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Sarah Mohamed Ahmed

Sarah Ahmed

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • GL SupervisorFull Time

    Orient Paints

    Aug 2017 - Present -7 yrs, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Ensure proper recording of all types of expenses according to the internal policies, and to the local Egyptian standards. - Review all transactions recorded and ensure their accuracy - Responsible for account maintenance and month end closure entries - Review the monthly account reconciliation, in addition to keeping all reconciliation records realistic & clear - Review Banking Transactions, Bank Clearing and Cash on Hand transactions - Review Business Claims, ensure policy implementation - Design and maintain clear cut models that contain & link all the manual calculations for each & every type of expenses in order to produce clear instruction for the JE maker. - Ensure handling all the accounting transactions on time and with excellent quality - Provide a monthly report analyzing the expenses and comparing actuals to budget. - Preparing the Budget and communicating with all departments to get proper data - Support all other business functions with their required reports. - Proper Recording of the Payroll and Allowances
  • Senior AccountantFull Time

    African Explosives Limited "AEL Egypt"

    Dec 2014 - Dec 2016 -2 yrs

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: - Prepare Journal Entries and make them ready for posting by the Financial Controller - Ensure proper recording of all types of expenses according to the internal policies, and to the local Egyptian standards. - Responsible for account maintenance, bookkeeping and month end closure entries - Conduct the monthly account reconciliation, in addition to keeping all reconciliation records realistic & clear - Maintain Asset register and all the related transactions i.e. Depreciation, EP Monitoring etc. - Review Banking Transactions, Bank Clearing and Cash on Hand transactions - Review Business Claims, ensure policy implementation - Design and maintain clear cut models that contain & link all the manual calculations for each & every type of expenses in order to produce clear instruction for the JE maker. - Ensure handling all the accounting transactions on time and with excellent quality - Properly allocates what is being received from the customer and resolving all the misallocated remittances - Provide a monthly report showing the top expenses and analyzing their reasons - Contribute in budget monitoring and control, in order to maintain spending within budget - Support all other business functions with their required reports. - Communicate with the Financial Audit & Tax Consultants in order to ensure a full compliance and clear financial statements - Make a monthly plan for statutory payments to Tax Authorities, Social Insurance Authority and arrange for a necessary recording/issuing - Assist on inventory monitoring and have a periodic visit to site for a controlled physical counting - Contribute to the monthly Foreign Reporting to ensure accuracy of numbers uploaded. - Provide ad-hoc analytical reports upon request
  • Assurance AssociateFull Time

    Price waterhouse Coopers "PwC"

    Dec 2010 - Jul 2014 -3 yrs, 7 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:- Preparing financial statements according to Egyptian accounting standards and International financial reporting standards. - Performing test of control for the effectiveness of internal control system. - Designing an audit to detect significant fraud & irregularities schemes. - Performing Foreign Reporting with specific audit requirements. - Performing test of balances & transactions through testing supporting documents and corroborating evidence. - Preparing audit report as a final finding for the audit process. - Coaching less experience team member and aiding them. - Communicating with clients and resolving any problems. - Preparation of the Tax returns of the companies to be submitted by the Tax Authority. Took part in performing audit service for the following companies Oil & Gas - GUPCO (Special Assignment) - Chevron Egypt - British Gas. - British Petroleum & Baker Hughes (Special Assignment) - Edison Manufacturing - Ghabbour Egypt Group - Mars Egypt Group - Edita for Food Industries - Etisalat Company - Tera Data - Bonian (Citadel Group) - Aga khan Group - Olympic Group - Johnson Controls - Nokia Siemens Egypt - DHL Global forwarding - L’Oreal Egypt for Cosmetics - British American Tobacco - New Construction Chemicals - Emcor for Facilities - Avon for Cosmetics Television Production - Sony Pictures Egypt - Rotana Studios Egypt
  • Education

    • BA in Accounting

      Helwan University

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      kawmeia language school

      Jan 2006 

    Achievements

    - Go Audit 1 Training - Assurance 2 Training - Assurance 3 Training - Aura Training - Audit Methodology - AUC English course (upper intermediate II) - Scholarship ITI Edu Egypt in Helwan University. - August 1st – August 31st , 2009 - Trained in PwC (Price Water house Coopers) in the Auditing Department. - August 1st – August 31st , 2008 - Trained in PwC (Price Water house Coopers) in the Auditing Department.

    Skills

    • Internet Research
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft Word
    • Microsoft Powerpoint
    • Auditing
    • Accounting

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced
    • French

      Beginner

    Training & Certifications

    • Scholarship ITI Edu Egypt in Helwan University

      Helwan University·2010
    • English course (upper intermediate II)

      AUC·2007
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