Mohamed Abdou
Hayes
Summary
Proactive finance assistant with extensive experience in supporting accountants through balance sheet reconciliations and discrepancy investigations. Recognized for initiative in process improvement and ability to assist with advanced accounting tasks. Committed to continuous learning and professional growth within the finance sector. Thrives in collaborative environments, enhancing technical skills while contributing to overall finance function improvements.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounts Payable
Maxxi Food Centre
Greenford
03.2026 - Current
- Led accounts payable function with day-to-day invoice administration and controls.
- Demonstrated consistent hard work and dedication to achieve results and improve operations.
- Processed up to 100 invoices daily while maintaining accurate coding.
- Prepared weekly and monthly payment runs for approved supplier balances.
Senior Accounts Payable
Dnata Limited
11.2024 - 11.2025
- Assisting the management accountants in preparing the trial balance and the balance sheet.
- Handling approval of massive volume of Purchase Order invoices ensuring PO-to-Invoice perfect match or investigate and resolve any discrepancy.
- Handling email-based invoice approval, and supporting stakeholders by preparing and providing invoices backup documents to facilitate the approval process, recoding as per their advise.
- Setting up new supplier.
- Supplier statement reconciliation.
- Other tasks as needed.
- Emirates Group (Air Cargo & Ground Handling)
Senior Accounts Payable
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
07.2024 - 09.2024
- Posting suppliers’ invoices with the correct coding.
- Handling intercompany accounts.
- Processing personal expenses with the correct VAT analysis for reimbursement.
- Reconciling corporate card business expenses.
- Resolving historic significant account reconciliation issues.
- Air Cargo Firm & Ground Handling Services
- Posted 13 months of credit card transactions bringing a negative balance to zero.
- Full reconciliation of intercompany accounts.
- Resolved suppliers’ suspension issues, so suppliers’ accounts are up-to-date.
Senior Accounts Payable
Axiom Ince Ltd.
03.2022 - 10.2023
- Maintained accurate financial records and reconciled daily transaction data carefully.
- Processed partners’ business expenses reimbursements through approved claims checks.
- Reconciled suppliers’ statements to resolve discrepancies and prevent duplicate payments.
- Sorted and managed a busy ap inbox, answering supplier queries daily.
- Prepared partners’ budgets and monthly revenue requirements, then updated the system.
- Arranged weekly and monthly payment runs via bacs, chaps, and sepa.
- Processed paye payments to hmrc and submitted vat returns using xero.
- Assisted the cfo during 8 acquisitions across 18 months of due diligence.
- Posted over 2000 invoices with correct coding and documentation to clear backlog.
- Reconciled credit cards, bringing records from 2700 down to up-to-date.
- Agreed payment plans to reduce arrears across multiple offices.
Purchase Ledger & Accounts Payable Officer
Crowne Plaza London the City
Blackfriars
01.2019 - 11.2020
- Processing purchase invoices, employee expense claims/payments and recorded applicable taxes.
- Ensuring all invoices/credit notes are approved and authorized for payment.
- Maintained accounting ledgers by verifying and posting journals to relevant account codes and allocating to cost centres/project codes where applicable.
- Maintaining the records of all vendor data and verified any new/updated vendor details.
- Prioritizing suppliers’ payments to maintain strong cashflow.
- Bank and credit cards reconciliation.
- Taking the ownership of Accounts Payable query inbox ensuring swift resolution.
- Assisting with the compilation of supporting documents/reports for month and year-end audits.
- Keeping record of and maintaining the contracts of suppliers and contractors.
- Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Cluster Credit Manager
Crowne Plaza London the City
London
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Looking after the credit sales ledger across two hotel properties.
- Ownership of management paymaster accounts (PM) as part of the debtor/sales ledger.
- Being a point of escalation for customers’ queries.
- Customer’s account reconciliation and setting credit terms and limits for new customers.
- Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
- Reduced aged debtor balances from approximately £500,000 to £50,000 through structured credit control procedures and proactive collection strategies.
- Brought paymaster accounts, where managers park credit charges, from 30 items to only 2 items.
- Raised customer satisfaction matrix by 35%.
Credit Controller
Crowne Plaza London the City
Blackfriars
05.2015 - 01.2018
- Ownership of debtor ledger with monthly Debtor Sales Outstanding target (DSO) of 30 days.
- Ownership of management paymaster (PM) accounts.
- Allocation of received in the bank.
- Clients’ accounts statement reconciliation.
- Setting credit terms and limits for new clients and submitting to director of finance for approval.
- Handling of Query Resolution process for customers.
- Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
- Bringing the debtor outstanding from near 500k down to 50k.
- Brought paymaster accounts down from 25 open accounts with some 30 items each to 3 Paymaster accounts with only manageable 5 items to chase after.
- Raised customer satisfaction matrix by 40%.
Hotel Manager on Duty
London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch
London
01.2010 - 01.2015
- As a Night Auditor, performed daily hotel revenue audit procedures, reconciled guest accounts, balanced departmental revenues, processed end-of-day financial reports, and prepared management reports through the hotel PMS system.
- As a Hotel Manager on Duty ran the hotel functions during the night shift including end of day reports generating management accounts from the hotel property system.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting, Finance and Business Administration
Cairo University
1996
ACCA - F1 – F2 – F3 – F4
ACCA
London06.2023
Skills
- Payment prioritisation
- Experienced AP and AR
- Manage teams to achieve goals, and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills dealing with suppliers, stakeholders, and teams
- Attention to Detail
- Strong mathematical
- Strong analytical skills
- Organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Excel – Intermediate to Advanced
- Xero Certified Adviser
- QuickBooks
- Sage 50
- BarclaysNet
- PMS – PeopleSoft
- Procure Wizard
- Cash flow management
- Supplier reconciliation
Systems
- Excel – Int-to-Adv
- Xero Certified Advisor
- QuickBooks
- Sage 50
- Barclays.Net
- PMS – PeopleSoft
- Procure Wizard
Timeline
Senior Accounts Payable
Maxxi Food Centre
03.2026 - Current
Senior Accounts Payable
Dnata Limited
11.2024 - 11.2025
Senior Accounts Payable
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
07.2024 - 09.2024
Senior Accounts Payable
Axiom Ince Ltd.
03.2022 - 10.2023
Purchase Ledger & Accounts Payable Officer
Crowne Plaza London the City
01.2019 - 11.2020
Cluster Credit Manager
Crowne Plaza London the City
02.2018 - 12.2018
Credit Controller
Crowne Plaza London the City
05.2015 - 01.2018
Hotel Manager on Duty
London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch
01.2010 - 01.2015
Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting, Finance and Business Administration
Cairo University
ACCA - F1 – F2 – F3 – F4
ACCA