Farooq Umar FCCA ACMA CGMA, Finance Business Partner

Farooq Umar FCCA ACMA CGMA

Finance Business Partner

VAMED Middleeast

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Accounting, Financial Management, Business Analysis & Financial Planning
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Finance Business Partner at VAMED Middleeast
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since December 2020

▪ Lead financial management in gulf region, with team of 6 Accountants and 2 FP&A executives.
▪ Provide analytical decision support for internal and external stakeholders in Middle east market.
▪ Preparation of business plan, financial models and feasibilities studies for hospital set up .
▪ Presenting financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variance for gulf office and projects.
▪ Consolidating and submission of financial pack of all gulf offices for group consolidation in Austria.
▪ Project evaluation, investment appraisals, submission of review reports and need assessment reports.
▪ Assisting hospitals in development of robust revenue cycle management, implementation of billing as per CPT and local regulation, preparing financial plans, implementation of internal controls and cost targets.
▪ Preparing financial statements, assisting in internal and external audit, updating weekly cash flows, reviewing reconciliations, ensuring VAT and Zakat returns are correct, and approving payments.
▪ Support clinical, engineering, facilities management and operational team in translation of financial results.
▪ Conducting market research study for new projects and assessing trends and risks.

Senior Accountant at Chalhoub Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2018 to December 2020

Accomplishments:
▪ Assisted in successful implementation of Oracle Financials and Mapping it with SAP reporting and consolidation tool at group and entity level for KSA & UAE region comprising of 56 entities.
▪ Devised single Excel workbook reporting for management at entity level for effective analysis in KSA.
Responsibilities:
▪ Manage day to day operations of AP, AR, treasury and intercompany operation for designated entities.
▪ Responsible for review and submission of all Financial reporting for designated entities and assist in audit finalization and self-control assessment program.
▪ Transforming trial balance to management reports and detail executive summaries for assisting in informed decision. Monitoring monthly closing process and suggesting adjustments for closing.
▪ Compilation and preparation of feasibility for new project using investment appraisal techniques.
▪ Meeting with operations and marketing teams for projects financial solutions, and business review.
▪ Ensure that monthly management reports highlight variances from budgets and that budgets forecasts are updated periodically. Support in cash management, banking, vendor relationships and implementation of the ERP system. Participate in cost analyses and rate studies

Financial Analyst at Chalhoub Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2015 to April 2018

 Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry and economic conditions for use in making decisions. Project analysis and Recommendations.
 Develop Financial Strategic Planning as 3-Y Plan, Annual Plan & Quarterly Plan updates. Investment appraisals for new outlets using IRR, NPV and payback analysis. Review of purchase cycle and analyzing the Cash Flows on weekly basis
 Prepare the Monthly Tableau de Bord (TDB), the Budget and the revised Budget TDB of Saudi Arabia operations.
 Prepare analysis and recommendations on monthly financial figures from business units compared to budget and last year and issue reports as required by the management.
 Transforming trial balance to Consolidated Financial statements, management reports and executive summaries.
 Optimization of working capital through cash flow analysis, stock reporting, debt and facilities management

Manager Finance & Costing at Shifa International Hospitals Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2013 to December 2015

 Supervised team in establishing Costing Module to record all data related to Hospital Services in order to increase revenue and profitability
 Preparation of feasibility reports for future investment projects and making investment appraisals using techniques as financial modeling, NPV, IRR, ROI and Discounted Cash Flows.
 Monitoring the preparation of weekly and monthly Cash Flow statement, and Revenue Analysis report.
 Preparation of Financial plans, reports on future analysis based on financial figures.
 Preparation of quarterly financial and costing review analysis and presenting it before management.
 Coordinating with Bank and regulatory authorities for financial compliance.
 Supervision of monthly Bank reconciliation statements.
 Preparation of Financial projections, supervision of suppliers and customers balances, and approval of GL Vouchers.
 Pricing and costing of health care services and supplies after analyzing cost, margins and competitive prices. Services include Surgeries, Clinical procedures, Laboratory procedures, Radiology procedures and Health care packages.
 Setting of Consultant/surgeon fee, defining services in Charge Description Master according to international codes.
 Preparing future estimate of prices of heath care services and meeting with consultants, surgeons and doctors to price services that are competitive and cost beneficial.
 Supervising the preparation of cost budgets and preparing variance analysis to help devise better prices.
 Supervising the preparation of annual and quarter Master and Group Budgets and monitoring its utilization.
 Supervising the preparation of reports of health care services, and preparing their future analysis.
 Co-ordinate with Management Information System Department (MIS) in the supervision and development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system related to financial and costing activities

