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Finance & Accounts Management
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ahmed elmaghraby

senior finance manager
dubai,UAE

Summary

A highly motivated,results driven and resourceful Financial Controller withexcellent multitasking and organizational skills. Having more than 13 years of professional experience in Finance & Accounts from retail, FMCG, ecommerce,manufactured, and trading . Posessing a significant record of achievement in accounts management.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior finance manager

talabat.com
Dubai, uae
01.2022 - Current
  • Leading all the new ventures of Talabat ,e-commerce, and quick commerce
  • Managed 15K riders and 200M COD
  • Leading the ERP implementation for 28 entities
  • Manage timely and accurate reporting of various financial transactions and information for detailed analysis.
  • Optimizing all the new revenue streams
  • Monitored and reviewed financial controls, processes and procedures to enable best practice development.
  • Assisting senior management with strategic investment decisions by reviewing investment cases based on ROI.
  • Made strategic resource recommendations to improve business profit potential.
  • Led finance transformation projects to reach company growth goals.
  • Collaborated with business management to set and control annual budgets.
  • Created and presented accurate, detailed financial forecasts.
  • Represented business in negotiations with external partners.
  • Oversaw audits to collate accurate data and recommend constructive improvements.
  • Developed through forecasting and cash-flow management processes to maximize progression and profitability.
  • Maintained compliance with company standards and legal requirements.

Finance controller

talabat.com
dubai, UAE
01.2019 - 12.2021

Job Title: Group financial controller & head of accounting department- Reporting to Senior finance director.
Main duties and responsibilities:
• Overseeing and managing thefinance department.
• Contributing to company financial strategy and decision-making processes.
• Presenting reports to executive management, stakeholders and board members.
• Leading the group finance department in all aspects related to group consolidated financial statements and auditing.
• Coordinating and directing the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts, reporting any variances.
• Support Talabat growth throw merge and acquisition, investment in diversify portfolio (Equity, bond, structure notes, fund, exchange trade fund & money market fund).
• Ensuring that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported.
• Ensuring all reporting is compliant with statutory law and financial regulations.
• Documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Streamlining and improving accounting systems and operations
• Overseeing the management of cash flow and debt collection
• Managing the audit processes and liaising with external personnel as required

Senior accountant

talabat.com
dubai, UAE
05.2016 - 12.2018

• Direct the financial procedure and controls as set by Group Corporate Finance to ensure its implementation, and to report the possible risks and opportunities.
• Review financial commitments with customer or suppliers, identify the compliance and report accordingly to ensure that company guidelines are followed and controls are maintained that will protect company financial position.
• Review the Business Unit data in relation to budget to ensure whether such data can be relied on in preparation of the budgeted financial statements in accordance to corporate finance guidelines and policies.
• Review the Business Unit performance and issue financial reports to ensure all critical matters have been raised and assess Business Unit action.
• Supervised and sign financial transactions in relation to Accounts to ensure compliance to corporate financial guidelines.
• Analyze and report financial data of feasibility studies of the new investments scheme and expansion of existing business line for T&B/WAT to ensure investment risks are highlighted and major financial indicators are reported according to the company financial guidelines.
• Set up task schedules for all the Business Unit finance team in coordination with Corporate Finance to ensure work is carried efficiently and effectively.
• Conduct investigations of irregularities in Business Unit and report the final results to Corporate Finance to address any discrepancies and take corrective action as needed.
• Assist Corporate Finance in carrying out special assignments relating to Business Unit to ensure that controls are in place and business progress effectively.
• External Auditor (KPMG) and providing them with the required financial data and analysis.
• Actively participate in various Business Unit matters in an efficient manner aimed at giving opinion in accordance to Corporate Finance guidelines and strategy.

group accountant

Intercoil international manufacture
dubai, uae
01.2013 - 04.2016

 Instituting & executing high-level financial strategies, making high-stakes decisions and
overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work
ethics and irreproachable integrity
 Providing leadership, strategic consultation & guidance on financial issues affecting the
company
 Formulating & implementing policies, procedures and internal control systems for effective
financial operations of the company
 Steering Financial Management, Accounting, Taxes, Costing, MIS & Budgetary Control,
Statutory Compliances
 Spearheading a wide range of functions including financial reporting, business planning and
budgeting & forecasting
 Ascertaining adherence to statutory requirements to optimize resource utilization costs, create
and maximize shareholder value
 Preparing general ledger & Financial Statement for company for monthly/yearly report
 Creating employee salaries & collaborating with the HR payroll representative to process
employee WPS salary through the bank & Exchange
 Booking and Filing VAT for company as per UAE law
 Supervising cashiers, assistant accountants, and accountants, as well as controlling accounts
payables
 Examining payment reports to determine payment status & balances owed as well as the
efficiency of the current payment policies & procedures
 Monitoring the accounts payables department's preparation of payments in accordance with a
schedule approved by the CFO and management and reporting to the deputy CFO

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - accounting

Benha univeristy
egypt
05.2008 - 05.2012

CMA Candidate

Skills

  • power BI
  • Reporting and documentation
  • ADVANCE IN EXCEL
  • Team leading
  • Well-versed ERP Systems Oracle,SAP,MSD365
  • Having a good idea of UAE Labor laws
  • Excellent knowledge of accounting,budget preparation balance sheet, P&L


Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Fluent

achievements

  • saving 30M USD from the online sales and others
  • build tool to reconcile our sales vs bank more than 30M orders on a monthly basis
  • building a dashboard through power bi
  • implement IFRS for 120 stores
  • improve the collection process for the debts
  • Leading the ERP implementation
  • Collecting unclaimed rebate AED 7M from the suppliers


Finance & Accounts Management

  • Evaluate and prepare financial statements including Profit and loss account, balance sheet, internal and statutory audit schedules.
  • Coordinate with various support teams in managing general accounting functions in the organization encompassing Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Activities etc
  • Analyze financial performance against key business metrics and provided key financial highlights to enable management to determine progress against budgets.
  • Be involved in financial transactions, maintain and reconcile various sub ledgers, general ledger and inter-company accounts
  • Consolidate and evaluate financial information from various departments prior to preparing monthly, quarterly and annual accounts and trial balance
  • Prepare and maintain cash projection statement for evaluating cash flows and predicting fund shortage trends
  • Implement strict payment policies in order to eliminate the risk of unearned, undue or duplicated payments
  • Develop, enhance and promote a strong internal control environment throughout the company.

Timeline

Senior finance manager

talabat.com
01.2022 - Current

Finance controller

talabat.com
01.2019 - 12.2021

Senior accountant

talabat.com
05.2016 - 12.2018

group accountant

Intercoil international manufacture
01.2013 - 04.2016

Bachelor of Commerce - accounting

Benha univeristy
05.2008 - 05.2012

CMA Candidate
ahmed elmaghrabysenior finance manager