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Gomanah D Abuobaydah

Gomanah D Abuobaydah

Senior Finance Officer
united arab emirates

Summary

Detail-oriented professional with expertise in audit coordination, invoice processing, and bank reconciliations. Proficient in payroll administration and accounts payable, utilizing SAP Accounts Payable systems to enhance financial operations. Strong leadership and active listening skills contribute to effective team collaboration and high client satisfaction. Committed to applying financial acumen and organizational skills to achieve operational excellence and support business goals.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior finance officer

Bright way for publishing and advertising
Abu Dhabi, united arab emirates
12.2017 - Current
  • Enhanced efficiency and accuracy of financial operations through streamlining processes.
  • Ensured compliance with financial regulations, tax laws guided by the Federal Tax Authority and applying tax procedures efficiently and effectively, and increasing voluntary compliance and tax awareness with audit requirements.
  • Managed cash flow effectively to reinforce overall financial stability in Bright Way publishing and advertising .
  • Directed investments, focusing on diversification and maximising return.
  • Coordinated annual budgeting process, aligning with company goals.
  • Generated and reviewed essential financial reports for informed decision-making.
  • Handled daily and monthly invoicing and payments efficiently to maintain timely transactions.
  • Flexibility to adjust to changing company needs, priorities, or evolving software tools.
  • Ability to work with different departments, including HR, sales, and management, to support office and financial operations.
  • Handling sensitive financial and employee information with atmost discretion.
  • Upholding ethical standards in financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and transparency in all transactions.
  • Assisted in data migration to SAP FI-CO, ensuring 99.8% data accuracy rate.
  • Documented financial workflows within SAP, improving process transparency by 25%
  • Supported configuration of SAP Fixed Assets, enhancing asset management efficiency by 20%.
  • Configured SAP Asset Accounting, enhancing asset visibility and tracking by 25%.

Section Head of salary and payment process

First Abu Dhabi Bank
ABU DHABI , UAE
04.2006 - 11.2017
  • Work Assignment History :
  • Fully responsible of team of Operations Officers, as well as supporting Team Leader in handling Salaries and AED bulk payments work flow on a day-to-day basis. Provide efficient and uninterrupted centralized process of salaries, AED bulk payments & DDS to all UAE branches, as well as maintaining high quality and accurate authorization activities process of following payments; wages protection system, FT Out bulk payments, Central Bank direct covering, Government payments, Inter account transfer, ADX settlements, WPS help desk service & Final Settlement
  • .Check and authorize all DDA initiated by branches throw DDA system.
  • Control and ensure that best services are provided to valued customers in most efficient manner in adherence to policies and procedures of the Bank. Giving proper and adequate attention to business continuity (contingency) plan.

TASK / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Control and administer functions of all CBG & DBD Branches and ensure that all requests received are attended promptly and efficiently in line with policies & procedures.

• Maintain necessary logs wherever applicable.

• Maintain highly efficient turnaround time.

• Establish effective correspondence.

• Receive Salaries and AED payments from various branches and CBG, check completeness of those, if debit instruction of customer is not completed or not clear, liaise with respective branches and departments in order to complete those. Finally, handover customer instructions to the processing staffs RISK.

• Control and monitor work flow by taking into Consideration Operational Risk in day to day activities.

• Ensure all staffs adhere to bank policy and procedures.

• Develop control procedures according to new changes to avoid risk & PEOPLE

• Review periodically staff job functions and ensure that all staff within unit is fully aware of all process which would facilitate job rotation.

• Maintain professionalism and effective communication with colleagues within Unit and all other Departments

• Adhere to your individual duties and responsibilities and support team to deliver service excellence

• Ensure all staff are able to deliver tasks assigned including on job, technical & soft skill training and development

• Induct all new recruits on complete services offered by CPD, how their role contributes to overall delivery of Operations vision and mission.

• Ensure regular 1-1's with all direct reports to support service delivery and individual performance

BUSINESS EFFICIENCY:

• Control and monitor work flow efficiently with resources available

• Keep effective control of all financial/non-financial transactions processed in Intellect core banking system through WPS and auto salary system.

• Control and manage all Corporate Customer's, AED transfers and Salaries and ensure that they are accurately processed through WPS and auto Salary System on mentioned value date and in timely manner.

• Monitor WPS and auto Salary System closely and raise any technical issue to ITD and get them resolved on daily basis.

• Control and manage Govt accounts and corporate customer accounts and meet all their requirements timely, efficiently.

• Control and monitor unit's entire functions independently with minimum intervention from AM

• Ensure effective Control of drawings in UAE Central Bank account and ensure correct figures are reported to dealers and monitor covering of the funds to beneficiary banks account with Central Bank.

• Accept as per management decision any additional responsibilities due to ongoing centralization process at CPD and ensure all service standards are complied with the SLAs entered into DBD/Branches.

• Provide improvement suggestions to increase quality and efficiency in work resulting in best customer service.

• Monitor DDS a Closely and raise any technical issue so refer to ITD and get resolve on daily basis.

Education

Diploma of Higher Education - Banking & Finance

Emirates Institute For Banking And Financial Study
United Arab Emirates
09.2002 - 02.2006

Skills

  • Audit coordination
  • Invoice processing
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Payroll administration
  • Accounts Payable payment runs
  • SAP Accounts Payable
  • Customer Service
  • Leadership skill
  • Active Listening

Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
Dutch
Intermediate

Timeline

Senior finance officer

Bright way for publishing and advertising
12.2017 - Current

Section Head of salary and payment process

First Abu Dhabi Bank
04.2006 - 11.2017

Diploma of Higher Education - Banking & Finance

Emirates Institute For Banking And Financial Study
09.2002 - 02.2006
Gomanah D AbuobaydahSenior Finance Officer