Economist - Financial Analyst
SETS
Total years of experience :13 years, 6 Months
- Produce the corporate financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and monthly monitoring reports (cost element structure and cost drivers, profitability analysis, income statement, balance sheet and cashflow forecasting);
- Produce the annual corporate financial performance reports (development and maintenance of key operational and financial metrics);
- Provide strategic financial analysis and other significant ad-hoc analysis supporting the CFO and CEO decisions;
- Contribute with the multidisciplinary consulting team in delivering projects that require financial and/or applied economic research and analysis;
- Provide analytics and internal business intelligence analysis to help the company leaders improve business strategies and internal processes;
- Support the development of internal business policies and procedures;
- Provide industry trend, competitor and market analysis; and
- Manage company’s website, edit all company news & announcements, and produce the quarterly internal newsletter.
- Issued Monthly Electronic Card Issuing, ATM & Merchant POS Acquiring and Network Switch Billing Reports to all Client-Banks covered by CSC network in the Levant, North Africa and West Africa;
- Allocated intercompany MasterCard & Visa Interchange and Costs of Services;
- Issued quarterly reports of Membership Fees, Electronic Card Issuance and Transaction Volume to MasterCard and VISA International Licensing Companies;
- Conducted periodical statistical analysis of electronic card issuance and transaction volume by Region, Bank and Card Type;
- Reconciled and Controlled all the bank Payable/Receivable accounts; and
- Participated as a team member in the automation process of all Billing Reports.
HONORS AND AWARDS: “Samir Makdisi” Award in Economics for the Academic Year 2014-2015, May 2015 (This award is given to a graduate student who completes his/her thesis with high level scholarship) THESIS: “Economic Growth in Lebanon Viewed through the Transport Sector: A Case Study of the Potential Revival of the Tripoli-Beirut Railway as a Way of Addressing the paradox of Sustainable Development” COURSES: Macroeconomics, Microeconmics and Pricing Theory, Econometrics, Options and Derivatives, Philosophy and Economic Methodologies, Urban Economics, Transportation Economics, Energy Economics
HONORS & AWARDS: Valedictorian (Major de Promotion) THESIS: “Microfinance: Finance or Philanthropy?” (Failure of financial sector in targeting the poors, Microcredits: Sources, models & outreach, Commercialization of microfinance & the Regulation of this sector) COURSES: Econometrics & Modelisation, Managerial Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Banking & Finance Techniques, Public Finance, Statistics, Commercial International Relations, Monetary International Relations, Introduction to Stock Market, Retail Banking, E-Commerce, Business Law, Labor Law, Organisational Development
HONORS & AWARDS: National Festival of “Outstanding Students in Lebanon” Recognized for Excellence in the Lebanese Baccalaureate Official Exams for the Academic Year 2006-2007, August 2007