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AHMED ALMUTAREB

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

*********@*******.***, +44-797*******

BRITISH CITIZEN

Profile:

After graduating in Accounting and Finance BA with First Class Honours, I have gained wide experience in Accountancy and Finance. I have diverse experience in preparing annual accounts, management reports and developing processes and systems to manage the growth of the organisation as well as improving internal controls of the companies I worked for.

I believe in empowering teams and have been involved in building the capacity of staff on financial and management skills.

Exceptionally good at comprehension, interpretation of data, drafting of and communicating through written reports and memorandums.

Able to communicate the desired objectives to all levels of recipients in timely and effective manner.

Education/ Professional Qualifications:

ACCA (Finalist)

Degree in Accounting and Finance BA, (Gained First Class with Honours) 2012

Other relevant Qualifications include; Action Centred Leadership, Sage50, SharePoint and First Aid

Technical Skills:

Excellent in drafting reports using MS Office applications including Excel and Word.

Very good trainer/presenter using MS Office

Can use MS Windows or Apple MacOS

Analysing, interpreting and presenting data.

Other systems including Sage50, Xero, QuickBooks, Navision, SharePoint, Adobe and Prezi.

Career History

Date:

Employer:

Business Sector:

Position:

Reporting to:

CEO

Managing:

Junior Accountant

Systems used:

Xero, Salesforce, TribeHR, Adobe and MS Office including Excel.

Date:

Employer:

Business Sector:

Position:

Reporting to:

Finance Director

Managing:

Junior Accountant

Systems used:

Navision, Adobe, QuickBooks and MS Office including Excel.

June 2018 - Current

Pocket App Limited, London

Limited Company

Financial Controller and HR Manager

Preparation, processing and reconciling the monthly management accounts

Preparation and submission of Quarterly VAT returns

Attending and reporting Financials during Monthly SMT and Board meetings

Preparing and analysing annual budgets and quarterly review

Daily bank reconciliation

Monthly Payroll processing and commission calculation

Raisings Sales invoices and credit control

Monthly intercompany reconciliation of subsidiary accounts

Assist in annual R&D tax credit processing

Processing suppliers’ invoices and staff expenses

Cashflow forecasting; weekly, monthly and annually

HR

Posting of Job adverts and screening CVs

Onboarding of new joiners – Contracts and Probation letters

Offboarding leavers

Managing TribeHR system

Key Achievements

Developed Xero system to accommodate live feed Credit Card processing

Management Accounts are prepared within the first week of each month

April 2016- June 2018

Bill Kenwright Limited, London

Limited Company

Accountant

Preparation, processing and managing the accounting systems for 8 subsidiaries by using Navision, QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel

Preparation and submission of VAT returns for the 8 entities.

Acting as the main contact person in dealing with audit enquiries.

Liaising with Suppliers and Vendors to achieve best affordable cost and quality of service and products

Maintaining regular communication with Royalty clients and Suppliers to ensure that queries and discrepancies are resolved quickly and efficiently

Ensuring that all payments are approved in line with Agency/Supplier contractual terms

Bank reconciliations - weekly reconciliation of bank statements (Including Foreign Currencies) against Navision, posting transactions including Direct Debit.

Month End reconciliation including compiling bank rec. report

Ensuring that supplier invoices and statements are fully reconciled to a consistently high standard

Preparing and reconciling accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions and other Balance sheet accounts

Working alongside company’s IT systems expert in implementing new improved automated processes through the Accounting Package Navision and Excel

Key Achievements

Achieved well-structured internal control procedures to manage the growth

Utilised systems to provide more accurate information and reporting

Presented and structured management reports using Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP

Date:

Employer:

Business Sector:

Position:

January 2013 - March 2016

Human Appeal International, Manchester

International aid organisation

Accountant

Reporting to:

Finance Director

Preparing and presenting monthly management reports to Senior Management team

Developing processes and systems to help manage the growth of the organisation

Producing Cashflow forecast and monitoring budgets

Implementing and improving Internal Controls of the organisation, this includes visiting overseas offices and reviewing processes and internal controls

Preparing and presenting monthly/annual Budgets to Senior Management team

Using Sage and Excel to analyse data and present findings, this includes the use of pivot tables and macros

Preparing the annual accounts, annual returns and acting as the main contact for audit purposes

Dealing with different streams of income such as Cash, Credit Card using SagePay, JustGiving, International Transfers and Institutional Funding/Grants

Performing bank reconciliations using Sage and Customer Management System

Processing, and managing Gift Aid claims directly from HMRC on a monthly basis

Training Staff in implementing income and expenditure processes

Developing and promoting events using Social media and Online marketing platforms.

Coordinating with the fundraising team and marketing team to organise international events to host worldwide renewed artist and celebrities such as Pelé, Demba Ba and Malcolm X daughter Malaak Shabazz

Key Achievements

Achieved well-structured internal control procedures to manage the growth

Achieved unqualified annual accounts

Streamed processes and procedures across the organisation

Systems used:

Sage 50, MS Office including Excel and Prezi

Date:

Employer:

Position:

February 2010 - January 2011

European Human Rights Advocacy Centre

Finance Officer (part time whilst studying)

Reporting to:

Finance Manager

Preparing the financial accounts for auditing

Updating and structuring data into spreadsheets

Communicating with external auditors and external funders on matters raised

Key Achievements

Achieved Unqualified Opinion Audit report

Understanding of the financial process within the court system

Systems used:

MS Office Including Word and Excel

Date:

Employer:

Position:

March 2008 - September 2009

Steel City Lighting (SCL) Ltd

Finance Officer

Reporting to:

Commercial Director

Processing sales and purchase invoices using QuickBooks Pro

Dealing with HSBC Invoice Finance including queries and preparing Management Accounts

Communicating with clients to process statistical information into spreadsheet

Handling Petty cash, Bank Reconciliation and VAT Returns

Dealing with payroll including PAYE and making online payments

Negotiating with suppliers when making payments

Reporting Financial status to Directors and Shareholders

Key Achievements

Managed all aspects of accounts while a temporary absentee of the director

Prepared strategic reports on the financial status of the company on weekly basis

An exceptional understanding of HSBC invoice finance (saved unnecessary expenditure)

Systems used:

MS Office and QuickBooks

Hobbies and Interest:

Swimming and diving; currently a PADI member and hold Open Water Diver Licence.

Travelling and learning about other cultures.

Using computers and keeping up-to-date with gadgets and technology.

Other hobbies include playing football and other sports games, Reading and Sight Seeing.

References:

References available upon request

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