Retail Assistant
Salvos Stores
Total years of experience :6 years, 8 Months
• Providing assistance to the customers to further enhance their shopping experience.
• Collecting, sorting and pricing donations in store.
• Operating the cash registers, taking payments and performing refunds.
• Visual merchandising and store presentation.
• Ensure correct approval, sorting, coding and matching of invoices/receipts
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Processing invoices, following up with vendors and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments
• research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
• Match invoices to checks, obtain all approval signatures for checks and distribute checks accordingly
• Respond to all vendor inquiries
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy
• Obtaining third party confirmation for suppliers, receivables to verify their completeness and existence.
EY (Al Aiban, Al Osaimi& Partners) was established in Kuwait in 1952. Today, it operates with 9 partners, and over 300 professional staff. EY is the largest professional services firm in Kuwait and audits one-third of all listed companies including all commercial banks and provides tax services to approximately 70% of the market
Key areas of work performed were:
• Substantive test and test of controls.
• Obtaining clarifications, representations and all kinds of source documents from client.
• Preparing audit file
• Operating audit software (CaseWare)
• Obtaining third party confirmation for suppliers, receivables to verify their completeness and existence.
Client Portfolio:
• Noor Capital Markets (NCM)
• Enaya Insurance Company
• Alamana Insurance & Reinsurance Company
• Alghanim Industries
• Kuwait Reinsurance Company
• Coast Investment & Development Company
• Qurain Petrochemicals Industries Company(QPIC)
• Lead/instruct employees, delegate responsibilities and divide production targets each day.
• Track, review and sign time sheets of all employees in the site.
• Translated business needs and priorities into actionable logistics strategies.
• Gathered, logged and monitored all shipping data.
• Took corrective action in the case of accidents and delays to minimize extra expenses.
• Supervised the work of 40 transportation personnel.
• Communicated with dispatchers, warehouses and customers regarding outgoing orders.
• Coordinate and dispatch trucks to different US Military Camps to deliver and pick up cargo.
• Wrote reports and gave oral presentations to keep employees up-to-date on company goals
and achievements.
Immediate Supply represents one of the largest companies in the commercial long haul transportation industry for Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf Cooperative Countries (GCC). It possess numerous contracts for the acceptance, transport and delivery of goods, equipment, and passengers from Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Egypt and United States.
• Provided Administrative Assistance to the Director of Operations
• Created detailed expense reports and requests for capital expenditures. Ordered and distributed
office supplies while adhering to a fixed office budget.
• Screened applicant resumes and coordinated both phone and in-person interviews.
• Coordinate or perform activities associated with shipping, receiving, distribution and transportation.
• Planned and coordinated logistics and materials for board meetings, committee meetings and
staff events.
Financial Analysis project submitted on the Financial statements of a multinational company in comparison with its top competitor. SWOT Analysis, PEST analysis, ratio analysis performed on the statements which were available on their respective sites plus researched published articles
The major courses included: - Economics - Advanced Financial Accounting - Cost Accounting - Introduction to Business - Banking & Finance