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Ahmed Refaey -CMA- CFC

Finance Manager

Hilights Group

Location:
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education:
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience:
15 years, 7 months

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Total Years of Experience:  15 Years, 7 Months   

August 2020 To Present

Finance Manager

at Hilights Group
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Job duties: -
- Provide leadership to finance and accounting areas of the organization;
- Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy, provide guidance, and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results;
- Maintain system of accounts and keep books and records on all transactions and assets;
- Prepare and analyze accurate monthly financial and management reports, including income statement, balance sheet, budget and variance, projections and forecast, and cash flow;
- Perform month-end closing procedures, including overhead allocations, account reconciliations, and updating schedules;
- Recommend and report upon benchmarks against which to measure organizational performance;
- Leading the production of cash flow reports, annual budget, and forecasts;
- Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management;
- Provide financial analysis and models as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations;
- Leading the annual audit process;
- Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures for the company;
- Prepare the monthly Withholding taxes report, Annual Withholding tax report, and submit it to the related authorities;
- Prepare the monthly VAT (Value Added Tax) report, and submit it to the related authorities;
- Prepare the annual income tax and Zakat report, and submit it on time to the related authorities; and
- Responsible for the management and responding of the VAT, Zakat, Withholding Tax, and income tax explanations which the company receives from the Authorities.
September 2019 To July 2020

Finance Manager

at Ikar Trading Co.,
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
- Provide leadership to finance and accounting areas of the organization;
- Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy, provide guidance, and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results;
- Maintain system of accounts and keep books and records on all transactions and assets;
- Prepare and analyze accurate monthly financial and management reports, including income statement, balance sheet, budget and variance, projections and forecast, and cash flow;
- Perform month-end closing procedures, including overhead allocations, account reconciliations, and updating schedules;
- Recommend and report upon benchmarks against which to measure organizational performance;
- Leading the production of cash flow reports, annual budget, and forecasts;
- Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management;
- Provide financial analysis and models as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations;
- Leading the annual audit process; and
- Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures for the company.
- Preparing monthly VAT (Value Added Tax) reports;
February 2016 To August 2018

Section Head

at Abdullah Al-Othaim for Investment.
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
- Timely completion of monthly close process including preparation of journal entries, accounts reconciliation, and preparing supporting schedules;
- Verifying that sufficient documentation exists for all general accounting procedures and processes;
- Responsible for following-up fixed assets books, physical counts, additions, depreciation, and disposals, and, making sure that it’s all in accordance with the firm’s policy;
- Following-up inventories books (including all transactions and physical counts);
- Assisting in any suggestions for the continually modification for the internal policy;
- Avoiding legal challenges by complying with legal requirements;
- Coordinating and providing support to external auditors;
- Reconciling intercompany accounts before the deadline;
- Performing variance analysis and identifying anomalies, then report it to the management;
- Completing relevant management reports for submission on a timely basis;
- Preparing monthly financial reports;
- Assisting in developing and implementing new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the financial department and the company as a whole, and
- Assisting in annual Budget’s preparation.
- Coordinating with the external auditors in conducting their tasks.
November 2010 To January 2016

Senior Accountant

at Al-Haqbani for Development and Investment
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
- Plan, assign and review staff’s work;
- Prepare monthly Banks reconciliations;
- Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries;
- Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information;
- Summarizes financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements based on quarterly periods; and
- Determine and analyze the variances between budgeted and actual performance and report the results to the financial manager.
July 2008 To October 2010

General Accountant

at United Telecommunication Services.
Location : Egypt - Cairo
- Preparing Customers’ monthly claims, following-up the customers’ accounts in the company; and
- Prepare monthly Banks reconciliations.

Education

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May 2008

Bachelor's degree, Accounting

at Ain Shams University
Location : Egypt - Cairo
Graduated from faculty of commerce from Ain-Shams University, With (Fair) Grade, Accounting Section (Mai 2008).

Specialties & Skills

Effective Communication skills, Presentation, Time Management skills, Negotiations, Business, R

Accounting

Cost Accounting

Financial Reporting

Financial Analysis

Languages

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English

Expert

Memberships

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Organization : نقابة التجاريين
Membership/Role : عضو
Member since : November 2008
Organization : IMA (Institute of Management Accountants)
Membership/Role : Member
Member since : January 2015

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Office Package ( Training )

ISI (Information Systems Inistitute)
May 2007

English Language ( Training )

Ministry Of Defines Language Institute
July 2007

Risk and Internal Controls in light of COSO Framework ( Training )

IMA (Institute of Management Accountants)
September 2015 (2 hours)

CMA (Certified Management Accountant) - No: 59325 ( Certificate )

Issued in: February 2018

Soft Skills ( Certificate )

Issued in: August 2008

Hobbies and Interests

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Playing Football, Watching Tennis matches, Swimming, and reading in my field and history.

Was a tribute from Vodafone and Egyptian Football Association program in the best talents of the students of Preparatory phase at the level of the entire country.

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