Mahmoud Akhal Email & Phone Number

Paris, Fr

Paris, Fr

Paris, Île-De-France, France

France

DeepOcean - A world-leading ocean solution services provider within the oil and gas industry, offshore renewables, deep sea minerals, and other non-energy niches- Provide controllership and leadership of acquired French and three African entities financial policies processes and ERP system migration- Design and rapidly implement best in class processes taking into account the company’s governance and internal business controls- Capture business objectives, validate design decisions, and processes/workflow requirements- Demonstrate issue identification and resolution skills working with other cross-functional teams- Develop end-to-end process improvement in NetSuite and implement best known practices through partnership

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

National Oilwell Varco - A world leader in services and technologies to oil production- Leading the periodic financial performance reviews & budget variance analysis- Improving and sustaining a strong treasury- Establishing strong business partnership with all members of the leadership team, departmental heads and Houston’s financial corporate team members- Ensuring compliance with NOV worldwide procedures and business conduct procedures as well as local regulations- Ensuring collaboration between both finance teams in Paris and Dubai offices- Managing the administration department and ensuring the security of the offices - Led the migration of the ERP system from SAP to Oracle- Provided interim management of the HR department

Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

OneSubsea - No. 1 worldwide in petroleum services: supplier ofintegrated solutions, products, systems and services for the subsea oil and gas market- Piloted the ERP system financial migration from Microsoft Axapta to SAP - Led the entire financial alignment with Cameron's accounting system setup

Bergen, Norway

Following the joint venture of Schlumberger and Cameron:- Led the entire process and legal entity alignment of the entity's product line including mergers and acquisitions of Norwegian subsidiaries- Piloted the Norwegian entities product line integration in Cameron Group - Streamlined globally the accounting structure and chart of accounts of all subsidiaries in Asia, Latin America and Europe- Ensured compliance of the US GAAP standards reconciled with the local GAAP application - Managed the treasury with high working capital - Consolidated monthly financial results to headquarters in Houston- Managed the relation with the external auditors

Doha, Qatar

Schlumberger - World leader in petroleum equipment and services- Wireline, Well Testing, Completions & Geoservices segments (Qatar & Yemen)- Ensured high profitability of the segments- Set in place strategies to reduce costs- Drove working capital improvement via balance sheet management- Prepared monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial forecasts.- Ensured compliance with all internal policies and procedures as well as SOX requirements

Doha, Qatar

Clients include:- Listed Company (Intercontinental Hotel, Bank of Beirut, Black Cat Engineering Construction- Non Listed Companies (Finance Bank, Descon Engineering, United Company For Central Markets)Duties included:- Statutory Audit and overall management and timely execution of audits.- Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) legislation & Sarbone & Oxly Act (SOX) review.- Leading & training of the Audit team.- Drafting of financial statements & auditor’s report with focus on IFRS and US GAAP- Promotion of services to potential new clients- Due diligence assignments

Beirut, Lebanon

Mba, Business Administration

Endorsed Internal Auditing Program, Internal Audit

This program consists of completing the following courses: Internal Audit, IT Audit, Cost Accounting, Accounting I, and Accounting II..

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Business/Management

Bac, Geology/Earth Science, General