Lina Kadri Nasr

Senior Regional Financial Reporting AccountantFull Time

• Job Details:•Successfully expand the scope of Record to Report in SSC Cairo through attending two weeks’market knowledge transfer workshop in UAE and one-week internal control workshop in Morocco. • Review GL of North-Africa region and ensure that all balances are explainable, prepare monthly balance sheet analysis and follow-up with relevant stakeholders on needed actions. • Prepare and deliver in a timely and accurate manner monthly financial reporting package. • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and submit them on HFM. • Prepare annual budget after gathering and discussing proposed budget submissions from department managers, compare actual to budgeted results at the end of each reporting period, report on significant variances and submit forecast on a quarterly basis. • Manage internal audit and ensure follow-up on findings and corrective actions. • Manage external audit, ensure that all required data are delivered on time and perform a reconciliation between statutory and management books. • Provide cash flow forecast and execute operating working capital analysis for making better business decisions by actively collaborating with internal stakeholders. • Review payment plan prepared by AP team and prepare bank reconciliation on a daily basis. • Manage all inter-company transactions and make sure that all balances are confirmed and reconciled at month-end. • Monitor Gross Profit Margin and share a detailed analysis report on a weekly basis. • Prepare commission calculation for sales team based on targets set by country manager. • Reconcile tax return and GL and ensure GL tax balances are all explainable (VAT, WHT, Corporate Income Tax). • Manage Inventory and share a weekly aging report with relevant stakeholders to ensure that inventory costs, obsolescence and excess risks are at minimum level. • GL/Subledger reconciliation for AP, AR and Inventory.

Order To Cash SupervisorFull Time

• Job Details:Manage the entire OTC process for North Africa region including customer master maintenance, credit management, collections, credit notes creation, cash application processes, AR related management reporting, compliance and corresponding internal controls. • Responsible for collections activities and credit management processes for 13 served operating countries (Egypt, Gulf and Levant countries). • Implement and prepare strategies to achieve monthly on time collection target, to reduce DSO,overdues and deductions, and to ensure total ledger management of Nestlé receivables. • Optimize the efficiency of OTC processes with focus to deliver improvement in Nestlé receivables through applying Lean managerial mindset, participating and leading continuous improvement initiatives with the team. • Identify clear objectives for the team, monitor their overall performance and provide timely feedback,coaching, career development and recognition. • Understand work business environment, review and analyze current procedures to recommend and implement changes for standardization and simplification purposes and support automation projects across order to cash processes. • Drive to meet SLA (Service Level Agreement) in terms of timeliness, quality and accuracy. • Develop and deliver daily, weekly and monthly key performance Indicators (KPIs) to stakeholders and leadership management team. Transition Projects Responsibilities: • Successfully expand the scope of collection activities and credit management for 13 served operating countries (Gulf and Levant countries) through attending three weeks’ market knowledge transfer workshop in Dubai. • Conduct interviews and hire new team members to control and ensure timely on-boarding and training processes. • Participate in developing a new credit policy and defining a clear standardized collection strategy with the regional CFO and sales controller for Middle East region. • Monitor transition progress to ensure all deliverables (work shadowing, train the trainee, ramp-up) meet quality, timing, and methodology requirements. • Attend regular transition reviews with project team members and stakeholders to assess progress, identify project key risks / concerns / issues and take appropriate actions to resolve them.

AR AssociateFull Time

• Job Details:• Handle Nestle Accounts Receivable and ensure cleared customers' accounts through conducting daily clearing account analysis and research on behalf of 13 served operating countries (Egypt, Gulf and Levant countries). • Send Statement of Accounts to Nestle Customers and to the finance team for reconciliation purposes. • Perform allocations of customers’ payments through receiving payment details from the customers and matching them with Nestle Customers Line Items. • Develop and maintain various periodic reports (Aging Report and DSO, Unallocated Payments Report, Dispute cases Report, Trade Receivables Report, Situation of OTC Customers) • Perform accounts reconciliation monthly open items. • Contact Salesmen/customers for the prompt collection or resolution of the aged receivables using email, telephone calls on day to day basis. • Investigate and resolve or recommend problem resolutions while clarifying and solving deducted and disputed items. • Perform Held Orders Analysis. • Reconcile A/R Sub-ledger to G/L. • Update quantum regarding the forecasted cash, cheques or transfers. • Prepare and provide the finance and sales team with Balance Confirmation letters. • Generate monthly PDF invoices. • Perform credit limit management changes. • Ensure timely month-end Order to Cash closing activities and reporting requirements. • Identify what needs to be changed in the Order to Cash process as a Lean Office Pillar, suggest new ideas to improve the current process and implement such adjustments without delay, but in agreement with Nestle Top Management.