Mina Abadir, Chief Accountant

Mina Abadir

Chief Accountant

Mindshare

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Chief Accountant at Mindshare
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2015

- Monthly accounts closing - ensure all appropriate controls /steps taken to close off accounts on a monthly basis and prepare updated reliable trial balance.
-Statutory accounting - perform audit procedures to all financial statement elements to make reasonable assurance that the financial statements are fairly presented.
-Make sure of companies compliance with fiscal laws, SOX compliance and related regulations.
-Prepares special general ledger adjusting entries.
-Review all general ledger, cash, checks and bank transactions
-Reviews all prepayments, accruals and special provisions
-Reviews suspended accounts (work in progress, Services not invoiced, advances., etc)
-Reviews procedures and compliance with main requirements of CFM (Corporate Finance Manuals ) and internal control measures
-Preparing monthly and quarterly financial/management reporting ( Monthly Actual P&L, Monthly BS, Monthly Inter-company Confirmations, AR Aging, AP Aging, Weekly Cash Flow, Quarterly Budget Report etc..)
-Is directly supporting auditors for the annual audit review of Statutory Accounts
-Lead and manage the day-to-day activity of the Accounting.

Senior Finance Assistant at Mindshare
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2014 to August 2015

 Monthly accounts closing - ensure all appropriate controls /steps taken to close off accounts on a monthly basis and prepare updated reliable trial balance.
 Statutory accounting - perform audit procedures to all financial statement elements to make reasonable assurance that the financial statements are fairly presented.
 Make sure of companies compliance with fiscal laws, SOX compliance and related regulations.
 Prepares journal entries and special general ledger adjusting entries.
 Coordinates all general ledger, cash, checks and bank transactions
 Reviews bank time deposits, submission of checks to banks and records interest
 Reviews all prepayments, accruals and special provisions
 Reviews suspense accounts (work in progress, Services not invoiced, advances., etc)
 Handles the fixed assets ledger / performs depreciation calculations and corporate workflow system
 Reviews procedures and compliance with main requirements of CFM (Corporate Finance Manuals ) and internal control measures
 Preparing monthly and quarterly financial/management reporting ( Monthly Actual P&L, Monthly BS, Monthly Inter-company Confirmations, AR Aging, AP Aging, Weekly Cash Flow, Quarterly Budget Report etc..)
 Is directly supporting auditors for the annual audit review of Statutory Accounts
 Reviewing all sales invoices
 Recording monthly expenses

Senior Accountant at Mindshare
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2010 to December 2013

 Monthly accounts closing - ensure all appropriate controls /steps taken to close off accounts on a monthly basis and prepare updated reliable trial balance.
 Statutory accounting - perform audit procedures to all financial statement elements to make reasonable assurance that the financial statements are fairly presented.
 Make sure of companies compliance with fiscal laws and related regulations.
 Assists with tax issues (Corporation tax, withholding taxes, sales tax, etc)
 Prepares journal entries and special general ledger adjusting entries.
 Coordinates all general ledger, cash, checks and bank transactions
 Reviews bank time deposits, submission of checks to banks and records interest
 Reviews all prepayments, accruals and special provisions
 Reviews suspense accounts (work in progress, Services not invoiced, advances., etc)
 Handles the fixed assets ledger / performs depreciation calculations and corporate workflow system
 Reviews procedures and compliance with main requirements of CFM (Corporate Finance Manuals ) and internal control measures
 Is a backup for Group monthly and quarterly financial reporting
 Is directly supporting auditors for the annual audit review of Statutory Accounts

External Auditor at Habib & Co.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2008 to November 2010

 Performing audit, review, compliance and agreed upon procedures of various manufacturing, trading and service companies.
 Assist in closing the books and in producing monthly Profit and Loss statements.
 Assist in preparing the salary tax inspection and corporate tax .
 Perform other related duties as assigned or requested
 Make sure of companies compliance with fiscal laws and related regulations.
 Assists with tax issues (Corporation tax, withholding taxes, sales tax, etc)
 Prepares journal entries and special general ledger adjusting entries.
 Handles the fixed assets ledger / performs depreciation calculations.
 Reviews procedures and compliance with main requirements of CFM (Corporate Finance Manuals ) and internal control measures

 A team member in auditing the following various multinational and local companies:
 Oracle Egypt Limited (Software Services).
 Oerlikon Egypt (Industrial). Auditing
 Sadko (Trading). Auditing
 Menarail (Consulting). Book Keeping
 Summit Technology (Trading). Auditing
 Airteck (Trading) Book Keeping
 Catalyst Business Solutions (Software Services) Auditing
 Kajima Corporation (Construction) Auditing
 German Lynpho centre (Services) Auditing
 WII / CONTRACK (Non for profit) Auditing
 URS Egypt (Services) Book Keeping.

Accountant at Filopateer for Engineering & Supplies
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2007 to September 2008

 Perform monthly bank reconciliation and reporting of balance sheet & cash flow forms.
 Reconcile, adjust and maintain Balance Sheet accounts such as prepaid expense, petty cash, accounts receivable, payroll related payables, deferred income accounts, accruals unbilled revenue etc.
 Compile, enter and post monthly adjusting journal entries.
 Assist in closing the books and in producing monthly Profit and Loss statements.
 Preparing and record all vendor invoices and following up payments.
 Preparing and record all customers invoices and following up payments.
 Responsible in the preparing of all audit schedules and work closely with the auditors to ensure the completion of a timely audit and assist in preparing the yearend financial statement with the auditors.
 Assist in preparing the salary tax inspection and corporate tax and work closely with the tax consultant to insure the completion of the tax declaration.
 Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Faculty of commerce Benha university
  • July 2007

Specialties & Skills

Auditing
Accounting Software
Internal Controls
Financial Reporting
Visual Dolphine
MS Office

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Summer training - internal audit (Training)
Training Institute:
Orsacom Construction
Date Attended:
July 2006
CMA Part 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
SCADA
Date Attended:
October 2010

Hobbies

  • Football
  • Chess