Raymond Al Chami

June 2010- Present
Chihadeh General Trading LLC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Old town Manzil Hotel
Finance Manager

Appointed Task:

 Establishing Company’s accounting system (Simply Sage Accounting) with all its related setups and financial reporting Channels.
 Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.
 Interpret Financial Reports to shareholders while recommending course of actions.
 Analyze Cost, Sales Prices, Variables, and company actual performance with its related budgets.
 Develop Budgets and Sales projections, conduct review and cost reduction opportunities.
 Oversee Operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, design framework to meet company procedures.
 Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
 Assist and Coordinate with daily banking requirments related to Loans, interests and any needed compliances with central bank.
 Monitor the daily Compay’s Cash flow as per banks inflow and forcasted Costs.
 Ensure the accurate and timely processing of positive pay transactions.
 Monitor Collections with the related budgets and Suppliers pay off transaction reconcillations.
 Work with the Audit Companies to ensure a clean and timely yearend audit.
 Supervise the general ledger group to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met with ratio justifications.
 Reviewing Employee incentives and commissions and monitoring the execution of WPS salary transfers.
 Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.

Dec 2009 - May 2010
Medicals International
Beirut-Lebanon
Mansourieh
Senior Accountant

Appointed Task
➢ Posts data to various ledgers, registers, journals and logs following established accounting techniques and procedures.
➢ Assists the Financial Services Manager with preparation and consolidation of annual District budget.
➢ Responsible for closing books at year end upon completion of annual audit.
➢ Performs internal audits of accounts payable, payroll distribution, fixed assets, and cash.
➢ Maintains the various ledger accounts including reconciliation of the District general ledger, revenue accounts, expenditures, and cash balances.
➢ Responsible for payroll monitoring and distribution of payroll costs to appropriate general ledger accounts.
➢ Monitors the financial activity on assigned programs and prepares expenditure reports for program managers as needed.
➢ Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes or directs correcting entries.
➢ Prepares, maintains control, and is responsible for subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts.
➢ Tax calculation and declaration for the financial lebanese authority. (VAT, Social Security)
➢ Perform Accounting work on Dolphin ( Medical International)

2005 - Nov2009
World Vision International
Beirut Lebanon
Mansourieh
Project Finance & HR/Administration.

Appointed Task
➢ HR/Procurment Officer.
➢ Collection CVs, CV screening, Interview matrix, project hiring.
➢ Procurment: Suppliers network, collection bids, Assembling committy, Bids study & approval.
➢ Finance Project Officer: ➢ Activity Bugeting with the alinged approval budget from support offices.
➢ Tracking expenses with approved budgets, checking flexibility rates of expendutires.
➢ Perform accounting proceedures on Sun System.
➢ Generating Financial reports Monthly bases to align expenses with the respective annual budgets
➢ Justification reports on Expenditures exceeding budgets.
➢ Monitoring Project Assets.
➢ Project petty cash monitoring with the alinged budget and replenshing within dead lines assigned.

July 2009 - Sep
George Moubayed Audit Office
Summer Training ( Part Time)
Audit Office Accountant

Appointed Tasks
➢ Perform Accounting Proceedures on Pims accounting system.
➢ Perform all sales and purchases transactions that include VAT Taxes.
➢ Perform all expenses transactions for small enterprises on Pims program.
➢ Training on Socail security declaration and VAT declaration with the financial authoruties.
➢ Perform accounting records on financial books.