Ahmed Shehadeh

• Plan, implement and oversee overall accounting strategy
• Oversee accounting daily operations
• Take responsibility for accounts payable/receivable, cash receipts, general ledger, payroll and utilities, treasury, budgeting, cash forecasting, revenue and expenditure variance analysis, capital assets reconciliations, trust account statement reconciliations, check runs, fixed asset activity, debt activity etc
• Monitor and analyse accounting data
• Set up and monitor accounting K Pis
• Regularly produce financial reports or statements
• Adhere to proper accounting methods, policies and principles
• Encourage other employees to adhere to standartds
• Recruit and hire new employees
• Train new employees
• Perform and oversee annual audits
• Provide recommendations
• Meet financial accounting objectives

Acting Finance Manager - KIA Automotive.
Review banks reconciliation on a monthly basis.
Review related parties reconciliation on a monthly basis.
Review service departments accounts and ensure that all job cards have been closed and posted properly.
Review cash physical count for eastern region on a monthly basis, along with coordinating with the chief accounts in other regions.
Manage all accountants and cashiers in eastern region (attendance, vacations, other daily work issues).
Review suppliers’ payments.
Review of sales, service, and spare parts incentive paid.
Review and develop cheque management system with the IT department.
Review and develop purchase system on the FACTS with the IT department.
Direct and monitor a variety of accounting activities to ensure the organization’s financial resources are managed in accordance with accounting principles and comply with all relevant regulations, laws, and standards. .
Review financial reports and accounting statements to ensure their accuracy.
Provide technical expertise and advice to functional or operational areas managers to help them develop revenue and expense budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities.
 Select and manage ongoing relationships with external consultants and advisors to ensure the organization receives satisfactory standards of service.
Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of accounting professionals to ensure accounting activities are completed accurately and on time.

Ensure that customers’ loan information is processed and maintained appropriately.
Manage bank vaults to ensure correct cash balances.
Manage specialized services such as checking and savings accounts.
Provide account balance information to clients.
Ensure that the cash drawer is balanced and maintained at all times.
Open and close checking and savings accounts.
Receive cash from armored cars and count and verify cash.

Position: Auditor and Accountant

Team member in external financial statements audit engagements in the industries of trading, manufacturing, and petrochemicals. Assigned tasks included the following:

Monitored and reviewed internal control systems and financial statements, ensured accurate financial recording, compliance with regulative accounting standards, internal controls and applicable regulations.
Participated in quarterly and mid-term audits of listed companies, including identifying and corrected of accounting errors, drafting and analyzing variances in financial statements and documenting of explanations for significant items
Prepared company accounts and tax returns for audit.
Handling suppliers’ accounts, generating weekly on demand cheques.

Planning and conducting audit programs.
Assists in the training and coaching of junior members of staff.
Draft audit reports for review by the senior auditor and senior managers.
Identify any gaps in controls and drafted management letter points.
Performing audit assignments in compliance with the Government Internal Audit Standards.