Financial Consultant
Total years of experience :29 years, 11 Months
Multiple companies
•Managing various month end processes including; budgets, forecasts, and cash flows.
•Conducting month-end and year-end closing functions, financial analysis, reconciliations and other functions. Evaluating investments.
•Prepare operating results for the Management including various MIS Reports.
•Prepare ledger entries and conduct other routine jobs,
•Contribute to the recruitment process; facilities management contracts negotiations and management.
•Devise and implement strategies to reduce costs, improve performance, and meet future cash requirements. Monitor the credit policy and set up credit controls.
•Implement company financial controls and processes when mitigating financial and business risks.
the finance/accounts of Al Zaman Hospitality across three restaurants and Ajmal International involved in distribution and sale of perfumes. Assist HR in screening & interviewing candidates.
•Reviewed and analysed financial information for resource allocation.
•Produced Performance Review Reports for variance analysis, which compared actual and the budgeted figures for the group companies.
•Managed various month end processes including; budgets, forecasts, and cash flows.
•Conducted month-end and year-end closing functions and recruitment.
•Prepared operating results for the Management including various MIS Reports.
•Prepared/finalized annual statutory accounts for each of the individual companies.
•Contributed to facilities management contracts negotiations and management.
•Devised and implemented strategies to reduce costs, improve performance, and meet future cash requirements. Monitored the credit policy and set up credit controls.
•Implemented company financial controls and processes when mitigating financial and business risks.
•Promoted compliance to financial regulations as well as financial policies and procedures.
and maintained methods for cost tracking of CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operating Expenses) project budgets.
•Frequently analysed budget against actuals and provided variances that highlighted reasons for significant changes/variances. Evaluated investments.
•Responsible for financial management and recruitment of three companies including an investment company, school and hotel. Coordinated with Bank Muscat for facilities. Assist HR in screening & interviewing candidates.
•Managed short-term cash flow, for control and reporting expenditure and credit policies.
•Maintained awareness of changes in financial regulations and legislation.
•Maintained strong working relationships with auditors, solicitors and bankers.
•Prepared financial reports to the Chairman including budgets, P&L and balance sheet.
the successful setup of financial procedures for the university for its first Foundation Program in
to queries from budget holders and provided explanations for material variances at the end of a financial period.
•Organised/arranged new sources of finance for group’s debt facilities by coordinating with leading banks. Assisted HR in screening & interviewing candidates.
•Maintained strong working relationships statutory organizations including the Inland Revenue.
•Verified the integrity of accounts, budgets and forecasts.
•Performed investigations and reviews into financial data and advised of any actions required.
•Developed strategic and long-term business plans and set up a credit policy and monitored it. Responsible for recruitment. Evaluated investments.
A’Sharqiyah University, IBRA (Oman
to lead and manage the finance function.
•Managed business partners’ expectations and set achievable deadlines for deliverables in collaboration with different functions. Coordinated with National Bank of Abu Dhabi and HSBC for facilities.
•Prepared reports/documentation including Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), Feasibility Studies, Business cases and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). Evaluated investments.
•Monitored accounts payables/receivables and evaluated investment proposals.
•Completed various financial processes/reporting including preparation of P&L and balance sheet.
•Ensured customer’s credit to evaluate credit applications based on company standards & requirements, negotiate payment plans with customers and set up loan terms and conditions, maintain accurate records of loans, analyse the effectiveness of company’s credit control system, implement changes to increase profitability and reduce bad debts, ensure timely payments and chase overdue invoices, re-engineer the credit control system in collaboration with sales, finance and marketing teams, improve and implement debt-collection processes to recover overdue invoices, initiate required legal procedures if found necessary and also involved in recruitment matters. Assisted HR in screening & interviewing candidates.
month end closing activities, Balance Sheet Reconciliations and maintained accurate accounting records in agreed areas of responsibility. Evaluated investments.
•Complied with financial regulations as well as financial policies and procedures.
•Managed and reconciled intercompany transactions as well as monitored cash flow forecasts.
•Supervisory responsibility for staff and recruitment and ensured the timely production/distribution of reports. Assist HR in screening & interviewing candidates.
for ARCO Oman an Oil company from Plano Texas involved in exploration, processing and production of
for Al Harthy Engineering LLC involved in construction of buildings as a
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courses: CPA from Illinois in USA twice and preparing to attempt CPA again •Passed intermediate exam of