Financial Controller

Financial Controller with educational background (MBA from the American PanWorld University) and +18 years of experience in Finance; through leading multinational companies in the Oil & Gas sector, UN organization, transportation sector, industrial sector, FMCG, NGO, construction sector, tourism sector, training sector, Facility management sector, logistics sector, etc.…

Large emphasis is placed on implementing financial policies and procedures to improve financial results; according to international standards (IFRS); in addition to local (GAAP) and laws; using innovative problem solving strategies.

Financial capabilities: Experience in Finance; through several leading multinational organizations like: Solar Turbines, Transocean, Pride International, Seaharvest and Subsea7 in the Oil & Gas sector, Colas Rail in the transportation sector, Aga Khan for culture services - NGO’s, World Food Program - United Nations, Hassan Allam in the construction sector, Cortigiano restaurants in the FMCG sector, Unionaire group in the industrial sector, Career Maps in the Training sector, Wared Logistics in the Logistic sector, Benchmark FM in the Facility Management sector, and Fact Travel in the tourism sector.

I am also familiar with recognized international standards as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), US GAAP, and Egyptian GAAP.

Worked through several organizations within Europe, Arabian Gulf, Africa, India, Russia, South America, Australia and the Far East. The financial experience includes financial reports, budgeting, forecasting, Financial planning, Financial analysis, treasury reports and all required tax statements; in accordance with the local status.

Communication skills: My communication skills were developed and enhanced through day-to-day activities with colleagues, clients, contractors, sub-contractors and other organization stakeholders.

Management skills: Planning, monitoring, controlling, resource management, contract management and risk management were enhanced through day-to-day activities; within different kinds of organizations; through leading and coordinating the work process with recent perspectives.

Professional skills: Financial consulting in implementing ERP systems like: SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Scala, Odoo, LN; as well as being a super user.

Overseas and multi-cultural experience: I get exposed to multi-cultural environments; through working with colleagues from different countries; in addition to overseas business trips and international trainings.

Sincerely,

Ahmed Adel Mahmoud, MBA

Financial Controller with +18 years of experience in Finance; through leading multinational companies in the Oil & Gas sector, UN organization, transportation sector, industrial sector, FMCG, NGO, construction sector, tourism sector, training sector, Facility management sector, logistics sector, etc.…

Education

Doctorate of Business Administration in Finance (DBA)

Ashbery University - Ongoing

Master of Business Administration in Finance (MBA)

Panworld University - 2012

BSc Accounting – English Section

Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration – English section

Helwan University – 2001

Professional Experience

Job Title Financial Controller

Company Colas Rail

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period Jan 2016 – Present

Colas Rail is a subsidiary of Bouygues Group. Headquartered in Maisons-Laffitte, Paris, France. Colas Rail is the leading company in the French market for railway construction and maintenance. It is also a European and International leader in the design, construction and maintenance of rail and guided-transport infrastructure.

Colas Rail played an active role in the construction of the Cairo metro from the outset. The opening of metro lines 1 and 2 confirmed Colas Rail's expertise and it was awarded a third project for the construction of Line 3 and recently, the developing of the first Moroccan high-speed line, over 185 km between Tangiers and Kenitra.

Assess and evaluate the quantitative skills of the finance & accounting department team; as well as the qualitative and technical skills, set the department’s KPIs and performance appraisal models;

Hire junior staff in case required;

Analyze financial data by collecting, monitoring and creating financial models for decision support;

Set all short/long term financial strategies that align with the company’s objectives;

Set policies that serve the Company’s Assets Safeguarding. Guide the cost-analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions. Lead the budgeting and forecasting process;

In-depth analysis (vertical/horizontal analysis) of the Financial statements, with highlighting variances between actual, budget and the previous period;

Assess all the Financing resources of the Company with the best Leverage aspect;

Assess all Financial Activities (Treasury / Costing / Accounting / AR / AP), solve all pending issues related to AR / AP;

Allocate Funds to various projects and sourcing for the most economical financing options;

Lead the communication between the company and financial institutes;

Present investment alternatives to headquarters;

Prepare all financial reports on regular and ad-hoc basis;

Assist with annual and quarterly forecasting/budgeting process;

Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; studies proposed changes in methods and materials;

Provide all types of business reports of Risk analysis/Management accounts with analysis/Forecasting techniques/costing reports/sensitivity analysis;

Coordinate with External Auditors & Fiscal Authorities.

Job Title Financial Controller

Company Solar Turbines

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period May 2013 – Dec 2015

Solar Turbines Incorporated is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpiller Inc., a Fortune 500 company and the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Solar Turbines is operating in 98 countries around the world.

Developed an expanded understanding of Caterpillar’s business and accounting practices, systems and procedures;

Applied accounting knowledge;

Participated in and leading teams;

Accomplished a high level of compilation with a broad range of basic analysis;

Reviewed clerical input;

Advised salaried employees and entry level accountants;

Generated reports and providing commentary;

Handled the purchasing process for the Branch;

Identified relevant product-related data, provided feedback, and influenced decisions;

Made front-line decisions related to product cost, interacted with non-accountants at various levels;

Carried out cost system maintenance; determined return on investments (ROI), Product Line Profitability (PLP) reporting, normal and machine rate development, prime product or component costing;

Carried out operational budgeting and analysis, and capital asset forecasting;

Handled complex business issues such as capital asset justifications, current product cost monitoring, established and monitored target costs.

