Wael Ghoniem, Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst

Wael Ghoniem

Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst

Hassan Allam Construction

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst at Hassan Allam Construction
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since November 2017

Job Description: Analyze financial data by collecting, monitoring and creating financial models for decision support. Improve financial status by analyzing results; monitoring & investigating variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management. Assist with annual and quarterly forecasting, Accountable for monitoring the progress of projects, approving expenses, and ensuring that project billings are issued to customers and payments collected.
Tasks Performed:
• Responsible for working with the Director of Operations and CEO/President on budget and forecasting activities.
• Identifies financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Guides cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
• Improves financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
• Analyzes research to provide summaries, reports and presentations.
• Determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs and collecting operational data.
• Review reports to locate errors or inconsistencies and ensure timely corrections and adjustments.
• Provide financial analysis tools to evaluate company ventures or special projects, programs, capital expenditures, products costing, etc. when necessary.
• Illustrates data graphically and translates findings into written text.
• Safeguard assets and assure accurate and timely recording of all transactions by implementing disciplines of internal audits & controls.
• Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.
• Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information and prepares documents as needed.
• Develop, improve and issue timely monthly financial records for President/CEO and Board of Directors.
• Coordinate commercial banking relationships to facilitate an appropriate credit resource under highly competitive terms.
• Approve the transfer of expenses into and out of project-related accounts.
• Review and approve supplier invoices, time sheets for work & overhead charges to be applied related to a project.
• Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management.
• Confer with receivables staff regarding unpaid contract billings.
• Report on project profitability to management.
• Report to management on any opportunities for additional billings.
• Report to management regarding the remaining funding available for projects.
• Approve all project-related billings to customers.
• Investigate all project expenses not billed by customers.
• Approve the write-off of any project-related billings that cannot be collected from customers.
• Providing information to management and departments for cost control purposes.
• Participate in Finance Committee meetings within the operated ventures.
• Provide Joint Venture information with regards to budget and planning purposes for internal midterm planning process.
• Approve the monthly bank reconciliations of the Joint Venture bank accounts.
• Review billing statements and cash calls to Joint Venture Partners in accordance with the JV Operating Agreements.
• Supervise other staff within and seconded to the team.
• Compile information for internal and external auditors, as required.

Fixed Assets Accountant at Gulf Agency Company www.gac.com
  • June 2010 to October 2011

Responsible for cash records, the fixed assets management according to
the principles of the IFRS, Egyptian accounting standards and the applicable laws and
regulations.

Tasks Performed:
• Assist in preparing, reviewing and analyzing monthly and annual financial statements.
• Responsible for deliver the financial reports for management with a clear understanding
of financial performance and effects of business plans and strategy and with high
efficient, accurate & meeting the dead line.
• Assures compliance with local and corporate policies, regulations and laws and Internal
Control requirements.
• Maintain the accounting manual up to date (Dolphin) and ensure the adherence to the
manual and all policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the fixed assets process and the yearly fixed assets inventory.
• Responsible for the internal & external transfers.
• Responsible for the accrual and prepaid records.
• Responsible for the cash daily process.
• Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.

Fixed Assets Accountant at Gulf Agency Company www.gac.com
  • October 2011 to May 2011

Responsible for check issuing, payables records, the fixed assets
management according to the principles of the IFRS, Egyptian accounting standards and the
applicable laws and regulations.

Tasks Performed:
• Assist in preparing, reviewing and analyzing monthly and annual financial statements.
• Responsible for deliver the financial reports for management with a clear understanding
of financial performance and effects of business plans and strategy and with high
efficient, accurate & meeting the dead line.
• Assures compliance with local and corporate policies, regulations and laws and Internal
Control requirements.
• Maintain the accounting manual up to date (Dolphin) and ensure the adherence to the
manual and all policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the fixed assets process and the yearly fixed assets inventory.
• Responsible for the internal & external transfers.
• Responsible for the accrual and prepaid records.
• Responsible for the payables credit terms.
• Responsible for checks issuing process.
• Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.

Fixed Assets Accountant at Gulf Agency Company www.gac.com
  • February 2008 to November 2010

Responsible for check issuing, payables records, the fixed assets
management according to the principles of the IFRS, Egyptian accounting standards and the
applicable laws and regulations.

Tasks Performed:
• Auditing all accounts records form all branched.
• Maintain that they are booked according to the Egyptian accounting standers.
• Reconcile cash and bank accounts.

Fixed Assets Accountant at Gulf Agency Company www.gac.com
  • November 2008 to June 2010

Responsible for check issuing, payables records, the fixed assets
management according to the principles of the IFRS, Egyptian accounting standards and the
applicable laws and regulations.

Tasks Performed:
• Assist in preparing, reviewing and analyzing monthly and annual financial statements.
• Responsible for deliver the financial reports for management with a clear understanding
of financial performance and effects of business plans and strategy and with high
efficient, accurate & meeting the dead line.
• Assures compliance with local and corporate policies, regulations and laws and Internal
Control requirements.
• Maintain the accounting manual up to date (Dolphin) and ensure the adherence to the
manual and all policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the fixed assets process and the yearly fixed assets inventory.
• Responsible for the payables credit terms.
• Responsible for the internal & external transfers.
• Responsible for checks issuing process.
• Responsible for the accrual and prepaid records.
• Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.

Senior Accountant at Shipping, Logistics and Marine Services
  • to

Supervision the cash, payables, fixed assets management, covering
financial accounting and financial reporting in accordance with the IFRS, Egyptian
accounting standards and the applicable laws and regulations.

Tasks Performed:
• Assist in preparing, reviewing and analyzing monthly and annual financial statements
• Track monthly financial reports, analyzing differences between the results and the
original budget, in sales, costs, Operating Expense
• Analyze financial results and provide management with a clear understanding of
financial performance and effects of business plans and strategy
• Identify risks and opportunities and ensure execution of follow up activities to
deliver optimal performance for the Business Unit
• Assures compliance with local and corporate policies, regulations and laws and Internal
Control requirements
• Maintain the accounting manual up to date (Dolphin) and ensure the adherence to the
manual and all policies and procedures
• Ensuring efficient, accurate and timely Management Reporting
• Guiding the junior accountants in preparing accounts record in accordance with the
accounting standards.
• Manage the fixed assets process and the yearly fixed assets inventory.
• Manage the payables credit terms.
• Manage the cash daily process.
• Manage the internal & external transfers.
• Manage the accrual and prepaid records.
• Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
  • at Ain Shams University
  • May 2007
High school or equivalent, Accounting and Finance
  • at Ain Shams University
  • May 2007

Specialties & Skills

Fixed Assets
Budget Negotiation
Cash Flow Management
Annual Reports
Budget Reconciliation
• Effectively interacts with clients to gains trust and respect
• makes recommendations on how to improve existing process and improve overall operations of the fir
• Provides assistance to team members and openly shares personal experience and expertise, provides
• Capable of using all available technologies that positively Impact the work, goals, and mission. H
• Searches and suggests for new ideas and ways to improve efficiency, discovers new and better ways
• Experience in time management, negotiation, leadership, work under pressure, creativity, communica

Languages

Arabic
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English
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