George Ayad

Experience

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  Vodafone

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

  Customer service representative (High value segment)

  -Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer's complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment; following up to ensure resolution.- Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services. - Revising and explaining issued bills and calculating usage for customers.

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  Nestlé

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2021

  - Participation with responsibility for “Froneri” Ice cream business Divestment & “Bonjorno” Coffee business Acquisition and Merge.- Responsibility & adherence to Period end Closing time line and PEC health checks & on time Submission of Financial Statements for dividend proposal purpose and Reporting.- Supporting functions controllers and Accrual / PEC manual entries management and PEC reporting Requirements. - 4 Years Audit firm SPOC for on time completion of Audit requirements in advance of FS due date (KPMG & EY).- Champion for Goods Received vs Invoice received Cleansing Project: Closing GRIR aged items more than one year.- Adherence to Balance sheet Integrity Process through BS reconciliations completeness, on time actions & improvement of BS Aged items in compliant way.- Adherence to compliance and internal control practices by working on Closing Internal Control Gaps for BS - Red Flags in Internal control dashboards (KRI).- Working on BS review Audit Gaps closure and not being repetitive.- Participation with responsibility in Tax inspections and Tax manager backup.- Responsible for Cash Journal, Cash Management/expenditure & collection.- Credit Sales management and credit Manager Backup.- Monitor and drive all overhead cost centers monthly review & Moge’s budgeting “costing” affecting P&L.- Monitor and drive depreciation Runs and controlling Capex & scrap management.- Monitor and Weekly approval on supplier’s payment proposals.- Monitor and drive on time completeness of bank reconciliation and Resolution of bank Aged items and supporting Treasury Team. عرض أقل - Timely preparing of the daily/weekly/monthly internal & external reports.- Monitoring blocked / parked invoices related to price variances and goods not received and resolve invoice discrepancies with procurement team and suppliers & following up on releasing them.- Vendor’s down payments analysis and clearing (knock off).- Performance Reports - conducting weekly / monthly Aging & Compliance reviews and Timely GRIR’s (Goods receipt / invoice receipt) accounts monitoring and clearing.- Reporting and Controlling Employee Travel & Expenses Accounts.- Monthly Corp. Credit card & Cash advance GL analysis & follow up on un-settled and "un-liquidated" cash advances or Corp. Credit card claims.- Reconciliation of Vendor’s Statement of Account versus Vendor Line Items ensuring that the Vendor’s accounts are properly analyzed and timely reports are submitted to the immediate superior & Perform maintenance, reconciliation & following up on the Balance of suppliers. - Cooperate with suppliers and provide them with the information regarding their invoices status / disputes & preparing withholding Tax Sheet / receipts Including Generic mail Boxes and AP Call center that serving vendors and Nestlé employees as well.- Processing of Vendors creation on SAP, extension, update vendor master data and Imply WHT tax code & type.- Handling all manual transactions between vendor accounts & the bank GL (Incoming & Outgoing amounts, Interests & Deposits)- Executing manual vendor payments for Intra Group (Egypt and 13 Middle East companies).- Executing monthly / quarterly Period End Closing activities (PEC) following established company guidelines (Nestle Reconciliation Tool).- Review and track Accounts payable GLs & executing Expenses, accruals and manual postings.- Understanding of end to end processes of accounts payable & accounting operations.- Participate in KPIs trends, root cause analysis of mistakes/errors and problem solving. عرض أقل - Handling timely invoice processing: receive, scan, index and posting (including deciding on stamp duty, sales, and withholding tax codes) & recording daily expenses in Ledger & improved posting invoices productivity.- “Parked and blocked specialist" handling price variances and goods not received with procurement team and suppliers & following up on releasing them by aligning between financial managers in each Nestle Middle East and Egypt companies weekly and supply chain to ensure compliant and smooth end to end process.- Processing Vendor’s down payments requests done by the market.- Accounts Payable Single Point of Contact for Nestlé Egypt & Nestlé Middle East markets (Respond to internal and external inquiries regarding invoice status).- Responsible for deploying “OPM Tool “in Nestle accounts payable Division. (OPM champion in AP team).- Handling all the Parables of Service and indirect material suppliers, PFME (Product Fixed Marketing Expense) & OPFE (Other Product Fixed Exp.), Imports, Exports & all related to customs, sales tax, value added tax, Freights & Raw & Packing materials & CAPEX dealing with the outsourcing Marketing agencies & suppliers.- Proceeding with payment of down payment requests and early payment requests approved by local financial managers.- Perform payments reconciliation – analyze Vendor’s Open Items to clear items.- Prepare payment files for vendors, employees Travel & expense claims and affiliates through swift based on payment schedule & Manage changes in bank accounts & master data for vendors.- Updating and controlling the forecast of funds and requesting all Fx deals needed by synchronizing with Treasury team.- Perform manual bank uploads from Citibank, HSBC, Standard Charted, Arab Bank, NBK) & Sending remittance advises to vendors.- Perform checks and controls according to Standards.- Participate in KPIs trends (SLAs), root cause analysis of mistakes/errors and problem solving. عرض أقل

  • Senior Accountant

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2021

  • Accounts Payable Supervisor

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Accounts Payable Specialist

    Jan 2013 - Apr 2015
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  Publicis Re:Sources

  Mar 2021 - now

  Finance Operations Manager

  - Mentoring and managing Egypt Finance operations team of 3 providing financial & tax services for 5 marketing and advertising agencies ( Starcom Media vest Group, Zenith media, Ama leo burnette, Saatchi & saatchi & Publicis Egypt).- Participation with responsibility for tax inspections for 5 agencies.- Implementation of E-invoice system to 5 agencies.- Handling AP invoicing, payments, ageing & reconciliation for 5 agencies- Handling AR clients billing, ageing SOA’s and client’s audits for 5 agencies.- Handling general ledger activities and reporting for 5 agencies.- Handling external and internal audits for 5 agencies.- Accomplishes department objectives by managing staff; planning and evaluating department activities.- Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.- Ensures a safe, secure, and legal work environment & Develops personal growth opportunities. عرض أقل