Samy Ramses

Innovative professional with 27 years of progressive experience within the Travel and Tourism industry and the skills to drive business growth, capitalize on new revenue potential, and manage all aspects of daily business operations. Skilled in being a team player & bringing out the best in staff; able to manage effectively and recruit talent. Strong organizational and time management ability; skilled in planning, scheduling and meeting deadlines.

Driven to succeed; a valuable addition to a forward-thinking company with strong opportunities for progression. Analytical study, with an ability to easily grasp and put into application new ideas, concepts, methods and technologies. Dedicated, innovative, self-motivated team player and regular seeker of challenges.

Chief Accountants at MAGIC Holidays (2021-01 – 2026-04)

Reporting directly to General Manager & CEO

• Financial Analysis of business initiatives and performance
• Preparation of Budgets and forecasts
• Preparation and presentation of Management Information reports for the entire company.
• Preparation and presentation of financial statements
• Analyzing Financial Statements and presentation of Performance Analysis report
• Draft recommendations and analytical observations on the overall performance of the company.
• Identifying and implementing effective business controls and Standard Operating procedures in the day-to-day business operations of the company
• Directly reporting to General Manager & CEO on all matters relating to Finance, Accounts and implementation of I travel accounts software.
• Working in close liaison with the Operations Team on all technical and conceptual matters relating to Finance and Accounts.
• Preparation and presentation of Management Information system reports and Performance Analysis reports for the entire Dubai branch every month.
• Manage the entire payroll cycle and staff time calculations, ensures maintaining and administering employee earnings,
• Analyzing financial information to ensure accuracy of financial statements and making recommendations to the management on implementation of Standard Operating procedures in business processes.
• Formulating Audit plan and procedures to ensure control over quality of Audit work.
• Compliances to Statutory requirements, accounting standards and Audit Assurance Standards
• Analyzing and putting credit control checks for minimizing the credit exposure of the company in the market.
• Responsible and maintaining a healthy Cash Flow & Fund Flow Management.
• Supervising and guiding Accounts and Data encoding and uploads departments on technical and conceptual matters.
• Maintained a relationship with various clients from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon, Turkey, UAE
• Handle accounts payable/receivable, bank reconciliations, and payroll oversight.
• Support external audits and liaise with auditors as needed.
• Timely recording of transactions in General Ledger and various sub-ledgers of the accounting system and legacy systems.
• Preparation of documents related to banks (Daily deposit Slips, LCs, Payments, cheques etc.)
• Assist in Monthly Bank reconciliations.
• Assist in monthly general ledger reconciliations and sub-ledger reconciliations.
• Ensure the necessary timely input for Inter Unit reconciliations
• Perform fixed assets tagging and support physical verification process.
• Any other functions assigned by the immediate supervisor in relation to the functional area.
• Support the preparation of Debit Notes / Credit Notes to Customers & Suppliers.
• Sent statement of accounts to suppliers / customers
• Ensure timely data collection and data analysis
• Communicate with internal and external parties for managing daily tasks
• Timely execution of tasks required to achieve the department's short-term strategic goals.
• Strive to improve the efficiency of doing daily tasks

Chief Accountants at HOLIDAYS Arabia (2012-01 – 2021-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager & CEO

• Financial Analysis of business initiatives and performance
• Preparation of Budgets and forecasts
• Preparation and presentation of Management Information reports for the entire company.
• Preparation and presentation of financial statements
• Analyzing Financial Statements and presentation of Performance Analysis report
• Draft recommendations and analytical observations on the overall performance of the company.
• Identifying and implementing effective business controls and Standard Operating procedures in the day-to-day business operations of the company
• Directly reporting to General Manager & CEO on all matters relating to Finance, Accounts and implementation of I travel accounts software.
• Working in close liaison with the Operations Team on all technical and conceptual matters relating to Finance and Accounts.
• Preparation and presentation of Management Information system reports and Performance Analysis reports for the entire Dubai branch every month.
• Manage the entire payroll cycle and staff time calculations, ensures maintaining and administering employee earnings,
• Analyzing financial information to ensure accuracy of financial statements and making recommendations to the management on implementation of Standard Operating procedures in business processes.
• Formulating Audit plan and procedures to ensure control over quality of Audit work.
• Compliances to Statutory requirements, accounting standards and Audit Assurance Standards
• Analyzing and putting credit control checks for minimizing the credit exposure of the company in the market.
• Responsible and maintaining a healthy Cash Flow & Fund Flow Management.
• Supervising and guiding Accounts and Data encoding and uploads departments on technical and conceptual matters.
• Maintained a relationship with various clients from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon, Turkey, UAE
• Handle accounts payable/receivable, bank reconciliations, and payroll oversight.
• Support external audits and liaise with auditors as needed.
• Timely recording of transactions in General Ledger and various sub-ledgers of the accounting system and legacy systems.
• Preparation of documents related to banks (Daily deposit Slips, LCs, Payments, cheques etc.)
• Assist in Monthly Bank reconciliations.
• Assist in monthly general ledger reconciliations and sub-ledger reconciliations.
• Ensure the necessary timely input for Inter Unit reconciliations
• Perform fixed assets tagging and support physical verification process.
• Any other functions assigned by the immediate supervisor in relation to the functional area.
• Support the preparation of Debit Notes / Credit Notes to Customers & Suppliers.
• Sent statement of accounts to suppliers / customers
• Ensure timely data collection and data analysis
• Communicate with internal and external parties for managing daily tasks
• Timely execution of tasks required to achieve the department's short-term strategic goals.
• Strive to improve the efficiency of doing daily tasks

