Ahmed El-Shahat, Operations Manager

Ahmed El-Shahat

Operations Manager

Digital Vision for Financial & Admin Consultancy

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Commerce - Accounting Division
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

Operations Manager at Digital Vision for Financial & Admin Consultancy
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2021

• Provide inspired leadership for the organization.
• Make important policy, planning, and strategy decisions.
• Develop, implement, and review operational policies and procedures.
• Assist HR with recruiting when necessary.
• Help promote a company culture that encourages top performance and high morale.
• Oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.
• Work with senior stakeholders.
• Ensure all legal and regulatory documents are filed and monitor compliance with laws and regulations.
• Work with the board of directors to determine values and mission, and plan for short and long-term goals.
• Identify and address problems and opportunities for the company.
• Build alliances and partnerships with other organizations.
• Support employees' communication with the management team.
• Review and Oversee management of all operational functions (Finance, Accounting, Audit, Cost, Risks, Internal Control, Budgets, IFRS implementation, ERP implementation, and Analysis).

Finance & Accounting Manager at Erfan Corporate
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2020 to December 2020

• Managing the company’s overall financial position and matching it to the firm’s financial targets.
• Keeping accurate track of all expenses, liabilities, and projected costs.
• Tracking profitability by creating a budget for each part of a construction project.
• Predicting future challenges and associated costs.
• Establishing an internal control system to control the costs.

Finance & Accounting Professional at Freelance
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2018 to October 2020

• Establishing and Performing business plans including solutions for old issues, budget, accounting system, internal control, inventory management, and costing system.
• Establishing and designing an accounting system on MS Excel and implement it on Accounting software.
• Perform financial management reports and financial analysis.
• Preparing Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash flow, Equity, and disclosers).
• Preparing VAT, Tax, and ZAKAH Reports.
• Manage all accounts remotely.
• Training and developing accountants, fresh graduates, and accounting students.

A Highlight of Achievements:
• Established a business plan and designed an accounting system for the chain of coffee shops (Gloria Jean’s Coffee) in Riyadh, KSA.
• Created a costing system on MS Excel for the chain of restaurants (Dr. Kabsa) in Riyadh, performed break-even analysis, and other analyses to re-price the products and increase the profitability.
• Performed internal auditing for an industrial company (ZAD Industrial & Trading) in Riyadh.
• Established a financial and accounting management and internal control for a construction company (Round International) in Riyadh.
• Established an accounting system on Excel for a company organizing conferences and exhibitions (Quality Share) in Riyadh.

Chief Accountant at Global Travel Club
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2013 to June 2018

Highlight of Achievements
• Re-structured finance team to improve the accounting and financial control.
• Developed and implemented new Internal Control procedures to governance all activities.
• Developed and modified CRM & ERP systems as per business requirements.
• Planned and performed VAT Implementation including re-designing the systems and staff training.

Summary of Duties:
• Lead, manage and develop the finance and accounting team.
• Review and Approve Journal Vouchers, Monthly Closing, Bank Reconciliation, IATA Reconciliation, Suppliers payments, Payroll, Clearances, Corporate Invoicing, and Incentive Calculation.
• Managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department.
• Preparing financial management reports and financial analysis to evaluate company performance including Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Cost Analysis, and recommendations.
• Preparing Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash flow, Equity, and disclosers).
• Review Input and Output and preparing Monthly VAT return.
• Ensured compliance with all relevant accounting, finance, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and Manage Cash Flow to control the liquidity.

Senior Accountant at International Academy for Health Sciences - one of Alzoyed group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2009 to April 2013

• Prepared Banks and Suppliers reconciliations.‎
• Created a streamlined system to determine the status of outstanding checks, curtailing downtime.‎
• Reviewed and post all journal entries prepared by the Staff Accountants.‎
• Assisted with year-end closing procedures, adjustments, and ZAKAH file.‎
• Worked with external auditors during reviews and audits to ensure full cooperation from ‎accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests.‎
• Assisted with the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, general ledger, balance ‎sheet, journal entries, fixed assets, and A/R and A/P.‎
• Reviewed and analyzed monthly expenses and revenues.‎

Freelancer-Accounting Instructor at Freelancer
  • Egypt - Zagazig
  • January 2002 to May 2009

• Explained Financial, Cost, Managerial, and Tax Accounting for University students.‎
• Explained Macro and Micro Economics for University students.‎

Tax & Financial Auditor at Mr. Mohammed Gawdat - Chartered Accountant
  • Egypt - Zagazig
  • January 2004 to July 2008

• Consulted and assisted taxpayers in the proper means of determining tax liability.‎
• Audited sales documents and related accounting records to verify the accuracy of sales tax ‎returns and determined tax liabilities.‎
• Provided comments regarding reliability of accounting methods and controls used by taxpayer.‎
• Assisted clients in maintaining subsidiary and general ledgers by providing guidance in proper ‎booking of A/P, A/R & payroll journal entries.‎
• Performed financial audits including financial statements review, internal controls assessment, ‎substantive works, corroborative interviews, and reporting.‎
• Prepared Financial Statements for various activities (Service, Commercial, and Industrial).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Commerce - Accounting Division
  • at Zagazig University
  • May 2002

Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, Financial Analysis, Planning, Investment, Financing, Macroeconomic, Microeconomic, Math, Marketing, Production, and Information Systems.

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
Auditing
ERP CRM
managerial accounting
MS Office
IFRS & GAAP
TAX & ZAKAT
Strategic Planning & Budgets
Performance Measure & KPIs
Financial Analysis
Variance Analysis
CRM - ERP
Accounting Software
Management
Internal Control
Leadership
Financial Accounting
Financial Statements

Social Profiles

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Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • Member ID: 8577390
  • December 2015
Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia
  • FCMA - Fellow Certified Management Accountant • CMA - Certified Management
  • June 2021

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
English Language (Training)
Training Institute:
Inrenational British Institute
Date Attended:
June 2009

Hobbies

  • Education and training
  • Keeping up with evolution
  • Technology
  • Reading