Ahmed Abdelgawad

• Provide the finance partnership to the Operations team, measuring performance efficiency
and improving the manufacturing operations category profitability.
• Provide financial support to the Operations team for a smooth launch of the business
innovations for all categories (Juice, Milk, Yoghurt, Cheese, Cream, desserts and Imported
products)
• Partnering with the Cl team, providing guidance and support to the Manufacturing
Operations and QPD mining for VE(s), OEP (s), and other efficiencies
• Measure and report the performance of factory output monthly by providing monthly
variances analysis like the LIP and the volume absorption variances.
• Support the different finance functions decision-making by providing an assessment of
Capex requirements and a granular analysis of the SKUs actual cost benchmarking to the
business plans and previous years performance.
• Ensure the SAP system updates accurate product costing by SKU, including standard and
actual costs, with the proper product cost breakdown, including material costs. direct and
indirect labor, and overhead costs
• Provide the category COGS, materials, and MOH budget and forecasts by SKU.
• Assuring all cost details are factored in Assist the Operations Financial Controlling Director
in complying with Beytis and Almarai group policies regarding Manufacturing Operations
by updating and applying related company policies and procedures.

• Lead the budget planning process from operation Finance related to Industrial functions.
• Track and control Industrial spending vs budget
• Recommend the cost savings opportunities per line and share it with plant manager and
operation director.
• Factory performance to be compatible with cost reduction instructions.
• Preparing production losses tracking report
• Maintain cost structure of all products in SAP system.
• Set-up product costing in SAP costing module
• Verify all recipe & packaging BOMs before starting next year budget process.
• Support month - end and year-end closing process
• Evaluate capital projects payback and cost/benefit analysis.
• Monitor and report capital projects spending on regular basis.
• Prepare factory KPIs reports to follow targets achievement as delivered budget.

• Developing financial model across +100 SKUs, 7 Channels & 6 Distributors
• Managing the Top line Revenue with value more than +3 Billion EGP
• Manage commercial distributors model with full scope on targeted revenue &
enhance the cost-plus model.
• Manage the contracts and incentives for KA, Traditional Trade, E-Commerce and Export
• Delivering financial insight to enable sustainable growth while ensuring that internal
controls are always respected.
• Build and validate the monthly accruals on SAP system based on the contracts.
• Performing competition analysis to benchmark commercial activities & paybacks.
• Ensure timely- complete and accurate reporting and financial forecast.

• Managing accounts payable for 4 companies (Danone Dairy, Danone Farm, Halayeb, Nutricia Egypt
Services)
• Handles year-end-closing and monthly AP Review balance sheet & act as the main contact for
internal and external audits respond to all queries related to financial matters.
• Managing intercompany invoices processing and reconciliation are done.
• Timely and accurate reporting to zone schedule deadlines.
• Review the periodic the cluster AP Aging reports to monitor status of payment of invoices KPIs and
plan and execute remediation actions.
• Present to top management AP performance, top weighted suppliers and how to enhance our
services.
• Provide finance training and development to the team.
• Ensure payment run files are generated so that all invoices are paid on time and in full, Manage the
resolution of rejected payments together with Financing & Treasury team.
• Ensure answers to supplier questions on payments status are managed with good quality
relationship and customer orientation.
• Maintain the accuracy of the posting rules and controls of SAP.

• Forecast daily cash requirements and execute daily financing decisions.
• Prepare companys cash flow forecasts and perform financial modeling.
• Manage relationships with financial service providers and monitor bank service fees
and address quality issues.
• Dealing with export documents (Bill of lading, packing list, certificate of origin, and Pro-forma
Invoices).
• Review all documents prior to sending to the bank (Form Four, Transfers, time deposit, )
• Managing our relationships between banks, insurance company and zone reporting
• Negotiate and prepare a monthly report to maximize our investments from time deposits.
• Prepare a monthly closing reports FX, Financial Charges, Net debts and Insurance.
• Ensure high level of internal control in the company, precisely focusing on operational processes.

• Managing petty cash, filling in the cashbook, performing cash counts, and reconciling cash count
with the cashbook.
• Ability to deal with large transaction volumes.
• Operating on a cash register handling all transactions on daily basis
• Pay employees expenses claims according to company policy.
• Receive customer checks and deposit it in the bank.
• Renew and activate the LGs with banks before the expiry date and preparing report with status.
• Develop and reorganize filling system and performed documentation system to increase Control
efficiency.

• Perform counts and ensure all inventory is accounted for and reported according to company
policy.
• Analyzing and correct discrepancies in reported quantities and locations of all inventories.
• Assess inventory output on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis to identify trends in productivity.
• tracking report for returns and defective goods.
• Follow-up Multi-back quantities and free samples in terms of packaging

• Prepare and record journal entries.
• General ledger opening balances and Reversal Entries
• Confirming in monthly closings and preparation of monthly financial statements
• Assist in the reporting monthly financial statements.
• Bank account reconciliations and G/L Accounts reconciliations
• Sub-Ledging Account Reconciliation A/P + A/R + Inventory + Fixed Assets
• Intercompany invoicing & reconciliation

• Follow up Bank accounts (Accounts receivable - Accounts Payable)
• Prepares journal entries, cash, and inter-fund transfers.
• Performing General Ledger reconciliations
• Follow up warehouse loading, shipment, transfer, returns.
• Preparing monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts
• Manage all requirement of auditors till finalizing the balance sheet.
• Preparing detailed income and expenditure reports
• Maintaining a filing system for all financial documents.
• Preparation of monthly financial reports for each branch