Chief Accountants at EZ HOLIDAYS (2011-01 – 2013-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager & CEO

• Directly reporting to Accounts Manager on all matters relating to Finance, Accounts and implementation of travel accounts software.
• Working in close liaison with the Operations Team on all technical and conceptual matters relating to Finance and Accounts.
• Preparation and presentation of Management Information system reports and Performance Analysis reports for the entire Dubai branch every month.
• Preparation and presentation of financial statements
• Analyzing financial information to ensure accuracy of financial statements and making recommendations to the management on implementation of Standard Operating procedures in business processes.
• Formulating Audit plan and procedures to ensure control over quality of Audit work.
• Compliances to Statutory requirements, accounting standards and Audit Assurance Standards
• Analyzing and putting credit control checks for minimizing the credit exposure of the company in the market.
• Responsible and maintaining a healthy Cash Flow & Fund Flow Management.
• Supervising and guiding Accounts and Data encoding and uploads departments on technical and conceptual matters.
• Maintained a relationship with various clients from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Turkey, UAE and Lebanon,
• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed

Chief Accountants at PLANET TRAVEL NETWORK (2007-01 – 2011-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager

• Coordinating with the Financial Accountants for various financial reports for Internal Management and Audit purposes.
• Maintaining Fixed assets register in relation to Addition, disposal, transfer, retirement etc.
• Supervising and ensuring Accounts team for on time completion of the job assigned to various members and the usage of accounts management tools to generate various reports and data encoding.
• Maintenance and verification of Books of Accounts up to finalization.
• Computation of significant Accounting Ratios.
• Preparation of Cash Flow & Fund Flow statements.
• Maintained a relationship with various clients from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, and Lebanon, Egypt
• Followed up with the various financial departments in order to retrieve and receive funds in a balanced manner

Accountant at GUIDE TOURS (2006-01 – 2007-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager

• Customer critical MIS reporting.
• Coordinating with the Financial Accountants for various financial reports for Internal Management and Audit purposes.
• Supervising Inter-branches reconciliation.
• Preparation of all kinds of management reports & variance analysis on expense & income statements
• Followed up with the various financial departments in order to retrieve and receive funds in a balanced manner

Accountant at AL AWAEL TRAVEL (2005-01 – 2006-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager

• Daily DSR Quality Check and delegation to subordinates.
• Customer critical MIS reporting.
• Coordinating with the Financial Accountants for various financial reports for Internal Management and Audit purposes.
• Preparation of all kinds of management reports, & variance analysis on expense & income statements.

Accountant at GEZIRA TRAVEL (1998-01 – 2005-01)

Reporting directly to General Manager & CEO

• Daily DSR Quality Check and delegation to subordinates.
• Customer critical MIS reporting.
• Coordinating with the Financial Accountants for various financial reports for Internal Management and Audit purposes.
• Preparation of all kinds of management reports, & variance analysis on expense & income statements.
• Handled the Vehicle Utilization unit of the organization
• Travelled to various segments of GCC (Kuwait + Qatar + Saudi Arabia + Bahrain + UAE) in order to promote and introduce Gezira Travel Management programs
• Focused on qualifying new accounts and negotiated on various percentage structures and override structures in order to establish a healthy understanding between the Clients and the organization
• Followed up with the various financial departments in order to retrieve and receive funds in a balanced manner

Bachelor in Financial & Commercial Treatment – Cairo University (1997-01 – 1997-01)

Diploma in Business & Computer (1993-01 – 1993-01)