Lijo Xavier CMA, Finance Manager

Lijo Xavier CMA

Finance Manager

YIACO Medical Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
High school or equivalent, Accounting And Management
Experience
20 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

Finance Manager at YIACO Medical Company
  • Egypt
  • My current job since January 2017

Responsible for Budgeting, Reporting & Financial Analysis for the company.
• Review financial data and prepare monthly and annual reports.
• Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the company, such as

Senior Financial Analyst at Al Yasra Fashion
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2014 to January 2017

In-charge of Budget Planning & reforecast process
• Responsible for MIS Reports & other financial presentations for Business
Division heads, CEO & Board
• Prepare feasibility studies and sensitivity analysis reports for new projects
• Prepares forecasts and analyzes trends for business units, Support functions &
other business-related areas.
• Evaluate profit and cost efficiencies in various areas of the organization as
needed
• Track expenses and revenues vs budget and reforecast and analyze fluctuations
• Maintains consistency of the MIS systems, automation processes and data
quality
• Identify expense overrun, trends, areas of inefficiency and waste, and
opportunities for improvement and cost control
• Develop, maintain and distribute ad-hoc reports and financial models as needed

Senior Financial Analyst at MH Alshaya Co WLL
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2010 to July 2014

Functional Profile
• Lead the annual business planning / budgeting process for the Division using
COGNOS, ensuring Brand budgets are realistic, stretched, phased & reflect actual
Business potentials.
• Undertake support analyses to facilitate various strategic and tactical business
decisions, including, new entries; new locations; refurbishments; closures & exit
options
• Preparation of variance analysis between budgeted and actual performance
• Monitoring of expenses to be in-line with budgets, conducts cost reviews
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly rolling forecasts / projections of revenue and
expenditures.
• Monitor on-going performance to track & report achievements & highlight variances
• Establish robust financial systems to ensure the division has financial control and
to deliver feedback & coaching to the Division where necessary.
• Responsible to deliver accurate, timely divisional and brand reports & analysis.
• Build effective relationships across departments and divisions to ensure financial
statements are accurate and reflect divisional performance.
• Development of ad-hoc management reports as the need arises, as a tool for
decision making.
• Support for monthly & yearly closing - Set up accruals & deferrals for store level
expenses
• Inventory ageing analysis.
• Coordinate & help to fix KPIs

Senior Accountant at Alghanim Industries
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2007 to June 2010

Functional Profile
• Monthly and yearly closing of accounts of the export sales office in Dubai.
• Preparation of monthly financial statements.
• Preparation of Balance Sheet schedules.
• Forecasting the Cash & fund requirements of the export office.
• Submitting daily and weekly sales report to management.
• Bank reconciliation and monitoring of bank payments.
• Preparing Inter group & Inter company reconciliation on monthly basis.
• Coordinating with the freight forwarders for duty payment & refund.
• Monitoring the LC receivables & coordinating with treasury department for the
timely collection & accounting of the same.
• Other accounting works.

Chartered Accountants at S.S.Ayyar & Company
  • May 2003 to August 2007

Education

High school or equivalent, Accounting And Management
  • at CMA
  • March 2003

courses: CMA

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Access
Financial Modeling
Variance Analysis
Forecasting
Microsoft Office
ACCOUNTANCY
TREASURY
BUDGETING
FINANCIAL
PRESENTATION SKILLS
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ADVERTISING
AUTOMATION
BALANCE
BANK RECONCILIATION