MICHAEL MAKRAM, Senior Accountant

MICHAEL MAKRAM

Senior Accountant

AFKARI COLLECTION COMPANY FOR GENERAL TRADING

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
10 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months

Senior Accountant at AFKARI COLLECTION COMPANY FOR GENERAL TRADING
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since January 2017

- Control and prepare finalize the monthly, quarterly, annual financial statement such as trial balance, profit and loss, and balance sheet.

-Analyze, reconcile, and evaluate the accuracy of general ledger, accounting details, revenues, expenditures, accounting / budget / financial reports, processing documents for input, and posting accounts receivable as necessary.

- Control, follow sales and purchasing activities regulation, maintaining ledger, verify invoices monitoring contracts, software applications including word processing spreadsheet, in additional to maintaining and creating spreadsheet a need, process and control of payroll, staff payments, operating expenses payments reconciliation of accounts with our correspondence bank, suppliers and customers, fixed assets accounting, inventory systems, and insurance coverage polices.

- Control on journal entries, account work paper, bank reconciliation, design and implement changes in accounting systems, accounting policies, and information storage, and retrieval systems, work with other fiscal and program staff as necessary, coordinate with senior management, liaison with joint external auditors to identify their requirement and responds to their queries in coordination with divisions concerned.

- work on accounting software system and experience with ERP systems ( preferably in sap / oracle ).

- work at Microsoft excel and expert in a lots of models and functions as ( vlookup - sum ifs - pivot table - count if - Average ) .

- Full responsibility for the accounts of the suppliers and review the quotations, discounts, documentary cycle for purchases and export repots for each supplier about him invoices, sales at point of sales, net profit and issuing them checks at the end of the month -

-Follow up, audit and pepare journal vouchers for commission and revenue at money collection app ( go collect - my fatoorah ) at sales online .

- Follow up, audit and pepare journal vouchers for commission and revenue at accounts of statements at ( talabat- Carriage - tawseel ).

-Follow up the accounts of China company and audit the arrival of the invoices received in the statement of account Work on reports of prepaid invoices and matching paid with the supplier, Audit the opening balances of the statement of account, transfer of payments through al muzaini company , work on preparing the commission journal entry and the closure of indebtedness after each transfer

- Ensure that the accuracy of financial information recorded and reflected in the trial balance.

- Provide analysis and action plans that address variance between approved budgets and actual expenses.

- Oversee the month-end financial closure process and coordinate the timely submission of monthly financial reports.

- Review BU wise P&L to emphasis cost reduction and increase profitability.

- Coordinate with external audit companies for audit.

- Ensure proper establishment of local purchase procedures and ensure it is strictly adhered.

- Undertake yearly review of existing contracts and carry out revisions, if necessary.

- Integrate manual purchase procedure into ERP.

accountant at JAMAL TRADING COMPANY FOR CATERING FOOD
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • June 2016 to January 2017

-Prepare and process journal vouchers that comply with accounting standards.
- Record transactions in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

- Performs period end P&L (level) statement review, analysis of variances with Weekly Operating Report and preparation of adjustments as required. Enter journal entries in General Ledger

-Reviews General Ledger for failed transmission or data missing from component transmissions including but not limited to errors or missing sales. Petty Cash disbursements, accounts payable .

-Reconcile and analyze Balance Sheet accounts on a monthly basis at the component level. Identifies and resolves Account Receivable, Capital Asset and Contract accounting issues

-Ensures accurate and timeliness of reporting
• Preparing And audit Petty Cash & Make Analysis For Expenses Monthly
• Reconciliation of Statements.
• Bank Reconciliation.
• Accounts Payable.
• Accounts Receivable.

accountant at MARRIOTT COMPANY FOR TRADING AND MARKETING
  • Egypt - Sharm el Sheikh
  • September 2013 to May 2016

Perform account reconciliations and AR aging review
Monitor customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments
Research and resolve payment discrepancies
Maintain accounts receivable customer files and records
Follow established procedures for tracing the manual payment receipts
Investigate and resolve customer queries
Ensure all payment received are knocked off / allocated with respective bills
Communicate with customers via phone, email, or personally
Issuing statement of account to customers upon request
Assist with month-end closing
Collect data and prepare monthly metrics
Carry out billing, collection and reporting activities according to specific deadlines
Interact with operation to clarify all outstanding receivable overdue

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at SOHAG UNIVERSITY
  • June 2013

BACHELOR’S DEGREE OF COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT

Higher diploma, & HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENT IN GENERAL ENGLISH UPPER ELEMENTARY 11 (204) FNAL GRADE (A-)
  • at RASHIDI INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP
  • December 2012

& HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENT IN GENERAL ENGLISH UPPER ELEMENTARY 11 (204) FNAL GRADE (A-) AT RASHIDI INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP

Higher diploma, & HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENT IN DIPLOMA OF COMPUTERIZE ACCOUNTING
  • at RASHIDI INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP
  • November 2012

& HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENT IN DIPLOMA OF COMPUTERIZE ACCOUNTING AT RASHIDI INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
Payroll
Account Reconciliation
Purchasing
Auditing
WORK UNDER PRESSURE
Discipline in work and accuracy in carrying out tasks
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Ability to analyze , compare and develop
Microsoft Office programS ( EXCEL - WORD -POWER POINT)
INDEPENDENT AND NEUTRAL
Computer SYSTEMS ERP ( preferably in sap /oracle )
ability to reflect on one's own work as well as the wider consequences of financial decisions
A METHODICAL APPROACH AND PROBLEM -SOLVING SKILLS

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant ( PART 1 ) TRAINING (Training)
Training Institute:
AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY - OPEN LEARNING CENTER
Date Attended:
September 2014
Certified Management Accountant ( PART 2 ) TRAINING (Training)
Training Institute:
AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY - OPEN LEARNING CENTER
Date Attended:
September 2015
Certified TRAINING FROM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT’S OFFICE (Training)
Training Institute:
TAHA HAMED MAHMOUD
Date Attended:
November 2013
Certified TRAINING FROM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT’S OFFICE (Training)
Training Institute:
TAHA HAMED MAHMOUD
Date Attended:
November 2013
CERTIFICATE EXPERIENCE WORK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
APPRECIATION WORK CERTIFICATE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2018

Hobbies

  • INTEREST IN Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)