Finance & Accounting Manager
Ecolog International FZE
Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months
Manage AP and AR
Manage all payments, international, local, via EFT and CASH for food, transport, non-food vendors and other operational expenses for all Afghani wide projects with NATO/NSPA, Bundeswehr (German Army), HQ RS, US Embassy, Fluor, and other small clients.
Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
Oversee the operations of the treasury department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for payments and other projects fund allocation
Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational requirements
Assist in determining the company's proper capital structure
Arrange for equity and debt financing
Manage the preparation of the company's budget
Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction
Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company
Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
Interpret the company's financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
Participate in target costing activities to create products that meet the predetermined price goals
Assist in the determination of product pricing in relation to features offered and competitor pricing
Manage the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
Create additional analyses and reports as requested by management
All duties are carried out in SAP ERP system.
Manage AP. Including Customer Vendor Relations
Manage all international payments for food, transport and non-food for our UN missions such as MINUSCA, MINUSTAH and MINUSMA and our NSPA mission in Kosovo (camp Film City and CNS Kosovo Novo Selo).
Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, scheduling and preparing payments, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation, insuring credit is received for outstanding memos, issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
Work with budgets and time limits, making sure the right payment is done so that payment delay won’t affect the supply chain of our missions and financial damages won’t apply.
Manage accounting functions including maintenance of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and project accounting; ensure accuracy and timeliness.
Develop, implement and maintain systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines.
Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information; ensures accuracy of financial statements.
Enter status change information into project accounting software to ensure employee information is accurate and up to date.
Provide accounting assistance to project managers and operations staff; respond to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs.
Monitor spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary.
Monitor and ensure excellence of our supply chain.
Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial reports for management use.
Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
All duties are carried out in SAP ERP system.
Contact with current clients, receiving loading orders and instructions
Transport organization, finding trailers, checking them about all necessary docs (CMR insurance, APR) sending loading orders to the transporters
Preparing and controlling documents that follow the consignment. Informing the related factors about the customs procedures and regulations.
Organizing collection, consolidation, transport and delivery of the goods on the groupage trailer.
Informing the clients about the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) of their consignments.
Issuing and sending AVIS to our Fortrans Group agents or others.
Issuing files and completing them with all the docs related to the transport as well as invoices, CMR-s, loading orders other correspondence.
Monitoring and giving instructions to all the related factors of the transportation procedure.
Sending written information to the insurance company.
Preparing detailed monthly reports for export and import activities.
Commercial activities as well as contacting clients with market research, visiting clients and helping the sales team.
Preparing transport offers to potential clients.
Cooperation with other Fortrans Group offices.
Responsible for maintaining profitable and productive relationships with customers and sellers.
Keeping the website up-to-date with product specification and availability.
Managing Internet sales leads, responding to inquiries in a timely fashion and answering questions on available stock and product performance.
Preparing sold products for costumer drop-shipping delivery to costumers home address, ensuring that the costumer understands their product features.
Responsible for obtaining profitable results through the sales team by developing the team through motivation, counselling, skills development and product knowledge development.
Manage the sales administration function, operational performance reporting, streamlining processes and systems wherever possible, and advising senior management on maximizing business relationships and creating an environment where customer service can flourish.
Greet guest upon arrival at counter and dine in tables, depending on the position
Request customer order
Use electronic/manual ordering and cashiering system to place order
Get payment and complete transaction
Select requested food items from serving or storage areas
Assemble items on serving tray / take-out bag
Notify kitchen workers of shortages or individual orders
Carry out additional duties to prepare food, deal with special customers, maintain cash drawer
Responsible for
increase positioning and managing all relationships with external
stakeholders in order to increase, directly and indirectly, the number of
experiences provided by the local committee.
To plan, manage, coordinate, control, evaluate, execute and improve
the local strategies and processes for External Relations
Coordinate business development, developing and implementing
external marketing strategy focusing on all programs, manage
relationships specially with universities and perform all external
stakeholders CRM, including the Alumni network and TN takers.
Responsible for admissions department, handle sales transactions and assist guests with park info and concerns.
Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations
Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, and repair activities
Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, and arrange for the removal of unruly patrons
Keep costumers informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures
Main skills gained through courses: E-tailing, Electronic Data Interchange- EDI, E-mail and computer fax, purchase and sale, Provision of transaction data security Advertising
Problems covered throughout the 3 month school Learn the basics of accounting Learn financial solutions through real life firms Using ZONEL as a software for financial accounting Decorated with a degree for financial accounting
Student of the year, second place in mathematics.