Ahmed Hewidy, Finance Manager

Ahmed Hewidy

Finance Manager

Happenize Trading & Services

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

Finance Manager at Happenize Trading & Services
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2021 to April 2024

Strategic Financial Planning: Develop and execute financial strategies that align with the company’s long-term business goals ➢ Budget Management: Oversee budgeting, financial forecasting, and allocations, ensuring they meet company objectives for growth and profitability. ➢ Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare accurate and detailed financial reports for the management, offering insights that guide the financial decision-making process. ➢ Cash Flow Management: Manage the organization's cash flow analysis and planning to ensure availability of funds and financial health. ➢ Audit and Compliance: Supervise the audit processes and ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements for financial reporting and documentation. ➢ Team Leadership and Development: Lead the finance team with integrity and establish clear team goals that align with the business objectives of the organization. ➢ ERP: Understand the new clients’ needs and create the suitable business financial work flow, compatible with ERP - Vowalaa and Odoo

Chief Accountant at Itialus Accounting and Corporate Services
  • Qatar - Doha
  • December 2016 to August 2021

Itialus Accounting and Corporate Services is a Consultancy global corporation headquarter in Luxemburg with offices in Middle East, Europe and India, provide professional Accounting, HR, Taxation and Debit Collection services, bookkeeping division aim to help a small business company to build a strong new accounting system able to provide a management reports summarizing the business financial position of income, expenses, capital usage, cash flow management and developing financial control
Beside consultancy clients Itialus provide a centralized accounts department for sister’s group of companies under Vision v Holding Group contain - 10 Companies

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Internal Group of Companies)

 Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations to the group of companies
 Oversight and monitoring of financial operations for the group and the coordination of strategic planning to ensure the achievement of required growth
 Development and maintenance of accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements for financial reporting purposes ensuring the financial health of the group of companies.
 Management of general ledger preparation, financial reporting, year-end audit preparation and budget and forecast activities
 Monitoring of day-to-day financial operations including account payables, account receivables, expenses, payroll, invoices, and other transactions.
 Preparation and review of budgets and predicting of future financial trends based on financial research.
 Supervision and guidance of the finance team to ensure works is allocated for completion in a timely and accurate manner
 Contract outside services for tax preparation, auditing, banking, investments, and other financial needs, as necessary
 Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for the top management
 Perform cash flow forecasting, budgeting and working closely with the operations and project teams in analyzing margins, variances and cost analysis
 Monitoring Inventory & ware house activities
 Handling daily cash flow activities (in /out) for the group
 Fixed assets management
 Cooperation with external auditors to carry out annual external auditing
 Share in evaluate & develop our ERP system - WallPost
 Increasing productivity by developing automated accounting system
Job Duties and Responsibilities (Bookkeeping service clients)
 Discuss & agree with the client the implementation of accounting procedures to cover all transaction
 Setup the ERP system - Wallpost - and train the client staff
 Maintain & post all previous accounting transactions
 Reporting monthly financial statements to the client
 Prepare quarterly cash flow forecasting
 Developing Inventory & ware house activities
 Fixed assets management
 Prepare & develop manual policies and procedures and maintain internal control and effective accounting system
 Communicate with client different department to prepare the annual budget
 Cooperation with external auditors to carry out annual external auditing

Senior Accountant at Combined Group for Trading & Contracting
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2015 to December 2016

Combined Group Contracting Company (CGC) Specialties in Buildings Construction, Roads & Bridges Construction, Oil & Gas, Power Plants & Substations, owns Asphalt Plants, Ready-Mix concrete batching plants and wide and diverse fleet ranging from heavy specialized equipment of light vehicles in Qatar, Kuwait and UAE

Job Duties and Responsibilities

- Share in prepare monthly balance sheet, income statement results and analysis to provide reports
To the top management
- Efficiency Handle ERP- Oracle system
- Ensure that the data are generated effectively and efficiently for a functional accounts payable system
- Reconciliation of Vendor statements and Payments
- Execute LPO to meet purchase Dep. Recruitments on time for all working sites
- Follow all banks accounts deposit, withdrawal and reconciliation
- Record daily transactions for Head Office & Accommodation
- Follow and record internal costs & revenues between company part’s
- Prepare Salaries & Leave provisions
- Control & Audit petty cash disbursements

Senior Accountant at Saqaara Construction
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2013 to March 2015

- Prepare general ledger month -end close and presentation of balance
Sheet, income statement results and analysis to provide reports
To the top management regarding significant expenditure fluctuation
- Communicate with project managers, vendors, and external parties to manage
Draw requests/requirements
- Reconciliation of Vendor statements and Customer payments
- Prepares revenue and expenses by analyzing accounts information
- Handle Construction project analysis reporting
- Review detailed analyses of fixed asset general ledger accounts and
Forecast depreciation expenditure on a monthly
- Follow bank accounts deposit, withdrawal and reconciliation
- Prepare monthly payroll and allocate it to projects
- Control & Audit petty cash disbursements
- Initiate & setup Peach tree automatic system
- Update internal control documentation as needed and monitor financial
Cycle - level and control process level risks to ensure material processes
Are incorporated into compliance process in a timely manner as required
By section

Senior Accountant at FBA – Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2009 to October 2013

FBA - Group owns variety companies which works in different fields
I moved between multiple Companies

 MarefaTech 4 Investment & Trading E- Learning Cairo Branch
 DreamStan Tours Tourism Doha
 Fiore Rosso Trading & Decoration Outdoor Furniture Doha

Job Duties and Responsibilities

- Prepare general ledger month -end close and presentation of balance
Sheet, income statement results to the financial manager
- Review detailed analyses of fixed asset general ledger accounts and
Forecast depreciation expenditure on a monthly
- Follow bank accounts deposit, withdrawal and reconciliation
- Prepares revenue and expenses by analyzing accounts information
- Reconciliation of Vendor statements and Customer payments
- Prepare monthly payroll
- Control & Audit petty cash disbursements
- Handling inventory cost analysis, pricing
- Assist with annual external audit, Complete requested information & documents
- Efficiency Handle ERP- Oracle system

 Showroom GM assistant for financial and administration in outdoor furniture
“Fiore Rosso “with full responsibility of daily showroom activities including
Financial issues, Delivery, after sale services

junior Accountant at Saleh abdulla est.
  • Saudi Arabia - Hofof
  • March 2006 to March 2008

Record daily journal entries and posting to general ledger
Responsible for petty cash disbursements for all working sites
Responsible for Construction accounts receivable & payables, management, and reporting
Monitoring and maintaining daily workers duties
Calculate general contracting fees and allocate payroll to projects
Communicate with projects managers, vendors, and external parties

Invoices Data Entry at EL-Salab Trading
  • Egypt
  • April 2005 to March 2006

Link between customers & cashier & store

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Faculty of commerce
  • May 2003

pass

Specialties & Skills

Accounting Software
Administration
Finance
Reporting
Accounting
Strong understanding of accounting theory
Ability to work independently and also cooperatively with all level of employees
Effectively handle multiple projects with ability to meet assigned deadlines
Creativity problem solving
accounting
Microsoft office and ERB

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Qualified Accountant Diploma (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
June 2010