Group Costing Section Head
Saudi Paper Group
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
• Managing & Reviewing all cost accounting activities for the Group
• Planning, Studying, and collecting data to determine costs of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labour.
• Reconcile inventory to the general ledger monthly.
• Analyzing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
• Oversee cost related journal entries, reconciliations, reserves, etc.
• Analyzing audits of costs and preparing reports
• Providing management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services
• Maintaining Cost Accounting System
• Assisting in Month end close of the General Ledger
• Coordinate, and overseeing periodic physical count activities.
Company Industry:
• Production Hard Roll (Paper Manufacturing).
• Production of Tissue Paper (Paper Conversion).
• Paper Recycling Area of responsibility: Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, & Reporting Direct Manager: Group Financial Controller
Job Role:
• Managing & Reviewing all cost accounting activities for the Group
• Planning, Studying, and collecting data to determine costs of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labour.
• Managing & Reviewing all cost accounting activities for the Group
• Planning, Studying, and collecting data to determine costs of business activity such as raw
material purchases, inventory, and labour.
• Reconcile inventory to the general ledger monthly.
• Analzsing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard
costs to actual production costs
• Oversee cost related journal entries, reconciliations, reserves, etc.
• Recording cost information for use in controlling expenditures
• Analzsing audits of costs and preparing reports
• Providing management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and
profitability of products or services
• Maintaining Cost Accounting System
• Assisting in Month end close of the General Ledger
• Coordinate, and overseeing periodic physical count activities.
Achievements:
• Participation in SAP for HANA data validation & correction after implementation.
• Working with IT, production, planning, & finance departments to suggest & establish a suitable costing system on SAP for HANA & validated it with SAP Consultants.
• Running the costing department smoothly for several months without a full team.
Company Industry:
• Production of oil field cleaning chemicals.
• Oil field, & pipelines cleaning services Area of responsibility: Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, & Reporting Direct Manager: Group Financial Manager
Job Role:
• Establishment & Maintenance of Cost & Management Accounting System
• Worked with the ERP System committee to study, choose, & implement SAP B 1 System
• Monitoring, & Reviewing Inventory & Production Transactions. & Reviewing Items Cost
• Preparing & verifying COGS Equation, & Support for Financial Reporting.
• SAPB 1 Troubleshooting, User Support & Training, & Communication with Business Partner.
• SAPB 1 Superuser: Reviewing user authorization, Creating simple quarries, & minor layout adjustments.
• Calculating VAT Return, and follow up with VAT Consultant for submittal & GAZT Audits.
Company Industry: Production of hygienic and cosmetic products.
Area of responsibility: Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, & Reporting
Direct Manager: Group Financial Controller
Job Role:
• Plan, organize and direct all the activities of the cost accounting function
• Manage day to day operations of the existing cost accounting function from management of current rates to monthly close and analysis
• Identify, hire and develop in-plant cost accountants
• Perform the monthly closing activities including
• Proactive analysis of variances and communication of issues and opportunities to operations management
Company Industry: Production of plastic containers, caps& PET pre-forms. Area of responsibility: Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, & Reporting Direct Manager: Business Unit Financial Manager Job Role:
• Budgets and forecasts.
• Financial analysis and reporting.
• Monthly closure & reporting for costing & inventory functions (Oracle ERP)
• Feasibility studies.
• Capital Expenditure proposals reviewing and processing.
• Pricing for biddings and new products.
• Withholding Tax reporting.
• Bank authorized signature up to 1 million combined with GM, in case of absence of the finance manager.
Company Industry: supply, installation, integration and service of maritime electronics.
Job Role:
• Reviewing & Recording branches transactions in HO ledgers
• Recording daily transaction and preparing related journal entries.
• Posting entries to sub ledgers and general ledger
• Preparing financial statements
• Submitting IFRS reports to the holding group
• Calculating landed cost for purchased equipment
• end of the year payroll tax reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations
• Reviewing checks under collection
Public accountant Mohamed Al-Samallawi Alexandria, Egypt Company Industry: Accounting/Auditing Job Role:
• Book keeping.
• Auditing.
• Preparing Financial Statements.
• Accounts analysis.
Company Industry: Hospitality/Tourism Job Role: Hotel cost accountant
Job Role: Working as a junior accountant in Public Accountant office. Job responsibilities included:
• bookkeeping
• auditing and reviewing
