Ahmed Shehata, Financial Controller

Ahmed Shehata

Financial Controller

Vatrina for leather industries

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Finance & Economics
Experience
12 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 6 Months

Financial Controller at Vatrina for leather industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since July 2017

Preparing financial reports and analyzing financial data.
▪ Monitoring internal controls.
▪ Participating in budgeting processes and managing financial transactions.
▪ Streamlining accounting functions and operations.
▪ Developing plans for financial growth, evaluating and managing risk.
▪ Coordinating audit processes.
▪ Leading finance team to ensure continued excellence across the business.
▪ Constructing financial models and performing technical analyses for prospective
investment opportunities and maintaining up-to-date financials.
▪ Developing recommendations for product offerings, private equity transactions, mergers
and acquisitions, and valuations.
▪ Development of various types of financial models to value debt and equity for mergers,
acquisitions, and capital raising transactions.
▪ Participating in pricing activities and assessing returns on various campaigns.
▪ Conducting various forecasting scenarios to ensure the best allocation of cash flows.
▪ Providing periodic valuation analysis to assess the added value for the business.

Chief Accountant at Tiseng Arabia Co. for industrial services
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • February 2016 to June 2017

 Prepare and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
 Maintain and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
 Maintain general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
 Summarize financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
 Produce payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product.
 Complete external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing information for auditors.
 Avoid legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
 Secure financial information by completing database backups.
 Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Credit Analyst at GE Oil & Gas
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2012 to September 2015

Managing all accounts receivables ledger activities.
▪ Preparing and analyzing sales and accounting reports; weekly and monthly.
▪ Preparing and providing reports reflecting status of credit and collection.
▪ Reconciling AR, Bank and different trial balance accounts.
▪ Extracting and analyzing data from various corporate systems (SAP & BAAN), convert
raw data to likely conclusions, test conclusions, drive to analysis and resolution.
▪ Reviewing and assessing credit worthiness of new and existing customer accounts using
external credit risk management tools/reports.
▪ Working closely with divisions, sales department and customers to research/resolve
disputed issues related to non-payment such as unauthorized deductions, short payments
or skipped/missing invoices.
▪ Resolution of outstanding invoice problems from past due accounts.
▪ Timely resolution of non-payment issues related to missing backup, invalid deductions,
or missed payments and assisting with the cash application process.1Managing all accounts receivables ledger activities.
▪ Preparing and analyzing sales and accounting reports; weekly and monthly.
▪ Preparing and providing reports reflecting status of credit and collection.
▪ Reconciling AR, Bank and different trial balance accounts.
▪ Extracting and analyzing data from various corporate systems (SAP & BAAN), convert
raw data to likely conclusions, test conclusions, drive to analysis and resolution.
▪ Reviewing and assessing credit worthiness of new and existing customer accounts using
external credit risk management tools/reports.
▪ Working closely with divisions, sales department and customers to research/resolve
disputed issues related to non-payment such as unauthorized deductions, short payments
or skipped/missing invoices.
▪ Resolution of outstanding invoice problems from past due accounts.
▪ Timely resolution of non-payment issues related to missing backup, invalid deductions,
or missed payments and assisting with the cash application process.

Junior Financial Analyst at Multiples Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2011 to October 2012

Multiples Group
 Reviewing the issued financial statements and checking the validity
of the financial statements.
 Performing strategic budgeting for the company over the course of the year and
updating this periodically to have clarity on cash soundness.
 Analyzing the actual financial statements versus budgeted, versus historic periods’
performance and versus industry trends.
 Providing clear recommendations to improve the financial management of the
company.
 Issuing clear periodic management reports that include analysis of the financial
statements, explanation of financial statements, reviewing of major events, major
recommendations and key insights for the review of the board and shareholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Finance & Economics
  • at German University in Cairo
  • June 2011

o Graduated with High Honors from the faculty of Management Technology, German University in Cairo (GUC), class of 2011. o Double Major: Finance & Economics. o Cumulative German GPA of 1.2 (Excellent with High Honors), as per German grading criteria. o Excellent degree in Bachelor Thesis. o Preparing for CMA exam in May 2022.

Specialties & Skills

Accounts Payable
Accounting
Collections
Financial Analysis
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Problem solving and Decision making
Resilience
Self-management
Communication
Teamwork
Positive attitude

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
German
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian Fintech Association
  • Member
  • October 2021

Training and Certifications

Principles of Technical Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Trade Union - Egypt
Preparing for CMA exam (Certificate)
Foundation Of leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
GE - Turkey
New Banking Products Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab African International bank
Sourcing - Finance workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
GE - France

Hobbies

  • Tennis
  • Reading