Abdelrahman Gamal

Being as an Assistant Finance Manager at Sharaf DG Egypt i am playing a vital role in improving and maintaining the financial standing, determining financial strategy and policy, arranging the appropriate funding and managing financial risks in the organization.

Essential Functions:

o Managing daily cash balances;
o Controlling income, margin and expenditure;
o Manage the preparation of the company's budget;
o Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances;
o Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction;
o Ensuring that cash flows are adequate to allow business units to operate effectively;
o Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow;
o Maintain banking relationships and negotiating loans and merchant services for business units;
o Maintaining our accounts system;
o Preparing and presenting financial reports for meetings;
o Working with business heads to prepare budgets and track profit / loss performance by business unit and on consolidated basis;
o Creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge;
o Liaising with other departments and business units on a range of issues;
o Providing advice on financial matters impacting on the company as a whole;
o Taking responsibility for, and supervising the work of, more junior members of staff;
o Preparing financial reports and submissions to relevant entities;
o Arranging financial audits and reviews as required;
o Banking money and cheques received and issuing receipts as requested or needed;
o Maintaining and transferring money between bank accounts as required;
o Payment of invoices and fees as required or otherwise instructed;
o Manage payroll and MPF matters for Company, business units and subsidiaries;
o Complete tax filings and dealing with matters relating to the tax authorities;
o Maintain company stranded operating procedures that impose an adequate level of control over finance department activities;

As an Accounting Manager i was responsible for the management and control of a functional accounting area including monitoring the board approved budget, ensuring integrity of financial analysis and reporting financial results to upper management.

Essential Functions:

o Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring and enforcing policies and procedures.
o Maintains accounting controls by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal control procedures to ensure compliance.
o Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting and reporting financial data to upper management.
o Increases employee's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training; communicates job expectations, values, strategies and objectives; coaches, counsels and disciplines employees; plan, monitor and appraise job results; foster a climate conducive for offering information and opinions; provides educational opportunities.
o Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
o Complies with state and local legal requirements by studying and reviewing existing and new laws; auditing and enforcing adherence to requirements; rendering opinions; advising management on needed actions.
o Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
o Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

As a Senior Accounting Specialist i was responsible for assisting with the day to day accounting needs of the company.

Essential Functions:

o All Accounting aspects which include Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Financial Reporting.
o Working on fixed assets (creation, add, split, transfer and disposal) and review depreciation calculation.
o Petty cash reconciliation for all shops, departments and head office.
o Prepare journal entries and adjustments.
o Resolve accounting discrepancies.
o Prepare monthly billings for fund reimbursements.
o Prepare tax reports which include sales tax, withholding tax, employees tax and stamp tax reports.
o Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
o Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions.
o Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.
o Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
o Explain billing invoices and accounting policies & procedures to new staff.
o Responsible for prepayments and accruals of group including all financials adjustment entries.
o Monitor and review sales reconciliations for group.
o Monitor and review banks reconciliations for group.
o Interact with internal and external auditor in completing statutory audit.
o Inter-company processes and transactions.
o Other duties as assigned handling/supervising the execution of tasks and responsibilities.

As an Accounting Specialist i was willing to provide accounting support to major financial accounting areas, including the accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger accounting, and account reconciliation.

Essential Functions:

o Assist accountant and investigate all issues for account receivables and payables.
o Administer all complex data entries and journals for cost accounting and make appropriate corrections and adjustment as required.
o Perform audit on all purchase orders and invoices and manage requisition vouchers.
o Administer and process all transactions for vouchers and maintain invoices for ledgers and reconcile all financial statements.
o Analyze all accounting processes and make appropriate correction as required.
o Manage and process all bills and invoices for payment and prepared accounts on a monthly basis.
o Manage all overdue accounts and identify all risk accounts and ensure timely collection of same.
o Monitor all credit card disputes and prepare all appropriate bills and statements to clients.
o Administer credit card statements, reconcile all of it and identify any discrepancies in same.
o Manage cash and check deposits for banks on an everyday basis.
o Coordinate with vendors and prepare documents for all credits and backorders.
o Assist various departments and processing all closing of accounts.
o Develop and manage all financial statements and ensure confidentiality of all information.
o Manage all data, administer appropriate coding and update information on processing system.
o Analyze all accounting requirements and distribute all mails to account department appropriately.

As a Junior Accounting Specialist i was responsible for proper book keeping in order to support the effective provision of high quality accounting services across the business.

Essential Functions:

o Process ledger and booking entries according to stated procedures so that all transactions are recorded in a timely and accurate manner.
o Identify, investigate and rectify routine errors and anomalies in input data in order to ensure accuracy of financial information.
o Analyze ledgers and accounts to allow the reconciliation of financial data according to stated schedules so that the company remains aware of its financial position on an ongoing basis and statutory reports can be produced within legislative time limits.
o Monitor accounting procedural compliance by subordinates and employees in order to ensure that all systems are adhered to
o Report major problems and areas of non-compliance to the hierarchy in order to ensure that a high level of accounting management and control is maintained and that issues are resolved in a timely manner.

As an Audit Associate i was responsible for learning and applying technical skills and working as part of a team carrying out audit tasks under close supervision of Audit Seniors and Audit Managers.

Essential Functions:

o Actively develops technical skills on the job and through formal training.
o Builds strong working relationships with clients.
o Effectively documents work.
o Identifies and communicates engagement issues as well as engagement progress in a timely and organized manner.
o Assists in developing new business proposals, budgets and fee quotes.
o Works as an effective team member to complete project components and assigned tasks, including:

• Completing segments of audits, compilations and reviews.
• Assisting with the preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures and management letter comments.
• Assisting with engagement administration including audit programs, budgets and engagement letters.