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Amir Kamal

***** * ********** ***** **., Cyprss TX 77433

Home: 832-***-****

ac8lqe@r.postjobfree.com

Finance and Accounting professional with 14+ years of experience in Oil & Gas industry with background in Assets Capitalization, General Accounting, Reporting and Analysis, Forecasting and Planning, Accounts Receivable, Collection and Credit, Revenue Recognition and Accounts Payable. Fluent in English

Fluent in Arabic

Proficient in MS Office

SAP System

Hyperion System

Ess Base System

AK Bookkeeping and Tax Services LLC July 2017 to Current Business Owner

Houston, TX

· Established bookkeeping and tax services LLC focusing on helping small businesses in cost savings through preparing and analyzing income statements and Balance Sheets.

· Forming/Dissolving companies and preparing all tax forms for individuals and businesses.

· Adding extra services by selling Life, Accident, Health and HMO insurance policies after being licensed by Texas Department of Insurance as General Lines Agent. AK Automotive LLC April 2016 to Current

Business Owner

Houston, TX

· Established car dealership LLC. Purchasing vehicles from Texas Auctions, accepting trade ins and preparing them for retail or wholesale.

· Gaining extra market share by obtaining Texas OCCC License and financing vehicles to customers in-addition to cash sales.

Halliburton August 2013 to March 2016

Lead Technology Accountant

Houston, TX

· Supervising and approving projects' Software Capitalization and Operating expenses. Capitalizing assets under construction after being completed.

· Helping R&D management to achieve more goals within assigned budget by accurately Forecasting monthly Software Capitalization and Amortization of Capitalized software.

· Integrated finance role in R&D strategic planning and evaluation by being involved from early stages of all projects and attending as finance representative in weekly meetings to analyze previous financial performance and future forecast.

· Reviewing P&L, Trial Balance and explaining variance reports. Handling Quarterly Sarbanes Oxley assessments.

· Awarded MVP for designing, developing and implementing automated program for Software capitalization after idea was presented and approved by VP and controller. Significantly reduced time spent by accounting and R&D managers.

· Awarded MVP for putting together online training program for new accountants describing difference in policies and accounting between R&D software for sale and IT software. Posted on training web page. Education and Training

Halliburton July 2011 to July 2013

Senior General Accountant

Cairo, Egypt

· Booking and reviewing month end closing entries, Accruals, Balance Sheet Reconciliation, Preparing and explaining variance reports.

· Meeting with Product Service Line managers to discuss Financial Statements, Trial Balance, P&L and cost trend analysis.

· Approving AP invoices, Petty Cash and other payment requests. Preparing "Buy vs. Lease" tests (FAS 13). Checking inventory ageing according to Excess and Obsolete policies.

· Handling Audit and other statutory requirements, SOX, Reporting, Planning and Forecasting.

· Recognized in employees monthly meeting for increasing FBOI by transferring USD-EGP exchange rate difference from direct to indirect cost going forward after doubling due to economic situation. Halliburton January 2010 to June 2011

Customer Financial Services Rep.

Cairo, Egypt

· Setting and maintaining customers Credit Limits according to financial structure and revenue business plans.

· Collection of due balances and clarifying contractual and financial issues with customers through daily visits including negotiations in submitted invoices with Operation and Finance departments.

· Submitting all figures of revenues, discounts, disputes and bad debts to Business Development team and Product Service Lines mangers as part of contracts renewals and tenders preparation procedures.

· Reduced DSO by targeting and clearing old outstanding balances and disputes along with aggressive collection.

· Reporting customers situation to top management. Directly reporting to MENA Regional management in Dubai.

Halliburton March 2006 to December 2009

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Cairo, Egypt

· Revising service tickets and confirming services and sales are according to contracts' Terms and Conditions and issuing financial invoices to customers according to Revenue Recognition policies.

· Applying collected payments and clearing customer list.

· Reduced revenue accrual by managing with Product Service Lines managers to dedicate administrator in each field location to help accelerating service tickets process to get delivered to accounting department before cutoff date so revenue can be posted with in current month. Halliburton July 2002 to February 2006

Accounts Payable Associate Accountant

Cairo, Egypt

· Processing payments for all local and overseas vendors, inter-company fund transfers, petty cash and employees advances and expenses.

· Preparing letters of guarantee. Preparing yearly physical count.

· Selected as focal point in process transition from Cairo to Dubai as new transaction center, managing process with Houston and Dubai.

· Recognized by Houston head office for achieving significant low aging in reconciling GRIR project. Cairo University

Bachelor of Science: Accounting

Cairo, Egypt

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