Sara Al kaddour

• Manage accounting operations and financial reporting across multiple entities, ensuring accurate and reliable
financial records
• Prepare monthly financial reports and perform detailed reconciliations (bank, accounts, intercompany)
• Monitor expenses and perform expense analysis to identify cost variances and improve financial accuracy
• Support audit processes and maintain strong internal controls using ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 365)

Maintain the filing and record keeping systems of the Finance Office and Rotana Hotel as a whole as required, and administer the operations of the Finance Office (databases, administrative systems. supplies and equipment).
Administer and coordinate all financial systems and processes of the hotel including general ledgers, internal accounts, accounts payable and accounts receivable, payroll (including all stipends), statutory remittances, insurance, budget monitoring, and other financial systems and processes as required.
Ensure all the hotel departments are providing timely, accurate, and appropriate financial
reporting and remittances, including invoices, cash reports, and all other relevant financial
information and records.
Perform month-end and year-end procedures including, but not limited to preparing all month-end reconciliations and year-end working papers for the Rotanas annual audit.

• Managed full-cycle accounts payable operations, processing 200+ invoices monthly with accuracy and
timeliness
• Coordinated with internal departments to verify invoices, approvals, and supporting documentation before
payment
• Performed vendor reconciliations and resolved discrepancies to maintain accurate account balances
• Supported month-end closing and audit preparation by maintaining organized financial records and ensuring
proper documentation
• Collaborated with marketing and events teams to support financial tracking, expense monitoring, and vendor
coordination

Assisted the Human Resources team in various projects and initiatives.
Assisted with various office tasks, such as photocopying, mailing, filing, gathering information and answered telephone calls and email inquiries.
Encoded employee and volunteer data into the human resources information system.
Assisted the Human Resource department with recruitment and selection, pre-employment
and new starter processes, and exit processes.

• Assisted in HR operations including employee documentation, record management, and data entry
• Supported recruitment coordination such as scheduling interviews and maintaining candidate records
• Maintained and updated employee files ensuring accuracy and confidentiality
• Coordinated with departments to support day-to-day HR and administrative activities

•Reconcile processed invoices to ensure 100% accuracy by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances for more than 50K accounts.
•Distribute payments to vendors, monitoring discount opportunities, and resolving discrepancies in purchase orders, invoices, and payments.
•Review and pay promptly all invoices and bills of the company.
•Organize account payments and working together with other units, taking into account all transactions within the company.
•Ascertain the accuracy of accounts payable standard files and the accounts payable integrations to the general records.
•Handled daily A/P processes; supervised A/P clerks; manage vendor/supplier maintenance; and oversee the timely, accurate processing of invoices, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos, rebates, and payment transactions.
•Helping the accounts receivable department to collect invoices from an common accounts between AP and AR.
•Review vendor statements and communicate with them via email or phone to resolve any issues or to obtain copies of invoices.
•Controlling all the invoices and the payments done from the petty cash of the branches, more than 40 branches.

• Managed accounts payable operations across three entities, ensuring accurate processing of vendor invoices
and timely payments
• Reviewed and coded invoices, matching them with purchase orders and supporting documents (credit memos,
rebates, payment terms)
• Performed vendor reconciliations and resolved discrepancies within tight deadlines
• Oversaw petty cash transactions across 40+ branches and collaborated with accounts receivable on shared
accounts and collections
Achievements:
• Resolved 1, 000+ supplier statements across three companies, covering historical balances from 2003 to 2021
• Improved invoice processing cycle between departments by 80%, enhancing efficiency and reducing delays
• Successfully recovered supplier rebates through improved follow-up and reconciliation processes.

Addressed Foreign exchange and International
operations.
Discovered the Special Investigation Commission
(Fighting Money Laundering).
Assessed Statistics and Economics Research.
Figured out Portfolio Management in Central Banks.

• Gained exposure to central banking operations including foreign exchange, interbank check clearing, and anti
money laundering (AML) procedures

Prepared a balance sheet.
Prepared income statement and income tax.
Recorded transaction (Debits and Credits).

Prepared tax balances.
Balanced all cash registers at end of the day (bookkeeping).
Processed Credit and Debit Card.
Appraised Financial Accounting sheets.

• Assisted in financial reporting, bookkeeping, and account reconciliations