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ZEIN P IANLI T UELS O L I YA C PA MEMBE R S H I P AICPA Membership AICPA Number:- L I C ENS E S & C E RT I F I C AT E S Certiﬁed Public Accountant (CPA) C O NTACTS Washington State Washington State Board of Accountancy Phone Number:- Email:-Address: Beirut, Lebanon License Number: 40125 Issue Date:- IFRS Certiﬁcate Program Badge AICPA& CIMA and Credly / Sep 2022 IFRS Certiﬁcate Program Issued by Association of International Certiﬁed Professional Accountants A B O UT M E Certiﬁed Public Accountant (CPA) and Senior Chief Accountant with about 10 years of service in Business in similar positions. Possesses Proven abilities in Accounting, Finance, Audit, management, and conﬂict resolution. Initiates to improve ﬁnancial management and reporting capabilities, delivering Best in value services to business at Optimum Cost, Recognized for success in leading High performing Accounting teams, combining robust management with strong Badge earners develop knowledge and skills to assist their companies in international ﬁnancial accounting and reporting. They assess standard-setting proposals from both FASB and IASB to know what will aﬀect their organization's ﬁnancial reporting. Practical Lebanese Taxes Sessions Rise Higher / Aug 2022 Rise Higher conﬁrms that Mr. Ali El Zein has gained a wide knowledge in the above subjects and can successfully handle any related task assigned to him. Nada Khater, CPA General Manager WORK E X P E R I E N C E Finance Manager Azentio (Previously Path Solutions) / Beirut / Jul 2012 - Oct 2023 Head of Finance (Lebanon Oﬃce): I am Responsible for the entire accounting & ﬁnance activity of Path Solutions (www.path-solutions.com) Subsidiary companies in Lebanon. Leadership skills to deliver the best in class accounting and ﬁnance services to business. Coordinates eﬀorts with Administration, Legal and compliance teams to best fulﬁll the Finance monitoring and control role. Highly organized individual with excellent communication &follow up skills, and wide experience to represent Business before ministries, Tax &social security authorities, Labor, and other governmental administrations. My Duties are to: • Handle & assign job responsibilities and oversee the junior accountant in Beirut. • Co-ordinate with various departments like HR, Administration, etc., for various inputs for processing the payroll, employee claims if any. • Monitor all purchases according to the company policy and payments to vendors • Co-ordinate with Path Kuwait for fund requisitions, approvals, etc., based on the company policy • Prepare company ﬁnancial statements, present them for external audit and ﬁle the subsequently audited ﬁnancials, etc., to ministry / conduct the general meeting, etc., • Furnish the audited ﬁnancials to Path Kuwait for further consolidation with Path Kuwait the holding company. • Prepare monthly budgeted expenses and send them to Path Kuwait. • Handle the various bank accounts of the company • Responsible for all NSSF and Tax Filing related staﬀ. Freelance Accountant Gates / Beirut / Oct 2010 - Present L I N KS LinkedIn: Gates is an Accounting and Financial Auditing Firm: My Services are to: • cooperate with the ﬁrm, as a Credible Accountant who is able to represent them in all majors and solutions that the ﬁrm can oﬀer. https://www.linkedin.com/i n/ali-el-zein-cpa-2413a226 Chief Accountant Darwich Group -Yahya Shops / Beirut / Sep 2011 - Jul 2012 Yahya Shops are Food Shops specialized in Vegetables, Fruits, and Juice. During my Employment as Head of the Accounting Department, My duties also L A N GUAG E S Arabic English included: Processing and Leading all accounting operations and transactions. Setting development strategies and policies of Business in general Helping administrative employees to develop their skills. Auditing and controlling all accounting. Monitoring Payroll, and stock operations. Developing Reporting Lines among the organization. Administration Manager P E R SON A L D E TAIL S Date of birth 1979 Nationality Lebanese Marital status Single Osrat At-Ta'akhi Association for Charity / Beirut / Oct 2010 - Sep 2011 During my Employment, I was a Special Project Manager that I: • Achieved Assignment of Arranging Reporting Lines in Solidarity (Takaful) Program. • Played an essential role to set procedures that organize and systemize Archiving and recordings. • Prepared and reported sets of Resolutions and Notes to be authorized by GM or Steering Oﬃce Committee. • Organized Personnel classiﬁcation and reporting, Fixed Asset documentation and applications, and rearrangement of related Data among Branches. • Set up a program allows the association to control and observe the daily motion and expenses of these assets especially Cars and mobiles • Updated Job Descriptions for all Job levels and positions in the Association. • Preparing for the binding plan and data Flow from/to Branch oﬃces to/from Central Oﬃce. • Handled for three Months the Position of Purchasing Manager of the Association, its owned TV, Radio, and many other subsidiaries. Chief Accountant Amana