Basem Ahmed, Fund Accountant

Basem Ahmed

Fund Accountant

The Carlyle Group

Location
United States
Education
Bachelor's degree, ACCOUNTING
Experience
7 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 11 Months

Fund Accountant at The Carlyle Group
  • United States - District of Columbia - Washington
  • My current job since November 2017

• Assist with sending capital call and distribution notices to Investors
• Prepare partnership expense analysis and journal entries
• Record capital calls and distributions in Carlyle systems
• Prepare cash on hand analysis
• Prepare fund-level financial statements on a quarterly basis
• Perform reconciliations of accounts presented in the fund-level financial statements
• Prepare reports as needed from Carlyle information systems
• Monitor and reconcile cash accounts for capital calls and distributions
• Assist in completing investment fundings and distributions to investors
• Perform a detailed review of investors’ capital accounts
• Assist with the interim and year-end audit and prepare PBC schedules
• Review year-end tax reporting
• Record information into Carlyle’s accounting system to produce financial reports and investors’ capital account statements
• Work closely with Senior Accountants and other Staff Accountants on financial reporting and daily activities
• Answer investors’ questions regarding quarterly reports, transaction notices and statements

Assistant Controller at Jones Public Affairs
  • United States - District of Columbia
  • February 2017 to November 2017

• Manage daily operations of the accounting department
• Maintain receivables through invoicing, collections and reconciliations
• Research and resolve all payment issues
• Coordinate approval process of all accounts payable invoices
• Manage timesheets for all company’s employees through time tracker (Replicon)
• Manage general office operations including payroll entry, monitoring of deposits and expenditures, and reconciliations
• Prepare cash reconciliation, AR Aging and AP Aging reports weekly
• Report weekly and monthly financial reports directly to the Principal of JPA
• Assist controller in the preparation of internal budget, filing tax, and audit

Senior Customer Representative (Supervisor) at TD Bank
  • United States
  • June 2016 to February 2017

• Assess customer information and suggests appropriate product and service solutions
• Provide financial advice to ensure customer’s financial needs are met (Bank Accounts, Mortgage, Investments)
• Actively participates in coaching sessions for 3 customer service representatives
• Prepare various financial reports (Wire report, ATM Audit report)
• Maintain an active registration status with NMLS (Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry)

Education

Bachelor's degree, ACCOUNTING
  • at MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
  • December 2016

Specialties & Skills

Internal Audit
Management
Team Leadership
Simply Accounting
Banking

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Weight Lifting
  • Soccer
    High School and College Team