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LINA DAYEKH

Windsor,ON

Summary

Accomplished financial management and accounting professional with 18 years of experience in the field. Capacity to enhance work efficiency and profitability over 35% through functional and technical analysis. Successful at advising 5 multi-million corporations and 15 small businesses. Expertise in financial statement preparation and analysis, operational management, forecasting and cost control.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Manager

Freelancer
Beirut, Lebanon
04.2014 - Current
  • Effectuated trades, managed internal systems, and write financial plans using multiple software applications for 40 clients with over $250M under management
  • Assemble procedures and standardized existing reports to improve work efficiency, allowing firm to raise client returns by 20%
  • Analyzed financial statements and diagnosed discrepancies against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis
  • Identified improvement changes regarding key processes for internal controls, organizational structures and accounting procedures while implementing online accounting software networks
  • Oversaw high-volume accounting operations with 3 to 10 persons team focused on efficient budget administration, AP/AR, and other financial management needs
  • Devised marketing strategies, negotiated prices for products, and devised expenditure plans, resulting in $235K increase in net profit in three months.

Finance Controller and Accountant

Mitchell Cosmetics Inc
Beirut, Lebanon
04.2021 - 05.2022
  • Directed Company transition from paperwork into Intuit QuickBooks desktop software in two weeks period achieving 99.9% accuracy
  • Increased billing efficiency by 80% by formulating & implementing new billing procedures and internal controls
  • Achieved 90.9% in out-of-stocks (manufacturing of inventory) which helped to avoid supply interruptions and elevated inventory accuracy from roughly 40% to well over 90%
  • Corrected inefficiencies in accounting processes that aided in revitalizing relationship between corporation and clients
  • Recovered $60,000 in overpaid vendor charges by performing audit of past payments

Finance Manager

Medical & Pharmaceutical International Co
Beirut, Lebanon
01.2018 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for overseeing, managing 80 -110 accounts while prospecting 200 to 250 companies
  • Oversaw revenue increase of 45% in six months across multiple product lines during economic crisis maintaining over $12 million worth of current business
  • Created and implemented various costing spreadsheet analyses incoordination, and communication with other departments for managerial cost decisions
  • Performed routine closings, maintained clean, accurate, and accessible records, and kept close eye on transaction updates throughout each quarter
  • Recruited, interviewed, hired five employees, and supervised team of 40 employees exempt and non-exempt accounting staff
  • Secured open LCs over $1 million and debt financing free of interest for two years period.

Assistant Credit Manager Intern

Middle East and Africa Bank MEAB
Beirut, Lebanon
03.2014 - 06.2014

Accounting Manager

Doctor National Trading co
Kuwait City, Kuwait
05.2011 - 03.2014
  • Managed development of 3 new products, resulting in revenue of more than $80,000 in 4 months
  • Successfully trained over 10 product members on efficient usage of new ERP system
  • Developed new and revamped existing procedures for accounting software to increase efficiency in reconciling general ledgers and saving 10+ hours week in staff hours
  • Recovered $2.5M in overstated expenses recorded prior to shared service
  • Spotted opportunities and instigated measures to reduce certain variable costs by %17
  • Administrated regular workflow monitoring procedures, reducing month-end close time by 32%
  • Decreased company expenditures by 25% by consistently identifying cost savings opportunities
  • Enhanced inventory accuracy from roughly 65% to well over 90%.

Corporate Finance Manager

KGL International For Ports Co
Shwaikh, Kuwait
05.2009 - 05.2011
  • Piloted, benchmarked, and instructed finance team to deliver $150M cost savings by using innovative technologies and processes, reducing headcount by 60 YOY%, and excessive spending by $10M semi-quarterly
  • Initiated integrated budgeting process across 20 departments that increased revenue by 60%, gross margin by 200% for KGL in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4
  • Supervised team of 22 accountants and developed vast training program for finance staff team of 10 on accounting principles, GAAP, and internal control procedures, revised compliance with Kuwait governmental and IFRS requirements
  • Implemented new financial system integrating with CRM resulting in increased automation by 75% and streamlined close process
  • Achieved greater than 94% monthly budget and forecast accuracy by implementing function sales and operations planning process
  • Improved information flow to external auditors, reducing audit costs by $10K annually, 15% saving
  • Established and maintained strong working relationship with banks, converted $2M loan with prime plus interest to 5-year note.

Finance Controller

KGL International, Ports Co
Shuaiba, Kuwait
06.2008 - 04.2009
  • Executed, observed, generated 400+ journal entries, directed accounting operations for over $370M gross, and formed reports on internal and external finances, audits, forecasts, and budgets
  • Reduced merchant claims by 18% by proposing and negotiating pricing changes to streamline billing process
  • Collaborated with finance team of 12 employees to develop reports on KPI related to sales operations; oversaw SAP implementation across 4 locations, increasing sales within 10 months by $400,000
  • Reconciled account information and figures in general ledger by comparing them to monthly bank statements, increasing accuracy by 90%
  • Created and conducted long-term financial plan to ensure that OPEX and CAPEX are covered.

Accounting Manager

Al Nabooda Abaya Production Co
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2006 - 05.2008

Auditor

UTC Nexia International
Beirut, Lebanon
11.2004 - 07.2006

Auditor Intern

Nexia International, Tabbara
Beirut, Lebanon
07.2002 - 10.2003

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Finance and Accounting: Finance and Accounting

Faculty of Business Administration And Finance
Beirut, Lebanon

Skills

Hard Skills:

  • Financial Accounting and Reporting
  • Cost control and reduction
  • Strategic and financial planning
  • Budgeting and forecasting

Techniques:

  • Financial Analysis
  • Account reconciliations
  • Auditing

Technical Software:

  • OLAP
  • Dolphin Lebanese Accounting software
  • EDM Lebanese Accounting software
  • NetSuite Oracle (ERP 11i and R12), Oracle ICBS,
  • Intuit TurboTax
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel

Work Availability

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Quote

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill

Timeline

Finance Controller and Accountant

Mitchell Cosmetics Inc
04.2021 - 05.2022

Finance Manager

Medical & Pharmaceutical International Co
01.2018 - 10.2020

Finance Manager

Freelancer
04.2014 - Current

Assistant Credit Manager Intern

Middle East and Africa Bank MEAB
03.2014 - 06.2014

Accounting Manager

Doctor National Trading co
05.2011 - 03.2014

Corporate Finance Manager

KGL International For Ports Co
05.2009 - 05.2011

Finance Controller

KGL International, Ports Co
06.2008 - 04.2009

Accounting Manager

Al Nabooda Abaya Production Co
08.2006 - 05.2008

Auditor

UTC Nexia International
11.2004 - 07.2006

Auditor Intern

Nexia International, Tabbara
07.2002 - 10.2003

Bachelor's Degree - Finance and Accounting: Finance and Accounting

Faculty of Business Administration And Finance

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