Hassan Sallam, Finance and Accounting Manager

About

- 8+ yrs experience as Accounting & Finance manager. - 16+ yrs experience in accounting and finance. - 8+ yrs working for Multinational organizations. - Reports monthly P&L and trial balance review, Quarterly cash flow reports with variance analysis, annually audit reports and budgets. - Risk focus with studying cases to transfer risk to subcontractors without reducing quality. - Reconciling GL and inter-company account. - Withholding tax, old sales tax, VAT and corporate tax preparation and following up. - Very good achievement in negotiations with authorities, discount 82% of the required amount for sales tax inspection report, inspection was for a period before my joining, and 50% discounted of contracting insurance amount. - ERP (SAP) experience 4+ yrs & Exchequer for 2+ yrs with training in UK. - Migration from SAP ISIS to SAP BBP on AR, EE and GL mapping with some adjustments for Alcatel-Lucent. - Create Finance and accounting policy from the scratch two times, and policy adjustment for well known organization under IFRS and tax law. - IFRS Course at E&Y.

Experience

CIEC SA

Feb 2020 – Present

Jazan, KSA

Finance and Accounting Manager

1- Managing finance and accounting functions for CIEC and its subsidiary (construction company). 2- Adjust the GL mapping to suite the required reports. 3- Costing system creation by CC and WBS from the scratch. 4- Bank reconciliation and inter-company reconciling on monthly closing. 5- Adjusting the closing procedures to accrual basis instead of cash basis. 6- Follow up contracts, supervise invoicing and collection related. 7- Report cash flow monthly along with trial balance review. 8- Follow up VAT to be prepared correctly and paid on time. 9- Succeed in stopping corruption and minimizing unnecessary expenses. 10- Finalize balance sheets for 2018, 2019 and 2020 for the main office and subsidiary along with consolidated balance sheet.

4ENERGY

Jan 2013 – May 2020

Cairo, Egypt

Country Financial Controller

1- Managing and executing all Financial and accounting activities. 2- Supervise All the company tax reports. 3- Monthly and quarterly financial statements and related reports to the regional financial controller and Country manager. 4- Reconcile, analyse and maintain some cost elements and cost centres according to POC. 5- Monthly, quarterly and yearly closing procedures and balance sheet review. 6- Adjusting the chart of accounts and costing system. 7- Adjust the accounting policies by many notes to reduce cost, minimise cash payments, minimise invoices without POs’, and Maximise payment terms. 8- Make some adjustments to the procurement policy sharing with the procurement manager to be suitable to the finance policies. 9- Assist the internal and external audit. 10- Respecting IFRS, Egyptian Standards and Company Policy.

Tafaool house for phsycological cure

Sep 2018 – Jan 2020

Shorouk, Egypt

Finance and Accounting Manager

1- Managing finance and accounting functions. 2- Lead the monthly accounting closing procedures and trial balance review. Reporting to GM. 3- Reconcile and maintain some cost elements, cost centers. 4- Follow up collection reports with credit officer. 5- Report cash flow monthly, with variance tracking and related updates.

Alcatel-Lucent

Aug 2008 – Dec 2012

Giza, Egypt

Chief accountant

1- General accountant working on reviewing sub-ledger (some payable and receivable). 2- Supervise the withholding tax local and foreign and stamp tax. 3- Monthly and quarterly reporting for related role. 4- Reconcile and maintain some balance sheet accounts. 5- Share on Monthly (Including accrued cost and revenue), quarterly and yearly closing procedures and balance sheet review. 6- We were converting from SAP ISIS to SAP Blue Planet, so I was the responsible for all AP, EE and AR open Items and data conversion, sharing on GL and Asset conversion. 7- I was one of 3 instructors for accounting training (under accrual accounting basis) for 6 Indian accountants (AP, AR booking, GL entries and adjustment entries including accruals and prepaid) to outsource accounting entries. 8- Policy adjustments for AR, EE and AP entries. 9- Assist the internal and external audit. 10- Respecting IFRS, Egyptian Standards and Company Policy.

Ashour telecoms FZCO

Aug 2007 – Jul 2008

Dubai, UAE

General accountant

1- I created the costing system by activities and business division. 2- Managing and executing the daily accounting activities and financial affairs (Preparing the pay roll, enter GL and journal entries, responsible for cash on hand, prepare cheques and prepare the money transfers with the owners signature, and bank statement reconciliation) 3- Following up collection, follow up the providers money transfers and follow up loans installments. 4- Prepare quarterly and yearly financial statements. 5- Finance validation for P.Os and P.Is. 6- The Accounting system via MS Excel created by me from the scratch (was very successful for them). 7- Supervise Iraq branch remotely. 8- Good communication between my department and Technical, Sales, Logistics departments, and best practice assist with external audit procedures.

EgyptSat telecom

Aug 2004 – Jul 2007

Cairo, Egypt

General accountant

1- Validate the GL entries for system posting. 2- Responsible for the cash box, and bank reconciliation (EGP, USD, Euro). 3- Follow up customers’ collection local and overseas. 4- Computerize the accounting system via MS Excel, and adjust the pay roll system according to the Egyptian tax law changes. 5- Prepare the sales tax report monthly and Withholding tax quarterly. 6- Reconcile main suppliers’ sub ledger. 7- Finance validation for PO’s. 8- Best practice assist with external audit procedures. 9- Team building with good support from the owners. 10- Initiate the costing system under standards umbrella, via activities and business divisions. 11- Prepare the quarterly and yearly financial statements. 12- Other roll not on my responsibility, searching for service and equipment providers via internet and other roles.

Education

ernst & young

Jul 2011 – Nov 2011

Course, IFRS

Ain shams University

Sep 2000 – May 2004

Bachelor , Business administration and accounting

Hassan Sallam

Finance and Accounting Manager

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