Hanaa Al-Gawish

Senior Accountant

•Manage the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly
recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations.
● Worked with external auditors during reviews and audits to ensure full cooperation from accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests, and provided all necessary worksheets/data to minimize billable hours.
● Prepared, managed and validated all documents in line with VAT regulations for submission of
quarterly VAT report
● Prepares Financial Statements of the company; conducts comprehensive analysis including
recommendations for streamlining costs and funding revenue generating programs.
● Assisted in quarterly forecasts and yearly budgets
● Reviewed AP vouchers to ensure the accuracy of invoice payment, and tax calculation and, assisted in reviewing journal vouchers and reconciliations
● Maintained general ledger chart of accounts and allocation entries
● Liaise with relevant banking channels & authorities for the efficient running of the business
● Calculate the pension for the local employees and transferring the amount to the GPSSA, and update it according to any changes.
● Engaged in developing ERP system & reporting as per the business model of the company.
● Periodically reviews all accounting guidelines, policies, and procedures; introduces amendments as necessary for the purpose of improving accuracy, risk control, and for timely reporting.
● Collaborated with the IT department during the implementation of change management policies.
● Supervise the accounting staff and ensure that the accounting and financial reporting systems of the district are accurate and consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
● Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time - quite often on short notice - by the CFO or Chief accountant.

Duties include:

• Management of client relationship
•Contact client debtors by telephone, to agree debt recovery plans and follow up as appropriate
•Reviewing documentation (all aspects of contract) to assess liability, identify contract issues and judge recoverability
•Using knowledge and initiative to reach amicable solutions to settling debts on behalf of clients, taking into account circumstances of the case
•Establish repayment schedules, monitoring repayment of debts, and adherence by debtors to installment schedules.
•Ongoing/regular communication/reports to clients

Training at the bank

Worked 2 weeks in the customer service department and 2 weeks in the finance department

Duties include:

Customer service:
• Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.
• Opens customer accounts by recording account information.
• Maintains customer records by updating account information.
• Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer's complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment; following up to ensure resolution.

Teller
• Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts, and calculate daily transactions using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
• Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
• Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
• Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments and the legality of the documents.
• Enter customers' transactions into computers in order to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
• Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, in order to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.