Experience

International Schools Partnership - Middle East

• United Arab Emirates
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Officer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

• Accounts Payable Officer - Nibras International School

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  • End-to-end responsibility for all Accounts Payable duties.• Optimization of Oracle NetSuite resulting in improvement of overall AP functions.• Closely monitoring of 100+ vendor accounts to ensure timely payments.• Resolution of billing discrepancies.• Developed monthly reports and real-time trackers for senior management utilizing advance Excel skills to outline expenditures, vendor spend and forecasting.• Designed and implemented the purchase order process to ensure all expenses were correctly approved and in alignment with budget.• Responsible for completing month end functions, including accruals, prepayments and account reconciliations.• Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts every week, responsible to keep all accounts audit-ready.• Maintained petty cash float and processed weekly staff reimbursements.• Maintenance of all vendor records on accounting software.• Developed filing system to easily access all historical and new AP related documents.

• Finance Intern

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Preparation of weekly and monthly financial reports in accordance to both local GAAP and IFRS (for ISP group accounting) using Oracle NetSuite.• Provided assistance with month-end closing processes.• Posting of journal entries, reconciliation of company bank accounts and credit cards.• Preparation of weekly non-financial KPI files for ISP group.• Responsible for posting invoices accurately, processing weekly vendor payments and staff reimbursements.• Played key role in helping business reduce utility costs during COVID-19 crisis.• Supported the procurement manager with obtaining quotes and negotiating with vendors.• Collaboration with the regional Business Development team to prepare reports and presentations using advance Excel skills for senior management team.



Germela-Deltakap

• Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Finance Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Bookkeeping with Online QuickBooks. • Assisted in assembling of Yearly/Quarterly Financial reports for clients for audit purposes. • Development of targeted content articles and newsletters for company website and LinkedIn. • Preparation VAT Tax invoices in accordance to UAE Tax Law. • Recorded client receipts, bills & invoices. • Bookkeeping with Online QuickBooks. • Assisted in assembling of Yearly/Quarterly Financial reports for clients for audit purposes. • Development of targeted content articles and newsletters for company website and LinkedIn. • Preparation VAT Tax invoices in accordance to UAE Tax Law. • Recorded client receipts, bills & invoices.



RAKBANK

• United Arab Emirates
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Team Member

  • May 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Processing of daily inward, outward clearing & in-house cheques with speed and accuracy. • Maintaining daily error count to a minimum. • Handling/Assisting in daily PDF cheque sorting in accordance with Central Bank cut-offs. • Processing of daily inward, outward clearing & in-house cheques with speed and accuracy. • Maintaining daily error count to a minimum. • Handling/Assisting in daily PDF cheque sorting in accordance with Central Bank cut-offs.