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Sameer Soliman

Sameer Soliman

Financial Manager-level Director
Cairo

Summary

Since 2017, until 2021, I was a financial adviser for World Bank program SRSSP, in Egypt, a Financial manager for PMU (Projects Management Unit) in the World Bank program (SRSSP), Sustainable Rural Sanitation Service program for results, in cooperation with ministry of housing.

Before that, I have more than 15 years of financial experience in industrial environment mostly in FMCGs (JUHAYNA group for food industries, GARDENA for concentrates).

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director / consultant

Ministry of housing -PMU-World Bank program SRSSP
Cairo
04.2017 - 12.2021
  • PMU
  • Project Management Unit is representing the World Bank in practicing both financial and technical controlling over the implementation of the ministry projects financed by the WB (program
  • SRSSP (Sustainable Rural Sanitation Service Program)
  • Duties & Responsibilities: i
  • Issuing financial statements for the program
  • Ii
  • Forecasting and budget preparing, through establishing business plans for the coming five years for the water companies
  • Iii
  • Follow up budgeting execution on the ground by the water companies
  • Iv
  • Discussing the deviation between actual performance and the budgeted numbers then correct the deviations
  • V
  • Promote excellence to support Bank goals and work with all stakeholders
  • To evaluate and plan capacity to deliver strategic goals
  • Vi
  • Evaluate the system of internal control
  • Vii
  • Leading the financial team in the unit
  • Viii
  • Adherence to financial statuary reporting standards
  • Ix
  • Develop, implement, give recommendations about maintaining sound financial accountability and financial practices
  • Through effective internal control frame work and anti-fraud policy framework
  • X
  • Analyzing and implementing the World Bank agreements
  • Xi
  • Attending meeting with the World Bank in order to coordinate the work and to follow up the progress in projects
  • Xii
  • Coordinating the work with the ministry of housing regarding the commitment to implementation
  • Xiii
  • Working closely with the project technical international consultant (Mott
  • MacDonald’s)
  • Xiv
  • Following and preparing financial reports for International auditing firm (Pricewaterhouse cooper)
  • Xv
  • Reporting directly to minister consultant
  • And vice minister
  • Xvi
  • Member of the Tenders envelope opening committee.

Finance Manager

Al Mansour International Group
04.2016 - 03.2017
  • INFORT Company is one of almansour group of companies, and its working in
  • Computers systems and programs:
  • My responsibilities:
  • Issuing reports to CEO regarding financial situation, risk management
  • Assess risk and rewards and take necessary action
  • Monitor credit policy
  • Lead my team toward desired objectives
  • Establishing budgets and cooperate with divisions regarding the optimal way of dealing with slacks
  • And applying the budget on the ERP system in order to define deviations
  • Applying the best internal control practices
  • Applying multi scenarios for financial analysis
  • Accurate timely closing of accounts
  • And issuing financial statements
  • Cooperate with sales department regarding sales sales policy and controlling over the practices and
  • Applying price models teqniqe
  • Issuing profit and performance reports
  • Monitor tax issues
  • Monitor dealing with vendors in order to have the best contracts terms and purchases prices.

Financial manager

FMCG, Upper, Concentrates
09.2012 - 03.2014
  • GARDENA - (UEFCON) (www.uefcon.com, Duties & responsibilities: The overall leadership of financial and accounting functions and its
  • Consists of the following: o Establishing the financial affairs in company (Upper Egypt for concentrates) o Dealing with outside vendors for import factory machines
  • O Establishing the financial team and financial sections
  • O Controlling the work of Opening LC s and following up with banks all LC financial affairs o Dealing with contractors and paying for constructions work, civil work and metal works o Controlling all the financial affairs (salaries, financial statements, costing, inventory)
  • O Dealing with banks concerning loans agreements and terms
  • O Preparing budgets for expected production and expected revenue o Applying forecasting plans in multiple scenarios
  • (financial planning)
  • O Dealing with auditors and prepare audit file for external auditors
  • O Give advice to the board on the suitable ERP financial system we are going to use o Compare between financial systems in order to choose one
  • O Following up the implementation of business plan and annual budget o Reporting to CEO o Attending board of director’s meetings o Sign cheques with CEO

Chief Accountant

Investors Holding Group Co
10.2009 - 03.2011
  • Duties and responsibilities:
  • Directing the financial operations between the group companies
  • Preparing the financial position at the end of each financial period
  • Directing the accounting stuff
  • As the company registered in the stock market
  • I check daily the stock price through the Kuwait
  • Stock exchange
  • Reporting for the group vice president the market position and movement of company stock price
  • Following the progress of constructions located in different countries
  • Following up with tax authorities
  • Attending the general assembly meetings.

