wadia administrative and financial assistant
toronto, canada
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Wadia Zalzal (Dida)
CONTACT INFORMATION: Broummana- Lebanon Phone: 009614821220 Mobile: 009613349750
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Nationality: Lebanese Marital status: Married
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2012- till now Badael-Alternatives / Vice president- Financial manager (volunteer)
July 2011- January 2012 Dar Zayed – Abu Dhabi / Advisor
Editing the Committees manual
Editing the 3 years toolkit project/ reorganization of Dar Zayed for family care
Nov 2009- January 2011 Dar Zayed / Advisor
Formulating and editing the family budget manual
Reviewed the existing Dar Zayed strategy plans and identified operational
challenges associated.
Performed the situation analysis
Prepared a one year action plan for the reorganization of the operations at the
Dar.
January 1997- Oct 2009 Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages/ Financial controller
1- Guides, controls and coordinates all financial activities within the Association.
2- Supports and develops financial/accounting and administrative staff to build their independence and competency and ensures that all such staff receives adequate, ongoing training and development.
3- Assists and provides regular advice, support and supervision to financial/accounting and administrative staff.
4- Assists administrative staff with routine or more complex queries.
5- Manages financial and administrative operations.
6- Advises on financial and administrative structures and procedures aimed at strengthening effectiveness and standardizing practices.
7- Prepares and documents new financial and administrative policies and guidelines, and ensures their implementation.
8- Prepares and submits the annual budget.
9- Oversees the implementation of and adherence to the budget in the facilities and projects.
10- Checks and approves all financial statements and follows up on any observed irregularities.
11- Supervises and personally controls cash flow and all kind of payments.
12- Administers the payroll.
13- Controls expenditures, income and purchases.
14- Ensures all administrative procedures are implemented and adhered to.
15- Controls all bank accounts.
16- Implements and maintains the organization’s Fixed Assets Register.
17- Ensures an external financial audit is conducted promptly at the end of each financial year.
18- Coordinates all financial activities between the International Office and the National Office.
Main achievements:
a- Assigned to support the Regional Financial Controller in the implementation of the Navision program within the Middle East region.
b- Assigned to assist the Regional Financial Controller in the application of the Standard 1 accounting system within the Middle East region.
c- Put in place a system for the collection, quantification and distribution of donations in kind.
d- Organized the warehouses to control stocks.
e- Designed a strict and accurate control system to control cash books and all financial transactions.
Nominations:
1- Year 2008: The finance department in SOS Lebanon was nominated as a pilot project for Navision program.
2- Year 2009: The finance department in SOS Lebanon was nominated as a pilot project for accounting system.
1 January, 1993-31 Dec 1997 Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages /Chief Accountant
1 July, 1990- 31 Dec 1993 Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages/ Accountant
1 Oct 1987- 31 June 1990 St Joseph Aintoura College- Lebanon/ Sciences Teacher
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
October 2007-August 2009: ESA3- Paris
Masters, MBA
Subject: “Management of operations in Non Profit Organizations”
August 2009: SOS Children’s Villages – Lebanon
Continental seminar- Operations and finance, progress and
Development:
– Navision program, Standard 1, budget tool development
– Operations structure, financial crisis, steering tools, key figures, internal control system.
– ICT progress and development (WebEx, office outlook, sharing of calendars, setting appointments, virtual meeting)
April 2009: Specialized Industrial & Management Systems Co. Lebanon
Certification Diploma:” Tools to improve the performance of the
Financial Manager”
January 2009: SOS Children’s Villages -Johannesburg-South Africa
Workshop for trainers:”Guideline Standard 1 Accounting “updated
Basis of finance-cash and accrual basis-balance sheet-budget-
Annual report.
October 2008: SOS Children’s Villages- Cairo-Egypt
Participated as trainer-“Regional Navision Training “
April 2008: SOS KDI -HGFD- Innsbruck- Austria
Workshop for trainers: “Navision Standard Accounting Software”
Navision is an internationally implemented and certified financial/
Accounting software providing a range of different modules.
May-June 2006: AMIDEAST -Beirut/Lebanon
Workshop:”Strategic Management for NGOs”
February 2006: The International Management and Training Institute / Beirut- Lebanon
Training seminar on” Financial management and transparency in NPOs”
January 2006: YMCA Beirut-Lebanon
“Management and Governance in Non-Profit Organizations”
May 2003: SOS Kinderdorf International / Regional Office Middle East-Cairo, Egypt
Training:” SOS Global for windows”
October 1996-June 1997 BTC- Lebanon / Diploma “Chief Accountant”
January 1994: National Coordination Office/ SOS Egypt
Training seminar on “SOS Global” a sophisticated computer accounting Package.
November 1986-October 1988 Lebanese University/ Archeology studies
November 1982- October 1986 Lebanese University/BS in Biology
SKILLS and COMPETENCIES
MS Word, MS Excel MS Navision Analytical and organizational skills
LANGUAGES Level
Arabic excellent
English very good
French excellent
References Zeina Allouche 03268782
Saleh Srour 03363014
Me Marie Zalzal 03360603