Mustafa Dawoodi

(Management Report, Reforecast, Capital Budgeting, Budget Creation)
Al-Bahar Group, Kuwait
• Management Report for Holding which include Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis for Al-Bahar Kuwait Group Holding (BKGH).
Consolidated Management Reports for 9 Business Units of Al-Bahar Kuwait which include FMCG, Electronics, and Shipping businesses, with key highlights and KPIs which include Ageing Analysis for Receivables (DSO), Inventory Turnover (DIO), Agency Product Category Analysis, with Actual vs Budget and Actual vs Last Year variance analysis.
• Budget Creation: for BKGH by GL code, cost center and month for income statement. Creation of budget presentation for the management, which include OPEX and CAPEX breakdown, with Performance of YoY Growth Analysis.
• Cash Flow projections creation with intent to predict cash shortages and surplus, compare business expense and income for the year, loan repayment, analyse how to lower costs.
• Reforecast: quarterly reforecast which occurs after each quarter in April, July, and October.
• Feasibility Studies for opening of new stores for Cloud9 Stores, Warehouse, where capital budgeting metrics such as NPV, ROI, IRR were used to determine the project is feasible or not.
• Knowledge of Power BI - a data visualization tool for presentation through graphs, pie charts, which include income statement (per Product Category, Product Channel, Business Units and more), daily sales, top and bottom 10 performing businesses, product categories.
• Creating PPT presentation on ad hoc request of Group Financial Controller and Group CFO.

(Management Report, Reforecast, Capital Budgeting, Budget Creation)
Al-Bahar Group, Kuwait
• Management Report for Holding which include Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis for Al-Bahar Kuwait Group Holding (BKGH).
Consolidated Management Reports for 9 Business Units of Al-Bahar Kuwait which include FMCG, Electronics, and Shipping businesses, with key highlights and KPIs which include Ageing Analysis for Receivables (DSO), Inventory Turnover (DIO), Agency Product Category Analysis, with Actual vs Budget and Actual vs Last Year variance analysis.
• Budget Creation: for BKGH by GL code, cost center and month for income statement. Creation of budget presentation for the management, which include OPEX and CAPEX breakdown, with Performance of YoY Growth Analysis.
• Cash Flow projections creation with intent to predict cash shortages and surplus, compare business expense and income for the year, loan repayment, analyse how to lower costs.
• Reforecast: quarterly reforecast which occurs after each quarter in April, July, and October.
• Feasibility Studies for opening of new stores for Cloud9 Stores, Warehouse, where capital budgeting metrics such as NPV, ROI, IRR were used to determine the project is feasible or not.
• Knowledge of Power BI - a data visualization tool for presentation through graphs, pie charts, which include income statement (per Product Category, Product Channel, Business Units and more), daily sales, top and bottom 10 performing businesses, product categories.
• Creating PPT presentation on ad hoc request of Group Financial Controller and Group CFO.

Create budgeting, forecasting, Feasibility Studies, business and financial planning, capital budgeting, variance analysis, sensitivity analysis, management reports

(Budget Control, Management Reports, Capital Budgeting, Promotion Analysis, DataVisualization of Financial Statements)
Trolley Convenience Store, Kuwait
• Creation of Budget & Monitoring the Budget by highlighting: Budget vs Actual Spent vs Remaining for the organization which include existing 11 departments of Head Office, 90+ store locations, by budgeting per month for: Revenue, COGS, Rent, Payroll, General and Administrative expenses.
• Budget Control: Control of budget for Head office through ERF form (Expenditure Request Form), which is applicable for all departments, requested through MS-Teams and Approving or Rejecting the form by calculating the budget.
• Feasibility Studies for opening of new stores for Trolley, OLE Coffee where capital budgeting metrics such as NPV, ROI, IRR were used to determine the project is feasible or not.
• Recording and Updating Daily Sales in Tableau on daily basis by extracting data from iVend POS system, where the POS system is integrated with SAP4Hana.
• Creating Management Reports which include Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis for companies of Trolley, Trolley Real Estate, and AE Retail (fashion brand) and updating the data in Tableau, a data visualization tool for higher management.
• Performing Promotion Analysis for Marketing on ad hoc basis, which include analysis of success or failure of promotion and feasibility of it through studying and researching previous months or years data and applying quantitative analysis accordingly. E.g., Summer sale 10% discount on summer products, Ramadan Sale, NBK promo and more.
• Calculation of Sales for - EOM, Target, Budget and Sales Forecast as per stores, featuring Actual vs Target %, Actual vs Budget % & Actual vs expected EOM %.
• Extensive Knowledge of SAP B1, and intermediate knowledge of SAP4Hana.
• Extensive Knowledge of Tableau - a data visualization tool for presentation through graphs, pie charts, which include income statement (per category, per governorate, per class), daily sales, top and bottom 10 performing store locations.
• Creating PPT presentation on ad hoc request of Senior Financial Analyst and CFO.
• Creating of Business Plan for KSA expansion and calculating total project cost requirement. It includes parameters such as: organization structural hierarchy and departments required for function, avg. salaries, physical location (stores and Head Office), product and service selling price, cost price and gross margin, market analysis include market size, sector trends, competitors, customers and suppliers information, SWOT analysis, strategy and financial plan.

• Preparing and analyze monthly overheads expenditures reports through receipts which include courier charges, print & stationery, rent, legal charges, insurance and more, and reports the reason for variance.
• Booking Sales Entry in system through acquiring sales data from MICROS system and passing entries in management system SAP.
• Producing P&L reports and analysis through business review reports and key commentaries to senior management by highlighting the cost incurred in inventory, as well as showcasing Gross and Net Profit of the business.
• Reconciling Bank Statements by acquiring bank transaction statement and comparing ledger, identifying variance and booking the variance in amount as required in financial reports.
• Reconcile Supplier Statement of Accounts and managements books to check variances and book invoices as required.
• Handle companys petty cash balances of complete outlets, departments and head offices and keep track of any discrepancy or variance in physical cash as well as system accounts.

(Business Planning, FP&A, Budget Analysis)
Cubical Services, Kuwait
• Coordinating the full process of new Capex Acquisition (Feasibility study of the project, acquisition, Budget monitoring, asset creation), should adhere with the company policy & standards.
• Overhaul Cost control process from Inventory, to Costing, Non recurring expenses, monthly operating expense management for products resulting in 8-10% cost reduction.
• P&L analysis & forecasting through financial planning and key commentaries to senior management by highlighting operational and profitability metrics to support decision making.
• Total Project Budget Planning & Analysis by calculating and addition of Total Tangible and Intangible Asset requirement, Non recurring Expenditures, Monthly Operating Expenditures, Inventory or material requirements. Preparing financial models & analysis for Income Statement, P&L, resource allocation, cost controlling drivers, Management Cash Flow to envisage growth drivers.
• Undertake analysis and forecasting on Return-on-Investment performance, & Investment ongoing costs reviews.
• Study and Analyze Breakeven units for clienteles business through Analyzing markets average selling prices of product or service, Direct Cost associated to the business product or service offerings and weightage allocated to each revenue stream, ultimately showcasing monthly as well as daily breakeven units for the business requirement.
• Creation and write-up of Business Plan to accommodate clients requirement, to better understand the financial projections in terms of writing.
• Managing and delivering Ad hoc projects driving business change.