Head of Accounting and Finance/Financial controller
Laureate Education
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :20 years, 10 أشهر
Key Career Achievements:
Instrumental in reorganizing the team to perform better but with less resources and successfully increased efficiency and cut costs by approximately 20%
Consistently undertook training of team members to ensure enhancement of their skills and capabilities
Successfully led Speed 4 Control project for Saudi Arabia resulting in implementation of global policies and procedures which ultimately led to Listing of Laureate USA on NASDAQ
Responsibilities:
Effectively implementing and supervising internal control systems, to ensure compliance to
accounting and reporting directives
Proficiently carrying out on a monthly basis financial analysis - Balance Sheet
Analysis/Reconciliation, Profit and Loss, ensuring accurate month-end closing involving accurate
revenue recognition and cost booking
Efficiently handling AR, AP and FA
Supervising monthly, quarterly and annual Management Reporting under USGAAP and Local GAAP
Competently managing ORACLE/ PeopleSoft related issues as well as HYPERION related issues
Liaising with external and internal auditors
Successfully preparing Statutory Financial Statements
Proficiently monitoring/evaluating performance including preparation of summary reports and
highlighting deviations
Assisting FPA in preparation of budgets and forecasts
Monitoring bank payments and tax related matters involving WHT, Tax return, VAT return etc.
Core member of the IFRS implementation team involving validation of existing accounting data, GAP
analysis and to validating the revised accounting treatment
Responsibilities:
Assisted higher management on financial aspects of current and future business opportunities
Competently delivered business planning, budgeting and forecasting, as well as managing cash flow
Liaised with external auditors and efficiently prepared statutory financial statements
Considered all financial aspects of project controlling, to ensure accurate revenue recognition and
cost recording in accordance with IFRS and Accounting directives
Produced variance analysis under standard costing technique/EVM
Successfully implemented and supervised internal control systems
Efficiently handled all accounting and management reporting
Successfully produced financial statement audits
Carried out due diligence at all times
Handled all internal audits and taxation obligations
Key Career Achievements:
Successfully led and implemented Oracle & HFM within the company - both projects increased efficiency, effectiveness and provided better controls, saving at least 2 reporting days in a month
Efficiently built an accounting department with robust accounting and reporting systems, which resulted in efficient reporting and ensured all deadlines were achieved
courses: : Qualified Chartered Accountant
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