Sherif Omran, Business Controller

Sherif Omran

Business Controller

Microsoft

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

Business Controller at Microsoft
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since November 2013

Business Support
• Provide variance analysis on P&L to the management team
• Support business in monthly preparation calls with accurate and standard Reporting
• Partner business in review of business issues/challenges/trends
• Analyze trends and conduct benchmarking to support business decisions
Controls and compliance
• Review the Self Control Assessment on Quarterly basis,
• Review the Self Controller Excellence and make sure that the processes are in place,
• Support and follow up on internal and external audit for all subjects related to services
Month End Close:
• P&L management (CM %, DM%, CPH, Subcontractor margin, Average Bill Rate)
• Review potential risks and opportunities by material projects
• Provide business partner with insight on how the business is doing on monthly basis after Month close
• Forecasting (weekly, monthly and quarterly basis)
• Review the pipeline reports and understand the business status
• Coordinate with Business Manager on revenue expectations (renewals, new business, upsell)
• Prepare and review the cost forecasting, Head Count, Infrastructure, Payroll and payroll tax, Incentive Comp...
• Conduct a sensitivity check on the forecast and review the reasonability of business status (Consultants utilization, Subcontractor margin, CM %.....)
Budgeting
• Understand the budgeting processes and planning guidelines
• Conduct a historical trend analysis and align with growth aspirations
• Lead the budgeting process with business
AR Management
• Improve AR management strategies and disciplines
• Coordinate with Operations on the collections, take ownership of risky accounts follow up
• Review month end AR reports and Bad debt reserve calculation
• Review disputed invoices and make sure that are fixed before deadlines.

Senior Accountant at Givaudan Egypt (A multinational leading company in the Fragrance and Flavour industry )
  • Egypt
  • July 2009 to November 2011

•Responsible for the monthly and year end closing
•Budget preparation
•Supervise Suppliers payments and customer collections
•Variance analysis
•Supervise asset schedules and monthly depreciation
•Supervise monthly schedules (prepaid, accrued
expenses, other debit balances, other credit balances, ....)

Internal Auditor at Kazarouni ( A leading local manufacturing company in the socks industry)
  • Egypt
  • January 2009 to June 2009

•Responsible for preparing the audit plan, approved it by the board, applying it and preparing the engagements' reports to the board and the senior management

Accountant & auditor at Hassan Merzeban accounting and auditing office
  • Egypt
  • October 2006 to November 2008

Responsible for preparing and auditing the financial statements for most
of the major accounts in the office

Trainee at Hassan Merzeban accounting & auditing office
  • Egypt
  • January 2003 to May 2005

•Responsible for preparing and auditing the financial statements for most of the major accounts in the office starting from recording transactions in the general journal, posting general journal entries to the ledger accounts, preparing the trial balance and ending with preparing the financial statements.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at ESLSCA
  • December 2016

Passed the first semester where I studied - Accounting for Managers - Economics - Strategic Management - Marketing for Managers

Bachelor's degree, facuilty of commerce accounting department
  • at Cairo University
  • August 2005

Specialties & Skills

General Ledger Reconciliation
General Ledger Maintenance
Accounts Payable
Financial Transactions
Microsoft Excel
Using computer
Communication skills

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

IMA
  • member
  • February 2010