Finance, Costing & ERP implementation projects Consultant
Freelancer
Total years of experience :36 years, 0 Months
Freelancer, Feb 2016 - present
Finance, Costing & ERP implementation projects Consultant
Currently, I am working as Finance, Costing & ERP implementation projects Consultant as a freelancer.
Based on my great Finance and costing and ERP's experiences, I am doing several consultations for Finance & costing for several companies including my previous employer Asfour Crystal, in addition, I am working as project manager for ERP implementation project at my previous employer too Asfour Crystal.
My current working status is Part-time.
Achievements:
Implementing Next ERP (Open Source ERP) on one of Asfour Crystal companies, and planning to proceed on the whole group
The group is one of the biggest worldwide companies on the field of cement manufacturing, trading and related products munfacturing like ready mix, Breaks & Blocks. It’s head office in Cairo, Egypt with trading company, and ready mix factory, also, the group has trading company in Dubai. In Mozambique the company have three companies, the first is cement manufacturing company, the other is cement trading company and the third is is logistic company with a big fleet of trucks mainly serving the other two companies. Under process to have also another two companies in Mozambique, one for ready mix and the other for breaks and blocks.
Achievements:
Building full finance and administration systems and processes from scratch.
Building a correct reporting system for the group.
Building Cash flow tracking system for future expectations.
Managing the issuance and creation of the new companies.
Arranging the required finance for all the projects in several countries based on the requirements of each company whether it is project finance of working capital finance with all different financial tools.
Re-structuring the Financial sector with dramatic changes to achieve one of the major strategic objectives of the company to improve the quality of the products fron the financial sector.
Improving the accuracy of the financial statements through automating some processes.
Contracting for the implementation of an ERP system for the whole group and starting the implementation process.
Bundling the HR department from scratch.
Responsibilities:
Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, real estate, and conservation of assets.
Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions and departments.
Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.
Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management information systems for the company.
Ensure compliance with local budgetary reporting requirements.
Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions.
Work with department managers and corporate staff to develop five year and ten year business plans for the company.
Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department's goals and objectives.
Serve on planning and policy-making committees.
Serve as primary legislative liaison relative to company financial issues.
Oversee financial management of foreign operations to include developing financial and budget policies and procedures.
Direct financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements.
Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, and account maintenance and data entry.
Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports.
Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards.
Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems.
Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyze financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas.
Responsible to manage and control the HR, Personal and Administration affairs departments
Asfour Crystal S.A.E., June 2013 - Present
Chief Financial Officer - CFO
The organization is the biggest worldwide Designer & manufacturer of High quality chandeliers crystal parts (Trimmings), Crystal Fashion components (used as decorative components in jewelry & fashion industries), lighting Collection (Chandeliers, Wall Brackets, Plafoniers, Table lamps, Floor Lamps, Lanterns and spotlights with crystal ornaments ) Also special designed chandeliers of various sizes and models, Crystal figurines and 3d laser Gifts, Imitated jewelry & all its machinery & equipment required for the production line. Its manpower reaches 32000 employee, More than 95% of its sales are export to the whole world. Its competitive advantage the cost leadership worldwide.
Achievements:
Building Cash flow tracking system for future expectations.
Starting the Banking finance on Asfour as previously Asfour was fully self-financed.
Starts Sale and Lease back process as a finance tool.
Re-structuring the Financial sector with dramatic changes to achieve one of the major strategic objectives of the company to reduce the administrative costs.
Improving the accuracy of the financial statements throuch automating some processes.
Responsibilities:
Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, real estate, and conservation of assets.
Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions and departments.
Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.
Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management information systems for the company.
Ensure compliance with local budgetary reporting requirements.
Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions.
Work with department managers and corporate staff to develop five year and ten year business plans for the company.
Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department's goals and objectives.
Serve on planning and policy-making committees.
Serve as primary legislative liaison relative to company financial issues.
Oversee financial management of foreign operations to include developing financial and budget policies and procedures.
Direct financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements.
Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, and account maintenance and data entry.
Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports.
Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards.
Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
Ensure records systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems.
Assist in obtaining the necessary licenses and insurance required to start a business.
Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyze financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas.
Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
Oversee financial management of foreign operations to include developing financial and budget policies and procedures.