Senior Audit Associate at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu & Co ( M Yousuf Adil Saleem & Co)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • November 2009 to September 2013

 Managed key accounting functions including strategic planning, forecasting, internal controls, periodical controls, and execution of various reporting projects in compliance with established accounting standards.
 Devised and documented policies and procedures to ensure profitability of business operations identified and resolved control disputes and account adjustments for apt fulfillment of organizational objectives.
 Directed the finalization of financial statements to facilitate the completion of the accounting cycle; participated in preparation of financial analysis, periodic business review and variance analysis to assist in well informed future business planning.
 Contributed towards the interpretation and enforcement of corporate laws and international account standards to support value added advisory goals; streamlined assessment and testing of processes and recorded deficiencies pertaining to controls, fraud and management policies.
 Conducted external audits in a diverse range of industry domains to maintain financial security and accomplish profitability of business operations within assigned audit schedule.
 Oversaw a comprehensive range of audit engagements including corporate assurance, special investigative audits, systems development audits, compliance audits, system efficiency and effectiveness audits to confirm accuracy of financial and operations controls.
 Steered the completion of a various instrumental projects including book keeping assignments and management consultancy to assist clients in fortification of risk management procedures and integrity of main business processes.
 Collated detailed reports highlighting audit findings and made recommendations to improve organizational accounting/ management practices and eliminate internal control associated losses.
 Prepared various Proposals and Expression of Interests for Audit, Consulting and BPO Services.
 Managed Audit of Price Differential Claim of sugar and other commodities from Government of Pakistan.

Audit Client’s portfolio:
CLIENT NAME SECTOR
Eastern Testing Services (Pvt) Ltd Oil & Gas
Sprint Oil and Gas Services (Pvt) Ltd Oil & Gas
Oil And Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) Oil & Gas
Mari Gas Company Limited (MGCL) Oil & Gas
Shifa International Hospitals Limited Health Care
FAST-NU - National ICT Scholarship Program NGO
Mercy Corps Pakistan Branch- GFATM Project NGO
Mobiserve Pakistan Private Limited Telecom
Zhongxing Telecom Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd Telecom
LinkdotNet Telecom Private Limited Telecom
Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (Private) Limited Retail
National Book Foundation Retail
National Highway Authority Construction
Bank of Khyber Limited Banking
Allied Bank of Pakistan Limited Banking
Askari Leasing Company Insurance

Education

Master's degree, Accounting, Financial Management, Business Analysis & Financial Planning
  • at Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • November 2014

I am an ACMA qualified professional form Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.

Master's degree, Financial Reporting, Cost Accounting, Business Analysis, Taxation & Auditing
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • August 2012

I am an ACCA member and qualified my certification in August 2012. I have passed 12 out of 14 papers in First attempt and also completed my work experience during study from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu that is one of the big four global audit firms.

Diploma, Accounting, Business & Finance
  • at ACA Intermediate from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
  • September 2009

I am ACA Intermediate from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan which is sole institute through which students qualify as Chartered Accountants.

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Cost Analysis
Financial Planning
Investment Advisory
Business Analysis
Leadership & Business Communication
MS Office
AS 2 Audit Planning Module for Deloitte
Oracle Financials
Sidat Hyder Financials

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • Active Member
  • August 2012
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • Active Member
  • November 2014

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Arabic Language (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
December 2008
Audit Planning and Execution (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
April 2010

Hobbies

  • Reading Books, Watching soccer, Hiking, Travelling & Tourism