reda shousha, Finance Manager

reda shousha

Finance Manager

Automotive Distribution & Marketing Co

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Strategic management and leadership
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Finance Manager at Automotive Distribution & Marketing Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since December 2018

• Spearhead team efforts on processing financial transactions, rendering analytical support in preparing/ consolidating data for various financial reports.
• Prepare/ interpret management reporting on balance sheets, cash flow and profit and loss statement, including monthly explanation of variances to budget.
• Assist board of directors in decision making by effective strategic analysis, produce and formulating strategic and long-term business plans, budget, management reports and variance analysis.
• Interact with the senior management and other stakeholders for finalizing on organizational plans.
• Implement and measure organizational financial plans, budgets and forecasting activities aligned to corporate strategies.
• Ensure availability of adequate funds to cater to ongoing operational and capital investment requirements.
• Focus on enhancing profitability opportunities by applying benchmark cost structures and sales metrics.
• Develop rapport with key decision makers across government organizations, banks and other financial institutions for maintaining steady fund flow for accomplishing organizational business objectives.
• Confirms financial status by monitoring revenue and expenses, coordinating the collection, consolidation, stock management and evaluation of financial data
• Worked cross functionally to ensure Customer Experience initiative was on time and all leaders were aligned on financial and operational targets.
• Achieve operation excellence by improving process, analyze financial and operational performance against key business metrics and document pertinent financial and operational highlights that will enable management to determine progress against budgets.
• Define/ implement financial & accounting system, policies and procedures for accounts based on organizational policies and statutory requirements
• Collaborate with external / internal auditors in planning / implementing periodic audit and yearend balance sheet to provide required reports.
• Ensuring the company is adheres to laws, regulations and internal policies, enforcing regulations in all aspects of business. Liaison with external auditors, internal auditors, Tax authorities and fulfil all requirements.

Finance Manager at First Advance Auto
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2015 to December 2018

• Collate, prepare and interpret reports, budgets, accounts, commentaries and financial statements to ascertain organizational financial health.
• Assessed and aligned financial and business systems/models to organizational policies and other statutory regulations to ensure seamless operations.
• Assisted the board of directors in defining and implementing strategies and long-term business plans as well as in evaluating budget variances for implementing effective remedial measures.
• Conducted research into pricing, competitors, customer needs and expectation and factors affecting market to introduce competitive product prices.
• Managed the preparation of the company's budget, Monthly variance and achievement monitoring.
• Enhance profitability opportunities by applying benchmark cost structures and sales metrics as well as by managing monthly budget variances.
• Enhanced organizational target accomplishments by identifying and evaluating potential operational improvement and finalizing action plans in coordination with the management and the staff.
• Set up effective internal controls and process improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational efficiency in the finance department.
• Ensured availability of funds to cater to ongoing operational and capital investment requirements. Confirmed financial status by monitoring revenue and expenses, coordinated collection, consolidation, stock management and evaluation of financial data.
• Effectively managed day to day operations of the finance department and implemented initiatives to improve staff cost efficiency, managing payroll and incentives.
• Evaluate, design and implement financial & accounting system, policies and procedures for accounts based on organizational policies and statutory requirements
• Maintain updated database of financial information aligned to statutory and operational requirements.
• Followed up with concerned stakeholders (external auditors, internal auditors, and tax authorities) in ensuring compliance to laws, regulations and internal policies pertaining to day to day business transactions

Chief accountant at Mohamed Yousuf Motors (Jaguar & Land Rover)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2010 to April 2015

 Lead accounts team in order to meet company and department objectives.
 Ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, processes and standards pertaining to finance and accounts and Contribute toward the development and implementation of accounting and control policies and procedures.
 Preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports for the management within the given time limits
 Assists in the preparation of the annual working Budget and control over Budget variances.
 General ledger and sub ledgers reconciliation and verification.
 Develop ERP system (ADP autoline) reports, contact, and follow IT up for the implementation.
 After sales accounting head, review after sales work in process, prepare ageing, Supervise all aspects of Warranty, Preparing and analyzing After sales monthly KPI’s.
 Responsible for Costing, preparing Monthly Inventory ageing report, reconciliation with Nominal Ledger and preparing monthly parts provision.
 Monitoring all aspects of cash and banks, Affiliated and intercompany
 Monitoring all aspects of monthly payroll, GOSI and EOSB.
 Liaise with External and internal auditors for all related matters.
 Utilize teamwork to develop departmental synergy.
 Ensures that written performance evaluations of supervised employees are completed as required, provides continuous feedback on personnel performance issues, and takes immediate action to recognize achievements and address deficiencies or problems.
 Maintain all Manufacturer and foreign suppliers’ accounts and reconciliations.
 Keep and maintain all Insurance aspects.

Accountant at Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Motors -Jaguar Land Rover
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2010 to October 2010

 Costing for new vehicles.
 Accounts payable reconciliation, verification, aging and settlement process.
 Monitoring all aspects of monthly payroll.
 Supervising inventory counts, inputting inventory data and evaluating reports.

Accountant at Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Group (Manafie Int’l Co)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2007 to April 2010

 Monitoring and control customers ‘credit. According to receivable aging policy and monthly reconciliation.
 Follow up insurance installments. Prepare its payments and prepayment scheduling and monthly reconciliation.
 Monthly Affiliated Reconciliation
 Follow up and reconcile bank accounts.
 Assist manager for financial reports.

Education

Master's degree, Strategic management and leadership
  • at Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • May 2021
Diploma, Strategic Management and Leadership
  • at Pearson BTEC
  • June 2020
Bachelor's degree, accounting
  • at university
  • June 2006

Finance and Accounting

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Revenue
Microsoft Office
Leadership
Team work
MS Excel
ADP Kerridge (Autoline).
Strategic thinking and planning
Accounts Managment
financial reporting and analysis

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

CFC - Certified Financial Controller (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
CFMS,Certified Financial Modeling Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
CFC, Certified Financial Consultant from IFC (Institute of financial consultants). (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Certified Corporate FP&A Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
Valid Until:
June 2023
The Leadership from within and the leadership manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
The ABCs of Supervising others (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
The accounting cycle, financial statements and training project (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
MAKING A FINSNCIAL CASE (Training)
Training Institute:
IFC (International Financial Corporation)
Date Attended:
August 2007
Duration:
5 hours
APA ,accredited professional accountant training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007