Basem Ashish

• Work closely with the Financial Planning & Reporting Manager and the Line Managers in maintaining and improving economic performance by providing financial management information for decision support and control that meets the needs of users
• Adopting a partner and challenger role when evaluating projects/budgets and Product Business Plans.
• To be the economic conscience of the Commercial Function by actively managing their financial performance vs Targets.
• Responsible for company budget preparation in coordination with all departments, under the guidelines of the FP&A Manager.
• Assist FP&A Manager in the financial planning process: collects information from all departments and elaborates P&L statements to generate a consolidated Budget/MYF (From Volume to NP).
• Profitability analysis by SKU, channel, and Category.
• Financial reporting of the company, including tracking of progress against budgets, highlighting areas of concern.
• Delivers value-added cross-functional planning support including Monthly & Quarterly Flash Reports.
• Assist FP&A Manager in Monthly Actual Closing and Reporting as per AGTHIA Financial Calendar.
• Prepare and circulate Monthly Management Reports to Top Management.
• Conducts and documents ad hoc financial, business, profitability, and cost analysis as needed.
• Provide required support & assistance in new Projects, Line Extension, etc.

Career Progression:
• Head of Budgeting and Planning Dep. (Sep. 2017 - May 2021)
• Group Senior Financial Analyst (Dec. 2016 - May 2021) Highlights:
• Develops Financial Planning & Budgeting Division business plan, budget, and resources while ensuring alignment with Groups overall strategy and direction.
Role: Head of Budgeting and Planning Dep.
• Provides advice and technical assistance to Group CEO and Board of directors with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
• Prepare a consolidated and standalone long-term business plan of the Group Strategic Plan & update it every quarter through the engagement of business lines and highlighted any deviation from the plan.
• Review economic justifications for network expansion requirements or new business investments.
• Provide support and guidance to the operations in improving the business planning and performance management processes.
• Develops and promulgates the annual budget guidelines, standards, schedule, and underlying assumptions under the supervision of the CFO to provide efective planning, control, and reporting for the group.
• Prepares, and reviews monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and year-end budgeting versus actual reports showing progress against key performance indicators, trends, comments on actual vs. budget variations and risks as well as areas that require management attention.
Role: Group senior Financial Analyst
• To perform financial and operational analysis activities with an intermediate functional or organizational scope.
• Executes mission, vision, objectives, and KPIs of the Finance & Accounting Department in line with the Groups overall business plan and strategic direction.
• Prepare and develop financial decision models using spreadsheets, reports, and presentations.
• Working on strategic & tactical allocations (optimization risk/tracking error), performance attribution, liquidity management, factor analysis, future estimated behavior (FEB), and simulations.
• Examines historical and projected financial data to provide senior management with valuable data upon which to make relevant financial decisions.

Career Progression:
• Asset & Fund Manager (June 2014 - June 2016)
• Financial Analyst - Asset & Fund Management (Jun 2013 - Jun 2014) Highlights:
• Significantly enhanced department profitability by liquidating 3 funds with more than projected ROI.
Role: Asset & Fund Manager
• Interact with various entities for collating & evaluating financial information for rendering financial recommendations to companies, customers, or clients based on CMAs relevant regulations and requirements.
• Develop financial decision models using spreadsheets, reports, and presentations. Evaluate & reconcile expenditure & revenue accounts including Trustee Accounts and Investment Reports
• Participate in regulatory meetings with investment analysts and company managers about financial research.
• Build & maintain a productive business relationship with major asset management houses for implementing Fund Management Open Platform business model.
• Define & implement fund management business strategy, asset under management projections, and the financial model.
• Conduct research on markets to apply findings from investment analysts. Use statistical methods to obtain, interpret and present information.
• Prepare & present various status reports for the senior management and other stakeholders to enable efective decision-making.
Role: Financial Analyst - Asset & Fund Management
• Prepared & presented company financial decision models, and customers or clients recommendations based on collated & evaluated financial information.
• Evaluated & reconciled Expenditure and Revenue Accounts, Including Trustee Accounts and Investment Reports based on business & operational requirements.
• Guided team members in evaluating & interpreting financial recommendations and decisions for implementing the same in day-to-day business transactions.
• Maintained updated records of Grant Revenues and Expenditures in the Financial Accounting System in compliance with statutory regulations and organizational procedures.
• Calculated & prepared reimbursement billings based on reconciled monthly accounts receivables. Focused on reconciliation of monthly bank statements based on Wire Transfers and Journal Funding Transfers
• Assisted the management in preparing and ensuring compliance to budgets aimed at enhancing organizational bottom lines.

Responsibilities:
• Focused on collating information based on evaluated financial briefs for rendering detailed financial recommendations and decisions.
• Interacted with clients for evaluating & interpreting complicated financial information for preparing & presenting various reports.
• Maintained updated data of grant revenues & expenditures in the Financial Accounting System. Prepared monthly reimbursement billings and reconciled monthly accounts receivables for evaluating the organizational financial health.
• Reconciled monthly bank statements based on Wire Transfers and Journal Funding Transfers

Responsibilities:
• Managed wire transfers/journal funding transfers and reconciled monthly bank statements. Assisted in preparation of budgets, fiscal year, and fixed asset accounting.
• Focused on the preparation of financial statements including the statement of income, financial position, cash flow, and balance sheet. Drafted Notes to Financial Statements (Calculation of Income Tax, Zakat, Depreciation, Amortization)
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