Ahmed Kamal, BUDGETING & STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER

Ahmed Kamal

BUDGETING & STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER

CEMEX EGYPT

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
6 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 6 Months

BUDGETING & STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER at CEMEX EGYPT
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2009 to December 2012

 Preparing the annual company’s budget & constructing its 5 years business plan (revenue and expenditure projections).
 Preparing monthly reports and presentations in regards to fluctuations in Operating and Free Cash Flow.
 Collating, preparing and interpreting reports, budgets, accounts, and monthly best estimates.
 Preparing weekly and daily trend analysis reports concerning the changes in prices and volumes sold by each business.
 Undertaking researches on pricing, competitors and factors affecting performance.
 Preparing the company’s quarterly report in regards to all the business and market details and analyzing it with the company’s central management (located in Mexico).
 Preparing various related staff reports, resolutions, and ordinances as required.
 Making presentations to company’s top management, its committees, and other agencies and organizations as needed.

 Participating in the preparation of feasibility study of all the new projects in order for the top management to decide whether to proceed in the project or not.
 Manage Enterprise Risk Management department with all its functions and duties.
 Following up on the company’s internal control function to give CEMEX Egypt a risk based independent assurance.
 Assist in preparing the yearly internal control evaluation plan and the annual Risk Agenda in regards to all possible internal and external risks.
 Responsible for risk assessment process for internal and external risks.
 Coordinating with other company’s areas (Legal, Tax, Communication and Public affairs) to mitigate the expected future risks.
 Recommending changes to strengthen the internal control structure which in turn assist the company to operate efficiently and effectively.
 Gather information, from external sources in attention to the company’s Risk Agenda, thus offering competitive advantage by mitigating risks and seizing opportunities.
 Plan, undertake and report internal & external risks to the country president and to the regional Enterprise Risk Management Director based in Spain on a weekly basis.
 Responsible for designing, documenting, coordinating and assessing controls for all key business process, identifying inherent internal and external risks, and maintaining mitigation controls throughout the organization.

INTERNAL CONTROL ASSESSOR at CEMEX EGYPT
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2008 to October 2009

 Performed audits to ensure and improve accuracy of financial reporting, effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and maintain compliance with the applicable company’s policy and procedures, laws and regulations.
 Prepared working papers to document audit steps performed, conclusions, and results in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and the Institute of Internal Auditors standards.
 Determined audit objectives, and developed audit programs to satisfy these objectives.
 Discuss significant audit findings with management to communicate audit results and recommendations for improvement to the business processes.
 Evaluated responses to reports and determined reasonableness and suggest follow-up actions.

INTERNAL AUDITOR SPECIALIST at COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2006 to July 2008

 Make sure that the input documents (manual entries) are posted accurately to the bank’s system.
 Issued daily errors report and following up on the open/missing cases to the concerned department
 Issued biweekly and monthly report.
 Issued reports to highlight risky errors to the concerned party in order to crack these errors.
 Prepared final reports to the concerned parties for discussion and find solutions to avoid repetition of these errors.

CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT at VODAFONE
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2006 to October 2006

 Handled customers in bounded calls.
 Provide telephone and E-mail support to retail department.
 Troubleshooting of problems and provided answers to client’s inquiries.
 Light outbound calls, data entry and administrative duties.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Cairo University
  • June 2006

Bachelor of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce "English Section", Jun '06 Major: Accounting Grade: Good (74%)

High school or equivalent,
  • at High School, Manar Language School
  • June 2002

High School, Manar Language School, Jun '02

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Business
Outbound
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
SOLUTIONS
STRATEGIC PLANNING
TRADING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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