Hossam Askar, Accounting & Control Manager

Hossam Askar

Accounting & Control Manager

Magrabi Retail

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Finance- Strategic Managment- HR
Experience
15 years, 7 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 7 months

Accounting & Control Manager at Magrabi Retail
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2007 to August 2012

A result oriented, solution-focused Accounting Manager with ten years’ experience of working in Magrabi Retail.
Consistently exceeding organizational objectives within challenging and competitive corporate levels,
Reinvigorating organizational workflows, technologies, policies & procedures, processes and financial systems.
Delivering strong & sustainable financial decision support, internal controls, and efficient workflow yet with
equal expertise in maximizing profits & capturing cost reduction opportunities.

Sales & Cash Audit Manager at Magrabi Retail
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2008 to June 2010

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Accounts Reveivables Section Head at Magrabi Optical
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2002 to December 2007

Responsible about Accounts receivables section
Job Responsibilities:
- Design manual Cash Control System.(this manual system & control sheets upladed to be a build-in reports in sales system )
- Design manal Sales Audit systems .(shared with the IT dept. in design the required sales reports )
-Responsible for Jeddah area (ten branches) from Jan-2002 till May -2002.
-Responsible for Jeddah and Riyadh areas (twenty branches) from May -2002 till May -2003.
-Responsible for All Kingdom Saudi Arabia sales (Fifty branches) from June -2003 till now.
-Responsible for Kingdom Saudi Arabia (Retail & Whole sales) And Lebanon Retail Sales from Jan -2004 till now.
-Review all Financial Accounts for Magrabi Lebanon for distribution as Inter company retail Sales.
-Prepare sales reports for management YTD sales compared with prior years & budget data and show the discrepancies.
-Preparing sales reports using Oracle-discoverer.
-Prepare journal entries in AS400 Accounting System Migrated to Oracle Accounting System.
- Prepare aging report for big customers.
- Review & post all accounts receivable section
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliation.

Responsible for Treasury Section

- Maintain all cash in & cash out (cash management) from manual control sheets.
-Maintain all banks balances day by day.
-Prepare quarter cash flow statement (Actual and budget and prepare variances).
-Using bank on-line inquires.

Accountant at Tasty Foods Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1997 to October 2001

Responsible for Account payable & Expenses
-Foreign Supplier
-Local Supplier
-Making journal entries using Oracle Accounting System(G/L& A/P)
-Handle all expenses& petty cash using chart of accounts
-Prepare landed cost for spare parts from outside.
-Prepare & maintain monthly accrual entries.
-Prepare monthly closing activities)Making Aging for A/P-, Invoices under settlement report........
-Prepare monthly vendor confirmation .
-Maintain & control Inter companies balances & reconciliations

Education

Master's degree, Finance- Strategic Managment- HR
  • at German University In Cairo
  • December 2013
Diploma, Accounting
  • at American University In Cairo
  • January 2002
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Cairo University
  • July 1997

Specialties & Skills

Organizing
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transparent
Meet Dead lines
Well Organized

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

SAP - official Support Center
  • Consultant
  • November 2006

Training and Certifications

Modern Accounting Certificate - MAC (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 1999
Valid Until:
February 2002
Certified SAP Business Consultant (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2006
Valid Until:
December 2006