samara al khishen, Senior accountant

samara al khishen

Senior accountant

Rural Entrepreneurs

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Doctorate, Business Administration
Experience
8 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 4 Months

Senior accountant at Rural Entrepreneurs
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since December 2021

• Vat declaration preparations
• Payroll preparations and payments
• Taxes on Salaries declarations
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and daily
follow up of the different accounts.
• Handle petit cash
• Prepare bank letters
• Reports requested by the management
• Liaising with external auditors
• Data entry of all data
• Update data on google drive
• Reporting for donors

Senior Accountant at Confidential
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2021 to December 2021

• Vat declarations
• Taxes on Salaries declarations
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and daily
follow up of the different accounts.
• Handle petit cash
• Prepare suppliers’ payments
• Reports requested by the management
• Follow up on due account receivables
• Revision of payment requests.
• Revision of the data entry performed by the junior
accountant

Head of Accountant at isofood
  • Lebanon - Baabda
  • January 2016 to September 2020

Responsible of the accounting department as a whole
* Assures compliance with laws, codes and regulations governing regulations,
* Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control
procedures,
* Auditing all general ledgers
* Audit weekly reports for the suppliers’ due payments, clients’ due payments and the bank
reconciliation and status.
* Follow up with the sales department to collect the due payment,
* Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and daily follow up of the different accounts to cover the
overdrawn.
* Coordinating and following up the transactions (LC/withdrawals/swifts) executed with the
banks
* Auditing of monthly payroll and assure employees are declared in taxes on salaries and NSSF
* Insure proper closing of the monthly & semester accounting cycle, to be ready for the vat tax
declaration,
* VAT declarations
* Taxes on Salaries declarations
* NSSF declarations
* Assisting with external auditors in Balance sheets and P&L
* Working with the auditing team for yearly financial auditing
* Prepare reports requested by the CFO and Management
* Auditing the cash payments

Executive Accountant at isofood
  • Lebanon - Baabda
  • July 2015 to September 2017

Assures compliance with laws, codes and regulations governing regulations,
* Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control
procedures,
* Prepare daily journal entries,
* Giving priority to the import & export entries for proper costing purposes, make sure that the
content is compatible to the customs clarification,
* Audit purchasing procurement documents and expenditure documents.
* Prepare weekly reports for the suppliers’ due payments, clients’ due payments and the bank
reconciliation and status.
* Follow up with the sales department to collect the due payment,
* Preparing the payments (checks and transfers)
* Control petty cash, accounts receivables, and payables.
* Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and daily follow up of the different accounts to cover the
overdrawn.
* Close the monthly & semester accounting cycle, to be ready for the vat tax declaration,
* VAT closing and assists in R10 and NSSF

Education

Doctorate, Business Administration
  • at Girne American University
  • January 2019

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Master's degree, Banking And Finance
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2017

M2 in Banking and Finance – Lebanese University– Hadath. Courses Taken: Portfolio Management, Financial Engineering, Financial Derivative Instruments, Comparative Financial Theories, Treasury management, Risk Management, Banking Regulations, Bond Management, etc.

Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2013

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Internal Audit
Dolphin
Tax Accounting
Accounting
ACCOUNTANCY
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ADMINISTRATION
BANK RECONCILIATION
CASHIER
CLOSING
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
human resources

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Traveling
  • research