Mostafa Riyad, Senior Accountant

Mostafa Riyad

Senior Accountant

Parsons

Location
Saudi Arabia - Mecca
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting Department
Experience
18 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months

Senior Accountant at Parsons
  • Saudi Arabia - Mecca
  • My current job since March 2013

• Interface with project managers regarding contracts, change orders, approvals and services related to billing.
• Review and approve monthly payments of contractors and consultants.
• Assist the client’s financial department as a budget controller.
• Review and approve supplier invoices, verifying amounts and analyzing requisitions.
• Review monthly payroll for employees.
• Supervise the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company automated financial systems.
• Follow up on accounts receivables and order forms from invoice to delivery of goods.
• Ensure the proper and timely posting of revenue and accounts receivable transactions.
• Ensure received goods are compatible with the purchase orders.
• Follow up the outgoing payments for vendors and ensure they are paid according to payment terms.
• Currently work on a project for King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz for the Construction of the City of Makkah, in collaboration with the primary client, the Development Commission for Makkah Almukkaramah and Almashaer Almukaddasah (DCOMM) and the owner of the project, the government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Senior Accountant at Quattro Trading & Service SAE.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2008 to February 2013

• Performed a variety of financial tasks in alignment with operational goals.
• Manage general ledger transactions in compliance with IFRS standards.
• Ensure proper documentation of fixed assets and bookkeeping preparation of monthly depreciation report, reconciliation of bank accounts, petty cash reimbursement, and expense tracking.
• Aid in the preparation of financial statements budgets according to IFRS standards.

• Maintained relationships with banks and other key service providers, helping to negotiate better fees and contracts.
• Facilitated online banking and money transfers from international suppliers.
• Analyzed revenues, commissions, and expenses to ensure accuracy of data. Assisted with physical counts (inventory/fixed assets).
• Prepare customers account reconciliations.
• Ensured POS (Point of Sales) transactions were in alignment with the ERP system.
• Completed monthly account reconciliations, daily cash deposits, financial statements, monthly close procedures, tax/contract auditing, and tax reports (monthly sales tax and quarterly withholding).
• Evaluated, developed, and implemented new cash management systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Audited the daily sales invoices of 14 retail stores (garment/furniture).

Accounts Payable at Fashion International Group (FIG)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2006 to February 2008

• Processed accounts payable transactions, including receiving and verifying invoices/requisitions for services and goods.
• Reconciled staff advances, petty cash, and accounts.
• Assisted in month end closing and monthly journal entry of utilities and rentals.
• Maintained the company’s cash on hand.

Accounts Receivable at Fashion International Group (FIG)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2006 to December 2006

-• Audited and prepared journal entries for bank deposits, as well as compiling sales adjusting entries.
• Verified POS transactions by comparing to the ERP system.
• Monitor receivables misapplied cash balances.
• Aided in month end closings and physical inventory counts.
• Received and audited the sales invoices of 28 retail stores on a daily basis.

Head Cashier at Fashion International Group (FIG)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2006 to July 2006

-Supervise and support the team of 5 cashiers.
-Training the new cashier staff.
-Audit Cashiers performance by make X report during Shifts.
-Investigate and resolve customer queries.
-Prepare the printouts of sales batch and Bank deposits to deliver it to the Accounts receivable.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting Department
  • at Cairo University - Faculty Of Commerce.
  • August 2005

Bachelor of commerce, Accounting department

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Specialties & Skills

Sales Tax
Financial Management
Deposits
Month End
Adjusting
Decision making
Communications skills
problem solving skills
Book keeping skills
Computer skills
out of the box thinker

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

The Association of accountants and financial professionals (IMA)
  • Member
  • October 2012
The institute of Internal Auditors
  • Member
  • March 2013