Hussam Saadaldin

About the Candidate

CAREER PROFILE
With over fifteen years of in-depth experience in different Financial Fields such as Financial Analysis, Budget Management for Government and Non-government organizations (Big, Medium and Small Businesses), Fixed Assets Management, Costing and Reporting. I also participated in conceiving and developing Financial Policies, Procedures, and Systems, and I have a long experience with ERP Solutions Accounting Systems and their implementation.

 

SKILLS HIGHLIGHTS
·         Technological Skills: Certified Master of Business Administration (Finance), Professional Accountant (Big, Medium, and Small Businesses),  Certified ERCA lead Auditor (Quality Assorance), Certified Quick Book Advisor, Certified Microsoft System Engineer and Administrator, Tech professional, Accounting System Implementer, Project Manager, Certified Stock Trader, and Certified Mortgage Agent (REMIC-Canada).
·         Leadership: Self-confidence, Having comprehensive management experience, Think about times and helped make decisions for the better in past job positions.
·         Budgeting: Can handle money properly, Providing long-term solutions for saving and suitable investment, Ran a budget of around 2.2 billion Dollars for Dubai Health Authority as Head of Budgeting (Years 2013-2014-2015).
·         Problem Solver and Team Worker.

 

 

 

WORK HISTORY
(American multinational corporation involved in food distribution)………….. Apr 2019 – till present

ACCOUNTANT I (Ontario North Region) – Ottawa, CANADA

 

I’m currently working as an accountant, managing, preparing Sysco Ottawa accounting. Account reconciliation, Accounting Department Auditing, Set rules for Accounts payables and Accounts Receivables, Cash Management and bank reconciliation, Income Tax, GST-HST, PST preparation and submission, Payroll, Budgeting and costing.
 

(Canadian Telecom and integrated tech provider)…………………….….. Oct 2017 – Apr 2019

Finance Officer and Office Manager – Ottawa, CANADA

 

I was performing a full accounting function in ElastaLink. Financial Statement, Year-end required papers for the federal and provincial filling of 2017,  Monthly reconciliation, Budget preparation and control, Payroll, HST-GST and PST required claim returns and submission, and providing financial reports which lead the owner’s decision making. Migrated, implemented, and automated complete financial transactions cycle using QBO, HubDoc, Telpay, ADI, and other applications integrated to QBO. Also, I managed the customer projects as a project manager.
 

(Canadian arm of CARE International)………….……………………….….. May 2017 – Oct 2017

Financial Analyst – Ottawa, CANADA

 

I worked in Care Canada – Ottawa (International Operation Section) as a Finance Analysis, analyzing financial data by collecting, monitoring and creating financial models for decision support. Improve financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, recommending actions to management. Assist with annual and quarterly forecasting. Moreover, working on automating the processes of preparing the Monthly, Quarterly and Annually reports.
 

Ø  Consultant, Self Employed ……………………..………….….………….………Feb 2005 – till present

Dubai, UAE & Ontario CANADA

 

As a professional accountant, Microsoft Certified System Engineer, ERCA Lead Auditor, and QBO ProAdvisor, I Provide Accounting, Bookkeeping, Data analysis, ERP (Solution and implementation), and

Management consultancies.
 

 

Government of Dubai-Dubai Health Authority DHA  ……………………….Total of 10 years

Dubai, United Arab of Emirates

 

 

Head of Finance Department- AlJalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, Dubai           2015 – 2016
Chief Accountant – Head of Budgeting Dubai Health Authority, HQ                       2014 – 2015

Senior Accountant – Budgeting Dubai Health Authority, HQ                                   2012 – 2014

Fixed Assets manager Dubai Health Authority, HQ                                                     2009 – 2012
Revenue Developer Officer Dubai Health Authority, HQ                                        2006 – 2009

 

·         Led a DGFC’s (Dubai Gynaecology & Fertility Centre) accounting system implementation and integration Project with GRP (Government Resource Planning – Oracle financial system) in Dubai Health Authority – Dubai Government. Worked on reconciling all of the accounts before closing the old accounting system, then transfer it to the new one. As well as handled writing the policies and procedures of the accounting section accordingly.

