Mohamed Yakout

Driven professional with experience in
financial operations, strategic planning
and Taxation. Demonstrated ability to
monitor financial performance and
provide sound financial guidance to
executive teams.
Skilled in developing budgets and
financial forecasts, as well as overseeing
financial reporting, accounts
payable/receivable, and payroll.
Possesses excellent problem-solving,
communication, and leadership skills.
Proactive professional with proven
knowledge of taxation, aiming to
leverage my abilities to successfully fill
the Accounting Manager role on your
team.

• Examined whether organizations objectives were reflected in its management activities and whether employees understand objectives.
• Developed and implemented financial management systems to support strategic objectives.
• Prepared financial and regulatory reports required by laws, regulations and boards of directors.
• Examined account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures.
• Evaluated financial reporting systems, accounting, collection procedures, investment activities and made recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets and other financial control functions.
• Developed and analyzed information to assess current and future financial status of firms.
• Maintaining company policies and procedures.
• Providing coaching and supervising an accounting team 20 accountants) across 3 GCC
regions.
• Computed taxes are owed and prepared tax returns, ensuring compliance with
payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
• Managing external / internal auditing quires.
• Handling forecasting cash flow.
• Handling business challenges.
• Analyzed business operations and trends to project future revenues and expenses.
• Prepared periodic reports to compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Determined if systems and programs under development will work as planned.

• Completed variance analysis of balance sheets and income statements to identify and resolve general ledger discrepancies.
• Established tables of accounts to assign entries to proper accounts.
• Collected and analyzed data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, and
extravagance.
• Inspected account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use
of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
• Preparing the VAT/ZAKAT returns.
• Analysis inventory movement.
• Review and prepare the ledger & sub ledger accounts monthly reconciliation.
• Handling monthly closing reports (ex: category margin, supplier aging report, customer
aging, stock aging report, shrinkage, scrap reports, supplier score card, etc..).
• Supervising imports shipments landed cost.

• Monthly closing booking Accrual, Prepaid, Recognized & Deferred Revenues, etc..)
• Handling imports shipments landed cost
• Preparing monthly reports and annexes
• Monitored accounts payable transactions for accuracy and proper general ledger posting.
• Analyzed financial information to determine assets, liabilities and capital.
• Prepared detailed reports on audit findings.
• Inspected cash on hand, receivable, payable, and cancelled checks to confirm records
are accurate.

• Examined inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.
• Reviewed accounts for discrepancies to properly reconcile differences.
• Responsible for monthly closing.
• Supervising a team of 10 in accountants.
• Responsible for issuing gross margin report.
• Developing systems to ensure the availability of information, revenues, stock balance
etc..
• Responsible for monthly reconciliation between system statement and supplier
statement.
• Handling suppliers claims and problems.
• Review invoices and check requests.
• Set invoices up for payment.
• Prepare and process accounts payable checks, wire transfers and ach payments.
• Prepare analysis of accounts.
• Monitor suppliers accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
• Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries