Walid Hussein, Regional Finance & Tax Manager

Walid Hussein

Regional Finance & Tax Manager

General Electric Vernova Holding

Lieu
Egypte
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, Accounting English Section
Expérience
13 years, 8 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :13 years, 8 Mois

Regional Finance & Tax Manager à General Electric Vernova Holding
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • Je travaille ici depuis octobre 2023

• Responsible to ensure all statutory regulatory filings are completed timely, efficiently and in compliance with the country regulatory requirements. This includes branches, legal entities, and statutory consolidations from outside the US, as well as the management of the statutory audit process where applicable within the region.
• Responsible for implementation and standardization of Statutory & tax processes within the region.
• Review, validate and establish procedures with the local statutory process leaders to ensure proper application of Local and US GAAP.
• Lead, support and assist to coordinate process changes for the region enabling system and processes consistency.
• Ensure Stat & tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
• Overview team handling all wing-to-wing Stat & tax reporting.
• Minimize the impact of region tax inspections; guiding team to resolve all tax authoritys queries.
• Supervise progress of tax audits recommendations and help coordinate corporate review sessions.
• Demonstrate experience in project management leading cross functional projects and process improvement.
• Measure and minimize region specific process variations.
• Overview region Tax Operations process (forecasting, tax provision, compliance, and settlement).

Tax Operations Leader - META à General Electric Int'l Inc. - GE Corporate
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • septembre 2019 à octobre 2023

• Overview region Tax Operations process (forecasting, tax provision, compliance and settlement).
• Responsible for implementation and standardization of tax processes within the region.
• Review, validate and establish procedures with the local statutory process leaders to ensure proper application of Local and US GAAP.
• Lead, support and assist to coordinate process changes for the region enabling system and processes consistency.
• Ensure tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
• Act as Tax Operational Controller, adviser and coach to regional teams, focusing on department priorities and minimizing impact of ongoing tax audits within region.
• Overview team handling all wing-to-wing tax reporting.
• Provide region risk analysis for possible changes.
• Assure sub-region process controllership.
• Minimize the impact of region tax inspections; guiding team to resolve all tax authoritys queries.
• Supervise progress of tax audits recommendations and help coordinate corporate review sessions.
• Demonstrate experience in project management leading cross functional projects and process improvement.
• Measure and minimize region specific process variations.

Tax Operations Leader - Southern Africa à General Electric Global Operations (GE)
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • octobre 2018 à septembre 2019

Global Operations Controllership Cairo, EGYPT

• Responsible for sub-region tax operations process.
• Lead returns preparation team insuring the efficiency of the data and compliance with the established acts.
• Ensure the submission of returns filled on the designated dates and meeting the planned timeline.
• Minimize the impact of tax inspections, resolve all tax authoritys queries & related required analysis.
• Responsible for implementation and standardization of tax processes within the region.
• Review, validate and establish the procedures with the local statutory process leaders to ensure proper application of Local and US GAAP.
• Support and assist to coordinate process changes for sub-region enabling system and processes consistency.
• Ensure tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
• Handles all wing-to-wing tax reporting.
• Provide risk analysis for possible changes.
• Supervise progress of tax audits recommendations.
• Measure and minimize sub-region specific process variations.
• Work on time reduction on acquisitions integrations.
• Countries in scope: South-Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia.

Transactional Tax Regional Specialist à General Electric Global Operations (GE)
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • novembre 2017 à septembre 2018

Transactional Tax Team - SSA Cairo, EGYPT

• Support indirect tax compliance process for countries within the Sub-Sahara & South Africa region.
• Review, validate and improve filling returns process within the region.
• Supervise returns preparation team insuring the efficiency of the data provided and compliance with the established acts.
• Ensure the submission of returns filled on the designated dates and meeting the planned timeline.
• Responsible for implementation and standardization of indirect tax processes in the region.
• Support process improvements, especially reconciliation and preparation of tax returns.
• Assist to coordinate process changes for the region enabling system and processes consistency.
• Provide risk analysis for possible changes related to transactional tax.
• Ensure tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
• Minimize the impact of tax inspections, resolve all tax authoritys queries & related required analysis.
• Countries in scope: Angola, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Cote DIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Zambia.

Treasury & Tax Analyst à Spanish Egyptian Gas Co.-SEGAS, a Union Fenosa Gas Co.
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • septembre 2011 à novembre 2017