The organization is the biggest worldwide Designer & manufacturer of High quality chandeliers crystal parts (Trimmings), Crystal Fashion components (used as decorative components in jewelry & fashion industries), lighting Collection (Chandeliers, Wall Brackets, Plafoniers, Table lamps, Floor Lamps, Lanterns and spotlights with crystal ornaments ) Also special designed chandeliers of various sizes and models, Crystal figurines and 3d laser Gifts, Imitated jewelry & all its machinery & equipment required for the production line. Its manpower reaches 32000 employee, More than 95% of its sales are export to the whole world. Its competitive advantage the cost leadership worldwide.
Achievements:
Build strong reporting system.
Great communication for such reports whether on costing or budgeting to all levels reaching the line supervisors.
Great support for decision making.
Improve the productivity and the production costs using the detailed analysis costing reports.
Building new software for facilitate the departments efficiency.
Huge increase on the costing awareness among the whole company.
Responsibilities:
Perform and supervise month-end cost accounting duties
Perform and supervise month-end Budgets reports & duties
Challenge cost, yield and usage standards
Accurately and properly value production and inventory in accordance with company policies, IFRS and local accounting standards
Recommend and establish basis of cost allocation across plants, subsidiaries and different products
Set product standard costs, analyzing changes, ensuring standard costs are reasonable and competitive
Analyze, monitor and prepare commentaries on production and purchase price variances, incorporating significant events / variances into the Accounting System
Ensure accurate cost data generated by the enterprise resource planning system (ERP).
The organization is the pioneer Electrometer Designer & manufacturer in Egypt & Middle East, has in addition to the Egyptian factory 7 other factories worldwide, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Mexico, India & Czech Republic in addition to commercial branch in China. It considered one of the greatest player in Africa, More than 90% of its sales are export to the different countries including its factories worldwide and other countries as well.
Achievements:
Build Complete Accounting, Costing, Cash flow procedures and regulations.
Build the company’s rules and regulations & financial rights and responsibilities.
Implement JD-Edward ERP system, during the implementation process, implements small accounting system to serve till the final implementation of the ERP (Peachtree).
Build the controls and asset safeguard process and procedures.
Build very wide banking network, and the ability to gain a very competitive pricing for the credit facilities and open several new credit facilities with more than 6 banks.
Being in the process of IPO & PE as a buyer and seller for three times.
Responsibilities:
Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, real estate, and conservation of assets.
Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions and departments.
Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.
Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management information systems for the company.
Ensure compliance with local budgetary reporting requirements.
Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions.
Work with department managers and corporate staff to develop five year and ten year business plans for the company.
IDACO is the pioneer wiring harness manufacturer in Egypt and middle east located in 6th October city supplying to most of automotive manufacturer in Egypt, also supplying to domestic appliances manufacturer too. They are also on of only four companies on the automotive feeding industry in general approved by WV Germany, and the only company starting supplying WV.
Achievements:
Build Complete Accounting, Costing, Cash flow procedures and regulations from scratch.
Implement ORACLE ERP system in complete including MRP. Before ORACLE implement MAPICS ERP under AS400 environment.
Build complete system to control the cost of imported material and logistics.
Responsibilities:
Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, real estate, and conservation of assets.
Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.
Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management information systems for the company.
Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department's goals and objectives.
Serve on planning and policy-making committees.
Serve as primary legislative liaison relative to company financial issues.
Oversee financial management of foreign operations to include developing financial and budget policies and procedures.
Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, and account maintenance and data entry.
Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports.
Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
Arab Saudi Co. for Poultry Production, located in Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on of the companies emerging from Arab Co. for Livestock Development (ACOLID), emerging from The League of Arab States. This company was producing poultry starting from mothers, hatchery, meet farms, slaughter house, feed factory, frozen and chilled stores.
Achievements:
Smoothen all raw material, components, machinery and equipments including one-day-old live checks flow and on time delivery without any single problem or demurrages for all my working period (about 6 years).
Implement the accounting system from scratch and responsible for any technical or reporting issue.
Supervising and administrate the network system, it was Novel at that time.
Programmer for small programs like payroll, time attendance, and others. (In COBOL language at that time).
Responsibilities:
L/C department executive.
The head of the purchasing committee.
Dealing with all import suppliers starting from request of quotation, negotiations, technical verifications, till placing orders.
