Basil Dawre, Senior Finance Analyst

Basil Dawre

Senior Finance Analyst

M. H. Alshaya Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.Sc I.T
Experience
12 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months

Senior Finance Analyst at M. H. Alshaya Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since September 2021
Business Analyst at Jassim Transport & Stevedoring Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2017 to August 2021

Proposed process improvement strategies to track the requirement changes, status, business expectation, cost, timeline, and other key metrics, which helped provide information to all the teams in a quicker way. Assist Managers and Division Heads with controlling their budgets by identifying risks and opportunities. Budget reporting - Driven reporting and monitoring of divisional budgets. Lead in the budgeting process and variance analysis.
Key Responsibilities in current role:
▪ Business Analysis
▪ Performance Analysis
▪ Reporting and Forecasting
▪ Revenue Tracking
▪ Cost Monitoring
▪ Ad-hoc Analysis, Reporting and follow-ups directed by Executive Management
▪ Business Review Meetings, Board Meetings and Budget Presentations
▪ Budget and Business Plan Preparations
▪ Analysis on new investments on assets and new initiatives, Capex Monitoring, etc.
▪ Drive and support the organization for developing Oracle system to capture revenue and utilization, such that it can replace manual files maintained on individual levels. Exceptional knowledge in Power Rental and Equipment Rental business with understanding of demand from Mega projects, Commercial market and Oil & Gas segments. Strong understanding of equipment’s such as high-capacity Generators capable of IPPs (Independent Power Plant), and Multiple types of Cranes such as (All Terrain, Rough Terrain, Crawler and Truck Mounted Cranes).

Officer - Administrative Officer at Australian College of Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2016 to July 2017

Worked as an Officer-Aviation Administrator at Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) reporting to the Director of Aviation. Job duties to manage the financials of the department as well as monitoring and guiding the core marketing team of the College on marketing aspects of Aviation courses for Aircraft Engineering and Pilot License Training.
Also was part of Kuwait’s first ever Airshow in May-17 i.e., the Kuwait First flying Gathering where Australian College of Kuwait was the gold sponsor and a responsibility to coordinate the event on behalf of the Aviation Dept. was given as a bridge between the Airshow Organizers.

Purchasing Officer at Al Yasra Food Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • February 2016 to June 2016

Purchase Officer at Al Yasra Food Co. handling purchases for Category Poultry (WP.PP.FPP for Brands Sadia, Hilal, Perdix, Confidence and Others), maintaining relation with the supplier to ensure better results and excellent coordination to deliver volume accuracy, proper documentation, and delivery of the product. Knowledge in inventory control & understanding of finance and accounting related to costing and sales to process high volume of purchase orders.
Responsibilities & Tasks:
▪ Maintained records of purchases and sales.
▪ Familiarity with ERP system reports & PTS (Purchase Tracking System)
▪ Reviewing demand, confirmation, and approving goods
▪ Ensuring all purchase are performed in accordance with company policies and procedures.
▪ Monitoring returns, damage, replacements, and warranty claims
▪ Follow-up for delivery schedules ETD & ETA, documents authentication legalization, claims, payments, and invoice queries etc.
▪ Preparing purchase orders and subcontracts

Business Planning Analyst at Al Yasra Foods Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2011 to January 2016

Key responsibilities include Budgeting and forecasting for a full year plan in Poultry, Meat, Frozen foods, Daily, Juice, Water, Mills, etc. by Wholesale, Retail and Direct delivery services. Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Sales Report generating and circulating to indicate the sales performance based on Item, product category, brand etc. to the divisions, and management. Monthly Sales Target Revision of the quantities, value and margin setting based on the budget, forecast and the actual available sellable stock for the forthcoming month. Conducted activity-based analysis of business processes and made recommendations based on the findings. Responsible for retail merchandise planning and demand forecasting, inventory management, and product performance analysis. Development of Key Performance Indicators based on the business situation up to customer, item, segment, and outlet level. Planned, directed, and monitored Sales operations. Reviewed sales price and Margin monitor. Managed Oracle advanced price control module and multiple pricelists to have control on prices of normal and promotional products/SKUs. Generating data and reports from Oracle ERP system and Business Intelligence (BI) tool. Assigning/creating of the product (SKU) Code, Categories, Classes in Oracle system with appropriate grouping for easy reporting and item creation in the ERP system.

System Administrator at Maersk Line
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2011 to September 2011

Worked for Maersk Line, Safmarine & Damco as the System Administrator (Information Technology)
Taking responsibilities of Hardware/Software for Workstations and Servers, System Application Support, Network Monitoring, Data Backup and recovery.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc I.T
  • at Bharatiya Shiksha Parishad
  • July 2009

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office
Performance Reporting
Budgeting
Targets
Analysis
Microsoft Power BI

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
December 2012

Hobbies

  • Travelling and Driving Cars & Bikes. Interest in being updated about the Latest Technology