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Finance Department

Administration
  Finance
  Human Resources Management (HRM)
  Hospital Administration

Finance Department is one of core units directly and indirectly involved in providing best possible patient care in the hospital. Financial planning, management, disbursement, reporting and submission for replenishment are channeled through Finance Department. A non-profit organization and 100% funded by the Saudi Arabian Government under the direct supervision of Ministry of Defense and Aviation, hospital Finance Department is committed to the efficient management of Government fiscal resources in accordance with Government procurement and other financial rules and regulations.

The department has a multi-national workforce of 25 individuals. Since becoming "self-managed" in July 1998, the department is divided into seven (7) divisions under the Finance Director (Administration).

Each division is supervised by divisional supervisors,who are responsible for the complete day-to-day management and reporting toDirector of Finance. Department is open for business from 7:30AM to 5:00PM, from Saturday to Wednesday.

SERVICES

Payroll
All Fiscal compensation and related matters of circa 2000 employees of the hospital are handled by this division. Currently manned by seven (7) staff members of whom three (3) 42.85% are Saudi nationals. Almost 90% of the regular payroll processing is automated with an average of 85.8% of employee earnings are electronically remitted to their individual bank (ATM) accounts. Holiday/Vacation advance payments and terminations are manually processed individual case-to-case basis, to ensure accuracy and collaterally incorporated in the regular monthly payroll processing. Division is responsible for keeping all hard copies of payroll related documents in addition in the electronic media. All employee earnings and data are treated as confidential and accessible by authorized personnel only.

Document Control & Payroll
All procurement documents from more than 1200 registered suppliers are routed through this division for submission to Government for direct funding or processing payment as applicable. The division is responsible for the receiving, validating, data entry, processing and submission of approximate 7500-8000 Purchase Orders per year in strict compliance with the Government Procurement Policies and Guidelines. Independently handles all data entry and responsible for the management of two (2) databases by six (6) staff members. Reports and Schedules are produced in bi-lingual ( Arabic and English) format. A significant feature of the division is that a single database is manipulated to generate and maintain variety of reports/records on procurement, payables, tracking, billings to the Government, Budget utilization, Vendor/Supplier Account statements and history, selected automated translation into Arabic, regular reports etc, etc.

Budget and Planning
All financial planning, control and utilization figures are coordinated and consilated by this division. Currently manned by two (2) individuals and 100% automated with direct reporting to Director of Finance.

General Ledger and Systems Accounting
Responsible for all funding related issues of the Program. Handles but not limited to, fund requests, disbursements and reporting to Director of Finance on related issues. Division also handles fiscal portion of the ticketing requirements of the Program and staffed by three (3) individuals.

Data Processing Section
This division handles and "refines" semi-processed data for presentation and generating reports by developing, modifying and/or utilizing in-house software. They are also responsible for developing in-house software and programming for specific reports and back-up / storage of data in electronic format. Currently manned by two(2) staff members.

Cashier
Handles all cash transactions of the Program. This includes consolidation of cash collections at various points in the Program (i.e. Cafeterias, Snack Bar, Recreation, Communication etc, etc.) and directing those collections to the bank. Reporting directly to Director of Finance, the division has two (2) staff members.

GOSI
Responsible for record keeping and provision of data on earnings that are subject to GOSI contribution, Government relation and other related issues of Saudi employees of the Program who are covered by occupational hazard insurance scheme of General Organization for Social Insurance. Reporting directly to the Director of Finance, the division has one (1) employee.

Department Mission
Committed not only to provide fiscal resources but also the management of such resources efficiently in strict compliance and accordance with the government regulations. So that the fiscal resources are utilized to their fullest potent for providing world class patient care at North West Armed Forces Hospital Program.