Following-up all financial issues related to opening the required L/C’s and any other payment methods and following all required documentations.
Following-up with the suppliers to ensure on time delivery.
Following-up with the logistic and clearing company to ensure on time clearing to avoid any demurrages.
Prepare all accounting entries and transactions related to purchases and identify the cost of each item and component purchased.
Implementing the accounting system and supervise the system and reporting.
Member of the closing committee responsible for preparing all financial reports (interim and annual).
Network administrator, it was Novel at that time.
Programmer for small programs.
ZAS airline of Egypt was the first privet sector airline company in Egypt, it was started as cargo airline at first and then expanded to become passenger airline too. It was have about ten stations on different countries worldwide, in USA, Europe, Asia & Africa. It was have many regular scheduled flights and also charter flights.
Achievements:
Preparing all financial statements and reporting for about 5 stations from entry preparation, booking, trial balances & analysis, Balance sheet and income statements, … etc.
Being main member in the consolidation committee responsible for the preparation of all consolidated financial statements and reports for the company as whole.
The financial representative of the company in front of BSP & IATA.
Preparing the financial reports for the joint venture between ZAS airline and Sudan airlines, by calculating the dues of each company based on prorate of the tickets was served between the both companies.
Responsibilities:
Accounting and book keeping for five foreign stations.
Preparing all financial reports and statements for these stations..
Member on the consolidation committee of all financial reports and statements of the company as a whole.
Preparing all the analysis required and insure the correctness of the payable and receivable balance to safeguard the company’s assets.
This was an external audit and accounting office, it was small office at that time, that’s why I was responsible for several customers accounting system from scratch starting from collecting all related documents, preparing the related accounting entries till we reach all the financial reports and statements and the tax reports, and finalizing all tax audits with the tax authorities. I was also auditor for some other customers who were preparing their financial statements.
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Commerce, Egypt Doctorate's Degree in Business Administration – DBA, Major: Global Management Recently under process Expected (March) 2016
ESLSCA University, France, Egypt branch, Egypt Master’s Degree in International Business Administration – MIBA, Major: Global Management (January) 2012
CMA Certified CMA (Certified Management Accountant) Revised System
1984 – 87 BSc. in Commerce (Major Accounting), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1987.
1986 – 87 Graduated from three courses in Applied Accounting from “A.U.C.” the American University in Cairo with final grade “A” score 100%.
1971 – 83 Graduated from language school “As-Salam College”
1984 Up to date Several training courses on several aspects as per the attached appendix No. 1 (Other Education/Qualifications). Appendix No. 1 Other Education/Qualifications 2010: Graduated from LEP (Logic Executive Program) LEP 10 2009: Six sigma green belt course. 2002 I achieved the grade 507 on TOEFL test. 1997 – Up to date I had several training courses as follows:- • How to deal with the Unified Tax Law at CAME; • ISO 9002 & QS 9000 Quality System & Quality System Audits at QEG; • Quality System Auditors Qualification at QEG; • Total Quality Management (Tools – Implementation) at QEG; • Export Readiness at the Private Sector Development Programme; • Microsoft Project 98 at ATG Microsoft approved center; • The Export Marketing Program for Egypt At AOTS Japan; • Team Work Skills Development at CAME; • Effective Presentation Skills at American Chamber of Commerce In Egypt; • Effective Meeting Management at CAME; • Developing Innovation Thinking Skills at CAME; • How to Manage R & D Department at CAME; • Developing Sales Negotiation Skills at CAME • Business English & Conversation by Professor Amal A. El-Hadary, BA, MA, MSc, PhD with grade 94% (The first on the class); • Many other Training and Business Trips in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Turkey, France, Sudan, UAE and others. 1986 On English level test, I achieve level 15 from 18 levels with score 77% at “A.U.C.” to apply for the courses of Applied Accounting. 1986 – 87 Graduated from three courses in computer from “AMAC” Al-Ahram Management and Computer Center as follows:- • Introduction to Data Processing Systems - with Distinction. • Programming with COBOL language. • Programming with COBOL language workshop - with Distinction. 1986 Graduated from three courses in computer from the Scientific Mathematics Center - Ain Shams University as follows:- • Introduction to Data Processing systems. • Programming with BASIC language. • Programming with BASIC language workshop.