Ibrahim Sherif, Finance & Accounting Manager, CMA, CFM

Ibrahim Sherif

Finance & Accounting Manager, CMA, CFM

Confidential

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting/Finance
Experience
27 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 8 Months

Finance & Accounting Manager, CMA, CFM at Confidential
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since February 2020

Manage & Control Finance and Accounting teams.

Handles essential financial structures within an organization.

Review a company's long-term financial goals and build comprehensive strategies to help organizations achieve these milestones.

Oversee a company's investment decisions and activities.

Run, analyze and interpret various data sets to determine effective strategies for improving the overall financial health of a business.

Reviewing the long- and short-term goals of a company and making educated projections of funds based on these objectives
Writing and submitting financial reports and conducting financial forecasts at the end of each month.

Creating and implementing budgeting, reporting and forecasting plans.

Building strategies to procure funds from financial institutions or banks.

Investing in assets that maximize revenue and returns based on careful research
Offering insight, analysis and suggestions to improve the financial performance of the organization
Monitoring different business and financial metrics, including reports.

Oversees the day-to-day activities of an accounting department, including tracking and auditing financial information, analyzing financial records and transactions and managing the accounting team members. They make sure the entire accounting department remains productive and efficient by assigning tasks, hiring and letting go of employees and reviewing team members' performances.

Hiring, training, letting go of and advising accounting team members.

Delegating tasks to accounting employees according to their skills, interests and expertise.

Overseeing the accounting department's day-to-day activities to ensure employees complete all projects on time.

Reviewing all accounting processes and assignments to ensure they all align with current financial legislation.

Evaluating the company's financial data and building reports for review.


Measure the financial status of a company by preparing tax returns.

To stay updated on various government regulations to ensure the company is following the proper legal protocols.

Providing complete more high-level, big picture work items, as regularly collaborate closely with executives and other managers.

Oversee the entire accounting department.

Creating financial plans for the entire company to follow.

Collaborate with several department heads.

Advise executives on important financial decisions to make to keep the company financially stable.

Supervise the budgets of each department to ensure they're staying within spending limits.

Group Chief Accountant at Samir Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2009 to November 2019

Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports consisting of income statement, balance sheet, performance report, stock report and reports on special fund expenditures and transactions.
• Treasury Management Controlling.
• Collaborating with Department Heads and preparing the annual budget in alignment with strategic objectives.
• Reviewing, evaluating and monitoring the budget and incorporating budget revisions, comparing actual with budget and analyzing and reporting variances to management committee in order to reflect on the strategic direction of the company.
• Preparing payroll on a monthly basis after accounting for leaves, absences and benefits.
• Deploying Activity Based Cost accounting techniques to allocate overheads based on relevant cost-drivers (number of users, number of transactions etc.) to compute support service costs and reliably estimate department wise profitability.
• Critically evaluating overheads and controlling them without comprising on quality to steer the growth & profitability of the company.
• Preparing business plans for new setups along with growth strategy in order to earn sustainable profits in the long run.
• Administering training to personnel to enhance their efficiency and productivity and provided counselling on shaping their careers.

Chief Accountant at Tetra Pak Saudi Arabia Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2006 to June 2009

Key Responsibilities:
• SIDF Controlling.
• Treasury Management Controlling.
• Kept track of all day to day accounting transactions and furnished them upon request from multiple statutory authorities.
• Coordinated preparation of financial statements (P&L A/c, Balance Sheet) in sync with group accounting and reporting standards and local accounting standards, rules and regulations.
• Consolidated financial statements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis and performed ratio analysis to gauge profitability, liquidity and solvency.
• Shared financial reports and ratio analysis with local and overseas management to facilitate performance evaluation, strategic planning and decision making.
• Provided requisite information to auditors and tax consultants and addressed their queries and concerns to the level of their satisfaction.
• Prepared intercompany reconciliations, audit schedules, cash flow schedules, budgets and forecasts and monitored bank accounts, petty cash and all reconciliations to support peripheral accounting and finance activities.
• Avoided fines and penalties by filing and paying taxes due in a timely manner.
• Developed cordial relations with local banks and financial institutions for the assured realization of financial support and assistance as and when required.
• Advised local and corporate management in the areas of cost and financial control by highlighting key issues / trends and recommending practical solutions.
• Made valuable contributions in the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) by aligning financial processes and procedures with best practices and integrating them into the General Management System.
• Performed stock count at regular intervals and assured that valuation is sync with the standard practice of lower of cost and net realizable value.
• Assured that all acquisitions, disposals, revaluations and cost-allocations are accounted for in the Fixed Assets Register.

Finance & Accounting Supervisor at Henkel Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2000 to July 2006

Key Responsibilities:
• Kept track of all day to day accounting transactions and furnished them upon request from multiple statutory authorities.
• Treasury Management.
• Coordinated preparation of financial statements (P&L A/c, Balance Sheet) in sync with group accounting and reporting standards and local accounting standards, rules and regulations.
• Consolidated financial statements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis and performed ratio analysis to gauge profitability, liquidity and solvency.
• Shared financial reports and ratio analysis with local and overseas management to facilitate performance evaluation, strategic planning and decision making.
• Provided requisite information to auditors and tax consultants and addressed their queries and concerns to the level of their satisfaction.
• Prepared intercompany reconciliations, audit schedules, cash flow schedules, budgets and forecasts and monitored bank accounts, petty cash and all reconciliations to support peripheral accounting and finance activities.
• Avoided fines and penalties by filing and paying taxes due in a timely manner.
• Developed cordial relations with local banks and financial institutions for the assured realization of financial support and assistance as and when required.
• Advised local and corporate management in the areas of cost and financial control by highlighting key issues / trends and recommending practical solutions.
• Made valuable contributions in the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) by aligning financial processes and procedures with best practices and integrating them into the General Management System.
• Performed stock count at regular intervals and assured that valuation is sync with the standard practice of lower of cost and net realizable value.
• Assured that all acquisitions, disposals, revaluations and cost-allocations are accounted for in the Fixed Assets Register.

Accountant at AMERICANA Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1998 to December 1999

Receivables - Costing - Treasury Management.

General Accountant at APTEC Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 1996 to December 1997

Receivables - Inventory Controlling

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting/Finance
  • at Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University
  • June 1996

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Financial Management
Finance
International Financial Reporting Standards
Short Term Planning
Financial Reporting & Analysis, Cash Management, Cost Control
Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Financial / Cost Analysis, Performance Management
Cross Functional Coordination, Business Intelligence, Business/Financial Modeling
Budgeting / Liquidity Management, Project Feasibility Studies
Statutory Compliance, ERP Customization
Financial Management, Risk Assessment, Auditing, Variance / Trend Analyses
Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Creativity, People Management, Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence, Judgement & Decision Making
Service Orientation, Negotiation, Cognitive flexibility
annual budgets
payroll
planning
IT: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, SAP, Oracle Financials, Great Plains, QuickBooks

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

IMA - Institute of Management Accountants
  • Member
  • March 2004

Training and Certifications

Certified Financial Manager (CFM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2004
RSA Certificate CLAIT 1 (THE BRITISH COUNCIL - England) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 1994

Hobbies

  • Reading