Manager
Construction Company
Total years of experience :28 years, 3 Months
From September 2001 - April 2015• Overall responsibility for managing all processes and operations within the HR, Finance and Support Division
• Ensuring that all HR, Admin, Finance, Accounts and Information Technology activities are within the company’s overall directions and strategies
• Managing and directing 3 Function Heads and a team of over 20 support personnel
• Establishing and recommending new or enhanced strategies and policies related to HR, Finance or IT practices
• Implementing the Division’s strategies and business plans in coordination with the GM
• Managing and directing all functional heads within the division and holding meetings with subordinates to ensure provision of timely and professional services to other divisions
• Reviewing and approving budgets for the division and monitoring the status of annual budgets of other divisions
• Ensuring that subordinates comply with the controls standards established by the Company
• Reporting the production and consolidation of the balance sheet and regular financial status to the GM
• Controlling the current expenditure of the company and checking its adherence to the clauses of the estimated budget, through collecting status reports from all projects
• Supervising and directing subordinates in maintaining the general ledger in conformity with the Company’s policies and procedures and performing internal reviews of the general ledger accounts reconciliation
• Reviewing the trial balance to ensure that all transactions are properly recorded
• Liaising with Technical and Operations Divisions for implementing suppliers and subcontractors payments
• Liaising with auditors and providing all required documentation related to Finance or HR practices
• Approving all payment vouches from subordinates including vacations, expenses, sick leave and end of service
• Liaising with the IT Department to ensure efficiency of IT practice, data recovery and personnel information
• Reviewing and approving employees’ performance evaluations
Finance and Administration Controller September 1996 - August 2001
• Monitoring the implementation of the foundation’s monetary policies
• Supervising general administrative matters of the branch
• Preparing accounts for the foundation and developing accounting procedures
• Controlling expenditure and ensuring that it is within budget, providing regular reports to the Managing Director
• Ensuring compliance with expenditure, receipts and financial liabilities
• Liaising with Board of Governors, Heads of Centres and Bursars regarding reporting and preparation of budgets
• Ensuring that the various centres comply with technical, financial and administrative requirements
• Preparing the overall estimated budgets for various centres for the Managing Director and Board of Directors
• Preparing closing financial statements, comparing with previous year and justifying deviations
• Regularly and accurately auditing the Foundation’s assets, stocks and funds
CAREER HISTORY CONTINUED
• Supervising the preparation of accounts and balance sheets for submission to the Managing Director
• Provide full assistance and cooperation to external auditors and acting on their reports
• Identifying appropriate investment opportunities and presenting recommendations to the Managing Director
Assistant to Deputy General Manager for Financial and Administrative Affairs April 1983 - April 1993
• During this period, held the role of Senior Accountant, Head of Accounts and Financial Manager, rising to Assistant to the Deputy General Manager for Financial and Administrative Affairs
• Responsible for developing the accounting and financial systems of the company
• Developing and supervising the company’s inventory system
• Preparing main entries, documents of accounts, financial reports and final accounts
• Drawing up budgets and forecasts
• Administering the company bank accounts
• Preparing fiscal studies and final reports
• Preparing final reports for company subsidiaries in Oman and Egypt
• Overall responsibility for all company tax affairs and social security matters
