Budgeting and Financial Analysis
Syriatel Mobile Telecom
Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months
- Assist Syriatel departmental entities in the preparation of the annual budgets pertaining to CAPEX, OPEX and workforce.
- Coordinate the process of budget preparation between various departments to compile annual departmental budgets for the company.
- Review and discuss the assumptions made by the departments with them.
- Apply the needed amendments on budget figures as instructed by concerned and as per the Finance director and Chief Executive Officer Instructions.
- Coordinate with MIS for data loading of departmental budget on budget systems after the final approval of Syriatel managements.
- Participate in preparing the annual general directions for accounting treatments.
- Prepare on a monthly basis the actual Vs budget formal report per departmental entity.
- Check the issued Purchased Orders, confirm that issued POs for CAPEX are within budget, and escalate the off budget POs to Finance director.
- Participate in the related processes improvement and systems development and their implementation.
- Analyse the direct and indirect expenses as requested by managment
- Perform complete audit on payable processes including source documents of purchasing and disbursements, all of which in compliance with Syriatel's policies, procedures and local lows.
- Perform data registration and analysis in perfect and accurate results.
- Run the billing activities of standard invoices, prepare payment vouchers, prepare receive orders, prepare accounting journals for payment on Oracle Financial application (ERP).
- Reconcile Accounts Payable Sub ledger with related general ledger accounts.
- Execute authorized stop payments, prepare wire transfer letter and payments, and update various cheques registration.
- Coordinate with Technical Dept. and regulatory affairs in the financial clearing process pertaining to leased/rented/licensed infrastructure claims from governmental bodies.
- Undertake monthly reconciliation of payments and provide technical feedback to head of section.
- Check the accounts statements of supplier's and contractors, prepare balance confirmation letters, execute authorized adjustments on vendor's payments, and coordinate with Procurement Dept. on Purchase Order follow-ups and closures, in addition to the closure of outstanding advances.
- Consolidate adjustments of foreign exchange difference, and booking of accruals, netting process between outstanding paid advances and either their associated accrued expenses or prepaid expenses.
- Handle all issues related to employees’ advances release/closure, reimbursement of expense reports and coordinate with FN payroll section and HR personnel to apply deductions/Refunds for employees.
Worked about a year in Al-Bayader for transportation, tourism marketing Co. as an accountant.
I'm working from 2007 till now in Syriatel Mobile Telecom Co. as an account payable accountant, my tasks are to:
- pay purchase orders (PO) issued by company, follow it up with procurement Dept. and finish it.
- Prepare the payment voucher ''according to Syriatel policies and procedures''
- Perform Oracle entries, making match to receipt.
- Doing the payment order (checks or transfers)
- Prepare the transfer banks forms.
- Control and follow up some of trial balance accounts.
- Paying petty cash invoices related to some employees (Petty cash holders)
Also previously I'd worked in paying car maintenance invoices and hotel invoices and follow up the statements with workshops and the hotels.
Bachelor degree in Accounting, Grade: good, from year 2003 to 2006, Damascus university. CMA candidate, participated in CMA learning system (Certified Management Accountant) course in PDI.