Ziad Al Haffar, Sn. Management Accountant & Cost Control Head

Ziad Al Haffar

Sn. Management Accountant & Cost Control Head

Engineering Contracting Company

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.A, Bachelor of Accounting
Experience
29 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 3 Months

Sn. Management Accountant & Cost Control Head at Engineering Contracting Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2003

- Budgetary Control Head: Work closely with the Cost Control Manager and supervise Projects Accountants to prepare monthly budget control report, which includes comparison between the actual expenditure and budget.
- Internal Control: Create internal control processes, policies, cost centers and profit centers so that company assets are safeguarded and monitor the same on a regular basis and suggest improvements
- Financial Administration: Ensure proper recording for all transactions in the accounts as per IFRS and the Group's accounting policies.
- Performance Reporting: Develops and enhances the management reporting suite such that incisive, timely and accurate management information is available to facilitate the decision making process.
- Coordination with Head Office Finance departments: Acts as the primary contact on all financial issues relating to the ongoing activities of the other departments.
- Accounting: Ensure proper recording for all transactions in the accounts as per IFRS and the Group's accounting policies.

Cost Controller at Engineering Contracting Company
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2001 to December 2002

- Stores in-charge
- Handle local and overseas purchases for all of consumables, spare parts, general materials and services.
- Co-ordinate with Estimation Department by mirror the latest prices in the market for all materials and services
- Control & minimize the cost by analyzing local and overseas market substitutes...etc
- Implementation of new ERP system (Contract Soft - Oracle DB).

Store Manager at Engineering Contracting Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2000 to December 2000

- Define a systematic method for receiving, issuing and storing materials, which affect the quality of the products provided, as well as to project cost.
- Update and implement company’s Store Management System.
- Design and Prepare special Store programs for any new or specific requirement at site
- Ensure that the site power tools, machinery and equipments, are maintained in good condition

Accountant at Engineering Contracting Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1999 to December 1999

- Responsible for recording journals for recurring transactions journals & voucher entries.
- Preparation of LPOs for the MEP department in the company
- Preparing monthly reconciliation statements
- Documentation, identification marks and implementation of new accounting system (Contract Soft - Oracle DB).

Senior Planning at TBZ Tareq Ben Ziad International Establishment
  • Syria - Damascus
  • January 1998 to December 1998

- Complete responsibility for workshop production plan for day and night shift.
- Generation of various management reports (Daily, Weekly, and Monthly as appreciate).
- Monitoring actual productivity progress.
- Analysis and determination of causes, cost, time, delays and variations in the plan

Sales Executive & Accounts Support at Fashion House & Selma Ghouth Est. for Trading.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 1997 to December 1997

- Responsible for marketing and sales of garments
- L/C (import and export) proceeds, preparation of Invoice, Packing list etc.
- Handle stock registers and control the minimum stock level.
- Coordinate with numerous outlets & retailers to archive efficiency in delivery
- Responsible for payment collection and company promotional campaigns.
- Recording journals & voucher entries.
- Collection and accounting of company funds on weekly basis.
-Responsible for preparing daily, weekly & monthly reconciliation statements.

Accounts Trainee at Al Srougi for Trading & Contracting
  • Syria - Damascus
  • January 1995 to December 1996

- Recording journals & voucher entries.
- Recording cash & bank transactions.
- Preparing monthly reconciliation statements.
- Submitting weekly and monthly receivable and outstanding reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.A, Bachelor of Accounting
  • at Damascus University
  • February 1994

Specialties & Skills

Journals
Overseas
Administration
Successful implementation of ERP Solution
Proficient in all operating systems, MS-Office, internet, Scanning & Editing, Graphics..
Wide background in Visual Basic ver 6.0 and Database Track
Designed and coded the following Control Programs

Languages

English
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Arabic
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