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Abobakr Mahmoud, Regional Senior Accountant – North Africa & Levant

Abobakr Mahmoud

Regional Senior Accountant – North Africa & Levant·MAGRABI RETAIL - Corporate Office

Egypt

Bachelor's degree, Faculty Of commerce (Accounting major) - Grade: Very good

Work experience

Total years of experience: 19 years, 4 months

Regional Senior Accountant – North Africa & Levant

November 2010 - Present

MAGRABI RETAIL - Corporate Office

Cairo, Egypt

November 2010 - Present

Job Responsibilities

General accounting responsibilities

•Prepare accurate and timely financial reports and statements and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures.
•Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.
•Prepare profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost Center reports.
•Preparation of monthly, quarterly and year end closing activities.
•Prepares monthly closing accounts including GL journal entries.
•Prepare periodic financial/management reports.
•Prepare account reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
•Ensure financial reporting deadlines are met.
•Intercompany billings to foreign subsidiaries.
•Prepare audit schedules for yearly and government audits.

Tax responsibilities

•Ensure that the company records are in compliance with local laws and regulations including corporate tax, salary tax, stamp duty tax, and local & offshore withholding tax.
•Provide tax treatment for various types of tax according to the local tax laws and regulations for different types of activities performed by the company.
•Handling the tax inspection process for various types of tax including all procedures for the inspection process.
•Provide tax consultant with the required reports and analysis to Prepare the following:
A.Tax returns as well as their periodic amendments including corporate tax returns.
B.Payroll tax returns.
C.Withholding tax forms.
D.Sales tax.
E.Stamp tax.
F.VAT (Lebanon)

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

GL Accountant

April 2009 - October 2010

MAGRABI RETAIL - Corporate Office

Cairo, Egypt

April 2009 - October 2010

Job Responsibilities

•Handling all the Company’s Payable. (Foreign & local)
•Handling inter-company operations with sister companies in Egypt and other regions.
•Review and maintain the vendors & Sister companies aging.
•Record the expenses, payments, inventory items journals in the accounting software.
•Prepare the sales tax statement.
•Prepare & record the accrual & adjustments journal entries.
•Prepare the journal entries to record the inventory items & company's Expenses.
•Responsible for recording all of the fixed assets Additions journals.
•Receive all the purchase orders, invoices, review them to be sure that all of the invoices match the purchase orders & it was not paid before to avoid any duplication.
•Prepare the payment vouchers to pay for the suppliers, subcontractors & for service contracts.
•Establish good relation with the suppliers.
•Prepare the company's withheld tax statement (Form 41).
•Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
•Responsible for preparing bank reconciliation reporting.
•Responsible for fixed asset registration (i.e. creation - acquisition - capitalization).

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

AR Accountant

January 2008 - March 2009

United Investment Group (UNIVEST)

Cairo, Egypt

January 2008 - March 2009

Job Responsibilities

•Responsible for preparing sales reports on the level of customer, product and sales persons.
•Responsible for preparing AR aging reports.
•Responsible for Preparing customer advance reports.
•Responsible for preparing customer accounts reconciliation.
•Responsible for Identification job order with permission of delivery with price list to issue the sales invoice.
•Responsible for Issuance of sales invoices.

Company industry:
Heavy Industry & Metallurgy
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

GL Accountant

February 2007 - December 2007

EL Sewedy steel

Cairo, Egypt

February 2007 - December 2007

Job Responsibilities

•Responsible for registering in the American journal register books.
•Responsible for registering in the book of taxation.
•Responsible for registering withholding tax (form 41).
•Responsible for preparing sales analysis reports.
•Responsible for Issuance of letters of guarantee and credits.
•Responsible for preparing daily entries that related to daily banks operation.
•Responsible for preparing bank reconciliation reporting.

Company industry:
Heavy Industry & Metallurgy
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Cairo University

May 2006

May 2006

Bachelor's degree, Faculty Of commerce (Accounting major) - Grade: Very good

Egypt

GPA (percentage): 81%

GPA (percentage): 81%

Skills

Financials
Expert
Financials
Expert
sap fico
Expert
sap fico
Expert
Tax Accounting
Expert
Tax Accounting
Expert
Account Reconciliation
Expert
Account Reconciliation
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Microsoft office
Expert
Microsoft office
Expert
SAP ( ERP System )
Expert
SAP ( ERP System )
Expert
Willing to work hard and learn more
Expert
Willing to work hard and learn more
Expert
Ability to work effectively in teams and provide support to other department members
Expert
Ability to work effectively in teams and provide support to other department members
Expert
Financials
Expert
Financials
Expert
sap fico
Expert
sap fico
Expert
Tax Accounting
Expert
Tax Accounting
Expert
Account Reconciliation
Expert
Account Reconciliation
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert

Languages

English

Intermediate

German

Beginner

Arabic

Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
Presentation skills
logic-consulting
Oct 2012
Problem solving
American Chamber of Commerce
Jun 2014
Communication Skills
logic-consulting
Sep 2011
Personal effectiveness
Quest
Nov 2014