Shady Baidas

CMA(candidate)

MBA

Address: Syria ,Damascus Email Address: Shadybaidas@hotmail.com Linked in Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shadybaidas Bayt Profile : http://people.bayt.com/shady-baidas/?lang=en 6250840 203-703

Home Phone Number: 00963 -11 Mobile Phone Number: 00963 - (933)

Personal Information
Gender: Birth Date: Nationality: Marital Status: Male 1977 Palestine - Syrian Married ( 3 children)

Key skills:
Good analytical skills

Good experience in establishing the financial procedure and workflow. Demonstrating strong working knowledge of financial statements. Working with upper management on providing requested financial information and reports which is needed to strategic decisions. Ability to implement new ideas, new softwares and train the concerned staff.
KPI driven and customer focused.

Excellent presentation / communication skills. Ability to work under pressure and to work with deadlines. Leadership personality.

Professional Experience
April 2008 - Present:

Finance Manager Eltel Middle East Damascus - Syria

Company Industry: Manufacturing and Production of the transmission and

telecommunication towers and its a galvanizing company in the galvanizer association.

Reporting to the CEO

Key Achievements -Reduced the timeframe for production of Financial Statements Reduced the time taken to produce the half yearly and Year End Financial Statements by 30 days from 2 months to less than 1 month via a combination of improved processes of Financial Data capture and re-visiting the monthly time table. This allowed Division heads to receive management information quicker and improved submission timing of Statements to banks in line with conditions of facilities. -Improved Facility levels from 120 million SYP to 250 Million SYP. By providing bankers with detailed group forecasts and project evaluations was able to successfully improve facility levels to 250 Million SYP, which allowed the organization to Successfully tender for larger jobs through the availability of greater bonds and guarantees. -Establish new payroll computerized system By moving the company from the old payroll calculation through using excels to the computerized system with using the time attendance machines and time attendance cards. Contribute to the formulation of business objectives and develop annual financial plan. Provide comprehensive management and financial information to guide and control company operations against business plans and budgets. Overall responsibility of company financial reporting with respect to: Compliance with company policies / good accounting practices. Statutory reporting and filing with government and tax authorities. Effective systems for financial and management reporting. Develop and implement a comprehensive financial, accounting, and control policies and procedures. Ensure the timely development of business plans and budgets in collaboration with other management team. Ensure availability of funds to support company operations and

optimal management of cash flow. Supervise the MIS department and ensure solutions and systems are cost effective in providing support to the operation. Supervise the purchasing department and obtain approval on capital expenditures. Ensure effective cooperation with external auditors to ease their task and enable timely issuance of audited accounts. Direct, guide and motivate subordinates towards the achievement of accountabilities and objectives. Administer and monitor all revenue cycle related topics such as pricing, tenders, and discounts, etc. Build and maintain sold relation ships with banks and other financial institutions that could provide services to our company. Cash Flow Control (Banks, Customers, Suppliers, And Daily Expenses).
June 2006 Apr2008:

Chief Accountant Coca Cola Syria Damascus - Syria

Company Industry:

Soft drink sales and Distributions company. The company is allocated into 50% shares between Turkish company called Anadolo holding company and Saudi Company called Olaian.
Reporting to the Finance Manager

Key achievement -Set Up New Management Reporting Pack Worked alongside Head Office IT to successfully implement new Accounting and Operations system. I was the coordinator of the new established system called BASIS for reporting the daily sales figures for all the branches and generating one consolidated daily, weekly, and Monthly report.

Review and approve accounting vouchers in accordance with accounting policies and ensure timely processing of data. Ensure compliance with financial statutory reporting requirements

i.e. sales tax, social security etc Review accounting reconciliation i.e. bank, stock, etc. and submit them to the Financial Controller. Prepare cash flow statement and revise it on a periodical base. Communicate bugs and problems in the accounting software to the MIS department and follow-up on outstanding issues. Organize surprise stock count. Coordinate with Branch Controller on all related issues. Review monthly payroll calculations to ensure compliance and accuracy. Perform any ad-hoc request as requested by Financial Controller and Account Manager.

Feb2005 - May 2006:

Senior Accountant Madar Coil Coating Damascus - Syria

Company Industry: Producing coated coils which used in building hangars and building aabjwr. Reporting to the Account Manager

Working on the ERP system ( Microsoft Great Plains) GL Accountant. Production module accountant. Inventory Control module Accountant.
Sep2000 - Feb 2005:

Head Accountant Ghader Com, RC Cola Damascus, Syria

Company Industry: Ghader Is working in producing and selling American soft drink brand called RC Reporting to the Finance Manager

Key achievement Establish full computerized financial system and reducing the time frame for financial reports By moving the company from the old way of working to the full computerized system and by being the coordinator of this new established system we reduced the time frame of the financial statement issuing.

Set Up New Management Reporting Pack Established a new Financial and Operation Reporting Pack for the management depending on the computerized system which allowed the top management to have daily view on the production, sales, and warehouses data which enable the management improvement on the decision taking. Supervision on the sales Accountant work Fixed Assets Control. General Ledger Accountant. Salaries schedule preparation. Ensure the compliance off all the expenses needed documents.

Education
1-MBA May 2007 to Sep 2009 (Excellent GPA 3.6) Arab Academy for Science &Technology, Egypt, Cairo 2-CMA , Certified Management Accountant (expected to finish during 2011) 3-Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, Bachelor's degree, Accounting major year 2000

Skills
ERP systems (Great Plains , SAP ) Office Application Accounting Software's Like, Ameen ( Syrian Software)

Languages
Arabic Mother tongue English fluent and talking) (reading ,writing,

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