Mahmoud ElHawal

Dubai-based group of companies operating in 4 Countries (China, Egypt, Tunisia & Libya) and spanning across a variety of sectors, including Travel & Tourism, Manufacturing, Shipping, Healthcare and Oil & Gas.

Main Duties:
Managing a team of 6 accountants (5 in Dubai & 1 in China) and report directly to the CFO.
Manage and oversee daily operations of the accounting department.
Gathering daily & monthly reports from branches.
Analyze data used in producing financial reports.
Meet daily, monthly and yearly reporting deadlines.
Participate with the CFO in preparing Budget & Forecast.
Assist in problem solving and try to find out effective solutions to avoid further issues.

VFS Global is an outsourcing services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide manages visa and passport issuance-related administrative tasks for its clients “governments”.

Main Duties:
Managed a team of 4 accountants (1 in Egypt, 1 in Libya, 1 in Tunisia & 1 in Dubai) reporting to me.
Assist in setup of Accounts in the new branches.
Gather reports from branches and consolidate to head quarter management.
Gather and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements.
Analyze revenue and expenditure trends.
Maintain monthly Budgets & Forecast for the branches projects.
Resolve accounting discrepancies if any and make sure that intercompany balances are matched.
Interact with internal and external auditors in smoothing the audit procedures.
Other Daily accounting operations like:
Review A/P entries and verify accuracy and completeness of documents.
Assure the proper amortization of the prepayments.
Assure payment of the accrued expenses according to the payment terms.
Prepare monthly reconciliations (Bank, Vendor, Customers).

Global accountancy and advisory network founded a century ago with its headquarters in London with around 20, 000 employees allocated in >600 offices over 100 countries throughout the world to Manage audits and deal with multi-jurisdictional tax matters of multinational operations.

Main Duties:
Manage a team of three auditors and reports to the Senior Auditor.
Assess Internal Controls and monitoring surrounding major client systems.
Appraises adequacy of internal control systems by completing audit questionnaires.
Testing the internal control to ensure effective operation throughout the audit period.
Review of work done and performance of high level analytical review.
Perform detailed testing of income statements and balance sheets to ensure accounting records have been maintained in accordance with the relevant standards.
Review audit staff works along with audit methodology.
Assess client's compliance with applicable laws and regulations and prepare management reports to advise management on needed actions.

One of the world's leading networks of independently owned and managed accountancy and business advisory firms with around 25, 000 employees in more than 100 countries.

Main Duties:
Conduct and Examine client’s financial statements to ensure transparency is maintained.
Review all of the required materials for accuracy including all of the account and vendor verification work, account reconciliation reports as well as financial statements.
Ensure compliance with auditing procedures.
Verify assets and liabilities by comparing items to documentation.
Communicate audit findings by preparing a final report; discussing findings with line manager.
Prepare special audit and control reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating information and trends.
Contribute to team effort by sharing related results as needed.