Accountant Accounts Payable

MOHAMMAD EL HARIRI

Personal Information

Address : Berlin Street, Al Zohour Building, Beirut, Lebanon E-mail : ********.************@*****.***

Mobile : 00-961-********

Date of Birth : 12-01-1984

Nationality : Lebanese

Marital Status : Married

Profile Summary

Dedicated and highly motivated Chief Accountant with 15 years of experience in different industries. My expertise includes analyzing financial reports, preparing financial statements, reconciling complex transactions and solving accounting operations issues. Education & Training

Education:

• CMA – Certified Management Accountant

• CPA - Certificate of Attendance

Technical Accountancy (Becker Institution)

Beirut, Lebanon

Riyadh, KSA

In Progress

Year: 2008

• Bachelor of Business Administration

Major: Accounting & Finance

Rafik Hariri University

Mechref, Lebanon

Years: 2002-2005

Seminars Attended:

• The National Risk Assessment Results

& the Corresponding Mitigation Measures

Ecole Superieure des

Afffaires, Lebanon

Oct 09, 2019

• Internal Audit Report Writing

And Working Papers

Gefinor Rotana

Hotel, Lebanon

Aug 13-14, 2018

• CMA & CSCP Information Seminar

Morgan International

Riyadh, KSA Dec 12, 2010

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Professional Experience

Globe Express Services (Freight & Global Logistics) Beirut, Lebanon Chief Accountant November 2021 - Present

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage the full accounting cycle and processes.

• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.

• Update accounts payable and perform reconciliations.

• Control the AR aging report and perform reconciliations.

• Monitor the completeness and accuracy of account reconciliations.

• Review of expenses and payroll records.

• Prepare timely tax returns.

• Support the internal and external auditing process.

• Prepare and submit weekly/monthly reports.

• Prepare monthly/yearly closings.

• Prepare the yearly budget.

• Manage the working capital and provide timely cash flow forecasts. Beirut Association for Social Development (NGO) Beirut, Lebanon Chief Accountant March 2021 – November 2021

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee the entire accounting team.

• Ensure that all necessary documents are requested, collected, compiled and recorded.

• Maintain compliance with all state and federal regulations at all times.

• Perform project cost forecasts/budgets, cost tracking, monitoring and controls.

• Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries.

• Issue project cost reports for review and approval.

• Audit financial transactions and documents.

• Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings.

• Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries.

• Generating financial reports that display the company’s profits, equity and cash flow.

• Preparing, generating, and maintaining payroll documentations. Crowe Horwath Professional Auditors (Audit, Tax & Advisory) Beirut, Lebanon Senior Accountant February 2016 – March 2020

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Supervising and working with the accounting team to complete accounting assignments within an agreed timetable.

• Overseeing month-end accounting activities such as reconciliations and journal entries.

• Preparing and analyzing financial statements and financial records.

• Producing monthly, quarterly and annual accounting reports to management.

• Preparing monthly, quarterly and year-end declarations (Social Security, Tax on Salaries, VAT and Income Tax).

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• Ensuring adherence to company’s policies and procedures and coordination in audit procedures.

Specialized Medical Center Hospital (Health care) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Senior Accountant August 2006 - August 2015

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Preparing company’s financial reports (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow).

• Analyzing financial reports and finding solutions to maintain a positive cash flow position.

• Reviewing payroll deductions on a monthly basis.

• Preparing and uploading monthly journal entries.

• Maintaining accounting records by passing all necessary accounting transactions to have up-to-date records and issuing the monthly financial statements.

• Reviewing yearly financial statements to make sure they are accurate and comply with required accounting and auditing standards before being submitted to auditors.

• Conducting financial analysis including balance sheet ratios to indicate areas of improvements.

• Auditing accounting transactions (journal vouchers, payment vouchers, receipt vouchers) prepared by junior accountants.

Al Natour Company Beirut, Lebanon

Junior Accountant November 2005 - June 2006

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.

• Update accounts receivable and issue invoices.

• Update accounts payable and perform reconciliations.

• Assist in the processing of balance sheet, income statement and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines.

• Assist with reviewing of expenses and payroll records.

• Update financial data in databases to ensure that information will be accurate and immediately available when needed.

• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports.

• Assist senior accountants in the preparation of monthly/yearly closings.

• Perform daily reconciliations of cash, check and credit card transactions.

• Reconcile ledgers monthly and quarterly.

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Skills

• Sound knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), reconciliations and financial summary statements.

• In-depth understanding of month-end account closing, including preparation of financial statements, verifying journal entries and identifying discrepancies in entries.

• Capable of utilizing critical thinking and performing adequate research for analyzing business accounts.

• Team player with strong organizational, time management and communicational skills.

Languages

English Language: Fluent

Arabic Language: Native

Certificates & References

Available upon request.

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