Experience

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  Ernst & young

  Aug 2008 - May 2014

  Senior tax consultant

  -Provides tax compliance, tax advisory services and tax consulting on Lebanese Tax laws, including human capital; -Conducting tax due diligence and advising and supporting clients on tax cases; -Prepared and administered payroll work, employees’ income tax returns and social security returns for multinational companies in various sectors; -Provided accounting and bookkeeping services (using PIMS, NORIA, ACI accounting softwares) including preparation of financial statements and, budget preparation and communicate appropriate deliverables to the clients; -Prepared and administered Value Added Tax (VAT) returns for multinational companies in various sectors; -Prepared corporate income tax returns for companies and tax reporting requirements forms for NGOs -Preparation of tax objection for clients for multinational and local companies and attending meetings with the Ministry of Finance to follow up on the process of objections;-Provisioned day-to-day advice to corporate taxpayers, whether routine or highly technical in order to help in the development of value-based ideas and tax solutions, and prospective tax planning and structuring of transactions to minimize tax implications; -Audited national and multinational companies for tax savings purposes and for financial accounting and reporting purposes.-Conducted meetings with clients’ management and key personnel;-Provided training courses to clients and staff on various Lebanese tax laws, accounting and reporting topics. Show less

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  Oxfam gb

  Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

  Finance officer - operations

  -Handling accounting transactions (regional and local);-Handling payment requests, float requests, float liquidation, following up with suppliers, partners and staff for all types of payments and transfers including payments by checks;-Handling and maintaining of monthly registers (including prepayments, accruals, assets and float registers) and month end process and year end process;-Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations;-Preparation of petty cash forecasts and forms and cash management; -Preparation of monthly top up requests and forecasts;-Preparation of monthly budgets and Monthly Financial Reports (MFRs);-Preparation and issuance of monthly payroll along with issuing employees' paylsips, registering employees with the Ministry of Finance and Social Security department;-Preparation of quarterly and annual employees’ income tax returns and monthly and annual social security returns and forms;-Calculation of annual depreciation expense for assets acquired;-Review of the annual Tax Reporting Requirements (TRR) return and preparation of VAT refund forms;-Provide advises for staff and managers for tax and social security issues;-Maintaining internal control systems for the organization with supporting documents. Show less

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  Al fakher trading

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

  Senior accountant

  -Creates and maintains the chart of accounts in Noria application software in accordance with the accounting requirements;-Preparation of monthly reconciliation of customers and suppliers accounts; -Perform monthly bank reconciliations;-Verification and tracking OPEX and general expenses;-Assist Sales and Marketing Manager and Logistics Manager in maintaining master data related to materials, customers and suppliers in Noria application software; -Records all accounting transactions related to acquisitions of fixed assets, petty inventories, purchasing of servicesfrom various suppliers, creditors, bank loans, ... etc;-Complies and analyze financial information from fiscal documents; -Perform daily inventories reconciliation with operation evidence for stock of goods; -Issue daily reports for uncollected receivables and unpaid liabilities; -Perform daily reconciliation for working capital accounts and intermediary accounts;-Review the monthly, quarterly and annual tax returns and NSSF forms; -Verification of the internal control system for all types of payments, collections and bank transactions;-Preparation of the Company's master budgets and communicate with the shareholders for approval;-Prepare Company's financial statements according to the management reporting requirements; -Prepare and submit various standard accounting reports to General Manager and auditors; -Review daily cash reports on daily operational payments and reconcile this report with cash register and bank statement and submit to General Manager the treasury report with actual results;-Assist with annual external audit and communicating draft results and requests. Show less

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  Ajyal al mostakbal college - al bazourieh

  Apr 2017 - Jun 2018

  Chief accountant
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  Palestine children's relief fund (pcrf)

  Jul 2018 - now

  Finance and procurement specialist

  Leading finance and accounting department in Lebanon.Leading procurement work in Lebanon