CV Ahmed Sayed Moh. El – Halawany

Personal details

Nationality : Egyptian

Date of Birth : August 4th, 1972

Marital Status : Married

Home Address : * ** ***** ***** *.El Aziz St., Downtown, Cairo. Phone Number : +2-02-390**** – +2-02-393****

Mobile Number : +201**-***-****

Email Address : adhajb@r.postjobfree.com

adhajb@r.postjobfree.com

Awards and Certificates

o Award of Honor for 25 years of service at Hilton Worldwide 2020. o Awarded Regional Finance Team of The Year Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA, 2018. o Leadership Exceeding Expectations for 2012 / 2013. o Employee of the month at Ramses Hilton, May 1999. o Honesty Certificate at Ramses Hilton in 1996.

Work Experience

June. 2017 – Till present

Conrad Cairo Hotel & Casino (Luxury Hotel) – Director Of Finance o Conrad Cairo, a flagship luxury hotel of 614 rooms, 7 restaurants and 11 meeting rooms of an annual business volume of LE 500+ M.

o Managed a team of 63, with turn over less than 2% over 4 years. o Achieved departmental leadership index of 89% in Employee Opinion Survey (GTMS). o Scored audit results of 95+% over 4 consuctive years to reach 100% on 2018. o Reduced the outstanding amount on credit records by 35% over 2 years (2018-2019). o Managed to finalize pending taxes conflicts of LE 25+M since year 2013 o Collaberate closely with the Executive Committee/Hotel General Manager and Regional office during COVID-19 Crisis to provide tight cost control and accurate forecasting and budgeting proposals within the hotel.

o Prepare capital reviews as required by the Hotel General Manager and Regional luxury leaders.

o Develop best practice financial accounting and control procedures and continually review the process and procedures to maximise the impact and efficiency. o Ensure the balance sheets are a fair reflection of the assets and liabilities of the hotel. o Lead monthly finance update meetings, Credit Meetings, Business Forecast Meetings, Profit and Loss Departmental discussions with General Manager/Hotel team. o Comply with Hilton policies and procedures across the area, maximising performance on the Finance Balanced Scorecard.

o Work closely and present to owning company for Cash Flow, Monthly Profit and Loss, Projects Meetings, CAPEX and annual budget and forcasts. o Provide leadership to the Board's Finance and Accounting strategy, to optimize the hotel’s financial performance and strategic position.

o Contribute fully to the development of hotel strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers. Aug. 2013 – May. 2017

Hilton Regional Office - Financial controller – Regional Reporting Manager

(Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon & North Africa)

o Prepare monthly reports based consolidated financial statements and financial statement analyses for the monthly board reporting package for 19 Hotels across the region. o Ensure of consistency and accuracy of all reports. o Play a key role in the development and enhancement of financial reporting systems and tools.

o Prepare timely quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements and supporting financial analyses to fulfill the reporting requirements for the corporate accounting. o Review and consolidate supporting account reconciliations & analyses. o Provide monthly variance analyses against budgets and meet regularly with senior executives in support of their cross-functional Profit and Loss responsibilities. o Provide support in the communication and coordination with the hotel external auditors. o Perform technical research on accounting and reporting issues as required by business needs.

o Play a key role in the design, implementation and maintenance of the hotel policies and internal controls.

o Prepare and co-ordinate the quarterly reports, ensure all reports are completed in a timely manner, reviewed, input and all controls are cleared and filed by the required deadline. o Providing analysis on significant transactions and coordinating and implementing new accounting standards and policies.

o Support external auditors.

July 2007 – July 2013

Hilton Egypt Hotels – Cluster Assistant Finance Manager

(Hitlon World Trade Center, Hilton Pyramids Golf, Hilton Alex Green Plaza and Hilton Luxor ) o Supervise the day to day work done by the Finance team, in coordination with all section heads .

o Prepare hotel budget and all necessary forms and worksheets for the special project submission for the hotel.

o Ensure that all fianance team alligned with reporting dead lines based on the schedule set up by the Financial Controller / Regional Office.

o Standing-in for the Financial Controller whenever needed / during his absence. o Maintain an internal audit on the accounting staff performance in order to ensure the standard procedures and policies are implemented and update the Financial Controller. o Update Assets & Liabilities analysis register on a regular basis with the prepaid charges, deferred expenses, accruals and reserves.

o Update purchases lists of furniture, fixtures & equipment as executed according to business volume vs. intial plan.