Senior Accountant

JUHAYNA CO FOR FOOD INDUSTRIES CO, FMCG Cairo
Cairo
05.2000 - 09.2009

Using SAP ERP in all coming financial activities:


  • Preparing bank reconciliations.

Reporting to group finance manager.


  • Preparing accounts balances.
  • Controlling loans & deposits.
  • Monitoring ledgers & daily registering in books.
  • Reserving documents regarding transferring of money between branches.
  • Following transfers between internal bank accounts and between outers vendors.
  • Calculating interests regarding deposits & loans.


  • Comparing actual expenses with standards.
  • Taking correction actions.
  • Following with managers the causing of differences related to their departments.
  • Analyzing the standards to confirm consistency and logic applying.
  • Preparing monthly actual budgets for departments and comparing with monthly standards.
  • Sending to every manager the monthly budget regarding his or her department.
  • Evaluating department's performance.
  • Making estimations for coming periods.
  • Helping managers to establish budgeting policies.
  • Reporting to cost manager.
  • Monitoring sales discounts & promotions
  • Monitoring sales pricing for local & export products.

Education

MBA - MBA

Alexandria University
Alexandria
09.2011 - 11.2013

Bachelor of commerce - accounting section

Cairo University
Cairo
11.1988 - 05.1996

Diploma - accounting & Financial analysis from

Cambridge Academy

ACCA – GB – 1173999 (Pass 7 papers - undefined

Financial Forecasting And Reporting -

University of Colorado Boulder, Rutgers University
USA
01.2023 - 06.2023

High School Diploma -

Rutgers
New Jersey
01.2023 - 06.2023

Skills

SAP -ERP - computer system - expertundefined

Accomplishments

  • Achievement (1): UEFCON (www.uefcon.com) is a FMCG business Sector Company with authorized capital 450 million Paid 45 million, plus 55 million loan
  • A new factory in ALMENIA specialized in producing Tomato paste and ketchup ……the role was to establish this factory from Scratch, working closely with CEO, presenting multiple scenarios for business plans, following up constructions works, importing machines, getting the Finance needed from banks after a long round of negotiations, Establishing the financial departments and financial teams
  • Putting the financial Reporting system, financial modeling
  • Establishing and choosing the financial computer system ERP,
  • Working closely with CEO (The previous president of HEINZ Egypt) in the business plan and annual budgeting Putting costing principles and products pricing
  • Achievement (2): World Bank program SRSSP, in cooperation with ministry of housing, working closely with minister consultant and minster deputy, I was accredited by the both the World Bank and African International Bank, after reviewing and testing the financial system exist and approved that it can be rely on, and this brought confident in financial information which made their mission easier to give the
  • Egyptian government the approval needed for the loans
  • Languages:
  • Arabic (mother tongue) - English - fluent
  • Personal information:
  • Place and date of birth: Kuwait 1969 –Sep.-16

Work Availability

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Timeline

Financial Forecasting And Reporting -

University of Colorado Boulder, Rutgers University
01.2023 - 06.2023

High School Diploma -

Rutgers
01.2023 - 06.2023

Director / consultant

Ministry of housing -PMU-World Bank program SRSSP
04.2017 - 12.2021

Finance Manager

Al Mansour International Group
04.2016 - 03.2017

Financial manager

FMCG, Upper, Concentrates
09.2012 - 03.2014

MBA - MBA

Alexandria University
09.2011 - 11.2013

Chief Accountant

Investors Holding Group Co
10.2009 - 03.2011

Senior Accountant

JUHAYNA CO FOR FOOD INDUSTRIES CO, FMCG Cairo
05.2000 - 09.2009

Bachelor of commerce - accounting section

Cairo University
11.1988 - 05.1996

Diploma - accounting & Financial analysis from

Cambridge Academy

ACCA – GB – 1173999 (Pass 7 papers - undefined

Sameer SolimanFinancial Manager-level Director