- Ensure the efficient management of company’s bank accounts maintaining the accordance with books.
- Supervise the bank reconciliations process and bank accounts transactions monthly report.
- Handling the preparation of Monthly Cash Outflow Forecast.
- Handling the preparation of Weekly Financial Position Report.
- Monitoring & analyzing Fixed Assets and Projects Under Constructions movements & transfers monthly.
- Ensure the coordination of the Statutory Audit and resolve all queries.
- Responsible for Interest and Debt Analysis with provision of relevant information and reports.
- Supervise the payables settlements process assuring the application of withholding tax.
- Supervise the company’s Freight forwarder account process (Customs & Value Added Tax).
- Supervise Employee’s expenses reimbursement process (accrual & payment) and receiving Employees’ Accounts Monthly analysis.
- Maintain direct relationship with Banks.
- Provide inputs and advice to SEGAS team in any issues related to banks.
- Supervise the Collections process & conducting monthly Accounts Receivables aging report.
- Supervise & monitor cash management process (transactions, balances and receive monthly cash transactions reports).
- Ensure tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
- Monthly analysis of SEGAS expenses for Tax & Budget compliance purposes (Opex, General & Administrative and Financial expenses).
- Assisting in the preparations of relevant analysis for Corporate Tax inspection for the years from 2008 to 2015.
- Attended Sales Tax inspection for the years 2011 & 2014.
- Attended Stamp Tax inspection for the years from 2005 till 2012.
- Assisted in the preparation of 2014:2016 Corporate Tax return declaration.
- Supervise the Quarterly Onshore Withholding Tax Declarations process & relevant analysis including Form 41.
- Supervise the preparation of Offshore Withholding Tax Declarations process and relevant analysis including Form 11.
- Conducting the relevant analysis for Quarterly Withholding tax inspections.
- Maintain direct contact with SEGAS Tax consultant.

Treasury & Tax Analyst à SPANISH EGYPTIAN GAS COMPANY (SEGAS LNG)
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • septembre 2011 à novembre 2017

Treasury & Tax Department Liquefaction Natural Gas
Cairo, EGYPT

• Ensure the efficient management of companys bank accounts maintaining the accordance with books.
• Supervise the bank reconciliations process and bank accounts transactions monthly report.
• Handling the preparation of Monthly Cash Outflow Forecast.
• Handling the preparation of Weekly Financial Position Report.
• Monitoring & analyzing Fixed Assets and Projects Under Constructions movements & transfers monthly.
• Ensure the coordination of the Statutory Audit and resolve all queries.
• Responsible for Interest and Debt Analysis with provision of relevant information and reports.
• Supervise the payables settlements process assuring the application of withholding tax.
• Supervise the companys Freight forwarder account process (Customs & Value Added Tax).
• Supervise Em ployees expenses reim bursement process (accrual & paym e n t) a nd receiv i ng Employees Accounts Monthly analysis.
• Maintain direct relationship with Banks.
• Provide inputs and advice to SEGAS team in any issues related to banks.
• Supervise the Collections process & conducting monthly Accounts Receivables aging report.
• Supervise & monitor cash management process (transactions, balances and receive monthly cash transactions reports).
• Ensure tax regulations are in compliance with established standards.
• Monthly analysis of SEGAS expenses for Tax & Budget compliance purposes (Opex, General & Administrative and Financial expenses).
• Assisting in the preparations of relevant analysis for Corporate Tax inspection for the years from 2008 to 2015.
• Attended Sales Tax inspection for the years 2011& 2014.
• Attended Stamp Tax inspection for the years from 2005 till 2012.
• Assisted in the preparation of 2014:2016 Corporate Tax return declaration.
• Supervise the Quarterly Onshore Withholding Tax Declarations process & relevant analysis including Form 41.
• Supervise the preparation of Offshore Withholding Tax Declarations process and relevant analysis including Form 11.
• Conducting the relevant analysis for Quarterly Withholding tax inspections.
• Maintain direct contact with SEGAS Tax consultant.

Foreign Procurement Specialist à Alkan Telecom
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • août 2010 à janvier 2011

Procurement and Logistics Department
• Handling Purchase requests & conducting Purchase orders using ERP.
• Following through with purchase from order placement to fulfillment.

Enterprise customer service representative à Mobinil
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • mars 2010 à juillet 2010

Enterprise customer service Department.

• Handling clients complains & requests.
• Other Call Center administrative tasks.
• Using Oracle systems & applications.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, Accounting English Section
  • à Helwan university
  • janvier 2009
Etudes secondaires ou équivalent, General Secondary Certificate.
  • à Futures Language School
  • juin 2004

Specialties & Skills

BANK RECONCILIATIONS
CASH MANAGEMENT
COLLECTIONS
CORPORATE TAX
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT PROCESS
RECEIVABLES
STATUTORY AUDIT
TAX RETURN
MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) & SAP implementation

Langues

Anglais
Moyen

Formation et Diplômes

Financial Accounting & Reporting " FAR " - Certified Public Accountant "CPA" (Formation)
Institut de formation:
The American University in Cairo - School of Continuing Education
Date de la formation:
October 2015
Treasury & Cash Management (Formation)
Institut de formation:
The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
Corporate Tax law (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Egyptian Tax Authority Training Center
Salaries Tax Law (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Egyptian Tax Authority Training Center
The Preparation of Corporate Tax Declarations (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Egyptian Tax Authority Training Center
Advanced Excel (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Global Knowledge
Organization Development & Business Processes workshop (Formation)
Institut de formation:
MADA Consulting