Sami Kalash, Cma® Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Bookkeeping, Maintenance of Book of Accounts (General and Bank Ledger) and Financial Statements, Intercompany transactions.- Processing and Managing Monthly payroll via the Wages Protection System (WPS) for 250 employees, Annual leaves and End-of Service Indemnities and Year-End Provisions.- Accounts Payable (A/P): Managing and reviewing all subcontractors and suppliers’ payments, Validating the cost against the budget, ensuring the payment terms are in line with the invoiced jobs terms.- Petty Cash Management, Utility Bills Payment, Admin-related expenses management.- Preparing monthly Cost Analysis, Expenses, Budget and Cash forecasts reports to the CEO and Finance Manager.- Inventory control, checking and confirming the proper documentation of the material movement.- Coordinating and assisting in the Annual External Audits.- Maintaining relationships with banks.- VAT quarterly filing.- Internal Auditing of department workflow and practices.

Highlights:- Designated to handle the micro-financing projects department with particular focus on providing finance to creditable and innovative projects that aim for the development of a large population or community. - Adept at evaluating project proposals, conducting feasibility studies to assess the viability and applicability of projects and recording details of project proposals received in the internal database. - Assisted in fund securing to execute support and development projects; prepared a detailed presentation to secure the grant and judiciously planned the allocation of resources.Functions:Feasibility Studies, Break-even point analysis and ROI study, Planning and managing activities, Budgeting and Expenditure control, Internal audits at office level, Proposal Writing to donors,Monitoring the funded start-ups and evaluating performance reports

- Book-keeping: maintained orderliness and accuracy of accounting records and the data entry tasks.- Assisted in Financial reporting and statements.- Bank and Account Reconciliations.- Processing accounts payable invoices.- Maintaining fixed asset inventory.

- Assisted with receivables and payables.- Assisted with feasibility study of potential business development opportunities.- Analyzed profitability of customized services and made forecast of new markets. - Analyzed the position and growth of competitors in the assigned territory and submitted statistically backed reports to the management. - Studied weekly and monthly sales volumes, analyzed customer demands and buying patterns and forwarded the findings to the senior management for review. - Reporting and providing feedback on buying trends and sales performance.

Provided a study on the bank loans structure and how the bank activities were affected in relation with the global financial crisis,provided suggestions on how to review the laws and legislation to avoid any collapse in the future.

Prepared a study about banking operations and inter-relations between departments, clients and stakeholders.The purpose was to provide suggestions on how to track and improve the bank performance.

Certified Management Accountant (Cma), Accounting And Business/Management

Professional certification credential in the management accounting and financial management fields covering 12 topics over 2 parts.

Bachelor Degree, Banking And Finance

GPA 3.3/4 GPA (%) 83.34% Excellence Degree