Samer Karake, Finance Director

Samer Karake

Finance Director

EMG

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
23 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 0 Months

Finance Director at EMG
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2016

Consulting on corporate finance structuring and planning plus internal audit

Finance Director at Davenport Commodities Trading Group
  • Ghana - Accra
  • September 2006 to August 2016

1. Budgeting, Planning (proforma financials)
2. Preparation of monthly financial reports.
3. Conducting quarterly financial presentations.
4. Periodical Forecasting.
5. Monitoring periodical comparison between actual and planned financials
6. Executing cash management strategies.
7. Implementing the corporate long term goals as well as short term.
8. Demonstrating cost effective uses of the financial resources.
9. Advising & overseeing negotiations with third parties (Banks, financial institutions, for Interest minimizing, loans, overdrafts, Guarantees etc...) in-addition to ex-auditors and tax authorities.
10. Following up on accounting department as for task distribution, achieving timely closing and reporting, interfering at year end evaluation for finance & accounting area, implementing proper hr management policies to achieve goals through based morals, communication and leading criteria.

Accounting Manager at Quantum Co.
  • Lebanon
  • February 2005 to October 2006

1. Controlling daily and main accounting entries.
2. Setting a controlling system for company expenses, liabilities & receivables.
3. Applying different types of reports up on request of upper management, Such as individuals cost overhead & operational costs etc…
4. Assisting in preparing and monitoring the organization annual budget.
5. Analyzing various monthly expenditure and revenue reports and makes appropriate recommendations to ensure compliance to budget projections.
6. Preparing, financial statements: (Balance Sheet, Income statement, cash flow).
5. Controlling cashier entries.
6. Providing a periodical forecasting for the company liquidity.
7. Clarifying all necessary issues concerned with Finance Ministry & National Social Security Fund such as VAT & Nssf quarterly reports plus employees Tax reports
and yearly income tax clarification.
8. Implementing the standard Inventory Control model cycle by controlling data and costing.
9. Keep on a standard accurate stock evaluation report.

Senior Accountant at Professional Allied Auditors
  • Lebanon
  • April 2003 to December 2004

Controlling daily accounting entries.
Preparing, financial statements: (Balance Sheet, Income statement).

Account Executive trainee at Fransabank S.A.L
  • Lebanon
  • November 2003 to September 2004

At: Credit Cards Dept:

Following up with Clients Concerning their financial details, analyzing the credit risk of each new file application and colaboration with operation center to setlle the financial needs of clients.

Junior Accountant & stock Control. at Dalal Group ( Miss. Selfridge )
  • Lebanon
  • January 2001 to December 2002

Data entry of accounting operations as sales JV, Payment vouchers & receipt vouchers, plus Controlling Stock procedures regarding to purchases, sales & transfers within branches

Trainee on equities trading. at W I S ( World Investment Services ).
  • Lebanon
  • August 2001 to October 2001

On line trading in the U.S stock market, & assistant to the manager in the office work.
Providing Financial Services to the customers.

Achievements

Conducting an academic thesis for the B.A under the title of (THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL & SECURITY FACTORS ON THE USA FINANCIAL STOCK MARKET) including risk management and analysis, portfolio management, Stastic research (SPSS 11), Decision making (OR) and econometric model on CPI and INTEREST RATES which affect the stock market.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at University of Wales
  • December 2013

Emphasis on Finance

Bachelor's degree, Management & Marketing.
  • at Lebanese University, Faculty of Economical Science & Business Administration.
  • June 2002

Emphasis on managenment equities

High school or equivalent, Experimental science.
  • at Hariri high school 2.
  • June 1998

school

Specialties & Skills

Economics
Balance
Management Analysis
Leadership
MS-Office
Negotiation
Internal controls
Various ERP softwares (Navision, Orion, wizard)
analysis
annual budgets
auditing
team management
planning
working capital management
treasury management
corporate credit
market risk
risk management
operational risk

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

MBA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013

Hobbies

  • Team sports (Basket ball, football) + swimming and table tennis.
    not significant