Finance Manager
Hassab Labs
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
Accounting Manager, Feb, 2021- Apr, 2022
After relocating from Dubai, UAE, I joined Hassab labs HQ as an accounting manager and was reporting to the group CFO.
Hassab Labs is one of the leading providers of medical laboratory testing in Egypt with over 45 branches. As the first medical lab accredited by EGAC/ILAC, the lab results are recognized globally and meet the strictest international quality standards.
Job Responsibilities
• Responsible for the general ledger and ensuring that entries are posted correctly in accordance with IFRS and with group policy.
• Responsible for the treasury, banking relationship and all online banking transactions (For 5 banks).
• Implementation of the new lease standard for Hassab’s 45+ branches
• Preparation and closing monthly financial statements, in accordance with IFRS standard and group policy & Procedures.
• Submit the monthly management reports to the group CFO & CEO on time.
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet items with maintaining supporting schedules.
• Act as a business partner, providing support to other operation departments.
• Coordinate with the external auditors and provide them with all the required documents, information, samples, explanations for any questions .
• Driving budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring all inputted information is maintained with accuracy and update working files for regular review
• Ensure provisions are taken in line with group finance policy & procedures
• Analise all lines of the P&L to explain variances versus budget/forecast and present my commentary and recommendation.
• Ensure internal financial controls are in place and drive efficiency throughout the department
• Lead projects whilst liaising with department heads to achieve accurate and precise forecasts
• Support the periodic credit control meetings on collection status and agreeing the actions assigned
• Managing payroll expenses of all employee provisions on balance sheet
• Ensure the AR and AP functions are aligned to company procedures and protocol
• Maintain all customer reconciliations on revenue recognition & ensure all accounts are accurate
• Manage all expenditures relating to the inter-companies and recharge them on a monthly basis
• Regular reconciliation of inter-company balances
• VAT, WHT, Stamp and Corporate Tax filings and liaising with designated third parties to ensure information is audited and checked before filing
• Provide weekly cash flow forecasting reports, highlighting areas where funds are required to maintain the operations on track
Managing the internal & external finance departments. Reporting to the Managing Director & Regional
Group Finance Director.
Vistra is a Global Independent provider of trust, fiduciary, corporate and fund services delivering
Personal and tailored solutions to international corporations, institutional investors and high net worth
individuals and their families.
Job Responsibilities:
• Internal Finance
▪ Monitor & review day-to-day accounting transactions (AR-AP-GL) to ensure all
transactions are booked correctly.
▪ Review the monthly payroll report and process the salary payments.
▪ Analyse the monthly timesheets & chargeability reports for fixed fees clients. Review the
pricing for the clients who consume additional service hours than what was agreed.
▪ Lead the month end closing processes - perform the consolidation for the Middle East
region and submit the monthly reporting packs (standalone & consolidated) on time with a
proper financial commentary to the stakeholders.
▪ Review the quarterly VAT return and ensure the tax calculations are prepared correctly
and accurately and ensure the tax returns are filed on time and payment is processed
before the deadline.
▪ Responsible for the annual budget and quarterly reforecast (Complete analysis for
Revenue & Expenses assumptions).
▪ Monitor the company's results & performance by preparing a weekly performance report
showing the actual numbers vs budget and communicate the required numbers to
achieve the monthly budget.
▪ Provide analysis to highlight the profitable business lines and the reasons behind the
under-performing business lines.
▪ Monitor the Business Development team actual performance compare to their target and
share the report with the BD Director.
▪ Act as a finance partner with the group treasury director. And finance support with other
department managers.
▪ Liaise with the banks RMs (6 banks).
▪ Manage the internal and external audit processes. Liaise with the external auditors and
submit the audited reports on time to the authority.
▪ Ensure that purchases and payments are approved according with the company authority
matrix.
▪ Coordinate with other group entities for ICP transactions and other related matters.
▪ Ensure financial controls implemented are duly followed and reviewed periodically in line
with the group policies.
▪ Assisted the global group finance team with the financial transition for a newly acquired
DIFC Entity.
• External Finance
Handling a portfolio of 10 local & international clients spread across different activity
(Investments -Technology - Trading - Advisory).
Assist Vistra management to estimate the fixed fee quote for the newly accounting clients.
Perform the below services for the Global Key Clients.
▪ Bookkeeping services.
▪ Reporting services (Monthly- quarterly-annually).
▪ Cash Management services.
▪ Payroll services.
▪ VAT services (Registration -Return filing).
▪ Audit assistance.
Issuance of sales invoices and booking of cash/credit collection.
• AP - Recording of supplier invoices, expense claims and process AP payments.
• Banks - Payments to the insurance companies - suppliers - inter-bank transfers - Monitoring bank
activity and preparation of monthly bank reconciliation.
• Maintain the prepayment schedule and booking of monthly amortization.
• Monitor fixed asset register and booking of depreciation.
• Booking of month end entries (accruals) and maintain general ledger.
• Book and reconcile ICP transactions.
• Analyse revenues and expenses and apply the matching principle
• Preparation of management accounts, accounting report and supporting schedules
• Preparation of Other Reports— OPEX, CAPEX, treasury position and cash projection report
• Knowledge in IFRS and ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted
accounting policies
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Prepare & review the monthly payroll schedules and bank payroll upload files (WPS)
• Preparation of payroll variances and cost centre reports
• Review of EOS gratuity calculation schedules and leave balances schedules
• Booking of payroll journal entries and other payroll related entries (commissions, gratuity, leave,
airfare, bonus/incentives)
• Preparation of the monthly & annually sales reports
• Preparation of the monthly reporting pack (BS-P&L compared with the budget numbers)
• Preparation of annual budget
• Coordinate with the external auditors by providing all the required documents/information (Clients wise
report- Underwriters wise report - Salaries details -petty cash / Accruals /Prepayment / aging reports/
fix assets & depreciation / differences in foreign currencies /balance confirmations etc..) and clarify &
explain any questions raised.
Issuance of sales invoices and send it to the operations team
• Premium collection follow up
• Reconciliation with the insurance companies
• Invoicing the insurance companies
• Follow up the payments from the insurance companies
• Prepare the weekly & monthly sales reports and presented to the Sales Manager
• Ensure all the vouchers are checked and reviewed before sending a copy to the head office
• Ensure compliance with reporting deadlines
Receive the invoices from the receiving department
• Review all the invoices and matched with purchase orders and price lists
• Booking all the invoices in the system ( using Crux Software)
• Reconciliation with all the vendors & suppliers
• Prepare the payments requests according to the credit terms & forward it to the chief accountant for
approval
• Issuance of the cheques & various outward transfers to the suppliers
• Allocation for all the payment & daily review for the outstanding to the suppliers
• Prepare a weekly / monthly report to the chief accountant
• Ensure proper filing for all the vouchers
Alexandria Impex for Trading & Agencies
• Data Entry for all the accounting vouchers (Invoices, Credit notes, journal voucher ...)
• Reconciliation for the payables & receivables accounts
• Issuance of the purchases orders & fax it to the suppliers
• Verification of the actual value of the inventory in the stores & report it to the chief accountant
• Responsible for some of banking transactions (deposit/ withdrawer)
• Preparing a monthly production reports & present it to the chief accountant
• Preparing a monthly Expenses Analyse reports & present it to the chief accountant
courses: Certified Management Accountant (ongoing) TRAINING & OTHER EXPERIENCES: • Alexandria Bank, Main Branch - Trainee During Summer Holidays (1999 - 2003) • American University in Cairo (English & Microsoft office) • Computerized Accounting: Peachtree - Tally – QuickBooks