Madonna Habib

Financial Controller at Red Bull

• Egypt
• My current job since June 2018

Chief Accountant at Red Bull Egypt

• Egypt - Cairo
• August 2016 to May 2018

Handle full spectrum of financial and cost accounting role eg. AR, AP, GL, forecasting, budgeting etc
Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations
Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of accounts.
Perform project cost forecasts/budgets, cost tracking, monitoring and controls.
Responsible for timely monthly-consolidated financial statements, payments, cash-flow management reporting for submission to HQ
Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries
Lead the month-end/quarter-end/year-end closing for Red Bull Egypt
Perform cash flow forecasting, budgeting and working closely with the operations and project teams in analyzing margins, variances and cost analysis.
Issue project cost reports for review and approval.
Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies for the set up.
Support CFO in ensuring that intercompany cost allocations are in line with management agreements and transfer pricing policy
Establish and maintain systems for cost-sensitivity analysis and early-warning of cost-overruns
Work consultatively with the respective departments on cost reduction initiatives
Responsible for form 4, custom clearance process for our shipments and form 4 closure .

Assistant Financial Manager at Samsung Electronics Egypt

• Egypt - Cairo
• February 2015 to July 2016

-Develop and manage financial management systems and policies.
-Reporting to CFO
-Responsible for the monthly closing.
-Work on offset plan for customers to support them during dollar crisis.
-Responsible for the yearly plan and target budget for the company
-Monitor budgets and accounts.
-Control expenditure and cash flow.
-Analyse accounts and report to the CFO.
-Prepare reports on annual accounts and budget information for the auditor.
-Assess and advising on estimates for project funding and continuing running costs.
-Check that funding is properly distributed.
-Conduct internal audits.
-Responsible for banking and FX transactions.
-Examine financial records and statements to check for accuracy.
-Monitor warehouse transactions.
-Manage and training staff, when employed at a junior level.
-Prepare financial statements and ad hoc reports.

Achievements:
-SAP Implementation project done successfully in Egypt
-Reduce Cost by 10%
-Budget accuracy increased to 85% ( 15% inaccuracy due to unplanned events and investments )
-Pass QA Test for Samsung Egypt by 97% ( 2nd place among Samsung World Wide )
-Best Employee for 2012

Senior Financial Accountant at Samsung Electronics Egypt

• Egypt - Cairo
• February 2012 to January 2015

 Prepares monthly and yearly financial reports and assist on ad hoc reports.
 Responsible for budgeting and Planning ( Annual Budget, Target Plan, Forecasting )
 Responsible for monthly and year end closings Reports.
 Responsible for trial balance, balance sheet, P&L analysis.
 Analyses and reviews accounting issues and recommends improvement
 Verify and validate documentations according to the company’s internal standard operating procedures.
 Ensure that the bank account numbers are correct and make timely payments to clients, partners etc. ( AP Transactions )
 Managing all the banking transactions and make daily reconciliation and check the outstanding checks.
 Warehouse operation & issuing form 4
 Monitor the custom clearance process
 Responsible for new systems implementation
 Responsible for SAP implementation project in SAMSUNG Egypt.

Customer Service Executive at HSBC Bank

• Egypt - Cairo
• September 2011 to January 2012

Handling legal issue related to credit cards and loans.
Contact with HSBC worldwide to solve problems of HSBC customers abroad.
Calculate Loans and DBR.
Issue cards and make activation for it.
Solve any problem that may face the customer.