o Set up a training program for new employees in the accounting and monitor the progress in coordination with HR and Training department.

o Assist the Financial Controller to evaluate the performance of the team on bi-annual plan. o Schedule and follow up the vacation plan for the finance team during the year. o Manage the Accounts of Hilton Egypt Shared Service Centres [ Accounting, Procurement, IT]

July 2006 – July 2007

** Al Liwan Hotel (Pre-opening / Qatar) – Financial Controller

** Hilton Egypt Hotels – Assistant Financial Controller o Prepared annual budget for the hotel.

o Set up policies and procedures, job descriptions and trained staff on the proper accounting procedures .

o Trained the staff on operational aspect of hotel related to purchasing, inventory and storeroom management, invoice processing, revenue control, billings and collection. o Procured hotel fixed assets, insurance, food and beverage,housekeebing, pest control, requirements for hotel opening.Coordinated with owners on the different hotel requirements. o Managed Staff and coordinated with trainers on the set up of genral ledger, financial statements and inventory using Sunsystem.

May 2002 – July 2006

Luxor Hilton Hotel – Chief Accountant & Acting Assistant Controller o Discussed with managenent details of findings and corrective actions. o Check & audit daily disbursements of the hotel.

o Coordinate implementation of credit policies with front office and clients. o Highlight to management cases of lost revenue and suggest corrective measures. o Interpret operating results vs. plan last year and other reporting periods. o Book Keeping Phase of the Accounting Department . o Assist in controlling inventory,reviewed minimum and maximum stock level. o Counting of cashier funds.

o Work of payroll system, preparing the salaries, audit vacations, sick leaves, Holidays, days out and days off, etc. and account the taxes, pension, savings according to the law. o Produced and reviewed monthly financial statements using Sunsystem. o Reconcile the owner accounts as per the Management contract. o Preparation the budget in coordination with department heads. o Preparation & analyses of the Accounting reports. o Mailing the reports to the main office.

o Reconcile all general ledger accounts and bring the supporting files up to date. o Monitored all disbursements/purchases by the hotel. o Managed & train hotel staff on all aspects of the hotel accounting. o Audit and analyses the assets and liabilities accounts. o Reviewed systems and recommended improvements to ensure safeguarding of assets & revenue

o Reviewed & improve Internal control to capture hotel revenue and minimize cost. Feb. 2000 – May 2002

Cairo Ramses Hilton Hotel – Asst. Chief Accountant o Bank Reconciliation

o Prepare, Analyse & Audit the general Ledger Account o Acting as chief accountant in Hilton Egyptian Businessmen Club Dec. 1996 – Feb. 2000

Cairo Ramses Hilton – Accounts Receivable

o Preparing Accounts statement according to the folio and travel agency contracts. o Posting travel agency invoices and reconciliation. o Preparing the credit cards reconciliation monthly report. o Audit account receivable.

o Preparing travel agencies commission report.

o Audit & review all the aging accounts

July 1995 – December 1996

** Cairo Ramses Hilton Hotel – Front Office and Night Auditor April 1995 – July 1995

** Cairo Ramses Hilton Hotel – Restaurant Cashier

Academic Qualification:

Bachelor Of Commerce : Cairo University 1993

Major of study : Accounting

Degree Awards : Good

Languages:

English : Excellent Business Command

Arabic : Native

Training Courses:

MEA PROPPLAN Train-the-Trainer

CIMA Professional Certificat (studying)

Windows 95, Excel, Advanced Excel

Oracle System 1998

Fidelio Courses 1997

IBM 36

Windows 98

Train the Trainer Course

Training in the payable and income section

Sun Sustem, Excutive Vision,Vision Excel.

Supervision One & Two. [ Hilton Version Leadership Courses ]

English Courses [A.U.C & British Council ]

Strategies for Analysis Program.

Effective Presentation skills.

Pro-Active Leadership (PAL).

Effective Negotiation.

Hilton University Courses [ Hilton Distant Learning System]

- The role of Critical Thinking in Organizations

- Introduction to Financial Analysis

- Generating Creative and Innovative Ideas

- Foundation of Effective Thinking

- Strategies for Analysis Program

- Information Security Awanrness

- Two Way Training Session

Other Skills and Experiences:

o Cheerful, outgoing, hard worker, well-organized and resposible. o No stranger in adapting to change.

o Ability to manage mulitiple projects on tight deadlines. o Strong interpersonnal and communications skills. o Able to deal with all kinds of people successfully. o Is driven to achieve goals.

References are available upon request

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