Nasim Akhtar, Head -Finance dept

Nasim Akhtar

Head -Finance dept

Eastern Alliance Co Ltd

Lieu
Arabie Saoudite - Dammam
Éducation
Master, Finance And Business
Expérience
28 years, 0 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :28 years, 0 Mois

Head -Finance dept à Eastern Alliance Co Ltd
  • Arabie Saoudite - Khobar
  • Je travaille ici depuis janvier 2022

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead teams in accounting, finance, Treasury and collection.
• Develop and maintain internal control systems to safeguard assets.
• Provide financial insights into strategic management decisions, joint ventures, and partnerships.
• Financial planning for 3 yrs Plus along with modelling
• High (management/group) level financial reporting and analysis
• Cash and fund flow management, Debts and credit/ collection management.
• Analyze the cost and identify opportunities for cost optimization and improve efficiency across business functions.
• Ensure proper settlement of zakat, taxes (VAT & WHT) and their due reporting to authorities.
• Manage all accounting functions, including billing, AR, AP, Inventory, Assets, Cost accounting and revenue recognition.
• Driving investment decision (capital project) thru capital budgeting analytical tools like-(ROI, NPV, IRR, PAYBACK)
• Ensure sufficient funds are available to meet on- going operation requirements.
• Solve complex accounting issues.
• Review quantitively client’s various contracts, proposals and ensure its financial viability.
• Build and manage relations with financial stakeholders across all regions.
• Management of company banking facilities SR 150M, along with relationship.
• Performing ERP implementation (SAP-FICO), establishing system controls & developing procedures to improve system.
Highlights:
• Led the process of long-term financial plan, develop financial KPI’S, ROI projection for new projects and engaged in strategic
initiative and supported decision-making thus drove towards value creation.
• Re-organized and re-structured the finance function with more improvement, thus reduced reporting time by 15 days.
• Restructuring of the banking credit facilities with no additional cost.
• Steered efforts in formalizing a mechanism of project wise details of projected vs actual results comparison, its monthly
management reporting, engaged in identifying project in-efficiencies and help management to reduce cost by 20%

Accounts And Finance Manager à Power Equipment and Materials Co Ltd
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • juin 2014 à décembre 2021

Key Responsibilities:
• Direct, lead, and effective management of Co.’s day-to-day Accounting / Finance dept’s functions.
• Take lead role with Finance’s head to develop, implement & monitor the financial planning, procedures & its control.
• Overseeing the finalization of monthly, Quarterly & yearly closing of the accounts.
• Management of company’s financial statement analysis of financial and management reporting.
• Management of the Financials of Subsidiary’s, Associates & Partners Co’s of the Parent/Group Company
• Liaised with external auditor and finalizing the audit of Parent Co. along with & Subsidiaries and Associates Co.
• Review and approve financial transactions, internal control procedures, and financial reporting activities.
• Developing the VAT Strategy, identifying VAT related transactions its recording & recon. with return filling details.
• Formulation of annual and long- term revenue & expenses budget, its control analysis and variance reporting.
• Overseeing the acquisition and disposal of Assets per Co. policies and procedure.
• Ensure that controls and finance SOPs on credit collections, purchasing functions are adequate and regularly updated.
• Computation of project revenue % of completion, billed & unbilled analysis, reconciliation & reporting.
• Cash flow preparation, review borrowing needs, fund management, its element analysis and reporting.
• Acted as Finance dept. head during the absence of CFO and performed related duties.
• Banking and institutional negotiation to obtain the line of credit and other financial services as & when required.
• Management of banking facility worth SR 100M which includes working capital, Term loan, Overdraft, LCs/LG’s etc.
• Expertise & equipped with Treasury and Trade Financing tools, like Letter of Credit, its re-financing, discounting facility,
Bills / Notes, CAD for Import, Bonds & shipping Guarantees, and Margin A/c management etc.
• Inspire, motivate, and influence staff by setting Integrity, business objective, KPI’s and professional standards.
Highlights:
• Management of finance functions of the Co worth 300M, its financials management, MIS and up to date reporting.
• Played a key role in creating segment wise budgeting, identifying wastage at stages and help management to reduce cost.
• Negotiated new credit line of SR 100M with reduced rate, got margin reduced by 90%, thus reducing finance cost.
• Introduced stringent financial and effective measures, to cut down the overall cost and enhanced the bottom line of
the Co. by 15% over the last 3 years.

