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Working as a member of Central Finance Team providing accounting & financial support for over 40 locations around the world, my role covers:• Acting as the controller for the Legal functionality of the company, planning the annual budget with the Assistant Director-Legal, monitoring their expenses and providing a monthly P&L analysis for the Chief Counsel and the Financial Chief Officer.• Preparing the quarterly and annually Consolidated Sales files for all the sites around the… Show more Working as a member of Central Finance Team providing accounting & financial support for over 40 locations around the world, my role covers:• Acting as the controller for the Legal functionality of the company, planning the annual budget with the Assistant Director-Legal, monitoring their expenses and providing a monthly P&L analysis for the Chief Counsel and the Financial Chief Officer.• Preparing the quarterly and annually Consolidated Sales files for all the sites around the globe and providing the report to the upper management for revision.• Maintaining over 45 GL Accounts for 4 different sites, preparing monthly reconciliation and Journal entries, investigating aging GL balances and working with sites clear the balances.• Maintaining 15+ Intercompany GL accounts and preparing related reconciliation and journal entries.• Handling the payroll for 2 different sites in the United States and South Africa and maintain related reconciliation for payroll accounts.• Handling the Sales & Use Tax for Tennessee site, preparing calculations, self-assessing taxes and file & pay remittances in a timely manner in 11 states where the site operates.• Preparing the Audit & Professional Fees Note Disclosure for the upper management on quarterly basis.• Coordinating with the auditors and the sites in providing requested supports for the annual sales audit.• Reviewing and approving the Legal Department Expense claims and ensuring that they comply with the company’s Travel Policy. Show less

Supporting the Accounts Payable Team in their day-to-day tasks to aid and carry Shoppers Drug Mart stores operations across Canada, my role covers:- Reviewing and evaluating current procedures, and looking for improvement opportunities Working on different projects with the IT Team to enhance AP processes- Analyzing the team's processes and leading projects to increase efficiencies & ensure policies compliance.- Define potential bottlenecks in our workflow and provide suggestions to… Show more Supporting the Accounts Payable Team in their day-to-day tasks to aid and carry Shoppers Drug Mart stores operations across Canada, my role covers:- Reviewing and evaluating current procedures, and looking for improvement opportunities Working on different projects with the IT Team to enhance AP processes- Analyzing the team's processes and leading projects to increase efficiencies & ensure policies compliance.- Define potential bottlenecks in our workflow and provide suggestions to function in accordance with Lean practices.- Audit payments processed by our team and make sure that the payments requests meet the internal control requirements.- Liaise with different internal and external parties to complete the requested audit and provide the needed backups.- Training & supporting colleagues.- Targeting root-cause issues and providing effective solutions for stores and business units.- Providing exceptional service to the stores and vendors and ensuring that their inquiries are resolved within the SLA Show less

Processing and remitting taxes for different provinces in a timely manner. My role covered:- Generating reports and preparing calculations for various taxes to be remitted in different provinces on monthly and quarterly basis.- Checking for updates of governments’ policies & regulations and making sure that tax calculations are compliant.- Performing analysis for reconciliations and preparing clearing entries and checking GL accounts monthly.- Communicating and following up on… Show more Processing and remitting taxes for different provinces in a timely manner. My role covered:- Generating reports and preparing calculations for various taxes to be remitted in different provinces on monthly and quarterly basis.- Checking for updates of governments’ policies & regulations and making sure that tax calculations are compliant.- Performing analysis for reconciliations and preparing clearing entries and checking GL accounts monthly.- Communicating and following up on different issues in all provinces and working with officials to solve them.- Filing remittances and following up with any outstanding balances in our accounts.- Reporting any discrepancies in the generated financial reports to the Finance Manager and the Finance Analyst and following up with the respective teams to correct them. Show less

I’m a part of Mail-to- Print which is responsible for processing jobs and prepared by different tax teams in the agency and mailing them out to clients in a timely manner and within the given deadline.

Supporting the sales team by presenting accurate information to customers, helping them find the right product for their needs and providing upscale customer service. My role involves:— Listening to customers’ needs and suggesting proper products accordingly.— Answering customers inquiries and educating them on the latest technology available.— Providing top-end customer service.

Operated administrative systems and procedures required by Exams services with specific responsibility for International English Language Testing System (IELTS). My role covered the following areas:—-Liaised with the Exams team and ensured that all exams are administered in accordance with standards and guidelines set out by individual exam boards.—-Maintained a system to record exams materials for invigilators and examiners to sign in and out on a daily basis (oral examiners, training/… Show more Operated administrative systems and procedures required by Exams services with specific responsibility for International English Language Testing System (IELTS). My role covered the following areas:—-Liaised with the Exams team and ensured that all exams are administered in accordance with standards and guidelines set out by individual exam boards.—-Maintained a system to record exams materials for invigilators and examiners to sign in and out on a daily basis (oral examiners, training/ standardization/examining).—-Maintained a stock log for all confidential materials including IELTS speaking and writing certifications.—-Regularly updated exams venue staff (invigilators, examiners) of new procedures and ensured all are in compliance with the Client Service Standards and Essential Personnel.—-Prepared quarterly and monthly IELTS, Aptis, books sale and school exams reconciliations in a timely manner.—-Reported refunds to Examinations Services Manager.—-Managed IELTS Exam transfers, including communication of procedures to customers in agreement with the ESM.—-Conducted quarterly Customer Satisfaction surveys for IELTS, recorded the related data and stored it for mandated market research purposes. Show less

Finance & Administration Coordinator 2009-2013British Council Damascus & Beirut Supported the Finance Departments in both Syria and Lebanon offices, provided accurate reports on daily and monthly basis for the Finance Manager and bookkept all the financial transactions. My role covered the following areas: —-Managed all payments, created purchase orders for the finance department, checked purchase orders for the other departments and ensured compliance with the… Show more Finance & Administration Coordinator 2009-2013British Council Damascus & Beirut Supported the Finance Departments in both Syria and Lebanon offices, provided accurate reports on daily and monthly basis for the Finance Manager and bookkept all the financial transactions. My role covered the following areas: —-Managed all payments, created purchase orders for the finance department, checked purchase orders for the other departments and ensured compliance with the organization’s standards.—-Reviewed all budgets on monthly basis and made sure that different costs were being recoded accordingly and forecasted recurrent payments.—-Kept the inventory records and the British Council’s contracts logged, updated and secured.—-Managed the banking process, recorded the income on SAP and assured the clearance of the cash journals at the end of each month.—-Reconciled accounts with different vendors on quarterly basis.—-Checked salaries, loans and overtime for local staff and UK-appointed staff and posted them into SAP.—-Prepared Accruals for different departments.—-Managed the safe and the petty cash payments.—-Kept the British Council’s Approved Supplier List updated and ensured that vendors are being recruited according to the standards. —-Prepared Staff Travel reports on monthly basis and audited the related claims.—-Provided financial and administrative support for different departments.—-Organized cover for IT’s different tasks and duties and provided appropriate support and solutions for different issues. Show less