Middle East Accounting Manager

Sherif Hassan M. Saleh

+965-******** Block* building no.13, St. no.7 –EL Fintas, Kuwait *************@*****.*** Personal

Profile

An accountant since 2001 & CCNA certified May 2003 Career

Objective

Work

Experience

Proactive, chief accountant in hospitality and retail field professional with over 20 years of experience in all hotels accounting departments. Received 3experience certificate in hospitality industry. About 6 years' experience in retail, show rooms, controlling stores and importing goods procedures. Finally real state experience for 5 years in Kuwait. Accounting & Administration Manager Feb 2020: Apr2025 Tokyo International Company for General Trading (Kuwait) Performed all accounting entries and journal vouchers,issue cheques, Controlling stores and warehouse balances, handling the accounting system for stores and POS`S transactions

,handling bank accounts daily transactions, perform annual and random stock count, prepare the costing and value of the import shipments, record daily invoices, other HR duties. Participating in administration decisions. Issue monthly and annual financial statements (B.S, P&L, C.F and O.E) under IFRS. Accounting Manager Feb 2020: Mar2025

Danat Al-Watan Real Estate Center (Kuwait)

Performed all accounting entries and journal vouchers,issue cheques, controlling monthly Income and expenses, participate in daily operation and administration decisions. Assistant financial controller Apr 2019: Sep2019

Sea View Hotel Alexandria

Auditing all accounting journal vouchers including monthly payable and receivable transaction, prepare monthly payroll, auditing all general cashier transactions, control and audit daily income and manage accounting department .

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Regional accountant Mar 2017: Mar2019

Sonesta Middle East for Hotels and Resorts Management co. Performed all accounting entries and journal vouchers including monthly payable and receivable transaction, adjustments, accruals, prepaid, bank reconciliation, tax reconciliations including VAT and payroll tax, issue company invoices and also general cashier duties, processing payroll and issue all company checks to be signed by authorised managers and authorized to deal with banks,social insurance office and tax office, assist in prepare monthly and annual financial statements .

Accountant Payable May 2009: Feb. 2017

ALEX FOR INVESTMENT AND TOURISM CO. - PLAZA HOTEL Alexandria Issued all company petty cash's and performed daily and monthly payable journal vouchers entries and posting to general ledger using accounting system after auditing suppliers general and stores invoices including all purchasing and receiving procedures. Issued all company payments including checks and bank transfers for suppliers, taxes, salaries, social insurance. Audit all stores items and make monthly adjustments and actual monthly inventory balances. Perform Annual inventory adjustments for fixed assets and annual depreciation restrictions. Attended Tax check for company records. Assistant Credit Manager & Accountant receivable July 2006: April 2009 Paradise Inn Group

Metropole Hotel - Windsor Palace - Paradise inn Mammoura Controlled guest ledger accounts. worked closely with director of marketing & sales to ensure that all guest billings are processed correctly and followed up non subsequent billings and effect collection of past due accounts . Effected collections so that accounts outstanding and bad debts are reduced to the minimum and cash flow to the maximum. Controlled credit cards collection to ensure that the collection due time. Worked closely with the Head Cashier to obtain over limit authorization from credit card companies. Issued all credit invoices and audited all attachment to insure that credit policies for all categories is approved and send all invoices to bill collectors. Fallowed up payment, prepare aging, record and maintained all guest ledger and credit cards accounts including bank reconciliation. Income Auditor Paradise Inn Group June 2004: June 2006 Audit all revenue transactions from front office, Control and reconcile the daily sales in the outlets for consistency, accuracy. .Performed and audit income journal voucher and participate in month end closing. Manage night auditor duties .receive and audit revenue daily reports. Fallowed up all revenue transaction and adjustments. Review paid-out and allowance vouchers, guest ledger balances, credit card transactions and Audit charges to city ledger. Prepare General Cashier report.

Night Auditor Paradise Inn Group Apr 2002: May 2004 Performed all daily revenue auditing and insure that all rooms' balances are right and all checked out rooms are balanced and paid in a right way. Insure that credit cards payment was posted correctly .Auditing check in and check out rooms .Audit rooms keys. Audit all outlets checks. Audit daily posting reports before end of day closing. Finally end all day closing from front office system and Prepared night auditor daily report and mail it to income auditor. Accountant Totex Garments co. June 2001 to Mar 2002 Record invoices issued from the main warehouse in the factory for branches. Record all daily sales invoices, movement between branches. Make monthly stock inventory and audit it with branch records.

Education

May 2001 B.Sc. in Accounting Alexandria University May 2003 Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA (Cisco) DEC 2009 American Diploma (English, ICDL, Photoshop, Typing) 70HR (AEA) Training

Jan 2015 Food& Beverage Skills Development. (AHLEI) Dec 2015 Hospitality Leadership Skills Development. (AHLEI) Dec 2016 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. (OSHA) Jul 2024 Financial Manager Diploma (APBS)

Skills

MS WINDOWS 7, MS WINDOWS 10

Good user for all versions of Microsoft Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Access and MS Outlook)

Worked under Hotels Accounting system Comsys ultra – (payable, receivable, stores, salaries, cashier, front office, general ledger, HR )

Worked under Hotels accounting system Lan Mark.(Back office system).

Admin. And user for Accounting and POS system (Ezee Manager PRO).

Internet skills and social media as a user.

Using all office equipment (photocopy machine, fax, printer, and scanner) Hobbies and

Interests

Access to various laws on the organization of work. Learn about the new science in modern management.

References Ph.D., CHAE Mahmoud El Maghraby

Vice President of finance / Sonesta Middle East

Address: 120 Al Thawra St. Heliopolis - Cairo

Tel: +20-102*******

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

Mr Zaher Kamel Hanna

Financial Controller / Alexandria for investment and tourism co. Address: 394 El-Gish Rd, San Stefano, Alexandria,Egypt Tel: +20-122*******

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

Personal

Data

Date of Birth : September 29th, 1977.

Nationality : Egyptian.

Visa : 18 Transferable.

Marriage Status : Married.

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