Asst Finance Manager à ALFouzan Trading and Contracting Co
  • Arabie Saoudite - Dammam
  • avril 2012 à mai 2014

Key Responsibilities:
• Managed & Performed:
o Financial activities of Co. worth SR 300M & supervised a team of 7 Accounts Professional
o Capital budget worth SR 80M PLUS.
o Audit / Tax related compliance in issuance of final Zakat certificate & related return.
• Set up the entire H.O & project Finance & Account dept. and project accounting procedures.
• Prepared Financial & Management Reports like cost & benefit analysis, productivity analysis, inventory turnover analysis
and cost variance analysis, created and reviewed business plans and financial models.
• Took lead position to develop, implement the overall financial goals, procedure related to financial management,
accounting and budgeting.
• Prepared Company's revenue & capital budget and variance reporting from base to management.
• Conducted segment-wise cost analysis based on BOQ, gap analysis, proposed action review & management reporting.
• Performed final review and validation of project invoices based on CIP &progressing billing to be submitted to client.
Highlights:
• Successfully implemented Focus-ERP- GL, Budgeting, Assets & Estimation modules in H.O finance dept.& at project site.
• Overseeing the timely closing of monthly, quarterly & annual accounts and up to date reporting to management.
• Played a key role in creating segment wise budgeting, identifying wastage at stages and help management to reduce cost
• Lead role in obtaining banking credit facility worth SR 75M and its management.

Accounting Manager à Masa Co for Pest management and Cont Co
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • janvier 2003 à mars 2012

Responsibilities:

Overall management of Accounting dept whole functions- which includes:

GL closing, supervision
Payroll management
Financials finalization and reporting
Audit / tax
Inventory management
Assets accounting
A/R management
ERP Focus- Entry control and data verification - Focus
Other management report as and when needed

Chief Accountant à Masa Co for Pest Management and Cont Co
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • juin 1996 à décembre 2002

Responsibilities:

Responsible for GL ledger, banking and A/R

Reporting to Accounting Head

Éducation

Master, Finance And Business
  • à IMA- USA
  • octobre 2018

CMA- CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT - QUALIFIED - 4TH TOPPER IN JEDDAH REAGION

Master, Business management
  • à Shobhit University
  • juillet 2014

MBA- FINANCE

Baccalauréat, Accounting
  • à Ranchi University
  • juillet 2003

Specialties & Skills

Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Trade Finance
Financial Management
BANKING
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
INSTITUTIONAL NEGOTIATIONS
TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
TREASURY AND CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND REPORTING
BUDGETING AND STRETAGIC PLANNING
MANAGEMENT
ERP- SAP FICO/ TALLY 9/ MS GP/FOCUS/QUICKBOOK
PROJECT ACCOUNTING
BUSINESS FINANCE

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Arabe
Expert

Adhésions

IMA- USA
  • Associate member - Supervisor level
  • January 2019
Socpa
  • Associate member
  • January 2020

Formation et Diplômes

SAP FICO (Formation)
Institut de formation:
CAREER -ERA - INSTITUTE
Date de la formation:
March 2023
Durée:
72 heures
IFRS 15 &16 (Formation)
Institut de formation:
KPMG-Jeddah
Date de la formation:
December 2020
Durée:
40 heures
Performance management Training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
SGS global academy
Date de la formation:
January 2016
Durée:
48 heures
ISO- management Training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
TUV -NORD
Date de la formation:
January 2014
Durée:
36 heures

Loisirs

  • Sports- Football & Cricket
    Played Football till district level Played Cricket till up to state level