Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A Finance professional with 15+ years of experience in the field of Accounting, Finance and Auditing. Having exposure to Heading the Finance & Audit Departments and leading large teams in achieving Organizational goals. Experience of working in FMCG, F&B, Manufacturing concerns, Facilities Management along-with NGO/Not-for-profit sector is a definite plus. Travel Blogger and a Teacher in spare time.
Serving as Finance & Commercial Manager. Key responsibilities include: - Commercial and Finance Lead for Transport & Aviation Portfolio including Customer experience, Facilities Management and Fire fighting services (Contracts including Dubai Airports, Abu Dhabi Airports, Riyadh Airports, Red Sea, Palm Jumeirah Monorail, NEOM Firefighting services). - Involved in devising KPI calculations and monitoring cycle for different contracts. Ensuring and Aiding Operations in achieving targets and minimizing KPI deductions. - Supporting higher management in key decision making with latest Forecasts and Budgets with Business insights and core operational issues. - Managing and monitoring Stores and Inventory at Optimum levels ensuring zero Stock outs and negligible Obsolete stocks. - Responsible for Core Financial Deliverables (Month End Closing, Profitability Analysis, Reporting, managing Cashflows). - Implement Cost savings projects (Facial Recognition Attendance, Procurement Savings, reduction in Opex) - Balance Sheet reconciliations - Bid solutions and successful rebidding of current contracts - Devising Invoicing, Payments and KPI mechanism and policies for new Contracts. Coordination and Alignment with Customer teams. - Ensuring Compliance to company and Group’s policies for Audit and Internal Controls. Implementation of IFRS 16 on the contracts. - Manage taxation working and submissions as per ZATCA and FTA regulations.
-Commercial and Supply finance for the Levant region (including DB A/R & A/P, Trade Spent Management &Control). -Channel Wise IMS tracking and Profitability Analysis (Channel wise, Product wise, Category wise, Country wise, etc.) -Budgeting and Forecasting. -Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). -Revenue Management; achieving the Sales Target and KPIs (based on Budgets, forecasts, market surveys and reports) -Sales price controlling & Category management; Review of DB Agreements and DB claims. -Implementation of Advanced Pricing Management project, resulting in proper accounting treatment and profit calculation. -Managing Monthly and Yearly Closing as per IAS, IFRS and other applicable laws, coordination with external /internal auditors. -Collaboration with Sales team for launch of product on E-commerce platform recently. -Feasibility studies for new SKUs and new projects especially E2E for direct sourcing, reducing cost and improving GM.
-Maintaining and monitoring the accounting system along with efficient payment processing system (Accounts Rec. & Payables, Treasury, Budgeting, Reporting). -Signing Authority on Credit Control and Vetting of agreements with Customers and Suppliers. -Managing Costing data for the entire manufacturing cycle & finished products maintaining Stock positions. -Managing Monthly and Yearly Closing for the group including overseas branches as per IAS, IFRS and other applicable laws. -Monitoring Financial Analysis, Expense Analysis for the group companies -Managing Payroll accounting and WPS controls. -Maintaining Cash Flows and Treasury Operations, coordinating with banks and including maintenance of Bank Reconciliations. -Involved in making various feasibility studies for new projects. -Supervised and Restructured the Finance, Admin and HR Department, including developing the Organisational Chart. -Part of the core team for implementation of SAP S/4 Hana (in progress) and New Product Development (NPD). -Budgeting and Forecasting. -Maintenance of Fixed Assets Register along-with capitalisation of new Projects. -Supervising the taxation issues including VAT filing, dealing with Internal, External Auditors and other Governmental departments.
Restructuring and Supervising the Internal Audit Department and Procurement Department (Head office and Mill). Maintaining and monitoring the payment processing system (Both Accounts Rec. & Payable). Managing procurement cycle & CAPEX controls for the entire mill, along-with restructuring of the department with amended formats Heading the ERP implementation team for SAP Business One and AgriOne (Sugar Industry specific software) for the mill and HO. Managing Quarterly and Yearly Audit compliances, as per IAS, IFRS, CCG and other applicable corporate laws. Heading Fixed Assets tagging and coding assignment, alongwith Fixed Assets Register maintenance. Managing the Insurance functions of the company, dealing with Health and General Insurance matters of the company. Reviewing and revising procedures of Cane department and survey reports, coordinating with Mill team to enhance Recovery rate and removing production inefficiencies. Reviewing and revising policy manuals (Finance, IT, HR, Procurement) of the company.
Key responsibilities includes: Supervised and Restructured the Finance Department in Mozambique. Maintaining and monitoring the accounting system along with efficient payment processing system (Both Accounts Rec. & Payable). Managing Costing data for the entire manufacturing cycle & finished products maintaining Stock positions. Managing Monthly and Yearly Closing, as per IAS, IFRS and companies’ law. Developed Fixed Assets Register as per IAS and local guidelines. Developed Fixed assets capitalisation policy. Maintaining Cash Flows and Treasury Operations, coordinating with banks and including maintenance of Bank Reconciliations. Budgeting and Forecasting and Feasibility studies for new projects. Dealing with Internal, External and Governmental Auditors and daily port and shipping operations. Overlooking the taxation issues according to the Mozambican law (IVA, IRPC, IRPS, INSS); System for Payroll accounting. Feasibility Studies and Acquisition of foreign businesses, diversifying company’s portfolio, managing Syndicate loans for Acquisition. Involved in streamlining the system implementation of PHC and Microsoft Dynamics A/X (new implementation) in the company.