sameh hajjaj, Senior Accountant

sameh hajjaj

Senior Accountant

Kuwait Cement Company

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

Senior Accountant at Kuwait Cement Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since December 2014

Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
•Maintain communication channels with the different departments.
•Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational.
•Responsible for monthly closing.
•Review the daily entries and ensure from the entries posting.
•Review accounting process for the company and determine the weakness, deficiencies and the accounting problems and put the procedures to enhance the operation.
•Following up the problem solving to ensure the control applying and to evaluate it.
•Ensure from the segregation of duties and ensure the system authority that gave to the employees.
•Assist in the budget for some company activities.
•Supervising staff.
•Coordinate audit with the audit firm and handling the audit requirements and the audit process.

Semi Senior at Deloitte,
  • Kuwait
  • January 2010 to January 2014

Develop audit scope and audit program for assigned cycles based on Deloitte’s audit approach.
•Establish working relationships with company's staff, business partners and clients
•Examine clients’ accounts and financial control systems.
•Familiar with the Deloitte software which represent the methodology of the firm in assessing control risk.
•Checking that financial reports and records are accurate and reliable.
•Ensure Compliance with IFRS, Kuwait laws, and regulations.
•Identify accounting and auditing issues; perform research to solve issues that arise.
•Draft audit findings, recommendations, audit pending and suggested entries.
•Prepare financial statement reports and documentation supporting Deloitte's audit opinion.
•Maintain records and prepare correspondence related to the work.
•Coordination of audit staff, directing efforts of assistants involved in the audit.
•Reviewing the working paper file and ensuring that the financial statements and audit report comply with professional standards and the firm's policies and procedures.

Staff Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers,
  • Kuwait
  • January 2009 to January 2010

Evaluated the effectiveness of internal control policies concerning the preparation of financial statements and recommended areas of improvement.
•Analyzed financial statements to identify trends and anomalies in financial data. Effectively resolved accounting issues.

Staff Auditor at Grand Thornton Mohamed Hilal
  • Egypt
  • January 2008 to January 2009

Used risk assessment standards to conduct and participate in audits pertaining to internal control efficiency and risk reduction. Prepared audit reports for presentations to management. Tested internal controls and operational procedures company-wide to ensure compliance

Staff Training at Grand Thornton Mohamed Hilal
  • Egypt
  • August 2007 to October 2007

Area of Experience

•Investment Company.
•Industrial Companies.
•Construction Companies.
•Trading Company.
•Service and Commercial Companies.
•Non for profit organizations.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Ain Shams University
  • May 2008

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Specialties & Skills

Internal Audit
International Standards
Accounting Standards
Financial Accounting
Accounting
ACCOUNTANCY
APPROACH
AUDITING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTATION
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
POLICY ANALYSIS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Pass CPA exams (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017