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Dalia El Sayed Ahmed

Senior Accountant at Center of Excellence for Energy (COE- Energy) implemented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Director of Finance and AdministrationFull Time

    Care Egypt

    Feb 2023 - Present -2 yrs, 5 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Highly Dynamic and Proactive Finance and Operations Lead Caliber with 19+years’ experience in Non-Profit as well Private sector experiences of handling Financial Management, Accounting Management, Auditing, Reporting, Internal Controls, Budgeting & Operations management in Community Development Projects funded by USAID with administrative oversight of USAID cooperative agreement and acquisition agreement projects totaling more than $80M.
  • Director of FinanceFull Time

    Fhi 360

    Feb 2021 - Jan 2024 -2 yrs, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Highly Dynamic and Proactive Finance and Operations Lead Caliber with 19+years’ experience in Non-Profit as well Private sector experiences of handling Financial Management, Accounting Management, Auditing, Reporting, Internal Controls, Budgeting & Operations management in Community Development Projects funded by USAID with administrative oversight of USAID cooperative agreement and acquisition agreement projects totaling more than $80M.
  • Financial Planning and Budgeting Analyst (Part Time)Part Time

    Elite Financial Consulting

    Mar 2020 - Present -5 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Support in developing Projects’ business and Financial Strategy. • Analyze the financial performance on a monthly and quarterly basis to understand the activities drivers. • Short Term and long term cash flow forecasting. • Produce cash forecasting on a monthly basis in accordance with budgets timetables. • Participate in assessing the Key Performance Indicators and conduct SWOT analysis, address opportunities and assess risks in cooperation with CFO. • Submit very high quality variance analysis report, highlight the deviation and recommend correction actions to the management to take a proper decision to ensure that the organization achieve its targets. • Commercial investment analysis of potential acquisitions and investments. • Ensure the organization’s expenditures are allowable, allocable and in compliance with the internal rules, policies as well procurement procedures in a controlled and consistent manner. • Preparation of annual budgets and forecasts, as well as quarterly updates • Obtain appropriate revenue analysis from business operations and provide valuable insight into performance. • Liaise with business focal points and the team to ensure that transaction processes operate efficiently and changes are made in a timely manner. • Design and develop reports extracted from accounting systems that enable effective management decisions to be made
  • Senior AccountantFull Time

    Center of Excellence for Energy (COE- Energy) implemented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Apr 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 3 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Key Roles and Responsibilities • Performs and reviews all project general accounting functions, including the general ledger, journal entries, and month-end close work. • Reviews the invoices submitted by the vendor after verifying them against the project records. • Responsible for the review of checks payable to various vendors and governmental bodies. • Review of all travel expense reports and ensure that all supporting documents are in place. • Ensures that invoices, documentation, and all required approvals are in place before payments are made to consultants, vendors, and subs. • Reviews the settlement of advances issued for all COE-Energy workshops & events. • Resolves issues concerning check deposits and transactions, and liaising for COE-Energy project’s financial issues during events. • Prepares and directs the preparation of audits, financial statements and varied fiscal reports. • Analyze financial information, call attention to trends, make recommendations, collect information and prepare reports. Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances. • Responsible for the supervision and review of Petty Cash payments for office expenses. • Responsible for the review of all USAID COE-Energy Grants and Applied research's payments. • Prepares monthly salary payroll, salary charging sheet including tax and social insurance withholdings, and liaise with local authority. • Responsible for the preparation of staff payroll, including the review of any related forms and processing payments for separating staff; reconciliation of net payroll and bank summaries; review of staff employees timesheets for accuracy, completion, and approval signatures; keeping track of total hours worked, annual, sick leave and holidays; and tracking of overtime to ensure it complies with COE-Energy policy. • Undertakes any other duty requested by the Director of Finance, HR & Procurement.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in accounitng

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2006 

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Orman School

      Jan 2002 

    Achievements

    Creating Communication Plan Passionate a bout Script Writing

    Skills

    • financial and budget analyst
    • Business Analyst

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • Compliance & Capacity Development CCD Nov'24. USAID Egypt.

      USAID·2024
    • Master of business administration (Global Management Major), ESLSCA, Paris school of business

      ESLSCA, Paris school of business·2023
    • Certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)

      Corporate Finance Institute·2020
    • Certified Entry Certificate in Business Analysis™ (ECBA) Nov’19.

      International Institute of Business Analysis·2019
    • Compliance & Capacity Development CCD July’19. USAID Egypt

      USAID Egypt·2019
    • Improving Confidence in Sustainability Performance Data Certificate, September 2018, Institute of Management Accountants and OpenSAP University.

      Institute of Management Accountants and OpenSAP University.·2018
    • Nonprofit Management Certificate, November 2017, University of San Diego, USA.

      University of San Diego, USA.·2017
    • Financial Analysis Support Training Certificate (FAST), September 2015, USAID/Egypt.

      USAID/Egypt·2015
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