General Project Director
Bahrain National Gas Company
Total years of experience :24 years, 6 Months
Project construction Supervision, administration, contracts, Tender & Design documents. Project management and Planning. Coordination with Project Management Cell. Preparations of bid documents for construction contract. Quality control construction supervision of highway construction both rehabilitation works. Administration & management of construction contract. Payment authorization as per contract. Overview the project administration by the concerned Resident Engineers. To analyses the Contractor’s claim of all kind. Quality assurance system and its implication Supervised the construction of the Contract works within the powers and authorities delegated. Administered the Contract in accordance with the FIDIC policies and established procedures.
Prepared interim and final measurements and certificates required under the Contract. Administered, monitored, and directed all supervisory staff employed on the Contract. Study of reviewed all facts and circumstances related to Claims and recommend the terms or condition for settlement. Ensured that the Contractor complies with all his obligations with respect to the safety of the Public, Traffic and safe working conditions for all staff engaged on the Project. Reviewed, approved & monitored the Contractor’s programme. Prepared Variation Orders to cover omissions or alterations under Contract. Checked and verified Contractor’s as-built drawings. Coordination with ongoing projects. Planning and management of the projects.
Experience
Chiefly responsible for financial reporting & control and management accounting and financial and tax operations. Furnish timely, accurate and relevant financial analysis and reporting; provide leadership to all aspects of financial stewardship, resource procurement, operational and strategy development. Ensure smooth implementation of procedures and best practices.
•Develop financial strategies by contributing financial and accounting information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction and monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies and regulations.
•Ensure accurate and timely preparation of Financial and Management Accounts, local financial statements, financial reports, special analyses and information reports with regard local regulation.
•Assert strong relationship with lenders/ financial institutions as per organization’s requirements.
•Maintain financial security by following internal accounting controls in terms of investment and deal with commercial banks for different credit facilities such as long/ short term loans, overdraft facilities, letters of guarantees, local and foreign letters of credit.
•Prepare monthly cash flow statements and monitor funds arrangements, credit limits, and forecasting cash payments and anticipate challenges arising from limited cash flow; deliver presentations to management on performance analysis, financial highlights, and variance analysis, monthly, quarterly and annual financial and budgetary evaluations.
•Ensure compliance with all tax returns and reporting requirements and administer matters regarding VAT, income tax and corporate laws, coordination with legal/tax advisors and government departments.
Enterprise Impact:
Egyptian Fertilizer Company (EFC)
•Played an important role in refinancing of EFC Loan facility ($600m) with IFC and other commercial Banks.
•Successfully reduced the Head count by 24 employees and achieved annual cost savings of $0.5m by reconstituting the Finance and IT Departments of EFC.
•Successfully created a separate maintenance company by using in-house maintenance staff leading to the development of effective strategies of cost reduction and additional revenue generation.
•Played a key role in integrating EFC and EBIC to bring both companies under joint management control that resulted in cost and resources optimization and cost savings of over $15m.
Egypt Basic Industries Corporation (EBIC)
•Successfully negotiated with Exim Bank US and facilitated the early retirement of an expensive loan of 350m for EBIC facility.
•Successfully negotiated an additional loan of US$ 100m for EBIC from Arab Bank at very competitive pricing.
COMET ERP system by
Chiefly responsible for financial management, Project Accounting, Business Process Documentation, Process Optimization, Oracle Implementation, and Cost Control.
•Managed the detailed organizational study of Orascom Construction Projects and Departments.
•Developed, monitored and evaluated multiple financial projects with multiple deliverables and deadlines and ensured overall financial health. Planned, organized and led the implementation of plans and processes.
•Managed cost controls with the help of the budgeting tool.
Enterprise Impact:
•Accomplished business process documentation and redesigning for optimizing the processes as well as Oracle implementing.
Involved as lead person from finance. During this implementation I suggested several business process changes to adapt the system. The chart of account was redesigned and after parallel run of one year I have been able to phase out the old legacy systems
COMET ERP system by Siemens Nixdorf
was sent to Australia to facilitate our sister company for the implementation of same software. I stayed there for more than Eight months and facilitated in the implementation of ERP system at
VAT) Law preparation in Pakistan in consultation with a consultant from Australia and
After completing the BPR exercise played the key role in the implementation of ERP software in
took the decision to implement the ERP system to improve the productivity of the company. I was member of business process reengineering (BPR) team that studied and redesigned the whole organization’s processes before the implementation of ERP system in the organization. As a result of BPR exercise we were able to give a new look to the company, reduce the through put time by two weeks, reduce the inventory from 150 days to 100 days and reduce the headcount by 30
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