Muataz Charafli, Finance Manager

Muataz Charafli

Finance Manager

Bayader Jeddah Co

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
28 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :28 years, 2 Months

Finance Manager at Bayader Jeddah Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2020

Bayader Jeddah Co is an Import, trading, and distributor of ceramic and Marble,
Achievements:
- Transforming the institution into a company and rebuilding the accounting and internal control system
- Correcting the financial position of the company through the study and analysis of accounting records
from 2015 to 2019
- Recalculation of the real costs of inventory, which led to the sale of 70% of the accumulated inventory
- Work with the company's management to develop the sales strategy through the introduction of a new
The mechanism for pricing and commissions, which led to an increase in profits by 36%

Chief Finance Officer at Precast Technology Co. (Rajhi Group)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2015 to December 2019

A subsidiary and construction arm of Rajhi Building Solution Group, design, produce, erecting, of building and civil projects
Achievements:
- Working with the company's management in developing a mechanism for the implementation of projects through the
plan to take advantage of all available resources resulted in a reduction in the cost of external labor by 60%
- Monitoring the use of materials through the application of a new procurement policy and negotiating with suppliers,
which led to a decrease in the cost of materials by 7%
- Managing the relationship with banks and rescheduling the investment fund loan, which led to improving the
company's cash flow by 5 million
- Applying previous experience in pricing projects through project item analysis and its costs resulted in the winning
3 projects worth 70 million Riyal

Chief Financial Officer CFO at Bakheet for Machinery
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2013 to November 2015

The Bakheet for Machinery (Closed Stock) is a multi-line business company specializing in trade, lease, and real estate functions. The company acts as an agent for 12 international suppliers with 15 branches and 20 local agents of 5 subsidiary companies.
Achievements:
- Managing banking facilities and developing the mechanism of issuing them, which led to reducing the facilities used,
turning the situation from a deficit into a surplus, and decreasing the cost of lending by 35%
- Work with the General Manager to develop a five-year strategic plan, which led to a 15% increase in sales
- Follow-up and regulation of the purchase of foreign currencies (euro, yen, dollar), which achieved savings of 4
million riyals
- Work with the Board of Directors and the Economic Committee Equipment and inventory were revalued according to
foreign exchange rates using savings and profits and the sale of 40% of old equipment

Finance Manager at Al-Abniah Precast Factory (Adraj –Group)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2011 to December 2013

Al-Abniah Precast Factory is a manufacturer of a complete range of precast concrete building components,
Design, produce, erecting

Achievements:
- Contributing to the Marketing department in the Pricing process by introducing a new pricing strategy that
combined cost-plus and value-based to win 3 projects.
- Managed the relationships with SIDF and Bank, Rescheduling the SIDF loan, and obtained new bank
facilities to eliminate cash shortfall to a surplus of 6.5 million

Finance Manager at Premco- Bin Ladin
  • Syria - Damascus
  • May 2009 to May 2011

A subsidiary of the Saudi Binladin Group, Premco- Bin Ladin producing ready mix, precast elements and GRC Elements (design, produce, erecting and installing)

Achievements:

- Developed spreadsheet-based business plans to project revenues, costs, margins, cash, and staffing needs, by applying cost analysis to determine any cost variances on time which led to preventing a loss of 7% from one item.
- Negotiated client vendor contracts, thus reducing a total of 1.3 million in costs for the company.
- Providing leadership in hiring and training the finance and accounting team to lunch and implement ERP Microsoft Ax 2009 saving training costs equal 0.75 million Riyal

Chief Financial Officer at ETE Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • March 2007 to April 2009

The Eastern Construction &Trading EST Group is one of the biggest construction groups in KSA with 8 subsidiaries with different business lines.
- Working with the Chairman and board in re-engineering the Group structure to track expenses and reduce overhead
expenses by 13%
- Enhance and develop an internal control to compline with Microsoft AX 2004 which Enhanced financial reporting
by eliminating errors and report time by 30% and 52%
- Collaborated with divisions to maximize the utilization of Machinery, vehicles, and equipment for the group, saving
12 M SAR capital Funds are required for 3 plant expansion stations.
- Establishing broad budget goals, revenue, and expense projections for the group, leading the budget process and
budget committee for the group, and overseeing quarterly financial forecasting.
- decrease Customer balances by 26% by introducing customer credit application and applying risk management
as a result, improve the group’s cash flow

Finance Manager at MGA Consultant
  • Canada
  • May 2002 to December 2006
Accounting Manager at RANO Group
  • Syria
  • March 1994 to December 2000

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Tishreen University
  • January 1990

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Communications
Risk Control
Strategy Planning
Finance
Collaboration
Decision-making and Problem-solving
Financial Analysis & Reporting
Risk Management & Mitigation
Strategy planning (Budgeting, forecasting, planning
Communication

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006