ABDELLATIF LEBDA
ABU DHABI,UAE
Summary
Experienced financial professional focusing on strategic financial management and analysis. Achieve profitability and operational efficiency through insightful financial planning, budgeting and forecasting. Developed project budgeting by linking estimated and actual costs to project schedule, proactively planning revenues, identifying and recognizing any deviations before occur to avoid them, measuring financial KPIs, and planning revenue growth by working with accounting programs such as QuickBooks, Peachtree and Excel, leading and directing an integrated accounting team to enhance the plans in place. ِAlso successfully and efficiently completed many bank facilities and guarantees transactions, while having great relationships with clients that serve the nature of the work.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance manager
KAYAN HOLDING INVESTEMENT, WEXFORD GENERAL CONT
Abu Dhabi, UAE
06.2023 - Current
- Established cost control measures, optimizing spending within budget constraints.
- Performed regular cash flow reports to help allocate funds more efficiently.
- Accurately and efficiently budget project by linking BOQ to schedule and determining profitability ratios efficiently and accurately..
- Established cash flow of projects through programs and tools such as Excel and QuickBooks and check them on ongoing basis.
- Consolidate comprehensive management accounts, integrate financial statements, cash flow and balance sheets.
- Established new clients and support B2B business development.
- Oversee financial reporting processes, maintaining accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Performed Design dashboards to enhance business intelligence reporting and KPIs.
- Oversee VAT return preparation through rigorous transaction checks.
- Handle high volume telephone and email enquiries to reduce arrears.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead budgeting processes and forecasting initiatives, ensuring accurate financial forecasts and resource allocation.
- Increased drove new customer volume significantly and improved customer relationships
Account manager
TRUST EMIRATES TRANSPORT & GENERAL CONTRACTING
Abu Dhabi, UAE
01.2021 - 04.2023
- Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
- Controlled and managed costs and increased profit to more than 10%
- Created organizational structures to improve accounting and finance functions.
- Assisted staff with questions about budgets, disbursements and other financial matters.
- Maintained policy, procedure and regulatory compliance business-wide.
- Analyzed monthly balance sheets, income statements and cash flow information and wrote up reports.
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements
- Managing company's financial procedures and financial flow to verify company's ability to pay its financial obligations
- Preparing annual budget by monitoring developments and identifying organizational business needs and managing cash and debt
- Supervising capital structure and knowing financial effects when investing company's funds, such as: risks, liquidity
- Assisting team in financial analysis and planning, which helps to predict future cash flow financially, such as: calculating return on capital
General accountant
TRUST EMIRATES TRANSPORT & GENERAL CONTRACTING
ABU DHABI, UAE
11.2015 - 12.2020
- Record daily transactions such as purchases, sales, payments, and receipts.
- Ensure that all financial transactions are accurate and comply with UAE accounting standards and regulations.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and cash flow statement.
- Manage accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) functions, ensuring timely payments to vendors and receipts from customers.
- Monitor late payments, follow up on outstanding invoices, coordinate collection efforts and increase collection rate by more than 20%.
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of employee salaries and benefits, including compliance with UAE labor laws.
- Manage VAT-related tasks, ensuring that all VAT returns are filed on time and in compliance with UAE's Federal Tax Authority (FTA) regulations.
- Track input and output VAT on sales and purchases, ensuring correct VAT reporting
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial and Customs Studies
DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY
Damanhour/ Egypt 09.2009 - 05.2012
Skills
- Customer service excellence
- Fixed asset accounting
- Project oversight
- Advanced mathematics proficiency
- QuickBooks
- Efficient time management
- Financial reporting accuracy
- Cash Flow analysis
- Strategic planning
- Financial KPI measuring
- Cash flow management
- Revenue growth planning
- Loan Processing
- Excel proficiency
- Balance sheet review
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
Certification
Tax Accounting - BUSINESS COMPAQ ACCOUNTING AUDITING
Finance Audit - BUSINESS COMPAQ ACCOUNTING AUDITING
Timeline
Finance manager
KAYAN HOLDING INVESTEMENT, WEXFORD GENERAL CONT
06.2023 - Current
Account manager
TRUST EMIRATES TRANSPORT & GENERAL CONTRACTING
01.2021 - 04.2023
General accountant
TRUST EMIRATES TRANSPORT & GENERAL CONTRACTING
11.2015 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial and Customs Studies
DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY
09.2009 - 05.2012
Tax Accounting - BUSINESS COMPAQ ACCOUNTING AUDITING
Finance Audit - BUSINESS COMPAQ ACCOUNTING AUDITING
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