Mahmoud Kassem

Experienced Egyptian Chartered Accountant, green card holder with a strong academic background and more than 15 years of expertise in accounting, along with 5 years of auditing experience. Proficient in managing and enhancing financial performance, overseeing accounting operations, evaluating and mitigating risks, ensuring compliance with regulations, and publishing accurate financial statements. Skilled in analyzing financial data, monitoring expenditures, forecasting revenue, and coordinating auditing processes. Dedicated to maintaining precision and integrity in financial information for optimal business decision-making.

• Process monthly payroll for about 300 employees.
• Prepare reports to relevant departments regarding payroll.
• Maintains group time and labor software.
• Reviews, tracks, and documents compliance with mandatory and non-mandatory training, continuing education, and work assessments. This may include safety training, anti-harassment training, professional licensure, and certifications.
• Implements new hire orientation.
• Handles employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and managers.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, and employment law.
• Performs routine tasks required to administer and execute human resource programs, benefits, leave, workers’ compensation, unemployment and training and development.

• Reviews and reconciles banks (12 accounts)
• Maintain cash balances in accordance and prepare transfer and funding requests.
• Reconcile credit card statements.

Review fixed assets including monitoring and reconciling projects, maintaining fixed assets and depreciation records and annual preparation of required schedules for the audit.

• Cash collection. Proactively work open receivables to facilitate payment within terms and to encourage customers to take advantage of early payment discounts.
• Communicate with the customer's financial management and build a rapport, which can be leveraged to collect amounts due in a timely manner.
• Alert senior management when accounts are not paying within terms.
• Produce and distribute customer statements on a regular schedule.
• Liaison between the sales force, human resources, and accounting with respect to monthly commissions.

• Manage all aspects Accounts Payable, including staff consisting of A/P Specialist.
• Ensure proper G/L mapping of expense types and employees.
• Ensures all invoices are properly posted to correct accounts and internal orders; accounts for all recurring invoices in order to properly accrue appropriate amounts for financials.
• Responsible for ensuring timely clearing of Invoice to be Received accounts and Open Purchase Orders
• Responsible for Sales & Tax reporting in tax reporting system
• Partners with Finance team to review actual costs in compliance with budget and forecasts.
• Prepare monthly Journal entries.
• Prepare monthly reconciliation and analysis of General Ledger accounts.
• Prepare and provide explanations for P&L and BS Flux analysis.
• Maintain and update Procedures Manual
• Assist during annual budget and approximately quarterly forecast process, as requested.
• Assist with external financial and tax audits.

• Analyze actual cost to standards
• Monitor and review data with variance analysis
• Handle sensitive information in a confidential manner
• Monitor inventory control activities such as reconciling physical vs standard costs
• Work closely with inter-department teams to evaluate and recommend changes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Assist in conducting periodic physical inventory and monitors cycle count process, researches inventory discrepancies
• Reconciles inventory accounts with general ledger to assist in month-end close

• Arabic
• English

References furnished upon request