Finance, compliance, operations, business development

Khaled Ali Abu Al Wafa

** ** ******* # * ********, 5th Settlement Zone, New Cairo, Egypt

Contact Numbers: 012********/26784526

Email: *.*********@*****.***

Executive Summary:

Seeking a suitable Management Position that welcomes a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of business managerial & financial experience, demonstrating personal leadership at work place, ability to quickly cope with organizational & market changes, communicate in a clear & understandable manner, analytical and logical approach to problem solving with extensive experience in:

- Treasury & Cash Management. - Trade Finance & Credit Management. - Taxation.

- Internal Control Management. - Business Continuity Assurance. - Audit.

- Accounting & Statuary Books. - Financial Analysis & Reporting. - Team Leadership.

- Corporate Governance. - Financial Operations Management. - Compliance.

- Business Administration. - Business Sustainable Development. - Business Foundation.

Educational Background:

B.Sc. of Science, faculty of commerce, Ain Shams University, Accounting Graduation Year: 1994

Professional Experience:

Zoroa for Agricultural Development S.A.E. July 2013 – present

An ambitious Egyptian company specialized in trading of agricultural materials.

Founder

Current responsibilities:

Responsible for the foundation, idea & vision implementation.

Setting policies & business plans with board members & company’s consultants.

Preparing for operations activities with local & international suppliers including registration activities.

Ensuring that all legal, formal requirements & mandates are accurately fulfilled.

Exploring business opportunities in the market.

Syngenta

A subsidiary of Syngenta AG (Basel – Switzerland), one of the leading companies with more than 25,000 employees in over 90 countries specialized in the field of Agro chemicals business & seeds.

Finance & Compliance Manager August 2002 – June 2013

Job Responsibilities:

Lead the finance team in all financial operations & accounting activities, and develop and coach them to reach the best performance levels.

Develop credibility for the finance function by providing timely and accurate analysis of financial reports and financial trends in order to assist management in performing their targets.

Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization.

Enhance and implement policies and procedures of the organization & supporting Information systems that improve the overall operations and effectiveness.

Validate business plans & directions within the cash flow restrains.

Manage all treasury operations, and establish and maintain effective relationships with banks and all financial institutes and initiate appropriate strategies to enhance cash position.

Establish and maintain appropriate internal control environment as well as internal auditing procedures.

Responsible for governance activities including financial compliance, legal & ethical compliance, and corporate secretarial requirements.

Manage external audit, taxation and payroll activities.

Manage periodical sufficient reporting system(s) to the HQ & management.

Manage ERP implementations and the continuous required updates as well as enhancements.

ABB Automation S.A.E (Industrial Systems)

ABB is a multinational company based in Baden - Switzerland specialized in the applications of power engineering.

Senior Accountant December 1998 –June 2002

Job Responsibilities:

Cash & bank transactions.

Prepare bank reconciliation for all related banks.

Assist in reporting work.

Issuance & follow up LC’s & LG’s.

Issuance of bank transfers & bank drafts (certified checks).

Ensure that all financial modules are up to date on SAP.

Prepare manual entries.

Responsible for issuing invoices to customers, monthly customer statements and update customer files with issued invoices.

Entry booking on the accounting system.

Al Ezz Steel Rebars S.A.E

Accountant August 1996 – December 1998

Job Responsibilities:

Prepare the accounts payable manual entries.

Control payables LG’s.

Prepare payroll breakdown.

Fixed assets control.

Ensure that all transactions are up to date on Oracle

Assist in corporate & sales tax inspections.

Ernst & Young Int’l

Tax Accountant May 1995 – July 1996

Job Responsibilities:

Deal with tax authority on behalf of the customers.

Prepare & attend tax inspection for customers.

Prepare & attend objection committees on behalf of the customers.

Professional Trainings:

Credit control management work shop, (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2007

Citibank FX seminar (bourse game), Citibank treasury, 2007

Citibank trade finance workshop, Citibank trade finance, 2006

Hyperion Enterprise work shop (Basel, Switzerland), 2004

Oracle Education Course, Oracle Egypt, 1998

Egyptian & int’l accounting standards (Arab Business Admn. Assoc.), 1998

Unified tax in Egypt & corporate tax, DATCOM, 1998

Egyptian taxation system, tax authority, 1995

Accounting & Audit, Ernst & Young Int’l, 1995

Preparatory training for Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exam, part one at American Chamber of Commerce in Cairo & part two at American University in Cairo.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Al Ezz Steel: Dac Easy, Motammem & Oracle.

ABB: Bee Soft (vision) & SAP.

Syngenta: Scala & SAP.

Reporting Systems: Syngenta: Hyperion, Crisp, Syremo, SAP (GPS), Mercer Gold.

Management Skills Courses:

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, July 2012.

Leadership, QED Prague (Syngenta Agro – Egypt), February 2010.

Selling skills work shop, 2009.

Strategic agenda workshops, 2005.

Root mapping learning workshops, 2004.

Clear & effective communication skills, AUC 1999.

Effective time management, AUC 1999.

Languages:

Arabic: Mother Tongue.

English: Very Good.

Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 17 June 1972.

Nationality: Egyptian.

Marital Status: Married.

References are furnished upon request

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