issued to the clients.
❖ Reviewing and approving audit planning documentations as well as audit programs.
❖ Evaluate the examination of the internal control structures reporting purpose

External auditor at International Audit bureau - Horwath
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 1997 to January 1999

❖ My duties include the examination of Accounting Systems, Costing systems and other systems such as internal control, for Banking and Comercial companies through the period until 1999, and for industrial companies. Also I have been responsible for reporting the audit observations to the partner-in-charge before submitting them to client management, my duties also include the following:

❖ Achieve planning, designing the audit programs and overall management of the audit engagement.
❖ Reviewing and discussing the progress of the audit engagement with the professional staff at regular intervals and ensuring that the client and the partner in charge informed of the audit progress.
❖ Discussing promptly the significant issues concerning the conduct of the audit engagement with the partner-in-charge
❖ Supervising and directing the professional staff during the execution of the audit plan and performing of the audit engagement
❖ Reviewing of the financial statements and reports with working papers
❖ Determining that the working papers have been properly finalized and filed. The policies for electronic working papers observing that have been adhered to.
❖ Determining that the material weaknesses and reportable conditions in the internal control have been reported to the client and suggested by constructive recommendation.
❖ Maintaining sufficient contact to continually broaden and strengthen relationships with client key management personnel.
❖ In addition to the examination of financial statements, I have performed in many special assignments such as, Preparing financial and costing analysis, budgets and cash flows, Designing internal controls structures, accounting systems, cost accounting system and management information system

Accountant at Kuwait Perfume Factory
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 1995 to December 1997

doing and posting all journal voucher - doing all accountant transaction - bank reconciliation and other accounting jobs

Education

Bachelor's degree, accountant
  • at Tanta university
  • June 1992

85 %

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Tanta University
  • May 1992

May 1992 Tanta University Bachelor of commerce - Accounting section - with grade good

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Administration
Cost Accounting
Certified Internal Auditor
Financial Management
ACCOUNTANT
AUDITING
INTERNAL AUDITS
TRADING
Good communication skill , leadership of team work , affordability hard working conditions, good kno
-Self-motivation and honesty - Decisive and forward thinking, with strong vision and strategic capab
leadership of time work - good vision for budgeting and planning

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Dutch
Beginner

Training and Certifications

شهادة الحصول على الدورة بدرجة امتياز (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2010
Valid Until:
February 2010

Hobbies

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    حصلت على المركز الثانى ببطولة نادى هولييود بالقاهرة سنة 1998