Rabih Matar, Finance Manager

Rabih Matar

Finance Manager

Alamar foods

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Higher diploma, Accounting & Finance
Experience
19 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months

Finance Manager at Alamar foods
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2015

 Managed Budgeting of $20-25M of Annual Revenue.
 Profit & loss, Balance sheet analysis & other financial reports within specific deadlines.
 Managing Audits
 Cash-flow management & Predicting Future Trends.
 Engaging in cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company.
 Revenue Management: To generate more sales by providing the customers with good value offer and good bundles to choose from, through outlet offers (Super Saver, Lunch offer, Buy 1 get 1 free, Wednesday 50% Order discount, Also Online ordering (GOLO) and engaging in food ordering websites like Talabat, Foodonclick, Social Media Agencies.
 Reporting Budget Variances to Management and the reasons of those variances.
 Approving Cash disbursements to Suppliers, Staff & Stakeholders
 Oversee operations of the finance department
 Applying internal controls including a system of checkups and approvals.
 Food Costing & pricing Analysis.
 Analyzing promotions related to specific markets.
 Fixed assets controls & Depreciation.

Accounting Manager at Spacetoon TV (Kids Media FZ LLC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2009 to June 2015

 Manage the daily operations of the Accounts Department (Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, and Beirut offices)
 Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information
 Monthly Closing, Customer Invoicing
 Managing Audits
 Cash-flow management
 Budgeting & Forecasting
 Accounts payable/Accounts Receivable, payroll.
 Financial Reporting: Profit & Loss, Aging report, Accounts & Banks Reconciliations, Balance sheets, Volume Rebate Calculations.
 Budget Monitoring to spotlight Variances.
 legal documents & Compliance :(Revenue share contracts with stations, Agency Commissions, activity license, leasing, employees contracts)

Senior Accountant at Chip International Doha
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2007 to January 2009

 Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries
 Monthly Closing, Customer Invoicing & follow us on credit terms
 Accounts payable/Accounts Receivable, payroll.
 Physical Stock Control
 Monthly Reporting: Sales, Expenses, P&L, Balance sheet.
 Responsible for general ledger
 Reviewing all statements of accounts, bank statements & Reconciliations

Raw Material Stock Supervisor at Delta Trading Co
  • Lebanon - Bekaa
  • April 2005 to August 2007

 Storing raw materials in warehouses per company procedures and quality assurance.
 Physical check and quality control over received raw material from Suppliers
 Handling raw materials for production
 Physical stock control.
 (ROP) Reorder point reports to the procurement department to replenish the stock on time.
 Maintaining Buffer for safety and continuous production.

Education

Higher diploma, Accounting & Finance
  • at Institute of Management Accounts
  • September 2016
Bachelor's degree, Business Management
  • at American University of Science & Technology
  • January 2007

2003-2007 American University of Science & Technology-Beirut, Lebanon BS degree in Business Management Major courses: Managerial Accounting and Economics, Finance, Total Quality MGT, Project Management, Strategic Management, Management information systems, Quantitative Methods of Business Decisions, Statistics and Probability..

Specialties & Skills

Payroll
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Finance
Accounting
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS
Financial reporting
Analysis
INVOICING
Budgeting
Reconciliations
Revenue Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Institute of management accounts USA
  • updates Finance & accounting
  • March 2014