Finance Manager
Economic Group
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
Working as a Finance Manager in Economic Group (Real estate, Retail and Hospitality Industries) reporting directly to General Manager
Responsibilities -
Team Leadership and Management.
•Lead, mentor, and guide a team of accountants and senior accountants.
•Set clear performance expectations, provide regular feedback, and facilitate professional development.
•Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment within the finance team.
Financial Planning & Strategy.
•Developed and implemented financial strategies to increase company profits and minimize risks.
•Analyzed financial data and generated reports for executive decision-making.
•Managed budgeting process and monitored expenses to ensure cost efficiency.
•Led team in financial forecasting and budgeting to support strategic planning initiatives.
•Provide insights and recommendations based on financial analysis to support strategic decision-making.
Financial Reporting and Analysis.
•Prepare and sending financial statements to higher management on time for their review.
•Prepare flash report and submit to the higher management with individual department commentary.
•Preparation of variance analysis report and sending to the higher management with commentary.
•Prepare actual Vs budget comparison reports and submitting to the management their decisions.
•Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
•Actively participate in Internal and External Audit.
•Prepare management reports, financial statements, and ad- hoc analysis as required.
General Accounting, Accounts Payable & Receivable Management.
•Oversee day to day accounting operations, including accounts payables, accounts receivables, general ledger and bank reconciliations.
•Ensure proper recording of financial transactions and adherence to internal control.
•Oversee the accounts payable function, including corporate payments
•Ensure accurate and timely processing of payments, invoices, and expense reports.
•Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve payment- related issues and discrepancies.
•Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to address customer inquiries and disputes related to accounts receivable.
•Monitor and improve collection processes to ensure timely receipt of outstanding payments.
Cross Functional collaboration.
•collaborate with various departments to provide financial expertise and support for business initiatives, projects and transactions.
•Act as trusted advisor to senior management by providing financial insights and recommendations.
Achievements, impact & result.
•Stream line the operational process thereby controlling the cost and the revenue.
•Performing the key role of validating business plans and commercial strategies for maximizing profitability and revenue generation in line with corporate goals.
•Conduct periodic internal audit for all departments, identify gaps and propose solutions and process improvements.
Worked with Tawar Mall as a Chief Accountant from Sep 2019 to Sep2021, which is engaged in real estate (Retail shops), Contracting, Entertainment and Hospitality services. (ERP - Bright application using for finance).
Responsibilities -
•Handling monthly, quarterly and annual closing
•Preparation of financial statement and sending it to higher management
•Preparation of comparison reports actuals Vs budgets.
•Preparing and posting all adjustment entries during month and year end closing
•Approving the payment vouchers after reviewing with necessary supporting documents
•Manage all accounting transactions (receivables & Payables)
•Actively involved in internal and External audit.
•Bank Reconciliation and update the unreconciled transactions
•Perform General Ledger Reconciliation
•Perform intercompany reconciliation
•Reconcile supplier and customer accounts
•Calculation of Withholding Tax and submitting to the Tax Authority.
Achievement, impact & result.
•Setup the business from the scratch (Operation & Finance)
•Organized the Process flow both Operation & Finance.
•I have saved the cost around and increase the revenue during my tenure through the process stream line and other ways.
Worked with Emaar Group PJSC as Finance Executive from July 2013 to Sep 2019.
Emaar District Cooling LLC
Emaar Retail and Entertainment LLC
Emaar Valet LLC
Responsibilities -
•Preparation financial statements and sending to line manager on monthly basis.
•Handling monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
•Prepare financial analysis report with EBITDA calculation for Management review.
•Prepare flash report and submit to the higher management with individual department commentary.
•Prepare actual Vs budget comparison reports and submitting to the management their decisions.
•Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
•Actively participate in Internal and External Audit.
•Manage all accounting transactions.
•General Ledger Reconciliation.
•Perform intercompany reconciliation.
•Preparing and posting all adjustment entries during month end closing.
•Bank Reconciliation and update the unreconciled transactions.
•Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
Worked in Anchor Allied Factory as an Accountant which is engaged in production of chemicals, sealants & adhesives.
Responsibilities -
•Manage all accounting transactions.
•Preparing and posting all adjustment entries during month end closing.
•Handling account receivable and payable modules.
•Preparation and reconciliation of supplier and customer account
•Submitting aging to the line manager.
•Preparation of payment vouchers and submitting to the line manager for review and approval.
•General Ledger Reconciliation.
•Bank Reconciliation and update the unreconciled transactions.
Responsibilities -
•Preparation of daily sales report and sending to the Store supervisor.
•Preparation and reconciliation of sales with POS system.
•Preparation of bank reconciliation statements.
•Reconciliation of customer account and follow-up for payments.
I have successfully completed MBA in finance stream with GPA 60%.
I have successfully completed Bachelor of Commerce with GPA 61%
