Elie Tohme, Finance and Admin Manager

Elie Tohme

Finance and Admin Manager

Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education
Higher diploma, Accounting And Management
Experience
16 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months

Finance and Admin Manager
  • My current job since July 2019

FABCONGO SARL-220, Zone Industrielle, 5eme Rue, Commune Limete, Kinshasa,
Democratic Congo(Wheat & Corn Flour Producers including Cluster of Bakeries)
• Managing a large team of Senior & Mid-Level and Junior Accountants
• Issuing Yearly Financial Budget and Supervise Execution Organization Wide
• Issuing Monthly Financial Statements with Variance Analysis
• Issuing Statutory Financial Statements
• Performing Product Costing with related Analysis
• Providing Recommendations on Business Process improvements including the
adoption of Disaster Recovery Plan
• Supervised the Establishment of the IT department to support the best ERP
Environment and worked closely with the system administrator
• Continuous process and ERP Customization
• Supervised the Operations/Logistics of Wheat & Corn Shipments including
coordination with clearing agents
• Issued Monthly Cash Flow with 3 months forecast
• Negotiated and acquired Letter of Credits & Overdraft Facilities from local
banks
• Excellent Coordination with Group Internal Auditors in addition to External
Auditors
• Established and Applied Policies and Procedures Organization Wide
• Established and Applied Tax Strategy
• Managed and negotiated all group Local Tax Controls
• Provided Recommendations on Operations and Production Improvements
• Performed Analysis on Wheat and Corn Market
• Issued written manual for Cash and Production processes reviewed and
validated by the Group CFO in addition to Auditors
Cluster Finance & Admin Manager ( Congo DRC and Congo Republic)
CIS Group-1, Av.OUA, Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Congo(Information Technology &
Security Solutions Providers in over 46 countries-HP Platinum Partners, Microsoft,
Oracle, Cisco, Avaya, VMware & EMC2)
• Responsible of all Financial Transactions for 3 entities located in DRC and Congo
Republic.
• Managing a team of Senior & Junior accountants in addition to Admin Officers
• Handling Importations & Financial Operations in DRC & Republic of Congo
• Preparing monthly financial budgets including Balance Sheet, Income
Statement, Cash Flow and related analysis
• Managing Cash Flow including Hedging against currency fluctuations in
coordination with Bank and HQ.
• Preparing HQ management reports to support Bi-weekly financial calls with
purpose to regularly track Revenue, COB and Cash flow variations.
• Reviewing and validating VAT, INSS, ONEM, INPP, IPR and IS tax Declarations
including End of Service(EOS) Calculations

Cluster Finance & Admin Manager at Computer Information Systems (CIS)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • October 2014 to June 2019

Responsible of all Financial Transactions for 3 entities located in DRC and Congo
Republic.
• Managing a team of Senior & Junior accountants in addition to Admin Officers
• Handling Importations & Financial Operations in DRC & Republic of Congo
• Preparing monthly financial budgets including Balance Sheet, Income
Statement, Cash Flow and related analysis
• Managing Cash Flow including Hedging against currency fluctuations in
coordination with Bank and HQ.
• Preparing HQ management reports to support Bi-weekly financial calls with
purpose to regularly track Revenue, COB and Cash flow variations.
• Reviewing and validating VAT, INSS, ONEM, INPP, IPR and IS tax Declarations
including End of Service(EOS) Calculations
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May 2013 -Sep 2014
May 2012-April 2013
July 2010- May 2012
• Creating customized financial & internal audit reports to keep track and control
of the different financial transactions .
• Recruiting, training and performing bi-yearly employee evaluation for F&A
Department.
• Handling all government related inspection demands in coordination with local
auditor & HQ Internal audit team
• Reviewing and updating Admin & HR forms to customize with respect to type &
Business need of each company

Finance Manager at Responsible of all Financial Transactions for 3 entities located in DRC and Congo Republic. • Manag
  • Sierra Leone - Freetown
  • May 2013 to September 2014
Senior Accoutant at TMI-J Walter Thompson S.A.R.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2012 to April 2013
Senior Accountant at Transmed S.A.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2010 to May 2012
Accountant at Dagpa Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2007 to June 2010

Education

Higher diploma, Accounting And Management
  • at Institute of Management Accountants
  • June 2022

courses: Strategy and Competitive Analysis Certification-Undergoing

Higher diploma, Certified Management Accountant
  • at Institute of Management
  • March 2020

courses: Accountants CMA Certified

Bachelor's degree, Banking and Finance
  • at Notre Dame University – Louaize
  • September 2010

Specialties & Skills

Administration
Management
Preparation
Banking
Finance
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
FINANCIAL
BALANCE
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PROCESS
CASH FLOW
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Management Accountants
  • Member
  • May 2017

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020

Hobbies

  • Basket Ball
  • Student Pilot
    Looking to obtain Private Pilot License