Financial Advisor
CHI Link For Financial and Economic Consultancy
Total years of experience :23 years, 5 Months
• Assist in performing all tasks necessary to achieve the organization's mission and help execute staff succession and growth plans.
• Train the Finance Unit and other staff on raising awareness and knowledge of financial management matters.
• Work with the President/CEO/CM on the strategic vision including fostering as well as assisting in the development and negotiation of contracts.
• Participate in developing new business, specifically: assist the CEO, COO and CM in identifying new funding opportunities, the drafting of prospective programmatic budgets, and determining cost effectiveness of prospective service delivery.
• Assess the benefits of all prospective contracts and advise the Executive Team on programmatic design and implementation matters.
• Ensure adequate controls are installed and that substantiating documentation is approved and available such that all purchases may pass independent and governmental audits.
• Provide the COO/CM with an operating budget. Work with the COO/CM to ensure programmatic success through cost analysis support, and compliance with all contractual and programmatic requirements.
• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization including: organizational revenue/expense and balance sheet reports, development and monitoring of organizational and contract/grant budgets.
• Oversee all purchasing and payroll activity for staff and participants.
• Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard financial assets of the organization. Oversee the coordination and activities of independent auditors ensuring all audit issues are resolved, and compliance issues are met, and the preparation of the annual financial statements is in accordance with GAAP, state and other required supplementary schedules and information.
• Attend Board and Subcommittee meetings; including being the lead staff on the Audit/Finance Committee.
• Monitor banking activities of the organization.
• Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the organization's needs.
• Serve as one of the trustees and oversee administration and financial reporting of the organization's Savings and Retirement Plan.
• Investigate cost-effective benefit plans and other fringe benefits which the organization may offer employees and potential employees with the goal of attracting and retaining qualified individuals.
• Oversee the production of monthly reports as well as financial statements and cash flow projections for use by Executive management, as well as the Audit/Finance Committee and Board of Directors.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and timely calculations of wage incentives, commissions, and salaries for the staff.
• Oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable and ensure a disaster recovery plan is in place.
• Oversee business insurance plans and health care coverage analysis.
• Oversee the maintenance of the inventory of all fixed assets.
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• Reporting Directly to Company's CEO & Responsible for:
• Co-organizing with the management representative for achieving the ISO 9001: 2008 and ISO 14001: 2004
• Controlling and managing all accounting activities cycle.
• Assigning the projects as profit center in chart of account.
• Follow-up and reviewing of feasibility studies
• Producing and / or overseeing monthly management accounts and bank reconciliation;
• Producing regular financial reporting
• Analyzing and managing monthly financial data, trends, and variances from forecast and budget;
• Cost control and analysis of variance;
• Key Performance Indicator reporting and analysis;
• Posting of month end and ad hoc journals;
• Identifying and implementing improvements in the financial processes and controls;
• Ensure the timely and accurate production of management information, budgets and forecasts.
• Producing information leading to monthly management accounts;
• Compiling and monitoring the annual internal budgets;
• Preparing “what if” scenarios as the company works towards excellence and High Growth
• In-depth Financial Planning and forecasting
• Exploring the acquisition route to complement growth from a financial view point
• Support the Senior Management team with any ad hoc project work.
• Monitor the audit process from a funding and financial perspective in conjunction with the internal audit team
• Working with the Senior teams on forecasting and re-forecasting, profiling and re-profiling of all contracts
• Presenting management information to the Board.
• Tracking & controlling all expenses related.
• Managing cash inflow and outflow.
• Managing payable & receivable accounts.
• Managing cost, profit center principle.
• Managing & controlling joint-venture books.
• Administering fixed assets management.
• Preparing payroll & administering employee's benefit as to labor law.
• Tracking all banks transactions.
• Managing & preparing joint-venture related financial statements.
• Follow-up with external auditors.
• Preparation of financial statements
• Reporting directly to Company’s Director and Responsible for:
• Structuring & forming the chart of account in Oracle financial application.
• Preparing the chart of account as cost, profit center principle.
• Controlling & managing accounting cycle as newly established company.
• Follow-up of company’s shares with Kuwait stock ex-change market.
• Compliance to accounting disclosures requirements.
• Tracking & controlling all expenses related to real estate.
• Managing cash inflow and outflow.
• Preparing cash flow projection.
• Administering internal audit.
• Structuring & forming the chart of account as newly established company.
• Managing cash inflow and outflow
• Controlling and managing all expenses.
• Controlling budgets.
• Managing payable & receivable accounts.
• Supervise all type of re-conciliation’s.
• Administering fixed assets management.
• Studying and analyzing revenues.
• Auditing all accounting transactions.
• Controlling and administering sales to revenue ratio.
• Preparing profit & loss account.
• Preparing payroll.
• Providing management with information for decision-making.
• Administering the point of sales.
• Administering and controlling inventory.
• Administering, distribution and floating of product into market.
• Managing the inventory with sales force.
• Preparing periodic physical counts.
• Protect assets & maintain the integrity of the financial reporting system.
• Provide information to aid & advice management in appraising the adequacy of control.
• Safeguarding of company’s assets.
• Compliance with plans & policies of the company.
• Appraising efficiency & effectiveness.
• Compliance to accounting disclosures requirements.
• Preventing of fraud.
• Accomplishing of objectives & recommending operating improvements when needed.
• Regarding sales division, controlling accounts receivables in a manner of credit limits & collections.
• Regarding purchase division, controlling the procedure to buy, right from purchase request to the purchase order & the necessity of the commodity requested.
• Regarding the inventory, a periodic physical check of stock.
• Controlling and supervising company cash flow.
• Preparing periodic physical counts.
• Supervise re-conciliation’s.
• Supervise and assure proper internal accounting procedures.
• Supervise & managing accounts receivables & payables.
• Administering accounting cycle and monthly closures.
• Controlling & administering branches books regarding expenses & revenues.
• Administering fixed assets management.
• Studying and analyzing all expenses trends.
• Studying and analyzing monthly revenue.
• Preparing cost center budget.
• Controlling budget.
• Prepare profit & loss account.
• Auditing all accounting transactions .