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Farah Abla, Financial Control Officer

Farah Abla

Financial Control Officer

Arab Bank plc

Location
Lebanon
Education
Master's degree, Accounting & Audit
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

Financial Control Officer at Arab Bank plc
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since March 2017

• Job Responsibilities:
1.Report on Revenues & Expenses, Fixed Assets, Projects, KRIs, Operational Losses & Recoveries, Deposits, Loans… (Adhere to Deadlines)
2.Ensure strong Internal Controls & thus minimize Operational Risk
3.Identify quality shortcomings & take remedial actions to ensure efficient work sequence
4.Prepare BDL & BCCL Reports with the Financial Compliance Unit (including Obligatory Reserves)
5.In contact with Internal & External Auditors (following up & resolving audit findings)

Reconciliation Controller/Financial Control Dept. at Arab Bank plc
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2011 to March 2017

• Job Responsibilities:
1.Reconciliation Controlling & Investigating (Nostro & Vostro Accounts)
2.Reconciliation & Balance Confirmation (Suppliers & their External Auditors)
3.Pay approved invoices & Execute relative entries (Accurate & Timely)
4.In contact with suppliers & follow up aging invoices (with concerned departments)
5.Report on Reconciliations, Expenses, Fixed Assets, Projects, KRIs, Operational Losses & Recoveries… (Adhere to Deadlines)
6.Ensure that various projects’ stages are achieved within set time & assigned budgets
7.Periodic Cash Counts

Intern at Sidani & Co.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2010 to April 2011

1.Junior Internal Auditor @ NGO
2.Junior External Auditor @ Manufacturing, Trading, Service, Construction & Contracting Companies
- Auditing financial statements & thus reporting on findings (B/S, P&L, Equity, Cash Flows)
- Examining & analyzing journal entries, ledgers, banks' statements, expenditures & other financial records to ensure recording accuracy & compliance with the standards
- Physical Inventory Count
- Fixed Assets

Intern at Deloitte & Touche
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2009 to September 2009

Junior External Auditor (in office & at the client's premises - outside jobs)
- Auditing financial statements & thus reporting on findings (B/S, P&L, Equity, Cash Flows)
- NSSF & Salaries' Tax Reviews

Intern at Banque du Liban
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2009 to July 2009

1. BDL's: Organizational Chart (Governer & the Central Council); Departments (as Accounting, Internal Audit, FX, Legal, etc.)
2. Commisions: BCCL (Banking Control Commission of Lebanon); HBC (Higher Banking Commission); SIC (Special Investigation Commission)
3. MIDCLEAR
4. Basel II & Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)
5. Kafalat

Intern at BankMed
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2008 to August 2008

- Having to deale directly with angry clients & how to always (Keep them SMILING)
- Teller
- CSR: opening clients' accounts; editing clients' KYCs
- Products: Salary Domiciliation, Bills' Settlement (Phone/Internet), Loans, Credit Cards, etc...

Education

Master's degree, Accounting & Audit
  • at Beirut Arab University (BAU)
  • July 2019

- finished all prerequisite courses - Thesis Stage

Higher diploma, Internal Audit
  • at Morgan Int'l
  • May 2011

CIA courses.

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Beirut Arab University - BAU
  • July 2010

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
+Endorse 11
IFRS
+Endorse 9
Microsoft Office
+Endorse 9
Reconciliation
+Endorse 8
Internal Audit
+Endorse 8
Accounting
+Endorse 2
Internal Controls
+Endorse 2
Reconciling Nostro Accounts
+Endorse 1
MS Outlook
+Endorse 1
MS Office
+Endorse 1
GAAP
+Endorse 0
IFRS
+Endorse 0

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Memberships

IIA - Institute of Internal Audit
  • Global Member
  • December 2011
ACFE - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Global Associate Member
  • March 2013
NGO-الجمعية الأهلية لأبناء بيروت
  • Volunteer & Accountant
  • June 2000
ACFE Lebanon - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Associate Member volunteering as the treasury committee officer
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

IFRS-9 & Provisioning Needs (Training)
Training Institute:
BFI - Banking & Financial Institute
Date Attended:
September 2018
Duration:
10 hours
برنامج تدريب موظفي القطاع المصرفي على الضرائب مع أحدث التعديلات (Training)
Training Institute:
BFI - Banking & Financial Institute
Date Attended:
May 2018
IFRS (Training)
Training Institute:
MFI - Move Forward Internationl
Date Attended:
November 2016
Duration:
7 hours
Consolidation (Training)
Training Institute:
MFI - Move Forward Internationl
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
7 hours
‎1st Annual ACFE Fraud Conference under the ‎patronage of BDL Governor Mr. Riad Salemeh (Training)
Training Institute:
ACFE – Lebanon
Date Attended:
October 2015
Duration:
16 hours
Information Security Awareness ''Updated'' (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Information Security Awareness ''Updated'' (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Online Banking & BCP (Training)
Training Institute:
ISACA Lebanon
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
3 hours
Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Methodology & a Sound Strategy (Training)
Training Institute:
ISACA - Lebanon
Date Attended:
June 2015
Duration:
3 hours
Business Etiquette & Corporate Image (Training)
Training Institute:
Starmanship & Associates
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
9 hours
Financial Analysis of Company Performance (Training)
Training Institute:
PwC - Price WaterHouse Coopers
Date Attended:
October 2014
Duration:
9 hours
Corporate Income Tax Refunds & the Related Schedules (Training)
Training Institute:
EY - Ernst & Young
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
9 hours
Cash Flows Statement - Putting it in Practice (Training)
Training Institute:
PwC - Price WaterHouse Coopers
Date Attended:
January 2012
Duration:
8 hours
ISO 27001 & Risk Management in Islamic Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
ISACA – Lebanon
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
4 hours
Lebanese Financial Regulations [ESA-Lebanon & CISI-London] (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2013
Valid Until:
April 2013
Information Security Awareness (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
November 2012
Global Corruption & Bribery (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Valid Until:
February 2013
KYC, AML & CTF (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2011
Valid Until:
June 2011
Code of Conduct (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
July 2011

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Photoghraphy
  • Walking & Aerobics
  • CVs Construction