Name: Hesham Maximos Telephone: +39-339-*******
Location: Rome, Italy / Cairo, Egypt Mobile: +20-122-******* Email: **********@*****.*** Gender: Male
Nationality: Egyptian Marital Status: Single
Bi-lingual: English (Fluent), Arabic (Native), Italian (Fair) Born: 29/11/1976 EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Experienced international finance, accounting, and executive management with over 19 years’ experience at a global level. 14 years of experience at the headquarters level of a holding group of Telecom companies Build high performance and revenue growth with a track record of leading measurable company improvements and greater efficiency. Foster and nurture long-term business and professional networks. Develop and implement feasible timelines and ERP, and effectively lead cross-functional teams toward improved processes, efficiencies, and increased profits. Training and Development expertise with extensive corporate programs, finance, Accounting, management & communication, customer service, and technical & soft skills. Seeking a challenging role in Finance to apply strong performance and profit improvement, finance and accounting, managerial, communication, and analytical skills to the growth of a world class organization. AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE
• Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Budgeting & Control
• Oracle Applications
• Performance Management
• Training & Development
• Cross-Functional Skills
• Reporting Skills
• Management Skills
• Project Management
• Hyperion Applications
• Tech. awareness
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rome Expat, Rome 2018 to Present
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Manage Social media, budgeting, planning, and controls. Key Accomplishments:
• Led Key Projects
o Define new business segment.
o Optimized performance report.
o Implement financial & budget reports
o Manage Group activities.
o Overseeing legal procedures.
Advance Electronic Industries, Global 2015 to 2020 Chief Executive Officer / Shareholder
Communicate company’s mission and lead the planning & strategy formulation. Assess the company’s projects strategically and make sure the projects align with the company’s goals. Key Accomplishments:
• Deliver client economic goals by leading associates in creating and implementing strategies, financial operations, and resource planning.
Vimpelcom Group, Africa & Asia Business Unit, Global 2013 to 2015 CFO & acting CEO-Ring Group (Africa & Asia Business Unit) Egypt & UAE Overseeing budgeting, planning, and controls. Managed corporate reporting and performance management function. Member of Executive Team, Operations Boards, and Group-wide Global Reporting System. Active participant in Group International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) initiative. Key Accomplishments:
• Led Key Projects
Hesham Maximos
o Global restructure.
o Corporate reporting (systems and processes).
o Implement consolidated financial & budget reports o Manage Group subsidiary activities in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and UAE o Overseeing legal procedures across the Group subsidiaries
• Improved performance of Africa and Asia Unit.
o Increased reporting efficiency.
o Improved internal controls.
o Improved quality.
Orascom Telecom Holding, Global 2000 to 2013
Senior Manager – Corporate Accounting & Reporting
Managed financial accounting & reporting, and management resources of the subsidiaries worth $1billion in revenues for Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East including financial reporting requirements and monthly performance. Created financial support division aimed at facing and solving the technical financial team’s problems across subsidiaries. Developed reporting systems and controlled performance Key Accomplishments:
• Executed holding company decisions and policies within subsidiaries.
• Setting accounting policies and procedures
• Controlling Network Fixed Assets.
• Increased inventory management
• Training subsidiaries staff in reporting monthly financial statements using Hyperion software
• Preparing OTH financial statements and disclosures requested complying with IFRS
• Producing Telecel Globe; an Orascom Telecom Holding subsidiary consolidated financial statements
• Start-up/re-launch of GSM Operations in Iraq, Bangladesh, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, North Korea, and Telecel Globe (holding company of African Operators).
• Implementing, managing and controlling Oracle implementation o General Ledger module
o Accounts Payable module
o Fixed Assets module
o Cash Management module
o Accounts Receivable module
• Overseeing and managing OTH Investments
• Controlling and managing Hedge Accounting
• Controlling and managing Investment Warrant Valuations
• Controlling and managing Loans Upfront Fee Amortizations using the effective interest rate (IRR)
• Analyzing and reconciling OT subsidiary accounts (inter-company reconciliation)
• Ensuring proper processing of settlement for tax dues
• Managing and controlling Treasury Stocks
SamCrete Co. (SCC), Cairo, Egypt 1999 to 2000
Treasurer – Treasury Department
COURSES AND TRAINING
Fast Closing
SEC reporting
Oracle Finical Reporting (FSG)
International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS
Telecom Mini MBA with Telecom Academy (Informa)
Hyperion Planning & Financial Management (HPM - HFM) S9 Senior Management Strategy Workshop - London Business School Hesham Maximos
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Certificate in Business
Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst Certification Corporate Finance Institute (CFI), Vancouver, Canada - 2020 Master of Marketing & Communication
Rome Business School (RBS), Rome, Italy - 2019
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance & Investment Arab Academy for Science, Technology, & Maritima Transport (AAST), Cairo, Egypt - 2013 Bachelor of Commerce (BC), Accounting, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt - 1999