Experience

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  Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Assistant Director of Finance

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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  D Block

  • Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Financial Controller (Preopening)

    • May 2023 - Aug 2023
    • Tbilisi, Georgia

    Currently leading financial operations for a co-working company during the pre-opening phase. Implementing and configuring financial software systems to streamline operations and enhance reporting capabilities. Designing and implementing financial controls and processes to ensure accuracy and compliance. Analyzing financial data to provide insights and recommendations to management for informed decision-making.

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  Adjara Group

  • Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Head Financial Controller

    • Jul 2021 - Aug 2023
    • Tbilisi, Georgia

    Responsible for the financial analysis, reporting, audit and control, asset and liability reconciliation.Preparing and reviewing annual budgets for 6 hotels the company is operating (Stamba Hotel, Rooms Tbilisi,Rooms Kazbegi, Rooms Kokhta, Holiday Inn, Fabrika), also preparing monthly forecasts, and consolidatedoperating results. Responsible for verifying all financial reports for all properties and presenting them tomanagement. Recommending changes to improve financial performance, based on the monthly results.

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  Paragraph Resort & Spa Shekvetili, Autograph Collection

  • Assistant Director Of Finance

    • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

    Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations. Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of accounts. Responsible for timely monthly consolidated financial statements, payments, cash-flow management reporting and A/L account reconciliations. Prepare and review forecast.

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  Radius Hotel

  • Tbilisi

  • Finance Team Leader

    • Feb 2019 - Jul 2021
    • Tbilisi

    To implement all accounting and financial control procedures according to IFRS and local rules and regulations. Perform project cost forecasts/budgets, cost tracking, monitoring and controls. To supervise daily accounting records, transactions and procedures performed by finance department. Responsible for correctness of balances of balance sheets items (including accruals, prepayments, banks, inventories etc.). Responsible for taxation of all hotel transactions. Provide month end reporting to owners including information for tax declarations. Checking and approving payroll.

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  The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi

  • Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Accounts Payable

    • Jul 2016 - Feb 2019
    • Tbilisi, Georgia

    Responsible for processing the payment of hotel bills after verifying the accuracy and approval of all documents. Provide financial, administrative and clerical support by ensuring payments are completed and expenses are controlled by receiving payments, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices according to established policies and procedures in an efficient, timely and accurate manner. Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries. Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions. Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions. Reconcile bank statements.

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  United Water Supply Company of Georgia

  • Utilities
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Investment Projects Manager

    • Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

    Meeting financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions. Agreeing project objectives, plan and schedule project timelines, making sure that all the aims of the project are met, making sure the quality standards are met, constantly monitor and report on progress, present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.

  • Assistant of the First Deputy Director

    • Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

    Create schedules, ensure performance goals are met and set, fulfill duties delegated by the first deputy director, attend and preside over meetings, create presentations for meetings, meeting and greeting visitors, dealing with incoming letters and documentations and correspond, etc.

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  Radisson Blu

  • Tbilisi

  • Department of Finance

    • Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Tbilisi

    During my time in Radisson BLU Iveria Hotel, I was trainee at Financial Department, and was involved in key duties, such as general cashier, or accounting. I had to prepare everyday and monthly financial reports, count cash and send it to the bank, prepare payments and transactions.