Medhat Youssef

Financial Management: Execute all accounting transactions, including General Ledger,
Accounts Payable/Receivable, and payroll, ensuring 100% accuracy in high-volume logistics reporting.
• Freight & Documentation Mastery: Oversee the issuance and reconciliation of Master and House Air
Waybills (MAWB/HAWB) and Bills of Lading (MBL/HBL) for global Air and Sea shipments.
• Logistics Operations: Manage complex financial workflows for Air and Sea Import/Export freight,
coordinating between carriers, customs, and global vendors to ensure seamless cargo movement.
• Taxation & Payroll Compliance: Manage all electronic tax filings and regulatory compliance; oversee
payroll tax processing and Employee State Insurance (ESI) administration, ensuring timely
disbursements and adherence to statutory labor laws.

• Processed and reviewed sensitive travel and program documents for multiple international missions,
ensuring compliance with strict U.S. government guidelines.
• Gained extensive familiarity with the operational needs and administrative workflows of a large
diplomatic mission.

• Managed annual budgets exceeding $8M, providing administrative support for work plans, budgets, and
implementation arrangements.
• Led financial reporting, variance analysis, and cost-saving initiatives across multiple projects and departments.
• Generated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for executive review.
• Provided financial management support to Inspector General Middle East & Eastern Europe Regional Cairo
Sub-Office.
• Maintains budget files, records and monitoring systems and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports on
digital storage.
• Managed and resolved complex vendor payment issues and data errors, ensuring compliance with
banking regulations (UEI) and internal financial systems (GLAAS) to maintain data integrity for financial
reporting
• Maintained financial data integrity within the Phoenix and E2 systems, providing accurate information essential
for the preparation of agency-wide financial statements and budgets
• Developed and delivered training programs for financial staff to improve compliance with payment procedures
and financial obligations, leading to a significant reduction in payment and transaction rejections
• Managed a critical role as a lead financial support specialist, independently handling a high volume of requests
and serving as a key point of contact for financial operations across global USAID Missions
• Provided expert guidance to USAID staff on payment and obligation procedures, proactively ensuring
compliance and reducing financial risk
• Managed and reconciled complex local staff payroll obligations (Trust Funds/Statutory Funds), including yearly
budget preparation based on salary scales, staffing patterns (occupied/vacant), and benefits (e.g., insurance). This
involved coordinating closely with remote payroll teams on expense reconciliation, tracking uncleared actions,
and processing fund transfers/reconciliations between internal operating budgets and local statutory payroll
obligations.
• Implemented best practices in financial data management to prepare the organization for successful internal and
external audits
• Trained and mentored new budget analysts, supporting missions in Morocco, Jordan, and Kazakhstan.
• Recognized with multiple awards for outstanding performance and contributions.

• Reviews, analyzes, and processes reverse accommodations to transfer funds between the USAID trust
fund and the dollar appropriated for the payroll/suspense reconciliation and FMSU/WCF fund share to
be posted to the TF Payroll obligation.
• Ensured Anti-Deficiency Act compliance by validating all obligations against appropriate funding
sources and purposes
• Managed appropriate funds in accordance with fiscal law principles, ensuring proper use of annual,
multi-year, and no-year funds
• Led financial reporting, variance analysis and cost-saving initiatives across multiple projects and
departments.
• Generated accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for executive review.
• Delivered critical financial management support to the Inspector General (IG) Middle East & Eastern
Europe Regional Cairo Sub-Office.

Systems, Data Integrity, and Compliance Oversight
• Maintained financial data integrity within the Phoenix and E2 systems, providing accurate information
essential for the preparation of agency-wide financial statements and budgets.
• Applied appropriation law knowledge to validate obligations in GLAAS/Phoenix systems, ensuring
compliance with purpose, time, and amount restrictions
• Managed and resolved complex vendor payment issues and data errors, ensuring compliance with
banking regulations.
• Implemented best practices in financial data management to consistently prepare the organization for
successful internal and external audits.
• Maintained budget files, records, and monitoring systems on digital storage for accurate day-to-day
transactions and reporting.

Leadership, Training, and Global Support
• Served as a independently handling a high volume of requests and
acting as a key point of contact for financial operations across global USAID Missions.
• Reduced payment and transaction rejections by developing and delivering impactful compliance training
for financial staff, supporting them both on-site and remotely.
• Provided expert guidance to USAID staff on payment and obligation procedures, proactively ensuring
compliance and reducing financial risk.
• Trained and mentored new budget analysts, providing both on-site and virtual support to USAID
Missions in Morocco, Jordan, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Yemen, Nigeria, and Kazakhstan.
• Recognized with Outstanding performance evaluations (2022-2024) and multiple awards for exceptional
contributions.

• Reviews, analyzes, and processes reverse accommodations to transfer funds between the USAID trust
fund and the dollar appropriated for the payroll/suspense reconciliation and FMSU/WCF fund share to
be posted to the TF Payroll obligation.
• Ensured Anti-Deficiency Act compliance by validating all obligations against appropriate funding
sources and purposes
• Managed appropriate funds in accordance with fiscal law principles, ensuring proper use of annual,
multi-year, and no-year funds
• Led financial reporting, variance analysis and cost-saving initiatives across multiple projects and
departments.
• Generated accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for executive review.
• Delivered critical financial management support to the Inspector General (IG) Middle East & Eastern
Europe Regional Cairo Sub-Office.

Systems, Data Integrity, and Compliance Oversight
• Maintained financial data integrity within the Phoenix and E2 systems, providing accurate information
essential for the preparation of agency-wide financial statements and budgets.
• Applied appropriation law knowledge to validate obligations in GLAAS/Phoenix systems, ensuring
compliance with purpose, time, and amount restrictions
• Managed and resolved complex vendor payment issues and data errors, ensuring compliance with
banking regulations.
• Implemented best practices in financial data management to consistently prepare the organization for
successful internal and external audits.
• Maintained budget files, records, and monitoring systems on digital storage for accurate day-to-day
transactions and reporting.

Leadership, Training, and Global Support
• Served as a lead financial support specialist, independently handling a high volume of requests and
acting as a key point of contact for financial operations across global USAID Missions.
• Reduced payment and transaction rejections by developing and delivering impactful compliance training
for financial staff, supporting them both on-site and remotely.
• Provided expert guidance to USAID staff on payment and obligation procedures, proactively ensuring
compliance and reducing financial risk.
• Trained and mentored new budget analysts, providing both on-site and virtual support to USAID
Missions in Morocco, Jordan, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Yemen, Nigeria, and Kazakhstan.
• Recognized with Outstanding performance evaluations (2022-2024) and multiple awards for exceptional
contributions.

Supported the Financial Management Office in processing payments.
• Processed and reviewed travel and program payment vouchers for multiple missions (Cairo, Iraq, Yemen,
Afghanistan, Sudan, Rome, Paris, Pakistan).
• Ensured compliance with USG regulations and improved voucher processing efficiency.
• Provided guidance to new voucher examiners and supported payment inquiries across missions.

Education Reform Program
• Financial Support program activities and financial operations for USAID-funded education reform
initiatives.

Education Reform Program (USAID-funded), AMIDEAST/AED
• Financial Support program activities and financial operations for USAID-funded education reform
initiatives.