Asghar Ali, general accountant, Crowne Plaza Doha – The Business Park
ABOUT ASGHAR
Ali has started his first job as a finance trainee at InterContinental Al Ain in November 2009 where in one year he was promoted twice, first to night auditor then to income auditor in October 2010 before continuing his growth at Crowne Plaza Doha - The Business Park in June 2012 as a general accountant.
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WHY WAS HE NOMINATED?
During an emergency vacation of the general cashier/cost controller, Ali championed to cover his position while he was a night auditor at the time. Ali was also assigned the task to see through the implementation of all the finance related systems such as Opera (Front Office), Micros (Restaurants), FMC (Purchasing, Stores, Receiving, Costing), Sun Financials (Financial Accounting) & Civilsoft (HR. He also rose to the occasion when the assistant finance & business support manager decided to leave the hotel at a very short notice in December 2012 and although Ali was not experienced or ready, he managed to complete the year-end closing, the year end audit and acted as the No 2 of the finance department for 7 months.
WHAT DID HIS TEAM SAY?
A selection of the recognition cards from inside and outside his department, including from his line manager for his exceptional performance and acts: “Helped in moving the finance office at a very short notice as the old finance needed to be converted into a hair salon - Exerted great efforts in cashiering and financials of a DJ event where he was on duty from morning until 4 AM. - Covered for colleagues when on vacation such as paymaster. - Participated in charity event / shelter in storm program. - Maintained positive attitude while handling multiple tasks assigned to him. - Participated effectively in the first external audit. - Managed year end closing without Assistant Finance & Business Support Manager. - Organized the first departmental outing.”
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