Management Accountant - Cost/Budget Analyst - & Management Accountant

A challenging opportunity where my academic background, acquired experience & interpersonal skills shall be utilized and developed within a multinational organization that maintains both well structured staff career management & development systems.

March 2002 - Currently
Egyptian Drilling Company ?¥Egypt?¦s largest drilling contractor?¦
Maersk Contractors?¦ joint venture ?¥Leading drilling contractor and supplier of floating production solutions?¦

ƒ? Jan 2004 ?V Currently
Project Cost Controller ?V Budgeting & Reporting Section

Key Responsibilities

„X Prepare the Budget and Project Cost Breakdown Structure starting from the existing cost estimate.

„X Coordinate with (Operations Dept. ?V Rig Superintendent) & (Copenhagen Head Office ?V Finance Dept.) to pursue customized reporting standards & format.

„X Update and deliver cost control report on a monthly basis.

„X Update cost estimates per account within each delivered cost control report.

„X Verify work progress status throughout updating cost documentation and allocating costs to the right cost elements.

„X Follow up on outstanding commitments throughout the year to cross check both Purchasing & Payable data feed into relevant subsystems.

„X Review Control processes and procedures then produce recommendations for improvement, standardization and simplification of reporting process.

ƒ? March 2002 ?V Currently (In Parallel with the above)
Supervisor Management Accountant ?V Fixed Assets Section

Key Responsibilities

„X Responsible for Assets Management & Control through Oracle 11i Financial Application.

„X Regular monthly accounts analysis for all ongoing capital projects.

„X Prepare regular monthly cost control reports of all ongoing capital projects.

„X Assist in preparing monthly financial reports.

„X Calculate monthly depreciation and posting to the General Ledger.

„X Complete monthly reporting requirements.

„X Prepare monthly reconciliations for various areas of the business Between FAR (Fixed Asset Register) & General Ledger in-line with Monthly timetable.

„X Prepare Audit File for Statutory and Internal Audits.

„X Reconcile results of regular physical verification of the fixed asset holding and validating to accounting and control records.

„X Work closely with Inventory Control Team to develop the required record keeping and methodology for control across entire asset base.

„X Providing information to various levels of management, both Financial & Operational.

ƒ? October 2006: Enrolled in Master?¦s degree program (MBA) at the Arab Academy for Science & Maritime Technology ?V Graduate School of Business / Major: Project Management

Program covers the below topics for 2 year courses being followed by a comprehensive exam or a thesis;

- Project Management Essentials.
- Project Planning & Scheduling.
- Project Estimating & Financial Planning.
- Project Progress & Cost Control.
- Project Quality Management.
- Project Risk Analysis & Management.
- Project Contracting & Recruitment.
- Strategic Management.

* Along with 8 other core courses (e.g. Contemporary Management, Accounting & Financial Reporting, Business Economics, and Quantitative Business Analysis)

ƒ? June 1999: Graduated from the Faculty of commerce ?V English Section ?V Ain Shams University.

ƒ? March 2006

Met with team members in A.P Moller ?V Maersk Contractors, Copenhagen - Denmark
For pursue a mapping between Head Office?¦s cost control report structure with Egypt office?¦s accounting structure.

ƒ? November 2005

Familiarization trip to A.P Moller ?V Maersk Contractors, Copenhagen - Denmark
For the purpose of being introduced to the Accounting and finance divisions.

Another purpose was being familiar with financial management reporting system procedures and forms in order to achieve best data integrity between EDC & A.P Moller - Maersk Contractors.

ƒ? June 2003

Attended and completed successfully ?§Strategic Budgeting?¨ course at Institute for International Research (IIR) located in Crown Plaza hotel ?V Dubai ?V UAE.

Key Technical & Personal skills:
ƒ? Oracle Financial Application ?V 11i (Various Modules)

ƒ? RFMP (CICS) Purchasing System.

ƒ? Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Power-point, and Access).

ƒ? Excellent communication, team working, and interpersonal skills.

Language skills:
ƒ? Arabic: Fluently spoken and written (Mother tongue).
ƒ? English: Fluently spoken and written.
ƒ? German: well spoken and written.
Personal Info:
ƒ? Birth Date: December 21st, 1978
ƒ? Military Status: Exempted
ƒ? Marital Status: Single