Abdulkarim Alshammari

• Owned the full month-end and year-end close cycle — including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and preparation of financial statements and periodic management accounts — ensuring ongoing compliance with internal accounting policies standards.
• Prepared and delivered accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to executive management; identified and communicated key variances, trends, and financial risks to support strategic decision-making.
• Led annual budget planning and rolling forecasts across four departments; conducted variance analysis and cost-benefit analysis on actuals versus budget to support capital-allocation decisions.
• Architected 30+ Power BI dashboards — leveraging Power Query — adopted as the executive committees primary reporting source, reducing manual analyst effort by ~40% and standardizing KPIs department-wide.
• Produced ROI and cost-benefit feasibility assessments on 50+ entrepreneurial funding proposals (2022-present), equipping executive committees with the quantitative basis for go/no-go funding decisions.
• Strengthened department-wide controls by designing policies, procedures, and control frameworks; conducted compliance audits on incubated projects and lease contracts; trained staff accountants on updated frameworks and Excel-based reporting tools.
• Served as Subject Matter Expert for payment processing, maintaining a 0% disbursement error rate across 100+ entrepreneur payments through consistent application of a two-layer control review on every payment order.