Amr Bakr

مدير مالى إقليمى at Friedrich Naumann Foundation

• Egypt - Cairo
• February 1994 to August 2015

• Implement financial procedures according the guidelines.
• Arrange cash and cheque payments for project expenses.
• Monitor and maintain fund transfers and reserves.
• Plan the cash flow between banks and the petty cash to allow smooth operations of the project and grantee the availability of money for all planned and anticipated expenditures.
• Plan and monitor of all upcoming payments.
• Bookkeeping and data entry of all payments, advances and receipts of the respective project to the accounting system (Navision) in a timely manner.
• Prepare and reconcile bank/cash statements on a monthly basis.
• Monitor and ensure the accuracy of all recordings on a regular basis.
• Upload the accounting documents to the digital archive in a timely manner.
• Prepare and submit monthly financial statements, reports and journals.
• Provide timely and accurate financial information to the Regional Director and the Regional Finance Coordinator.
• Prepare the annual budget plans according to HQ’s requirement.
• Regularly update the budget plans throughout the year.
• Assist, communicate and coordinate with program managers and program officers with regard to budget planning and project activities.
• Prepare, monitor and update activity budget planning and consumption.
• Prepare monthly requests for operating funds.
• Monitor and maintain the advance payment system.
• Verify and examine project partners’ financial reports and documents on project activities in order to maintain compliance with all regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Verify and examine project staff reimbursement claims in order to maintain compliance with all regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Monitor the economic use of funds and securing of given guidelines regarding price comparison.
• Assist, communicate and coordinate regularly with program managers, program officers as well as with project partners regarding financial matters, documentation and regulations.
• Translate financial documents, bills and receipts.
• Complete vouchers with all supporting documents.
• Establish and maintain proper project permanent files.
• Scan and upload documents in permanent files to the digital documents management system.
• Establish and maintain inventory control procedures.
• Establish and maintain project financial files.
• Manage the filling, storage and security of project documents and inventories.
• Process pay cheques.
• Calculate employee salaries, income tax and deductions.
• Correspond with banks, HQ, and other FNF offices on financial and project related matters.
• Communicate with health insurance Company in staff related matters.
• Prepare transfer file for monthly salaries to the bank.