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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

Aventura, Florida, Us

- Unified customer billing portal and changed the company's credit card policies to comply with PCI compliance rules.- Helped automate scheduled reports for real-time insights.- Analyzed shipping costs and inventory fulfillment processes for optimizations and cost savings.- Guided and updated departmental SOPs.- Reduced bank surcharges from $7-8k monthly to $1.5k by improving accounts payable schedules and payment platforms.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

- Data driven individual responsible for providing accurate and timely financial reporting, developing KPIs and business dashboards, creating processes and procedures, and implementing modern accounting reporting tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams- Financial Reporting & Analysis: Develop and maintain comprehensive financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and annual statements. I use these reports to provide insights into departmental budgets, business expenses, and forecasting. Analyzing complex financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.- Strategic Planning: Contributing to strategic planning and decision-making at the executive level.- Cash Flow Management: Managing and forecasting cash flow to optimize financial health.- KPIs & Business Dashboards: Create and monitor key performance indicators and business dashboards. This involves implementing advanced, almost real-time dashboards that consolidate data into a data warehouse using raw data, enhancing decision-making and visibility across all business aspects.- Process Optimization & Modernization: Continuously evaluate and implement modern accounting tools to streamline financial processes. This includes establishing procedures for financial reporting and analysis to ensure accuracy and efficiency.- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with various teams to provide financial insights and support strategic decision-making. This role involves managing and mentoring a team to ensure accurate and timely reporting.- System Integration & Data Integrity: Manage the integration of various systems such as Shopify Plus, Netsuite, Shipstation, payment platforms, Email & SMS Marketing, Social Media Platforms and Paid Digital Adverting ensuring data integrity and consistency across platforms.- Renegotiated all annual contracts, focusing on SaaS providers, and secured significant cost reductions

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Mirqab, Kuwait City, Kw

• Leads entire new client onboarding and management process including:o Create an onboarding plan for each client.o Ensure the transition to new accounting system / POS and other systems - if needed.o Configure and update system integrations & implementations. o Monitor the implementation process for potential issues and escalate as needed to ensure the customer’s needs are met and the implementation process schedule is maintained. o Get Client’s Accounting up to date, if behind. o Correct any incorrect accounting practice of client. o Complete first clean month of full-charge bookkeeping work. o Draft Accounting Manual and accounting checklist for all new clients (using Templates). o Pass clients over to their long-term accounting team. • Review work of team members (where applicable) on a timely basis and in a thorough and constructive manner• Advise clients on revenue enhancements or operational efficiencies/scalability through the design and implementation of customized operating models. • Preparation of model financial and non-financial statements, other model formats and reports used for different purposes. • Provide accounting advisory support and research to clients, including implementation assistance with new accounting standards.• Ensure to Produce error-free accounting reports and demonstrate their results • Coach and mentor less experienced professionals.• Providing research on technical matters including audit, accounting and regulatory.• Execute appropriate use of electronic working papers, Accounting tools, analytical tools and sources of knowledge

Kuwait, Kw

• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedure• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance• Support month-end and year-end close process• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product. Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing information for auditors.• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.

Sharq, Sharq, Kw

Handling company’s projects payroll systems• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile transactions• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requestingdisbursements.• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results• Liaising with managerial staff, colleagues and clients;• Establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance ofaccounting control procedures.• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls• Improve businesses efficiency where money is concerned• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing accountinformation.• Negotiating business terms with clients and associated organizations• Using computerized accounting systems. (SAP Enterprise)

ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses• Verifies and posts transactions to journals, ledgers and other records• Prepare and process monthly & yearly closing; reconcile bank account, Staff leave vacation and Indemnity & Depreciation and prepare payroll• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing Balance sheet , profit and loss statement, and other reports which required by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) on a regular basis ( Monthly and Quarterly )• coordinate with the Auditors with the audit process Monthly• ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with acceptedpolicies and procedures• maintains, and revises policies and procedures for the generaloperation of the Compliance Program and its related activities toprevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct• Provides Compliance reports on a regular basis to CMA

monitoring revenues & expenses for three different locations belong to the main company• Track accounts receivable and payable• Monitor Letter of credit for the suppliers and calculating the Net costfor the goods purchased• Preparing account/bank reconciliations (General & Payroll)• monitor and resolve bank issues and check differences• Process monthly closings and preparing monthly financial statements Assisting with the end year closing & financial statement such as balance sheet• Assisting with implementing and maintaining internal financial controls and procedures• Analyze business operations, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and other obligations, to determine the actual revenues and expenses• Review and enter the invoices which made by the sales representative• Monitoring the cash flow with the delegate distribution• Follow-up of petty cash and make sure its spending properly• Review store transactions & make a monthly inventory for the stock• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, inaccordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices