Certification
Attended CMA Courses
Preparing for the CTP
Planning to start MBA in 2015
Education
1995: American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, Bachelor in Business Administration
Languages
Skilled in English and French; Arabic as mother tongue
Work Experience
April 2013 –
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Beirut, Lebanon
(Part of the Consortium of the 14 CGIAR research centers, Montpellier, France)
Finance Operations Manager
Restructuring of Finance department, implementing best-practice including 18 outreach offices
Developing and implementing comprehensive management reporting
Responsible for policy making and development of Outreach Manual
Developing Investment Guidelines, Investment Fund Monitoring and Reporting as per the CGIAR guidelines
Developing comprehensive business plans for the implementation of the reserves Policy
Providing comprehensive reports and presentations to the Board of Trustees
Risk Management, Risk Controlling, Risk Reporting for Headquarter and Outreaches
Ensuring all matters concerning corporate governance are carried out as per CGIAR guidelines
First contact and coordinator for the implementation of the Agresso Business World – ERP system
First contact and coordinator for the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations
Coordination with external auditors and tax consultants in the outreaches
June 2004 – March 2013
Abdul Latif Jameel International Company Limited, Beirut, Lebanon
(Subsidiary of Abdul Latif Jameel Company Limited, Jeddah, KSA)
Senior Manager – Treasury Operations
Joined in as Financial Analyst in June 2004, promoted to Senior Financial Analyst in July 2006, to Treasury Manager in April 2008 and to Senior Manager – Treasury Operations in July 2011:
Managing day-to-day Treasury activities
Providing cash management, forecasting and payment processing for a $1.2 billion turnover
Directing investments of over $150M of available cash
Developing relationships and communication with banks to insure appropriate services for the company
Preparing of legal documentation with the financial institutions i.e. facility Letters, Board of Directors
Monitoring the credit-worthiness and performance for local country banking counterparties
Initiating banking transactions, funds deposits, loan payments and borrowing across 15 branches and 13 financial institutions
Consulting and auditing of trading and portfolio management activities in swaps, currency hedging, derivatives and structured products
Auditing , analyzing and manual recalculations regarding risk profiles of derivatives, structured transactions and portfolios
Providing updates to Head Office Treasury about any changes in regulations or events at country level that may impact the business
First contact and coordinator with external auditors for the issuance and implementation of Corporate Treasury Manual
Selection and monitoring of banking counterparties for their credit-worthiness and performance
Establishing control and oversight of subsidiary Treasury operations
Participating in the financial supply chain for main country operations (purchasing of vehicles and settlement)
Performing quarterly visits to independently assess the effectiveness of activities and knowledge transfer
Providing training to subsidiary Treasury to enable them to perform their tasks
Limit setting and approval
Management reporting
November 1997 – June 2004
Sony Lebanon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation – Tokyo – Japan
Manager – Finance Control Division
Timely issuance of monthly, quarterly & yearly financial statements to head office
Performing various financial tasks, including budget preparation and monitoring, cash flow forecasting and control, and product line profitability analysis
Coordinating company-wide planning for ERP system, inter-company transactions, and cash management
Managing daily monitory issues with financial institutions
Monitoring receivables, payables, collections
Ensure that sales, gross margin, expenses capital expenditures are in line with budget
Ensure that internal controls are in place and effectively used
Conducted comprehensive study of stock items, identification of slow moving items
Preparing Social Security, VAT and Income tax schedules
Ensure that accounting transactions are in compliance with International Accounting Standards & Lebanese laws.
August 1996 – October 1997
Sukkar Group of Companies, Beirut, Lebanon
Senior Accountant
In-charge of the accounting of one of the company in group
Performed Whole accounting cycle, stocks, reconciliations,
Preparing monthly reporting package
July 1995 – September 1996
Société Immobilière Les Dunes, Beirut, Lebanon
Assistant Project Manager
In charge of the project administration
Processing of the contracts
Skills
Very good analytical, problem solving and project management skills.
Very good interpersonal skills.
Very good written and verbal communication skill.
Ability to thrive in complex and multicultural environments.
Effectively manage multiple requirements in a timely manner.
Finance, Liquidity & Credit Management, Capital Markets Products
Process Optimization and Internal Controls Systems
Bank relationship management
Credit agreement monitoring
Investment management
Audit responses
