
Tarek Ashraf Tantawy
Finance Manager at ECG Engineering Consultants Group S.A.
Rehab City, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Finance ManagerFull Time
ECG Engineering Consultants Group S.A.
May 2013 - Present -12 yrs, 1 month
Qatar , Doha
- Job Details:ECG Qatar Branch expanded rapidly through the above mentioned period where the revenues and the number of employees tripled. Through this period, I managed to develop the oracle accounting system to accommodate this growth. I also trained the current employees to be capable of enhancing their performance and meet the deadlines. • Working as CFO for Rosser/ECG Joint venture in addition to finance manager for ECG -Qatar branch. • Determining financial objectives. Designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial control. • Preparing annual budget and forecasting trends. • Developing reports for top management summarizing the business financial position in areas of income, expenses, capital usage and cash flows, and coordinate the preparation of strategic plans, budgets and financial forecast. • Effective Cash Flow Management • Opened different credit facility lines with several banks to accommodate an adequate cash flow, to issue all the required bonds through the branch, and to avoid centralization from the head office. • Implemented and developed ECG headquarters financial system in Qatar branch and taught the employees how to efficiently get the best use of the system. • Responsible for the overall financial management and co-ordination with ECG headquarters’ Financial Department as well as the consolidation of the financial statements. I ensure full compliance of internal control procedures, continuously develop the service quality provided to (internal & external) clients, build up highly motivated (customer driven) team, beside training & developing the accounting staff. • Responsible for full cycle of accounting functions including G/L, A/R, A/P, bank reconciliation, fix asset, petty cash, finance reporting, and inventory.
Associate V.P. Institutional Sales Trading, Foreign deskFull Time
- Job Details:•Key player on the biggest revenue generating foreign sales trading desk in the biggest investment bank in the middle east, Monthly revenues were around USD 5 million. •Giving clients advises regarding their positions. •Acquiring, International Sales Trading Standards, through training and courses, was able to pass competitive techniques to his team, and to new colleagues. •Covered most of the tier one clients on the sales trading foreign desk in addition to the local institutional and the GCC desk as well. •Develop work cycles and automation of the daily tasks. •Analyze old client’s performance, for establishing guide lines of increasing their business. •Helped all the way through building developing and implementing order management system OMS (execution system). •Experience trading in the MENA markets. (Egypt - UAE – Qatar – Saudi – Kuwait – Oman – Jordan – Lebanon – Bahrain ) •Main clients during the above period, included,: Morgan Stanley AM, Schroders, Templeton AM, Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Auerbach Greyson , Genesis, EFG AM, Beltone AM, Stanlib, Montpelier, Beltone AM, Arqaam capital, Metsi, Mena capital, Artisan, African Alliance, Arisaig, HC AM, Prime AM, Pharos AM, Equinox, Habrok, HBD, HSBC Halbis, Moon Capital, Stanlib. In addition to the above clients I work with different clients with different client base which include foreign local and GCC institutional, and some high Net worth retail clients. •Proficient with the techniques of trading and understanding of the markets to grant the best execution prices.
Education
MBA in Finance
Maastricht School of Management (MSM)Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 - 2 yr
Business Administration in Banking
Sadat Academy for Management Sciences (SAMS)Jan 1998 - Jan 2002 - 4 yr
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Fluent
Training & Certifications
Selling skills
Huthwaite·2010Fixed income
EFG-HERMES·2009Fixed Assets Decentralization
(Schlumberger·2006Information Technology Management
American University in Cairo "AUC"·2004Customer Relationship Management
American University in Cairo "AUC"·2004Economic Feasibility Studies
Arab Academy for Science and Technology·2004Project Planning and Scheduling
Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries "Enppi"·2003Budget Preparation
Center of Accounting & Managerial Experts "CAME"·2002