Finance Business Partner (FP&A B2B)
the ENTERTAINER
Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months
Overseeing the financial operations of the corporate segment (B2B) across GCC and other regions. Closely monitoring the performance of sales teams, and diligently tracking actual vs budget vs forecast variances across the group companies. Leveraging self-service BI tech stack and Python, developing and managing comprehensive BI Models and reporting dashboards for revenue, sales pipeline, commission, accruals, and redemptions. Craft engaging data stories using tools for data science, highlighting winning areas and teams.
Collaborating closely with various departments playing a pivotal role in developing pricing proposals, commercial contracts, and business budgets. Joining forces with stakeholders, ensuring seamless financial operations, contributing to strategic decision-making, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Develop and implement changes to existing event costing and reporting prototype to refine trend analysis cross-event profitability comparison. Tracked, sustained, and communicated financial KPIs and project performance dashboards. Oversaw financial documents including all bank reconciliations, cash flow estimates, and projected budgets. Eliminated existing manual spreadsheets for obtaining time and project activities and prepared new portfolio of models helping management make informed decisions to determine staffing and cash flow feasibility. Conceived, launched, and solidified changes to the company's existing project costing and reporting model to refine trend analysis and cross-project profitability and variance analysis
Introduced new protocols to guarantee proper arrangement of monthly, quarterly, and yearly closings. Created data model leveraging multiple data connectors including Microsoft SQL Server, Clinical Management System, and spreadsheets. Produced various financial and non-financial dashboards, KPIs, and analytical reports. Trained and supervised three-person insurance claim team on handling all claim submissions and reconciliation of reimbursements, two medical claim insurance processors submitting claims and analyzing rejections, and three receptionists, Produced and maintained financial statements, budget recommendations, management reports, and account consolidations.
* Upgraded accounts payable activities to prioritize payments to suppliers, sustain long-term loyalty, and improve cash flows.
* Designed and presented monthly/quarterly expense assessment spreadsheets to educate management of opportunities to reduce expenses.
Created, initiated, and solidified changes to company's existing menu and recipe costing model to update cost-based reporting and margin analysis. Maintained general ledger, produced budgets, and prepared profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements for the entire enterprise. Calculated, assessed, and communicated margins by products and by departments.
* Decreased food and beverage expenses by 7-10% by creating automated recipe costing spreadsheet.
* Revised corporate accounting procedures, merging, and simplifying information systems resulting in timely exchange of information.
Designed simple, streamlined financial documents for use by banks, company management, insurance agencies, and external stakeholders. Secured raw data from yarn-production software and embedded into personally-designed template-driven Excel spreadsheets. Implemented company-wide filing system for cash receipts and cash disbursements, addressing a previous concern voiced by external auditors. Coordinated monthly payroll functions for 700+ employees. Developed internal cost-reduction controls including overtime compliance, expense management, accurate billing, and capital expenditures. Prepared company financial and non-financial accounts and tax returns for audit and other regulatory requirements.
* Devised, executed, and automated fixed cost budget spreadsheet to track budgets monthly, enhancing yarn production by at least 7%.
* Created about seven spreadsheets utilized by management for expense analysis, production output, and yields that reduced reporting time by at least one week.
* Completed successful external and internal audits on time in compliance with company and government standards.
Audited client financials including major testing of fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other major expense categories.
* Helped review client financial statements, tax returns, and credit reports.
The CFI Financial Modeling and Valuation Program covers a critical body of knowledge necessary for becoming a world-class financial analyst. The core curriculum for the program includes: Financial Modeling, Valuation, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Rolling Forecast, and Presentations.
Major Subjects being Financial Accounting, Management/Cost Accounting, Risk and Internal Controls, S
Major Subject being Cost and Financial Accounting, Audit, and Economics.
