Sameh Adel

Key Achievements:
• Streamlined the Finance Department’s workflows, increasing efficiency and improving the accuracy of accounting records.
• Collaborated with the Central Kitchen to optimize recipes, resulting in a reduction of food costs from 37 to 30%.
• Successfully implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and POS systems, resulting in a 12% reduction in operational expenses.
• Optimized the food ordering process, resulted in reducing waste by 10% and cutting processing time. Furthermore, Implemented efficient procedures for raw material stocking, receiving, and disbursement.
• Created chart of accounts and detailed monthly P&L reports and dashboards, enhancing financial visibility and decisionmaking.
• Implemented cash flow management strategies to mitigate financial risk by optimizing resource allocation, establishing a daily cash collection and deposit process, negotiating extended vendor payment terms, and collaborating with operations to identify revenue growth opportunities.
• Spearheaded the preparation of annual budgets, achieving 95% alignment with financial forecasts.
• Developed financial projection models to support the expansion of three new restaurants.
• Managed the external audit process, resulting in zero critical findings during reviews.
• Demonstrated proficiency in establishing internal processes through effective coordination with various departments.
• Generated analytical reports encompassing:
o Sales mix, items combinations, and hourly, daily, and monthly sales data.
o Monthly procurement details encompassing item descriptions, unit costs, vendor names, and purchase volumes.
• Successfully implemented a new payroll system.

Key Achievements:
• Effectively trained the team in utilizing the accounting system, ensuring accurate and timely recording of entries.
• Established cost center accounting, improving projects revenues and expenses reporting accuracy.
• Improved and modified the charts of accounts to ensure precise recording of transactions.
• Overhauled the monthly closing process, reducing reporting time by 50%.
• Generated insightful revenue and cost analysis reports, enabling effective comparison across different periods.
• Conducted training for accountants, improving their performance, assigning specific duties, and developing clear job descriptions for each one.
• Streamlined payment processes and procedures, achieving 30% reduction in processing time, with authorization to sign checks and approve online payments and salaries.
• Organized the finance department's internal processes and implemented efficient document filing systems.
• Managed extensive databases to generate comprehensive financial and operational reports.
• Prepared weekly and monthly sales and financial reports, providing valuable insights for decision-making.
• Preparation of Quarterly and Year-end Financials, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Designed financial projection models for various projects, enabling informed strategic decisions.

Key Achievements:
• Reorganized the Finance Department, improving efficiency and reducing errors by 25%.
• Managed and trained a team of nine accountants, improving departmental productivity through optimized tasks allocation.
• Resolved inventory and costing issues, related to item stock, item barcoding, scale pricing and costing, leading to increase in retail operational efficiency.
• Designed and developed the Charts of Accounts and constructed different business segments’ Profit and Loss statements.
• Developed a comprehensive fixed assets register, improving asset tracking and reducing discrepancies.
• Categorized Inventories, Payables & Receivables into major Sub Ledger groups with allocating corresponding GL Accounts.
• Integrated two systems (Victory Arch and Microsoft-Great Plains), achieving seamless accounting & inventory management, and analyzing & resolving issues.
• Prepared monthly performance reports and implemented & completed 2018 Audited Financial.

Key Achievements:
• Conducting internal audits to assess the effectiveness and completeness of internal controls across various processes, such as daily cash collection/deposit, sales ordering, revenue recognition, purchasing, petty cash, inventory management, and receivables management. Implementing corrective actions as necessary, reducing financial discrepancies.
• Overseeing the training and performance improvement of accountants, as well as supervising their daily transactions to optimize their effectiveness.
• Automated financial reporting using SQL, saving more than 50% of the time on report preparation.
• Developing and monitoring financial budgets and forecasts, analyzing profitability, and reporting variances.
• Optimized cash flow projections, improving liquidity management.
• Preparing quarterly and year-end audit reports and coordinating with external auditing firms for comprehensive audits.
• Reviewing monthly payroll and providing guidance to HR and accountants in the preparation and finalization of payroll.
• Collaborated with senior management to ensure financial strategies were aligned, with the objective of increasing profitability.
• Led the financial integration of a newly formed company, meeting all deadlines with zero compliance issues.
• Safeguarding company’s fixed assets by setting up a labelling system and tagging assets.

Key Achievements:
• Implemented streamlined payable processes, cutting processing time by 40%.
• Ensured compliance with shipping guarantee protocols, minimizing supply chain delays.
• Conducted stores inventory audits, reducing variances.

Key Achievements:
• Reduced receivables aging through proactive follow-up and improved reporting systems.
• Improved inventory control processes, decreasing stock discrepancies.
• Conducted financial performance analysis for restaurant chains.
• Enhanced reporting accuracy for balance sheets and P&L statements.