 

·         Implemented, Executed the workflow process for the Overseas Treatment System for the Dubai Health Authority – Dubai-UAE; this served the Headquarters and Overseas Medical offices (including UK, Germany, India, and Thailand. Travelled with my team to the mentioned Countries).

 

·         Prepared the 2015 financial statements of AlJalila Hospital and applied the alignment with DHA headquarter.

 

·         Worked on the AlJalila Hospital Finance and Administration department’s policies, procedures, and workflows.

 

·         Executed Dubai Health Authority’s budget for 2014 & 2015, and team leader of DHA service costing and pricing.

 

·         I assisted in implementing the Program-based Budgeting for 2017 as a Board Member of the Dubai Government’s Higher Committee.

 

·         Represented Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in the Budget Automation and Hyperion Pilot Implementation Project.

 

·         Conducted several feasibility studies for different projects to the DHA board members (including the Centralized Inventory Department, Donation processes, and System, etc.).

 

·         Contract Accountant for several projects assigned to me by DHA’s CFO, monitored the financial progress of projects, investigating variances, reviewing project expenditures and ensuring that project billings are issued and payments collected and processed.

 

·         DHA’s Fixed Assets Manager for more than two years.

 

·         Chief Accountant for DHA for four years (Budgeting/Costing/AR/AP/CM/GL/FA/Payroll/and Purchasing).

 

·         Executed the financial plans of DHA that reduced expenses without decreasing the quality of the service (as a member of the Dubai Health Authority Services Improvement Work team).

 

·         Assurance Auditor Team Leader for the Dubai Government.

 

I was a project manager for more than 15 projects during my work in DHA, including the Overseas Treatment System and Implementation, Centralized Inventory Department, Donations System, ISO Preparation 2008, and Fixed Assets Tracking System.

 

 

Ø  Project Coordinator and Business Advisor ………..……………..……..…Nov 2017 – Oct 2019

OCCSC – Ottawa , Syrian Refugee Program & Host Program

Ottawa, CANADA
 

 

AWARDS
Ø  CRA Canada Certificate appreciation (For the Years: 2016, 2017, 2018, &2019) – Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Ø  Dubai Government prize of One Million Dirhams reward (https://www.skgep.gov.ae/en/home ) as Financial Consultant and team member of Innovated Team.

Ø  Awarder from Dubai Government High Budgeting Committee for Appling Program Based Budgeting in Dubai Heath Authority 2014-2015.

Ø  Team Leader – UAE Census Project 2005.

 

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
-Certified Mortgage Aget (Canada) – REMIC ………………………………………………2021

-University of Leicester (UK) _ Postgraduate diploma (MBA program in Finance) ……. 2015
-Damascus University (Syria) _ Accounting Degree (Evaluated by WES2016)….……………1992
-IRCA Lead Auditor ……………………………………………………………….……………………2008

-Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor …………………………………………………………….……….2018

-MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) ……………………….…………………………….…2005

-MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Administrator)………………….……………..…………….…2005

-MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Professional)………………….…………………………..….…2004

-OTA Professional Stock Trader ………………………………….…………………..……….………2006

-In-TAC (Ottawa, Canada) _ Certified as a Canadian Workplace for Accounting Professionals….2017

 

–          CFA –  “enrollment in progress.”

 

SOFTWARES
–          Oracle Financial(AP,AR, CM,FA,INV, Medical Billing, &Purchasing)

–          Microsoft Dynamic

–          Scala ERP Solution

–          QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor (Certificate #123-145-733-045-744)

–          Sage 50 professional user.

–          Microsoft SQL and Oracle PL-SQL Database user

–          MS. Access Professional user

–          MS. Excel Expert level

–          Cognos

–          MS. Visio Strong Knowledge

–          Microsoft BI, and BI desktop