Henwa Ahmed
Summary
Detail-oriented and analytical finance professional with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance and CMA Certificate Holder. Boasts three years of multinational experience and seeks to leverage strong financial and organizational skills in a dynamic, culturally diverse workplace.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Finance Associate
Ernst & Young
Cairo, Egypt
01.2024 - Current
- Manage end-to-end payables process, including invoice processing, payments, and vendor management.
- Prepare monthly vendor accruals and work on regional ad hoc projects.
- Record financial transactions, reconciled accounts, and managed month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Manage General Ledger activities, including bank reconciliation, staff travel expenses analysis, and advance reconciliation.
- Manage intercompany processes, including invoice processing, payments, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual tax reports and governmental tax payments.
- Manage VAT on company expenses and prepared necessary paperwork for tax payments and returns.
- Ensure timely submission of Form 41 (WHT) to tax authorities.
- Support in preparation of annual financial plan.
Senior P2P Accountant
IBM
Cairo, Egypt
10.2021 - 12.2023
Finance Shared Service: Unilever & Ekaterra Account
- Responsible for invoice processing & executing payments on SAP. Resolving vendor queries and requests.
- Ensured timely processing of utility and tax/governmental payments.
- Participated in monthly closing activities to ensure accurate financial statements.
- Liaised with banks for payment processing and issue resolution.
- Handled process-related queries and escalations from business units and controllers.
- Prepared weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
- Reviewed payment requests to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
- Managed vendor account reconciliations.
- Reviewed staff travel and expense reimbursement claims in accordance with company policy.
- Enhanced profitability by managing cost control measures.
Education
Bachelor's Degree of English Commerce - Accounting & Finance
Ainshams University
Faculty of Business Credit Hours English Program 09.2017 - 05.2021
Skills
Computer Skills
Microsoft office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
ERP: SAP end-user
DCIW Workflow (IBM & Unilever)
Power Bi (Beginner)
Tableau 20204 (Beginner)
Leadership Skills
Ability to guide and inspire others during stressful times
Ability to be adaptable and fast learner
Ability to transfer knowledge to my team
Ability to get work done on time
Communication Skills
Ability to build strong relationships with co-workers and managers
Ability to communicate with clients and stakeholders; Oral and written
Technical Skills
Multi-tasking
Analytical and problem-solving Skills
Ability to work on teams and individually
Attention to detail and accuracy
Certification
CMA (Certified Management Accountant)
Membership ID: 000010815262
CFA Institute Investment Foundations Program
Certificate No: 215270
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
References
References available upon request.
Courses
Certified Management Accountant (Part 1)
02/2023 - 10/2023
American Chamber of Commerce - Egypt
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
05/2022 - 06/2022
IBM (Online)
Become a Data Analyst-Learning Path
01/2021 - 02/2021
LinkedIn Learning (Online)
Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics -University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign
05/2020 - 06/2020
Coursera (Online)
Financial Accounting: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
04/2020 - 05/2020
Coursera (Online)
General English Courses
03/2018 - 11/2019
British Council - Egypt
Internship Experience
Tax Intern, Madient Masr 08/2021 – 09/2021
• Worked as part of a team in developing tax reports.
• Assist tax manager for monthly and quarterly tax reports and forms.
• Preparing form 41 for WHT.
Tax Intern, Madient Masr 08/2020 – 10/2020
• Worked as part of a team in developing tax reports.
• Assist tax manager for monthly and quarterly tax reports and forms.
• Worked on form 41 and form 10.
Summer Intern, Central agency for organization and administration (CAOA) 08/2019 – 09/2019
• Worked on the national project to update the data of government employees among different ministries.
Customer Service Intern, Banque Misr 07/2019 – 08/2019
•Learning how to deal with customers.
•Supporting customers to open an account and know their different types.
•Updating customers' data.
•Informing the customers with the new bank services as BM wallet and online Banking app.
Operations Intern, QNB Group 08/2018 – 09/2018
• Learning banking principles.
• Knowing different types of Checks.
• Learning how to transfer money between customer's accounts.
• Learning how to pay taxes for companies and organizations.
Extracurricular Activities
- Resala Charity Organization, Volunteer 10/2019 – 12/2020
- Pause Club - Ainshams University, HR member 10/2019 – 04/2020
Timeline
Senior Finance Associate
Ernst & Young
01.2024 - Current
Senior P2P Accountant
IBM
10.2021 - 12.2023
Bachelor's Degree of English Commerce - Accounting & Finance
Ainshams University
09.2017 - 05.2021
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