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Samar Abdelwahab El Mahallawi

Accounting & Finance Expert

Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

PICO

  • Supervisor Accounting Full Time

    Dec 2014 - Present -10 yrs, 8 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:-Meets accounting financial standards by providing accounting department annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions. -Responsible overall financial activities, lead finance team and develop all accounting process to have accurate financial reports on time. -Preparing Cash Flow Statement on a daily basis for PICO Energy Group . -Review and approve Payable & Receivable workflow. -Approves ledger entries by auditing transactions. -Preparation and submission of monthly inter companies accounts -Maintaining monthly close process (including preparation of journal entries, posting and supporting data/reports). -Analyzing financial statement to ensure that all expenses and revenue recorded an appropriately on a monthly basis. -Maintain the Chart of Accounts. -Responsible for monthly reports for top management, comparing actual vs. budget. -Experience providing information to external auditors and providing audit support during annual auditing -Preparing any reports assigned by financial director & CFO.
  • Budget AnalystFull Time

    Oct 2013 - Nov 2014 -1 yr, 1 month

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:-Responsible for scheduling, organizing, and implementing the annual budget process; including the preparation of more meeting, web application , input files, and worksheets for departments to support the short and long term planning and budget process. - Responsible for budgetary control process. -Receiving the budget estimates from all the departments of the organization and critically examining them for correctness and accuracy. -Studying the previous budget and taking into consideration the benefits and losses incurred during the previous financial year. -Discussing and suggesting suitable amendments in the budget to the management officials of different operations, to undertake proper financial planning and decision-making. -Develops expenditures and revenue forecasts; prepares baseline budget and revisions as needed; analyzes, evaluates and processes budget proposals. -Submitting budget reports to the higher management and ownership of the organization for further scrutiny and approval -Responsible of Importing Budget data into Oracle and posting to general ledger. -Consolidating the data for budget presentation and providing an overview of the financial status of all the operations of PICO group. -Responsible for monthly reports for top management, comparing actual vs. budget and Make recommendations for financial planning as appropriate to meet business needs. -Monitoring the budget throughout the year. -Assist CFO in designing charts for new & exit projects, cost centres and accounts. -Preparing any reports for the PICO group assigned by financial director & CFO.
  • Senior Accountant Full Time

    Pico investment

    Mar 2012 - Sep 2013 -1 yr, 6 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Preparing Monthly Cash Flow Statement.  Determines financial status by comparing and analyzing plans and forecasts with actual results.  Responsible overall financial activities, lead finance team and develop all accounting process to have accurate financial reports on time.  Review and approve Payable workflow.  Preparing Monthly and yearly revenue report, unbilled report and reallocating accounts.  Maintaining monthly close process (including preparation of journal entries, posting and supporting data/reports).  Analyzing financial statement to ensure that all expenses and revenue recorded an appropriately on a monthly basis.  Preparation and submission of monthly inter companies accounts  Coordinate Internally with Purchasing and supply chain dept. and externally with the supplier to solve any dispute and issue debit / credit notes to supplier and ensure execution is in line with agreed on company policies and agreements.  Experience providing information to external auditors and providing audit support during annual auditing  Preparing any reports assigned by financial director.
  • General AccountantFull Time

    Pico Energy Logistics Services

    Aug 2007 - Feb 2012 -4 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Responsible for all accounts receivable issues.  Follow up collection of payments, non-payments and delayed payments  Preparing reports for analysis all accounts receivable related to customers’ accounts, unapplied,on account, bad debts and unbilled and ensure the AR & GL module are confirmed after closing financial periods.  Analyzing intermediate accounts and ensure to be closed at the end of the month.  Assist in adjusting & closing entries at the end of the year for issuing balance sheet.  Review and process payable invoices and verifying with contracts.  Preparing and processing checks, transfers and settlement down payments with vendor.  Cash management & Bank Reconciliation.  Fixed asset accounting and depreciation calculations.  Analyzing and preparing withholding tax report and payment every quarter.  Supports annual audit by providing information and answers to auditors.
  • Education

    • College Diploma in Costing

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2006 - 2 yr

    • Commerce in Commerce

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2004 - 4 yr

    Skills

    • Super Oracle User
    • Accounts Payable
    • Accounts Receivable
    • Oracle
    • Cash Management
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft Word
    • Cash Flow
    • Bank Reconciliation
    • Financial Analysis
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    Languages

    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • Foundation Certificate in Accounting & Finance

      The American University Cairo ·2014
    • Advanced Excel

      YAT·2014
    • Managing People

      AUC·2009
    • General English

      AUC·2007
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