Job Title Sector General Ledger & Tax Manager

Company TransOcean

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period June 2011 – April 2013

Transocean is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor and the leading provider of drilling management services worldwide.

Maintained statuary books and prepared Financial Statements;

Maintained the Fixed Assets Register;

Prepared monthly and quarterly payments to the tax office for personal income tax and suppliers withholding tax;

Prepared annual & monthly personal income tax reconciliations;

Prepared monthly journals for PIT and reconciliations of related balance sheet accounts;

Prepared intercompany invoices;

Attended tax inspections and assisted in preparing the required analysis and documents;

Assigned as focal point for independent Financial Statements audit;

Prepared bank reconciliations for all Egypt’s sector companies;

Assigned as People Soft & SAP super user for General Accounts modules.

Job Title Accounting Supervisor

Company Pride International

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period March 2007 – April 2011

Pride International, Inc. is one of the world's largest drilling contractors, Headquartered in Houston, Texas. Pride provides contract drilling and related services to oil and gas companies worldwide, operating both offshore and onshore in over 25 countries.

Prepared and recorded the company’s financial transactions;

Maintained the detailed (computer-based and resident accounting records); in accordance with international accounting standards and to the complete requirements of the Egyptian statue;

Prepared monthly & accumulated financial treasury reports;

Prepared monthly & accumulated Income Statement reports and compared it with the budget & monthly forecasting;

Prepared and processed all company’s payments;

Shared in preparing the yearly company branch budget;

Prepared statements and reports of estimated future costs and revenues;

Processed all required tax statements; in accordance with the local status;

Handled petty cash and maintained the proper cash records;

Assigned as J.D. Edwards super user for Account Payables & General Accounts modules.

Job Title Senior Accountant

Company AGA Khan Culture Service

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period November 2004 – February 2007

Assisted with the preparation and recording of all financial transactions of the company, related to project and non- project activities;

Assisted in the preparation of monthly reports that measure the company’s performance; through analyzing actual expenses in comparison to budget & previous years;

Supported financial planning; through the preparation of financial analysis & latest estimates;

Assisted with the preparation and processing of all company payments to contractors, consultants, government of authorization and employees;

Carried out the processing of all required tax statements in accordance with the local status;

Handled the issuance of letters of guarantee (L/G) and letters of credit (L/C);

Assisted with the preparation of all budget details data; with the necessary supporting financial statements;

Assisted with the preparation of accurate regular projection of the company's cash position and estimation of cash requirement in a timely manner to permit efficient company’s funding;

Assisted with the implementation of the new accounting system (Scala ERP system) for the Azhar park project and the holding company, including the reconciliation and transition to the new system;

Assigned as Scala (ERP system) super user for general ledger, purchase (sales) order, ledger & stock control, system utilities and project management. Also, used Scala reporting tools as pivot tables, crystal reports and macro tool.

Job Title Finance & Export Departments’ Accountant

Company Unionaire Group

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period August 2003 – October 2004

Handled external clients’ accounts;

Carried out auditing for Pro-forma invoices & checking them with purchase orders, price lists, production orders & LCs;

Assisted with the preparation of the price list for every country;

Followed up spare parts under guarantee;

Followed up the collections of payments;

Made periodic check of stores items; entered data for adding and withdrawing items from stores and priced the added items.

Job Title Accountant

Company World Food Program (WFP)

Location Cairo, Egypt

Period August 2002 – July 2003

Handled workers’ salaries payments and records;

Handled all Bank Work;

Handled all works related to Bids.

CONSULTANCY Experience

Subsea7 Oil & Gas Sector

Wared Logistics Company Logistics Sector

SeaHarvest Oil & Gas Sector

Hassan Allam Holding Construction Sector

Cortigiano Restaurants FMCG Sector

Kargo Company for real estate and investment Real Estate Sector

Career Maps Training Sector

Castle for Cement Products Industrial Sector

Fact Travel Tourism Sector

Benchmark FM Facility Management Sector

Training Experience

[Aug. 2000 – September 2000] - Training in Misr America International Bank.

[July 2000 – Aug. 2000] & [July 1998 – September 1998] - Training in Egyptian Gulf Bank.

Training Courses

[April 2017] Maisons-Laffitte, France.

[February 2016] Suresnes, France.

[November 2014] Charloi, Belgium.

[August 2014] Prague, Czech Republic.

[January 2013] Dubai, U.A.E.

[June 2008] Lescar, France: Base Accounts Organization.

[Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest.

[Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: Workplace Harassment: Recognizing and Preventing Harassing Behavior for Employees.

[Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: International Bribery and Corruption.

[Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: Gifts and Entertainment.

[July 2008, Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: Careful Communication.

[July 2008] Cairo, Egypt: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act [FCPA].

[June 2008] Cairo, Egypt: Code of Business Conduct & Ethical Practices.

[Nov. 2007, May 2009, July 2010, Nov. 2011] Cairo, Egypt: Ethics & Compliance road show.

Personal Data

Holding Passport : Egyptian

Marital Status : Married

Date of Birth : 12/1/1979

Computer Skills

Excellent command of ERP Systems as: SAP, JD Edwards, People Soft, Scala, LN and Odoo.

Excellent command of Microsoft Office.

Language Skills

Arabic is my Mother Tongue;

Fluent at English;

Good at French.

Linkedin Profile And Recommendations

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ahmed-adel-mba/20/b56/1b5

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