Belgacem Boutrif, CFO / Retail ,Hospitality & Real Estate

Belgacem Boutrif

CFO / Retail ,Hospitality & Real Estate

Jaied MHA Holding

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
26 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 3 Months

CFO / Retail ,Hospitality & Real Estate at Jaied MHA Holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2019

- Acting as owner representative with all third parties operators managing the Hospitality, Real Estate, Healthcare, Power & Energy businesses.
- Developing & implementing strategic financial plans and process ensuring that robust policies & systems are in place to control all the investments in order to attain top and bottom-line profit.
- Monitoring and approvals of CAPEX & OPEX and all the financial activities recordings and Audit works.
- Periodical review and presentation of financial statements and MIS reports.
- Recommending and driving enhancements of company-wide IT/ERP systems/B.I Tools in line with internal control and business requirements.
- Developing risk mitigating financial policies to support rapid growth and ensuring that stringent controls and compliance standards are maintained to invest in future.
- Liaising with Banks, Investors, Corporate, Financial Institutions, Tax Authorities, customs & duty Consultancies, & Law Firms, Rating Agencies and other stakeholders at senior levels for achieving the funding and project requirements.

Chief Financial Officer / Retail - F&B - Real Estate at Jananah Investment LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2012 to September 2019

• Manage and plan the efficient utilization of capital structure and debt in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Group.

• Investigate and recommend comprehensive strategies to structure and raise debt capital; including complex modeling and forecasts, managing funds and investments, and preparing periodic comparative financial reports for the CEO.

• Evaluate alternative long‐term, short - term and mezzanine borrowing strategies and make recommendations in accordance with the capital structure guidelines.

• Develop, analyze and recommend the borrowing risk tolerance for the organization, as well as recommend performance benchmarks.

• Evaluate, develop and implement cash management systems to optimize efficiencies.

• Manage relationships with the organization's financial service providers; including banks, Group, investments bankers, and other stakeholders.

• Leading the changes and turnaround transformation. Restructuring and Overseeing Finance, HR, Administration, logistic and Purchase Department’s Team comprising of 20 employees.

•Supporting CEO, COO, Departments heads and Board members with timely financial information, reporting and analysis acquired from ERP and all IT systems thus ensuring maximum benefit and corrective actions. (Setup of the Monthly P&L meetings).

• Submitting MIS reports with a detailed briefing on the various operations and Cash flow projection of the group to the Chairman on a regular basis.

• Developing & implementing Budget, Strategic financial plans and process ensuring that robust & challenging Accounting policies & control systems are in place to attain top and bottom-line profit. (Team leader in the implementation and Monitoring of the Online Strategy platform).

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER at YAS International Trading / Retail - Manufacturing
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2007 to April 2012

 Provided leadership to the following departments and associated staff:
 Finance Department - 4 accountants - Approval of the yearly audited FS.
 Administrative & logistic Department - 1 HR plus 2 PRO’s.
 Purchase Department - 1 Purchasing Coordinator
 Inventory Department & Warehouse - high costly products - 1 store manager & 5 staffs
 Managed a multitude of responsibilities in Finance Department viz. auditing & approving all accounting data entries & expenses; oversaw company treasury; managing accounts payable & receivable and products costing & pricing in addition to auditing the hiring expenses & payroll in Admin. Department.
 Applied strong analytical skills in preparing monthly management information reports depicting inputs on trading and profit & loss account, yearly budget and break event point studies.
 Effective role in administering the ordering procedures, clearance of shipments and product costing in Purchase Department and involved in approving quarterly inventory - control and allocation of stock variations in Inventory & Warehouse Department.

Financial Analyst at Bowling City - Entertainment & Hospitality
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2005 to May 2007

Financial Analysis: Internal & external Audit supervision, MIS Reporting, Feasibility studies, Cash Flow Management.

Head of treasury department at Group JUDY – Manufacturing & FMCG
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • February 1999 to August 2004

• Manage and plan the efficient utilization of capital structure and debt in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Group. Evaluate, develop and implement cash management systems to optimize efficiencies.
• Investigate and recommend comprehensive strategies to structure and raise debt capital; including complex modeling and forecasts, managing funds and investments, and preparing periodic comparative financial reports for the B.O.D’s
• Evaluate alternative long‐term, short - term and mezzanine borrowing strategies and make recommendations in accordance with the capital structure guidelines.
• Develop, analyze and recommend the borrowing risk tolerance for the organization, as well as recommend performance benchmarks.
• Manage relationships with the organization's financial service providers; including banks, Group, investments bankers, and other stakeholders.

HR Manager Assistant at Hotel Club for Vacation - Club
  • Tunisia
  • May 1997 to November 1998

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at University of Atlanta – USA
  • January 2011

Business analysis and valuation

Bachelor's degree, Financial Management
  • at The High Institute of Management – I S G
  • June 1996

Financial Management for Business

High school or equivalent, Financial Management
  • at The High Institute of Management – I S G
  • January 1994

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Specialties & Skills

Modeling
Managing Budget
Budget Setting
Portfolios
Investment Advisory
ACCOUNTANCY
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ADMINISTRACIóN DE BENEFICIOS
ADMINISTRATION
ADVERTISING
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
AUDITING
BANK RECONCILIATION
BILLING
Asset management
Investment advisory
Valuation Models
BUDGETING
Treasury
Cash flow & Crisis management
FEASIBILITY STUDY
Increase Efficiency

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
German
Beginner

Training and Certifications

End of study Project ( Feasibly studies of waste management projects ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 1997
MBA Finance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011

Hobbies

  • Fishing; Horse riding
    Certificate of Appreciation from Yas International trading and cervices. Performance rewards from Jananah Investment llc