Muhammad Gaber -  CMA, Vice President

Muhammad Gaber - CMA

Vice President

KFH Capital Investments Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, CMA® (Certified Management Accountant)
Experience
19 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months

Vice President at KFH Capital Investments Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since April 2023

√ Monitor a proper implementation of financial policies and procedures to maintain bookkeeping smoothness, considering time efficiency and data accuracy.
√ Manage the preparation of the monthly consolidated financials.
√ Set an adequate system of internal control to ensure proper implementation of duties’ segregation within the department.
√ Manage and develop the preparation of the periodic monitoring of the KPIs, scorecard, and business drivers; to be presented to the executive management and the board of directors.
√ Prepare the master budget based on the company’s business plan to assure a rationale attainable objectives in the term of three years plan.
√ Examine the regular reports for Capital market authority to assure a proper breakdown calculation, within the deadline frame.
√ Investigate the monthly variances of each department’s budget and report the variances’ reasons to the top management to take the necessary corrective actions at earliest.
√ Following up the investments, associates, subsidiaries related issues which include equity accounting, revaluations, capital calls…etc.
√ setting up the department’s structure and coach the team to improve the efforts’ efficiency & effectiveness for tasks’ accomplishment to maximize outputs’ accuracy and completeness.
√ Establish an effective working relationship with banks, financial institutions, auditors to facilitate the Co.’s requirements’ promptly and cost effectively.
√ Forecast, manage and monitor the cash flow to assure the most optimal fund’s solvency for facing any contingent liabilities.
√ Ensure applying any recommendations identified by auditors (if any).
√ Respond to inquiries, accounting transactions to locate and resolve discrepancies.

Assistant Vice president – Finance. at KFH Capital Investments Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2021 to March 2023
Senior Manager - Finance Deparment at KFH Capital Investment Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2018 to April 2021
Finance Manager at KFH Capital Investment Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • July 2015 to May 2018
Assistant Manager - Finance Dept. at KFH Capital Investment Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2013 to June 2015
Senior Accountant at KFH Capital Investment Co. (Formerly Al-Muthanna Investment Co.)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2010 to December 2012

Senior accountant

Senior Accountant at Murabahat Real Estate Solutions
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2008 to September 2009

As a senior accountant, my role included assisting in preparing the consolidated financial, Assist in preparing the annual budget and monitoring budget v/s actual expenses, Resolving the outstanding balance sheet items, Review accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information & calculations, Facilitate & complete monthly closing procedures, Analyze revenues, Commissions & expenses to ensure appropriate recording on monthly basis, Assist in analyzing the monthly financial ratios, Examine, approve & post the journal vouchers, Reconcile sub-ledger to the general ledger & resolves differences, approve the monthly payroll of the main office (Kuwait) and UAE office which prepared by HR, and prepare a price list for the available units that achieve the desired IRR in line with the business and marketing plan.

Budget Controller at MAS International Co
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2007 to May 2008

As a Budget controller, to monitor the operations execution within the budget boundaries according to the Co.’s assumptions in view of each cost / profit center, approve the monthly payroll of the main office (Kuwait) and UAE office which prepared by HR Dept., daily tracking of banks position, and monthly managerial reporting of operational information.

Cost Accountant at Kefan Optics. Co (K.S.C.C)
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • May 2005 to May 2007

As a cost accountant at the first glasses’ lenses factory in the middle east. Monitoring the production costs of Nikon lenses in Kuwait, following up semi-finished lenses stock, handling the manufacturing consumables as direct costs on production phases. Maintain all foreigner & local suppliers’ accounts with preparing monthly reports of purchases, production, workshop efficiency & cost centers monthly performance.

Accountant at Al RAI General Trading & Construction CO
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2004 to May 2005

As an accountant for the daily transactions of more than 72 excavation projects included (Al Razi hospital and the hospitals area) for preparing the costs allocation of each project with daily activity sheet for more than 16 heavy equipment.

Education

Bachelor's degree, CMA® (Certified Management Accountant)
  • at Institute of management accountants
  • September 2017
Bachelor's degree, Accounting / Finance
  • at Faculty of Commerce
  • May 2003

- Certified management accountant (CMA) licensed by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), New Jersey, USA. - Certificate in International Financial Reporting (CertIFR), licensed by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London, United Kingdom. - Bachelor of Science in Accounting 2003, (Egypt). - Attending the annual seminar of IFRS prepared by E&Y Kuwait for 2014, 2013 and 2012. - A certificate from Talal Abu Ghazaleh Professional Training Group declares attendance the course of Advanced Financial Analyzing, (Kuwait). - A certificate from New Horizon (Kuwait) declares attending the advanced communication course 2013. - A certificate from the American center declares passing the advanced course of English language. - A certificate from Alexandria learning center declares attendance of the “practical of advanced accounting” course. - A certificate from the German institute declares a good knowledge of the German language, but there is rarity of using the language.

Specialties & Skills

Attendance
Production
Monthly Close
General Ledger

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Institute of management accountants
  • Active member
  • November 2008

Training and Certifications

CFA Investment Foundations Program® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
Certificate in International Financial Reporting (CertIFR) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017