Mohammed Shabur

Manage recruitment, onboarding, and staff contracts Maintain employee records and HR documentation Process payroll, benefits, and leave administration

HR/Finance Manager - Ashor Foundation for Relief and Development

(2025-02)

• Manage recruitment, onboarding, and staff contracts
• Maintain employee records and HR documentation
• Process payroll, benefits, and leave administration
• Support staff performance management and training
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and NGO HR policies
• Prepare and monitor budgets and cash flow
• Maintain accounting records and financial documentation
• Process payments and reconcile bank accounts
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports
• Ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial policies
• Coordinate internal and external audits
• Maintain effective internal controls and risk management
• Oversee procurement and asset management
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations and statutory requirements
• Liaise with donors, banks, auditors, and government authorities
• Supervise HR and finance staff
• Support project managers with budget planning and grant reporting
• Monitor financial performance and recommend improvements
• Develop and implement HR and finance procedures
• Provide regular reports to senior management on HR and financial performance

Country Finance Officer - Handicap International - Iraq, Erbil

(2023-08 - 2024-12)

• Participates in the construction and adjustment of budgets with the budget holders
• Provides budget holders with regular budget monitoring reports and assists them in the use of tools
• Produces and updates resource allocation tables (human, logistical, etc.)
• Integrates budget adjustments into the budget monitoring tools and enters cost-accounting modifications into the Financial Information System (FIS)
• Contributes towards optimizing the use of HI's own funds
• Adheres to the deadlines in HI's financial calendar
• Consolidate cash flow needs within his or her area of responsibility
• Prepares responses to questions from internal and external auditors
• Participation in preparing funding proposals for institutional donors
• Ensures that donor obligations are realistic and compatible with HI procedures
• Informs budget holders of institutional donors' financial rules and verify their application
• Verifies funding expenditure monitoring and provides budget holders with donor budget monitoring reports
• Produces financial reports for institutional donors in conformity with donor guidelines
• Enters information concerning donor contracts into donor budgets, cost-accounting and budget modifications, schedules, reports, etc.

Finance & Accountancy Officer - Handicap International - Iraq, Kirkuk

(2020-09 - 2023-06)

• Update the budget Rolling forecast Tool monthly and share it with Budget holders
• Check & challenge Budget forecasts with Budget Holders and answer questions if needed
• Ensure that planned expenses match contract's dates
• Train and support all budget holders with the management and updating of their RFs
• Liaise with all the departments to fill the Proposal design tool of the budget requested most smartly
• Participate in the preparation of the PD tool with an established strategy and guidelines from the donor
• To support upon request financial reporting
• Signal to coordination and Area manager any underspent or overspent issues related to the RFs and suggest solutions
• Ensure the implementation of the cash management policy (CMP) at the base level
• Authorize cash advances for all departments according to the cash management policy
• Organize cash withdrawals from the bank and exchange of money if needed according to the cash management policy
• Follow up with the local branch of the bank regarding any issues
• Register all the expenditures in NAVISION Accountancy Software
• Reconcile books (Safe book/Cashbook for each account) on a daily& weekly basis as per CMP

Finance Officer - Blumont INC. - Iraq, Erbil

(2020-05 - 2020-08)

• Recording and entering all Payments received from Basis to System
• Custodian of Erbil Petty cash in both IQD/ USD and maintain balance sheets and booking balance
• Following all cash transferring of fund requests and issuing cheques
• Following bank issues providing bank statements and reconciling bank statements
• Manage and monitor cash flow for all funds
• Monitor all outstanding advances disbursed into the program and support team
• Establish and maintain cash controls
• Make timely disbursements of cash for casual staff salary payments
• Maintain the purchase order system - Archiving the finance documents

Finance Assistant - Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) - Iraq, Erbil

(2019-12 - 2020-04)

• Process and prepare financial and business forms to check account balances, facilitate purchases, etc.
• Proceed for the salaries, program payments, Advances...Etc.
• Create, send, and follow up on invoices
• Collect and enter data for various financial spreadsheets
• Review and audit financial statements and reports, ensure all calculations and data entries are correct
• Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified by conversing with employees and/or clients
• Collect information for and prepare payroll payments for employees
• Answers questions and assists stakeholders, customers, and clients as needed

Administrative & Finance Officer - Médecins du Monde (MDM-France) - Iraq, Kirkuk

(2016-08 - 2019-12)

• Manage the safe and the petty cash journals
• Make and follow up the pay-outs and advances, within established guidelines
• Prepare biweekly/monthly cash requests to Erbil
• Reconcile the accountancy with physical cash in the base and perform weekly cashbox checks under the supervision of the Field Co.
• Participate in the consolidation of budget follow-ups and cash forecasts at the base level
• Participate in the preparation of new proposals concerning financial matters (budget construction, gathering of prices and needs for support costs)
• Record all expenses in MDM accountancy's software SAGA daily
• Prepare monthly closing, revision, and integrity of accounts for the base
• Issue vouchers, and properly archive the invoices and Saga vouchers in dedicated files
• Prepare the bank reconciliation at the end of each month
• Prepare the weekly forecast of the base - Prepare the cheque payment
• Supervise, manage, and train the HR Assistant
• Support the HR Assistant in the management and updating of HR databases and personal files monthly
• Support the HR Assistant in the preparation of the monthly payroll

Administrative & Finance Assistant - Médecins du Monde (MDM-France) - Iraq, Kirkuk

(2015-07 - 2016-08)

• Day-to-day accountancy through the SAGA software by the accountancy and budgetary framework
• Responsible for reconciliation of accounting with physical cash on the base
• Control of receipts and invoices, update of cash/bank journals and balances, weekly check of the cashbox
• Estimation of the base's weekly needs for funds and submission of transfer request to Erbil
• Update of HR Payroll Database
• Manage all types of cash advances in the base
• Following up the recruitment process and preparing the recruitment requests
• Ensure the respect of MdM HR policies
• Perform general human resources functions, including staff recruitment, contract preparations, staff leaves/attendance, and timesheet tracking

Site Engineer - Galiyawa Group - Erbil, Iraq

(2015-01 - 2015-05)

• Ensure work is completed according to drawings and specifications
• Monitor project progress and maintain quality standards
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, and project teams
• Enforce health, safety, and environmental regulations
• Prepare site reports, progress updates, and documentation
• Resolve technical issues and provide engineering support
• Manage labor, equipment, and material usage efficiently
• Assist with project scheduling and timely project completion

Bachelor's Degree - Civil Engineering - ISHIK University (2014) Erbil, Iraq