Ibrahim Yassin Cpa, Cga Email & Phone Number

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Brick Retail, subsidiary of Leon’s Furniture Ltd. (TSX:LNF), is Canada’s largest home furniture retailer. It is a publicly traded company with annual turnover in excess of CAD $1.5 billion.

South Sudan

☑ Analyzed multi-million-dollar bids, submitted tenders and administered agreements, ad developed strong relationships with international suppliers, vendors and government agencies.☑ Executed the country-wide corporate strategy, Planned and drove sales and supported after sales services.☑ Monitored investment projects and budget, advised the corporate Head Office on risk profile and investment opportunities in the country.

Uganda/Rwanda

☑ Collaborated with a team of accountants, business analysts and administrative personnel—oversaw $13M in total company assets and supported with forecasting and monitoring a $37M turnover. ☑ Provided functional support to accounts payable and accounts receivable departments, prepared and reviewed invoices and steered A/P and A/R turnover cycles.☑ Identified inefficiencies, abolished errors and promoted the highest standards of accuracy in compliance to GAAP… Show more ☑ Collaborated with a team of accountants, business analysts and administrative personnel—oversaw $13M in total company assets and supported with forecasting and monitoring a $37M turnover. ☑ Provided functional support to accounts payable and accounts receivable departments, prepared and reviewed invoices and steered A/P and A/R turnover cycles.☑ Identified inefficiencies, abolished errors and promoted the highest standards of accuracy in compliance to GAAP standards.☑ Pioneered innovative financial controls that led to the integration of strict procedures to enhance cash flow and minimize non-revenue generating activities. ☑ Orchestrated new standard operating procedures and thorough evaluation of clients to improve company’s liquidity and catapult the overall financial standing.☑ Forecasted and monitored multi-million-dollar budget and supported the project management team with large-scale midstream and downstream oil & gas projects.☑ Oversaw A/P accounts, reviewed invoices and expenses, submitted on-time payments and managed foreign exchange currency transactions.☑ Negotiated the payment of international contracts in local currency that was forecasted to be devalued by geopolitical events. Led the repatriation of local currency estimated at $1M. Show less

☑ Managed a loan portfolio for the company to finance working capital and ensured that adequate and timely repayment is done without any default. ☑ Maintained a cordial working relationship with the major banks and initiated a cash collection agreement with one bank to reduce the risk of theft during cash transit.☑ Managed and controlled expenditures within business units to ensure that all transactions are processed in accordance with the set policies and budget… Show more ☑ Managed a loan portfolio for the company to finance working capital and ensured that adequate and timely repayment is done without any default. ☑ Maintained a cordial working relationship with the major banks and initiated a cash collection agreement with one bank to reduce the risk of theft during cash transit.☑ Managed and controlled expenditures within business units to ensure that all transactions are processed in accordance with the set policies and budget provisions.☑ Ensured that the period end closure deadline are adhered to in line with the company's policy by making sure that all the month end procedures like bank reconciliation, balance sheet schedules.☑ Ensured that adequate internal control procedures are in place and working as intended in regards to payment, inventory management, cash management and order management.☑ Ensured that both Internal and External Audit recommendations are fully implemented and any Audit query is responded to on a timely basis by the appropriate individual.☑ Ensured business performance processes are periodically reviewed and made sure that Key Performance Indicators are addressed in terms of their achievement.☑ Led the team that engaged the Revenue Authority during the Tax Assessment Audit and successfully challenged the tax assessment and reduced the final liability paid to the Revenue Authority.☑ Successfully managed the migration of data from Sage ACCPAC to Oracle business operating system with minimal interruption to the business process. Show less