Business Management
Oversee day-to-day operations.
Design strategy and set goals for growth.
Maintain budgets and optimize expenses.
Set policies and processes.
Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally.
Oversee recruitment and training of new employees.
Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance.
Direct the employee assessment process.
Prepare regular reports for upper management.
Ensure staff follow health and safety regulations.
Provide solutions to issues (e.g., profit decline, employee conflicts, loss of business to competitors)
Financial Oversight
Consolidated financial statements and management reports of 07 businesses and shared them with the Board of Directors monthly.
Conducted horizontal, vertical and ratio analysis of financial statements; made viable recommendations to the management to support swift business growth and enhancement of organizational capabilities.
Collaborated with the Heads of different businesses to prepare annual budgets for each business and the group; compared budgeted figures with actual figures to evaluate business wise performance.
Reviewed existing controls and implemented new policies and procedures to promote a culture of continuous improvement to enhance the competitiveness of the company.
Interim financial statements for bank (HSBC, Mashreq, FAB, CBD & SIB Bank) and renewal of bank facilities
Adept at using Mashreq Bank’s Online System (Mashreq Matrix) HSBC, FAB, CBD &SIB for transactions linked with LC, invoice factoring, check discounting and bid bond.
Liaison with banks for project-based facilities and arrangement of project cash flow reports for banks
Product costing, pricing at group level, bank facility management according to availability and inventory level
Rescheduling and restructuring of loan and facilities
Treasury Management
Kept track of cash inflows/outflows to assure that the business did not suffer from liquidity crunch.
Reduced the Cash Conversion Cycle by 07 days by delaying payments to Creditors and pushing Debtors for early payments.
Accounting Operations
Assured that monthly closing of 07 businesses is conducted in the correct manner inclusive of inter-company reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and prepayments to prevent unnecessary objection by the Auditors.
Analyzed all processes associated with the creation and payment of Accounts Payables; rectified anomalies to assure smooth flow of operations.
Authenticated payments linked with payroll, local & foreign suppliers, advances, opening of LC and cash against documents after assuring that all checks and balances have been carried out as per company policy.
Assured 100% accuracy in all steps of financial accounting starting from transaction analysis till closing of accounts.
Maintained cordial relations with bankers to facilitate LC, TR, Factoring and Cheque Discounting
Worked closely alongside the external auditor to ensure adherence to internal controls; identified areas of discrepancy, provided recommendations for resolution, and produced audit report.
Accelerated receivables to ensure attentive cash flow management; spearheaded accounts payable managed, assessed forecasts and cash requirements to match business's risk tolerance levels.
Supervision and training of accounting staff, conducting meetings with sales manager, division managers and accounting supervisors for discussing different financial aspects of group.
Industry: Trading & service (Medical Equipment’s and disposable, FMCG, Outdoor and camping, Pharmacy, Duct cleaning Service, building maintenance, Properties)
- Company industry:
- FMCG
- Job role:
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Finance and Investment