Financial Controller
Qatar Rail
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :15 years, 5 أشهر
Responsible of Controlling and Monitoring Red Line North Underground (RLN-UG) of the large and complex Metro Project. RLN Project cost is approx. USD 2 Billion. (RLN extends over a distance of approximately 13 km northward from Mushaireb station, with the construction of 7 new underground stations. Specifically, two parallel tunnels will be excavated, for the two directions of travel, for a length of about 11.6 km and an internal diameter of 6.17 meters)
-Acted as a business partner to the line departments and coordinated with Qatar Rail teams to prepared financial models, including helping with decision making, cost estimates, cash flow forecasts, budgeting, variance analysis, scenario analysis and risk assessment
-Maintained project cost breakdown structure
-Maintained accurate and up-to-date fixed asset register of the project
-Steered payment approval process and monitored the payment status of invoices of the project
-Ensured accurate preparation & reporting of monthly financial reports, cost estimation in strict accordance with deadlines
-Analyzed and prepared commentary on results to all stakeholders
-Performed account closing activities including the calculation of the accruals
-Exercised financial control to optimized the project and operation cost and timeline
-Established and implemented financial measures to enhance efficiency of the project and operations
-Maintained contact between finance, project management teams and all staff working directly or indirectly for Qatar Rail
-Ensured that all other departments use the guidance in financial matters
-Ensured that relevant financial information is communicated to the project enabling the project to effectively carry out its functions
-Approved Programme-related invoices for Finance
-Reviewed and Signed monthly Accruals reports
-Key interface of Work: Commercial & Contracts department, Project Control department, Project Management Consultancy (PMC), Project Management Office (PMO), Contractors
-Participated in the Financial Evaluation tendering: Long Distance tenders, System Cooling tenders, Red Line North & Green Line Elevated At Grade
•Project Budget Management:
-Monitored the budget for 3 projects:
1-Sheikh Khaled Palace project at Bahrain (>1 M€)
2-Haramain High Speed Rail Additional Work (HHR-AW) Project at Jeddah & KAEC, KSA (>3 M€)
3-Princess Noura University (PNU) Project at Riyadh, KSA (>30 M€)
-Created the matrix of project budget at OGER
-Monitored on monthly basis the project budget
-Prepared the monthly financial report of project
•Agency Budget Management:
-Set up & revised the matrix of annual agency expenses budget
-Monitored & analyzed on monthly basis the agency expenses budget
-Prepared the monthly cash flow statement
-Calculated & updated the rate of manpower financial benchmarks
-Analyzed the details manpower & financial weight
-Controlled the monthly invoices of suppliers
•Procurement:
-Prepared the bidder list of subcontractors
-Received, registered & analyzed the offer of subcontractors
-Prepared the entire administrative document to set up contracts
-Filing & archiving
•Quality Pilot:
-Monitored the Engineering & Subcontractors Process
-Searched for new subcontractors offering intellectual services
-Controlled & Monitored outsourcing intellectual services
•Internal Quality Audit:
-Conducted document review
-Prepared and audited site activities
-Prepared & distributed the audit report
•Training & Certificate:
-Cost Control & Accounting at Headquarter Oger International Paris
-ISO: 9001:2008
-Internal Audit-ISO: 19011:2002
-Achieved the following monthly tasked at the Manutan:
•Monitored the budget for :
ooperations & information technology (IT) directions (Opex & Capex total 15M€)
o 4 Investment project for an amount >10M€
•Prepared the analysis & reporting for:
o each manager of direction
oeach projects to the each manager project
-Participated in the monthly meeting with the each manager project
-Assisted at the construction draft for each budget (operations, IT, project) for 2010
-Participated in BI session : how to get the most of BI, learn tips & tricks
-Contributed to the updating of monthly Key account dashboards Group & quarterly monitoring the European Agreements on the large accounts
-Prepared a monthly analysis & reporting for key account group & quarterly analysis on large accounts for the manager key account Group
-Collected, consolidated and analyzed the premium suppliers group
-Collected, consolidated and studied the database on new prices negotiated with the suppliers group
-Updated the marketing contribution and the Request For Adjustment (RFA) for the suppliers group
-Operation banking position
-Monitored & Managed the operations bank systems
-Financial statements presentations
-Financial ratios calculation
-Assisted to the Anti- money laundering procedure and IFRS standard application
-Prepared monthly financial statements
-Contributed to the elaborate of the yearly business plan
-Participated in a colloquium on financial statements (one week)
The CMA certification focuses on advanced skills such as budgeting, forcasting, managing cost. All these are required to effectively evaluate investment opportunities and support strategic financial decisions based on solid analysis and sound ethics.
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