Mannan Tawawala

• Oversee and lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting process, including full year operating and
multi-year strategic plan creation.
• Lead process and timely completion of Chairmans Monthly Performance Report
• Scrutinizes monthly financial results and performs variance analysis versus plan and prior periods.
• Supports month-end accounting closing activities and helps ensure that all reporting data properly loaded
into Cytrix Financial Management System. Now moved to MS Dynamics and Power BI Reporting.
• Develops financial models to support corporate, operational, and sales initiatives.
• Creates and automates reports with high impact on organizational knowledge and decision-making.
• Assist in the analysis and modeling on the pricing of customer contracts.
• Tracks cost trends and facilitates understanding of departmental expenses.
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives and pursues business process efficiencies.
• Provide consultation on key strategic initiatives to ensure the business unit achieves their strategic goals.
• Develop excel tools and modeling to conduct revenue recognition, calculating monthly fees and owning
the calculations.
• Prepare and submit various ad-hoc reports as and when requested by the management.
• Overseeing the Accounts receivable operations and follow-ups as well.

• Working on managing and overseeing the portfolio High Net Worth (HNI) Single Family Office net worth
of USD 500 million spread across USA, UK, Europe, Asia and GCC markets.
• Efficient planning of workload and resource. Undertaking on-going liaison, communication and action with
all internal departments/customers in order to maximize intra-company efficiencies and bridge inter
departmental relationships. Actively define and participate in the yearly planning in order to ensure daily,
weekly and monthly targets are achieved as set out in the SLA.
• Anticipate potential threats and opportunities. Formulate strategic plans to grow both existing and new
business within the Business Unit Sector.
• Establish network with industry experts and service providers ensuring sustainable relationship.
• Review and analyze all quotations with suppliers. Preparation of variance report based on budget and
actuals.

• Assist in the preparation of Department budget for the local office and international offices, looking into
the operational budget and cash management in co-ordination with finance and treasury department.
• Create and analyze monthly, quarterly and annual financial report on the legal expenses incurred and
projections.
• Support the timely preparation, interpretation and analysis of the companys financial data and statements,
which cover revenue, earnings and profitability at the client and matter/ project levels.
• Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations
regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements,
government requirements, and operating forecasts.
• Collaborates heavily with operational leadership to provide quality tools to expedite and improve decision
making.
• Prepare and review investment proposals, financial models, forecasting, business valuations, identify
business trends and recommend according for the investments/ businesses.
• Analyse actual vs budget / forecast variances and provide effective commentary to business units
• Develop integrated revenue/ expenses analysis, projections, reports and presentations.
• Evaluate and advise on the financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends
and recommending actions to the management including but not limited to comparative analysis.
• Provide project focused financial and analytical support for the firm, which includes the development of
financial reports, key performance indicator (KPI), dashboards, budget templates, client reporting
template, task code report and general matter maintenance.
• Summarize large volumes of data in summary reports, develop financial models, providing billing
summaries, and deliver analytical support to the partners.
• Develop ad hoc analytics to explain key business drivers, size the financial impact of various last mile
tactics, and influence optimal outcomes.

• Assist in the preparation of Department budget for the local office and international offices, looking into the operational budget and cash management in co-ordination with finance and treasury department.
• Create and analyze monthly, quarterly and annual financial report on the legal expenses incurred and projections.
• Support the timely preparation, interpretation and analysis of the company’s financial data and statements, which cover revenue, earnings and profitability at the client and matter/ project levels.
• Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements, government requirements, and operating forecasts.
• Collaborates heavily with operational leadership to provide quality tools to expedite and improve decision-making.
• Prepare and review investment proposals, financial models, forecasting, business valuations, identify business trends and recommend according for the investments/ businesses.
• Analyse actual vs budget / forecast variances and provide effective commentary to business units
• Develop integrated revenue/ expenses analysis, projections, reports and presentations.
• Evaluate and advise on the financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends and recommending actions to the management including but not limited to comparative analysis.
• Provide project focused financial and analytical support for the firm, which includes the development of financial reports, key performance indicator (KPI), dashboards, budget templates, client reporting template, task code report and general matter maintenance.
• Summarize large volumes of data in summary reports, develop financial models, providing billing summaries, and deliver analytical support to the partners.
• Develop ad hoc analytics to explain key business drivers, size the financial impact of various last mile tactics, and influence optimal outcomes.

• Manage the existing portfolio of over US $300 million of a Single Family Office belong to a High Net worth Individual.
• Review of Investment opportunities that are provided by third party institutions.
• Conducting in-depth due diligence on the financial, market, social, environmental and legal aspects of the projects.
• Prepare and submit detailed report on the opportunities to the management.
• Preparation of cash flow forecast, monthly, quarterly and annual reports on the updates from projects with financial statements on timely basis.
• Receive the updates on each investment on quarterly basis and monitor progress. Report matter to management if required.
• Seeking investment opportunities in the various business sectors such as real estate (residential, commercial, mixed-use), student housing, renewable energy mainly in solar, technology, retail, and other varied industries.
• Looking for opportunities in different markets- US, Europe, Asian market.
• Prepare valuation report and exit valuations of investments at the time of exits.
• Ensure in all case the confidentiality of information.
• Supervise the staff in the day of day office management.
• Report directly to the CEO on matters.

