Nawal Hassan, Freelancer Financial consultant and Trainer

Nawal Hassan

Freelancer Financial consultant and Trainer

self employed

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Business Entrepreneurship
Experience
30 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 4 Months

Freelancer Financial consultant and Trainer at self employed
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since March 2013

Train Entrepreneurs basic needed skills to open new projects

Help the Entrepreneurs in developing a 5 years Financial model

Provide training (In ‎Amman Chamber of Commerce) for financial Manager and owners on strategic planning and Budgeting

Provide (Negotiation Skills) training in University of Jordan for students

Provide (Innovation and creativity ) training in University of Jordan for students

Provide Training (Value Chain, Budgeting, Strategic Planning ) for CMA Students

Group CFO , at Nafith Logistics Group
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 2008 to May 2018

•Due Diligence: Played a pivotal role in the due diligence, valuation, made by IFC. To expand and Increase the company’s financial capacity as a result of wining tender in Iraq.
•Provides strategic direction and financial advice to the owners to increase their profitability
•In charge of the company’s budget and forecasting processes, as well as monitoring and taking appropriate actions to ensure that the financial targets for the companies are achieved.
•Provided strategic advice to the Board on the company direction including proposed group structures and taxation implications of restructuring to enhance more control and successfully replay to the growth needs
•Over seen and follow up on registration offshore company in BVI and SPV in Dubai.
•Efficiently managed the full financial function, ensuring adequate controls to maintain company’s capital requirements and monitor the cash flow.
•Involved in all aspects of business operations, ensuring that processes are in place to report and manage costs, revenue and risk
•Analyzed monthly consolidated financial accounts and discuss the results with the CEO
Strategic management- designed and implemented change management strategy, which was needed to reply to moving from Jordanian Company to International Holding Group.
•Budgeting and Financial planning and controlling- developed the guide line and instructions for non-financial managers to help them provide reasonable forecasts used in budget preparation, prepare the master budgets and control the actual expenditure with reporting the variances and analyzing the reasons.
•Fund Raising - Submitting proposals for grants provided by JEDCO, which successfully approved by the donors, mange budget and reporting requirements during the implementation,
•Cash management, created process and procedure to control the cash effectively and pay just on time, while speeding the collection, this resulted in more efficient working capital and reduces the line of credit 40%.
•Cost Saving Initiatives- consistently recognized for reducing the medical insurance costs by 25% through fruitful re-negotiation of current policy and benefits, without reducing the cover or excess payments.

Finance Manager at Rubicon holding Group - PSC
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2005 to July 2007

•Effectively reduced Debtor’s Sales Outstanding by 60% including collections received from clients who had not been followed up over years.
•Improved the new ERP system through implemented Microsoft dynamic GP system into the business which led to improved integrated reporting, quicker and more accurate information
•Cleaned up the employee tax issue which was outstanding for years, and paid all outstanding balances with no penalty during the penalty frees period.
•Restructured the Finance, and Administration departments, which resulted in a better collaboration between them and all other departments by playing the real support roll.
•Restructured the existing reporting and financial system policies and procedures, provide more decision support information and recommendations
•Smoothly managed all arising issues and took appropriate corrective actions to minimize the impact on profitability and the company’s reputation.
•Efficiently monitored compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Financial Management specialist. at DFID - University of Wales
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 1999 to June 2004

Capacity Building project for Ministry of social development)

•My role was to work with the DFID financial manager to develop and improve financial systems. Manage procurement liquidity, and liaison with stakeholder
•Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for the Capacity Building project MOSD and discuss it with Country management, Ministry, and with representative from University of Wales - Swansea.
•Designed and delivered training for MoSD staff working on the project in basic financial planning and budgeting (to plan their budgets and make the “value for money” judgments.
•Efficiently trained key staff in use the excel spreadsheets and other financial management tools.

Finance admin Manager at Save the Children
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 1992 to January 1999

The world's leading independent organization for children work in around 120 countries save children's lives.

Education

Master's degree, Business Entrepreneurship
  • at Princess Sumaya University of technology Feb
  • January 2017

courses: CIPT “Certified International Professional Trainer” •CMA : Certified

Higher diploma, CMA
  • at IMA
  • October 2011
Bachelor's degree, Economics and Accounting
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 1992

Specialties & Skills

Analytics
Negotiation
Communicator
Budgeting
BUDGETING
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESS PROCESS
CASH FLOW
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DECISION SUPPORT
DIRECTING
FINANCIAL

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker

Memberships

IMA
  • Info update
  • November 1999

Training and Certifications

International professional Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017

Hobbies

  • Swimming
    on vacation and about once a month
  • Reading
    2-3 Books or novel a month