FP&A Manager
Mohebi Martin brower
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
• Financial and Management Reporting, Capex & Working Capital Budgeting, Quarterly Business results (QBR), Forecast Preparations etc with Dynamic excel reports.
• Managed Capex requests, budgeting and forecasting process
• Reported financial results to HO-Martin Brower - US & McDonalds as per the established calendar.
• Prepared Business cases & feasibility studies for planned projects.
• Monthly Review, analysis and reporting of variances in Revenue, Costs and Capital Expenditure with Budget, Forecast and previous period figures of all subsidiaries & holding company.
• Prepared monthly, quarterly, annually and other ad hoc reports for Management and BOD.
• Provided support to the Group in closing of monthly, quarterly and annual financial and reporting process as well as conducting the Financial Analysis.
• Planned, prepared and conducted consolidation of the entire group financial results.
• Lead & Coordinated External Audit with Auditors (KPMG) for all subsidiaries & holding company.
• Ensured proper compliance with approved policies/procedures, reviewing reconciliations/schedules prepared by finance teams of all subsidiaries on monthly basis including reconciliations of billing systems with ERP/GL.
• Prepared consolidated financial statements of the holding company and its subsidiaries in accordance with IFRSs (quarterly/yearly).
• Ensured monthly closing of books (GL) for the full Group.
• Monthly finalization of books of accounts, Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial analysis
• Prepared monthly Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow & quarterly/yearly budgets for finance team in Europe & Japan
• Developed and managed 12-month rolling product wise (Parts, Oil & Accessories) sales forecast to collaborate and support supply chain forecast.
• Coordination with Global Finance team & internal sales & inventory functions
• Implemented VAT systems & operational process as per UAE VAT laws including impact assessment.
• Lead for Audit finalization with Internal & External Auditors (KPMG)
• Preparation of waterfall charts for analysis of business & financial performances, comparative evaluation of actual cost against budgeted funds, and determine rational for variance between costs and budget
• Analyzed financial activities using Excel modeling (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Formulas, etc.) including the monthly close process, balance sheet account valuations and reconciliations, expense budgeting and forecasting
• Improved operational efficiency of finance systems through implementation of streamlined data-management procedures.
• Prepared & Consolidated monthly Financial Statements and Projected statements for group companies on operations across Middle East, Africa & Europe regions and presented the same to management, ensured the group accounting policies are duly adhered
• Ensured Working Capital management for the company (Export Discounting, cheque discounting, Bank factoring, creation of trust receipt)
• Lead for Audit finalization with Auditors (KPMG)
• Ad-hoc reporting to internal and external parties involving various dimensions of the business
• Lead the Financial Due Diligence project; forecasting investment viability
• Liaised with the sales department to formulate the Quarterly/monthly budgets
• Prepared daily/weekly/monthly MIS (Budget variance, Sales Report, etc.) & presented to the management
• Successfully implemented SAP accounting system by coordinating the entire finance team.
• Analysis and reporting of financial data, provided assistance & guidance to team in terms of all accounting matters
Jacob & Associates, India
• Supervised & performed the Concurrent Audit of various branches of different Nationalised and Scheduled Banks,
• Managed and finalized books of accounts and Audit reports for Companies, NGO’s, Firms, various Societies and sole proprietor concerns
Articled Assistant 2007 - 2011
• Prepared, managed and finalized books of accounts and Audit reports in computerized as well as manual environment for Companies, NGO’s, Firms, various Societies and sole proprietor concerns
• Assisted in the Statutory Audit & Tax Audit of various branches of different Nationalised and Scheduled Banks, Companies, NGO’s, Firms, various Societies and sole proprietor concerns
• Internal Audit & Stock Audit of Govt. Manufacturing Company (TCL, India)
• Prepared project reports and forecasts. A major project report was the one prepared for a multi-crore broadcasting company in South Kerala for releasing of Term loan
• Prepared and filed Income Tax & VAT Returns for Companies, NGO’s, Firms, various Societies and sole proprietor concerns
• Exposure in respect of Financial Reporting, Accounting, Auditing, Taxation and other related matters