• Working on development of existing real estate portfolio countries: KSA, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and potential strategic emerging markets
• Developing the financial cash flow model for the upcoming and existing projects along with investor presentations
• Assisting in the due diligence process for valuation and feasibility of new projects
• Assist in preparation of the financial budget with the operations team for each project
• Perform ad-hoc research projects for corporate, segment, and industry sub-segment management as needed
• Feasibility studies for business and investment opportunities in various economies -GCC & MENA and Europe for the holding company and its clients
• Competition Analysis- monitoring competitor stocks, project developments and their pricing strategy

• Working on development of existing real estate portfolio countries: KSA, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and
potential strategic emerging markets.
• Developing the financial cash flow model for the upcoming and existing projects along with investor
presentations.
• Assisting in the due diligence process for valuation and feasibility of new projects.
• Assist in preparation of the financial budget with the operations team for each project.
• Perform ad-hoc research projects for corporate, segment, and industry sub-segment management as
needed.
• Feasibility studies for business and investment opportunities in various economies - GCC & MENA and
Europe for the holding company and its clients.
• Competition Analysis- monitoring competitor stocks, project developments and their pricing strategy.

 Working on development of existing portfolio countries: KSA, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and potential strategic emerging markets.
- Develop detailed cashflow models for the existing and upcoming projects and developments
- Assist in developing the business strategy and analyzing the financial data.
 Performing primary and preliminary research on the projects and potential deals
 Undertaking in-depth research on real estate market and trends and forecasting
 Monitoring the cyclic and non-cyclic movement in the real estate markets
 Feasibility studies for business and investment opportunities in different economies (GCC & MENA)
 Competition Analysis- monitoring competitor stocks, project developments and their pricing strategy
 Ensuring issuance of internal research reports and publications
 Assist with preparing presentations; demonstrate research topics and capabilities and how they can be used and leveraged for new business development
 Generate weekly and quarterly reports for publication
 Seek opportunities to provide research as a value-add to projects
 Build and maintain research materials library and data bank
 Assisting in the due diligence process for valuation and feasibility of projects
 Worked as key researcher on the GCC Real Estate Market Report for 2010
 Overview the project management of existing portfolio

• Performing primary and preliminary research on the projects and potential deals
• Undertaking in-depth research on real estate market trends and forecasting, with cyclic and non-cyclic
movement in the real estate markets
• Feasibility studies for business and investment opportunities in various economies (GCC & MENA) for the
holding company and its clients
• Competition Analysis- monitoring competitor stocks, project developments and their pricing strategy
• Undertaking business development and research work.
• Worked as key researcher on the GCC Real Estate Market Report for 2010
• Preparing the project management and monthly progress reports for all existing portfolio projects
• Developed the internal department operations process and companys investment policy & process.

 Contributed in the development of the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) for Port Fund, Fund Size USD 500M
 Perform sector analysis, industry analysis and regional analysis for the prospective investment in the company and screening potential acquisitions
 Draft investment summaries articulating company fundamentals, investment thesis, risk factors and valuation
 Performed extensive market analysis, industry research and country research for potential investment targets
 Perform and present periodic Industry reviews to the Deal Team
 Development of presentation for the Investment Committee on the prospective investments
 Sourcing of resources for fund raising
 Presently using various Financial Portals for research and analysis i.e. Bloomberg, Thomson Banker ONE, Capital IQ etc

• Contributed in the development of the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) for Port Fund, initial Fund
Size USD 500M
• Performed sector analysis, industry analysis and regional analysis for the prospective investment in the
company and screening potential acquisitions
• Drafted investment summaries articulating company fundamentals, investment thesis, risk factors and
valuation
• Performed extensive market analysis, industry research and country research for potential investment
targets and present periodic Industry reviews to the Deal Team
• Development of presentation for the Investment Committee on the prospective investments
• Dealing with consortium members on M&A transactions and assisting in due diligence
• Sourcing of resources for fund raising
• Presently using various Financial Portals for research and analysis i.e. Bloomberg, Thomson Banker ONE,
Capital IQ, Factiva etc

• Market research and competitive analysis across different industries for clients
• Performing statistical analysis of various marketing data for clients
• Developing Marketing and media plan, market research for clients such as National Car Rental using
primary and secondary data collection tools
• Development of business and marketing models and insuring its implementation
• Managing corporate events - locally and overseas.
• Managing the Social media for clients
• Using Ipsos-Stat research tools for media monitoring and analysis

• Drafting marketing and advertising plans for KGL Holding and subsidiaries
• Undertaking and preparation of tenders and contracts for new projects
• Market research and competitive analysis across different industries
• Business opportunity analysis and evaluation
• Coordination of the projects in the planning and implementation stage this included the Warehousing
project for DLA (500, 000 sqm.) open and closed storage. At present operating as a full fledge warehouse
for KGL Logistics
• Coordination of events management activities like executive conferences and meetings
• Copywriting website and promotional materials; managing website updates
• Proposing new methods to improve business practices to the subsidiaries
• Management of local and overseas corporate events of top management.

• Design of marketing strategies for YAMAHA products in Kuwait
• Design and implementation of advertising strategies for the brand
• Market research and sourcing new Navigation Equipment for Kuwaiti market
• Looking after the Marine Contracts - Offshore support.

• Conducting research to obtain business intelligence on strategies used by other players
• Developing new strategies to overcome the competition and establishing new distribution channels for
product
• Developing advertising strategy for the new products.

• Managing Sales and Merchandising of 600 Coca Cola outlets in Udaipur Region
• Developing and suggesting new methods of product merchandising
• Conducting studies of Marketing Mix and the Merchandising for Coca Cola
• Placing orders to the bottling plants on behalf of the distributors
• Managing quality testing of the products in the market
• Training the sales force on their communication and sales skills