Bola Philopos

1. Update, maintain and ensure accuracy of accounting records and systems.
2. Assist in developing and maintaining proper internal and audit controls and sound business practices to ensure compliance with all external laws/regulations and internal policies.
3. Post financial transactions and record-related activities for effective day-to-day, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting and accounting functions. The incumbent works to ensure that all financial processes for Coptic Orphans Egypt are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), pertinent laws and regulations, organizational policies, and in accordance with granting agencies' agreements with whom the organization contracts.
4. Oversee payment processing; carefully examine invoices, payables, and corporate credit card charges. Analyze and ensure the accuracy of cash receipts, A/R, A/P and other financial data; process payroll and provide assistance with financial management.
5. Reconcile all general ledger and bank accounts in a timely and accurate fashion; prepare journal entries and ensure timely processing of month-end and year-end closing.
6. Develop, prepare, and submit program and operational financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc basis, including consolidated balance sheets, income/expense reports, year-to-year and budget comparison after analysis, providing trend information
7. Track grant(s) and restricted funds in compliance with GAAP and grant terms; provide grant financial management with important information, ensuring accurate and timely reporting on USAID and other donor organizations' grants.
8. Assist in developing, maintaining and updating chart of accounts and detailed structure of the financial system setup; assist in and advise on updating and maintaining the Accounting Procedure Manual documenting existing processes and develop new procedures specific to Finance Department functions and interdepartmental activities impacting finances. Work with Finance Team to develop new processes and reporting to address continued growth and new developments.
9. Assist with the annual budget development process; monitor and analyze income and expense to assess meeting targets. Prepare schedules, reports, documents, and files needed for external audit and other stakeholders. 10. Perform other related responsibilities and tasks as assigned.

• Conducting lectures, tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, field excursions and other appropriate learning activities as required.
• Ensuring that the quality of teaching delivery and subject content is of the highest standard.
• Teach in accordance with faculty and university policies and procedures, as amended from time to time.
• Providing academic and administrative support to the Faculty and University as required.
• Being available for consultation for students and staff.
• Marking assignments and exams, including supplementary exams.
• Preparing and submitting final grades within the relevant deadlines.
• Act as a subject coordinator, including the supervision of tutors and related planning and coordination responsibilities.
• Ensuring that students are adequately informed of the requirements and conduct of learning activities.
• Be actively involved in professional and community service including contributions to relevant professional societies.
• Contribute to department and/or faculty meetings, and serve on committees as required.
• Work within university and faculty policy and procedures, as amended from time to time.

• Conducting lectures, tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, field excursions and other appropriate learning activities as required.
• Ensuring that the quality of teaching delivery and subject content is of the highest standard.
• Teach in accordance with faculty and university policies and procedures, as amended from time to time.
• Providing academic and administrative support to the Faculty and University as required.
• Being available for consultation for students and staff.
• Marking assignments and exams, including supplementary exams.
• Preparing and submitting final grades within the relevant deadlines.
• Act as a subject coordinator, including the supervision of tutors and related planning and coordination responsibilities.
• Ensuring that students are adequately informed of the requirements and conduct of learning activities.
• Be actively involved in professional and community service including contributions to relevant professional societies.
• Contribute to department and/or faculty meetings, and serve on committees as required.
• Work within university and faculty policy and procedures, as amended from time to time.

• Playing a role in core audit services provided to clients by reviewing the accuracy of a company's financial statements.
• Ensuring the compliance of these financial statements with the International/Egyptian Accounting Standards
• Participating in selected projects demonstrating creative thinking and individual initiative.
• Cultivating teamwork dynamics through working as a team member, understanding personal and team roles, contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members and proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback.
• Flexibly prioritizing and completing task and communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor.
• Exercising professional skepticism in gathering, reviewing, and analyzing client information.

Clients:
1) Industrial Companies:
• Glaxo SmithKline Egypt (Medical)
• Norgine (Meidcal)
• Savola Group in Egypt (Food)
• Schenker Egypt LTD (Exporting)
• Drake and Scull (construction)
• Udhe (construction)
• Bourbon offshore triangle (Sea ships)
• Nokia Siemens (telecommunications)
• NCR (Cash machines, ATM)
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2) Hotels & Tourism Companies

• Fairmont Nile city Hotel

St George Health Care Group, Warrington 2010 to 2013
Part Qualified Management Accountant

Full responsibility of the financial process of a company subsidiary:

• Producing monthly management accounts.
• Analysing variances and exploring potential problems with line managers.
• Making appropriate recommendations and advising of the impact on the business.
• Working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions.
• Establishing and maintaining costing models for the senior management.
• Supporting the Financial Director and Financial Controller in creating the annual budgets.


Other responsibilities include:

• Training and assisting payroll administrator in processing the payroll of the company.
• Received full training on cash flow management to cover this duty in case of any absences.
• Liaising with the company's auditors.
• Raising sales invoices and chasing payment, which involved contacting directors of other companies to clarify any issues regarding the terms and conditions of contracts.
• Preparing sales and purchase ledgers.
• Bookkeeping of various monthly transactions.
• Completing bank account reconciliation.
• Controlling patient home leave allowances.
• Balancing the inter-company accounts and posting necessary journals.

Achievements:

Effectively using communication skills to build a good relationship with the main debtors of the company and subsequently getting them to pay outstanding invoices before the agreed deadlines. This has improved the cash position of the company and increased the funds available for further investment.

St George Health Care Group, Warrington 2008 to 2010
Payroll Administrator

Regular duties include: • Covering the payroll for 3 hospitals
• Entering and analyzing data as well as addressing any discrepancies through working closely with the unit managers.
• Working collaboratively with HR to accommodate ongoing changes in data (e.g. dealing with staff sickness, new recruitments etc) and amend salary sheets accordingly
• Preparing a payroll summary for the department manager.
• Calculating individual salaries, undertaking comparisons with the bureau calculations and analysing potential salary differences and investigating accordingly.
• Dealing with all wage queries utilising my interpersonal skills in dealing with dissatisfied staff.


• Creating and developing spread sheets that have shortened the period required to complete the pay roll process while increasing the degree of accuracy.
• Playing a major role in implementing a new payroll system that has reduced the time required for the pay roll process by 80%.

St George Health Care Group, Warrington 2007
Rehabilitation Co-Therapist

• Working in a team of 4 looking after brain injured patients.
• Contributing to risk assessment and management via analysing patients' records.

St Vincent Charity Shop 2006
Shop assistant

• Inventory, till, sorting and assessing donations.