Syed Omair

• Oversee country office financial transactions, effort reporting and obligations
• Monitor project-specific expenditures, preparing accurate and timely award specific monthly reports and financial statements;
• Work with the local technical team and develop renewal/continuation applications, including the development of annual budgets, narratives and progress reports;
• Prepare and manage working project budgets and pipeline expenditures aligned with work plans;
• Facilitate production of financial reports required by management, headquarters and investors;
• Follow-up with Procurement and Logistics teams to track all submitted requests and ensure delivery and proper financial reporting;
• Coordinate and facilitate internal and external audits for country offices, as needed;
• Develop mechanisms for a budget to actual reporting by line item;
• Develop cash forecasting and budget projection models that span more than the current year.

• Set-up Finance Department SOPs, Policies and procedures.
• Finalization of Pre-opening FF&E and OS&E item List and purchase.
• Set Up and configuration of Opera, SUN, Symphony software.
• Finalization of pre-opening budget and submit to Owning Company for funds required during pre-opening period.
• Finalized Operational budget and 10 years’ projection for Valuation.
• Bank account arrangement, required for normal hotel operations and Pre-Opening Accounts.
• Arrangement of hotel trade license and VAT Certificate as per the hotel classification
• Review of OS&E purchases and ensure all items are received prior to opening of the hotel
• Setup of F&B & General stores for the initial inventories
• Setup of all initial commercial contracts for services and products prior to opening of the hotel
• Arrangement of hotel insurances, third party liability, property insurance, group life and workmen compensation insurance
• Arrangement of hotel PMS systems and ensure all systems are tested and in place prior to opening of the hotel

Analyze costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual
performance compared to the business plans.
• Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and forecast to track
profit/loss performance by business unit.
• Providing direction and training to hotel operational team in areas related to finance,
financial reports, internal controls, labor management, payroll, etc.
• Ensure that the guests have best possible experience by trouble-shooting and resolving
all billing-related disputes.
• Prepare Annual Business Plan based on detailed analysis of actuals and forecasted
business performance through the company’s guidelines
• Preparing and managing revenue and expense budget. controlling income, cash flow
and expenditure
• Conduct and supervise weekly credit meeting to review outstanding payments
• Engaged with company's internal & external auditors to comply with company's audit &
statutory requirements and prepare the action plan based on audit results to reduce
leakage of internal controls
• Represents the Finance Department on daily department heads meeting with the
General Manager.
• Manage all phases of Accounts Payable, Receivable and department budget.
Negotiating Annual contracts, Insurance and policies
• Preparing regular reports and summaries of accounting activities.
• Preparing financial statements, Analytical reports and comparative analysis.
• Verifying recorded transactions and report irregularities to management.
• Providing direction to the night audit team so as to ensure proper revenue reporting.
• Reviewing all ledger details guest ledger, city ledger and deposit ledgers to validate
proper payment and revenue posting.
• Review the postings, payments, revenue and guest balance reports on daily basis.
• Check customers credit ratings and Flag accounts as 'Black listed' for long outstanding
or defaulter accounts.
• Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow.

Provides financial information to management by researching and analyzing
accounting data; preparing reports.
• Controlling and processing payroll.
• Controlling start to end procurement process.
• Producing an accurate set of month-end accounts, with comparisons to forecasts and
previous periods
• Preparing profit and loss accounts and balance sheet for senior management
• Preparing budgets and business planning, including projected room revenue
• Reconciling bank statements
• Chasing late payments, reporting bad debts and keeping a careful eye on the cash flow
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account
information.
• Documentation of financial transactions by entering account information.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance
sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and
procedures.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting
accounting policy and regulations.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing
account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial
information confidential.
• Perform as Hotel In-charge to oversee all Operations to make sure all operations
are running smoothly, during the absence of GM.

• Perform as Hotel In-charge to oversee all Operations to make sure all operations are running smoothly, during the absence of GM.
• Responsible for the properties overall accounting and financial management requirements.
• Responsible to represent the finance department during daily morning HOD meetings.
• Responsible for the local tax authority compliance of the hotel.
• Responsible to support and liaise with the General Manager in meeting the strategic goals of the organisation.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing annual budgets, monthly forecasts, operating results.
• Responsible for verifying all financial reports and ensuring that all transactions are accurate and in compliance with local government regulations.