Stations Company / Beirut / Apr 2010 - Sep 2010 • Managed Accounting Team of more than 10 Accountants. • Handled & assigned responsibilities to accountants reporting. • Prepared company ﬁnancial statements, present them for external audit and ﬁled the subsequently audited ﬁnancials, etc., to ministry. • Furnished the audited ﬁnancials to Management and Holding Management for further consolidation. • Handled the various bank accounts of the company • Handled all ministry-related work as regards the income taxation, VAT, etc., • Lead operation of moving from one Accounting and Stock Software to another. Accountant Coca Cola / Beirut / Aug 2009 - Apr 2010 My job was to periodically report on Stock counts and the Production waste analysis and evaluate raw material treatment, in addition to periodic Stock counts reporting, I: • Produced regular reports of raw material consumption (amounts & costs), recipes, and packing and wrapping, wastes and losses. • Analyzed variance and disintegrate problems to ﬁx conﬂicts of reports. • Elaborated analysis reports to the ﬁnancial manager and plant manager, revealing any discrepancies between needed and actual. • Made sure that the document cycle and other managerial procedures put each party against their responsibilities in a certain clear way. • Recommend procedures to improve warehouse management. • Make sure that managerial procedures applied in warehouses and production entities work in consistence and satisfy the administration's needs for data to be submitted clearly. • Prepare the Final Stock Count Reports that highlight Discrepancies between physical count and Data of stock software, then reporting them to Financial Manager, Plants Manager & Warehouses Manager. Accountant MEFOSA: MENA Food Safety Associates / Beirut / May 2006 - May 2009 Mefosa is a company that provides services, consultations, and technical tools as well as technology to the agriculture sector and food industry ﬁeld to help individuals, groups, hospitals, and enterprises enhance their production. During my employment as an accounting oﬃcer, I handled Payroll Operations, in addition to my Primary Responsibility as an Accountant, Duties Performed are: • Accounting Data entries. • Preparing Proﬁt and Loss statements & Balance sheets. • Handling communication with banks. • Preparing Payroll & NSSF reports. • Filing Income Tax and Taxes on Wages. • Preparing feasibility studies for new projects • Analysis of Departmental Comparable Reports (Actual Vs. Planned). • Monitoring operational details on a daily basis: prices, payment method, shipment, maintenance, etc. • Preparing Budgets feasibility Studies, and tender ﬁles. • Conducting Internal Audit over other Departments. • Communicating with Banks, Lawyers, Ministries (Finance, Agriculture, Economics, and Interior), Food Specialists, etc... • Filing Annual Financial Reports of Sister NGOs. Administration Oﬃcer EL ZEIN ASSOCIATION, 2004 – 2006 / Beirut / Jan 2004 - May 2006 My Duties as an Oﬃce Secretary included accounting and Administrative duties, Such as data entry, Receive contributions and Charity, Pay oﬃce expenses, arrange petty cash statements, File annual ﬁnancial Reports before MOF. Junior Accountant Al Janoub C / Beirut / Jan 2002 - Dec 2003 Duties: Data Entry and Invoicing E D U CAT I O N Uniform Certiﬁed Public Accountant (CPA) Examination Nashville & NASBA - National State Board of Accountancy 2019 Uniform Certiﬁed Public Accountant (CPA) Examination AICPA; NASBA; Alaska State Board of Accountancy, Alaska, USA Completed Successfully All Four Sections (First Attempt) Of The CPA Examination; FAR, AUD, REG, BEC In May 2019. Master's Degree Beirut & Lebanese University (LU) 2012 Finance and Banking. • Courses: Crisis Management, Risk Management, International Business Law, Econometrics, Data Analysis, and International (Global) Financial markets. • Thesis: NGOs' Role in Development and Their Contribution to the Health Sector in Lebanon. Bachelor Beirut & Beirut Arab University (BAU) 2001 BA – Commerce/Business Administration C O U RSE S THE MICROSOFT OFFICE CERTIFICATION New Skills Academy / May 2020 CPA Preparatory Course Fast Forward Academy &MFI / Jun 2017 Business English - Advanced 1 Amedist / Jun 2008 GMAT Preparatory Course Zeina El Khoury / Aug 2009 (CFA) Level 1- Preparatory Course Lebanese American University (LAU) / May 2007 TOEFL Preparatory Course American Center / Aug 2001 I NT ERN S H I P S Central Bank of Lebanon ( BDL) / Beirut / Aug 2001 - Sep 2001 Intensive Courses about the Work Procedure of the Bank, In Addition To Practical Training in Some Departments Accountant Mallah Company for Accounting and Auditing / Beirut / Oct 2005 - Apr 2006 Advanced training session for 6 months (part-time). S K I LLS Managerial aptitude Ethical approach to ﬁnance Accounting operations management Internal Auditing Tax Preparation Excel in [areas of expertise] Multi-Task Management Expense Control Domestic and International Experience Results-oriented Fiscal budgeting knowledge Income tax ﬁling Problem resolution Supervision Financial records and processing Team management