Cash leader (Afr & M.East), Head of Finance (N Afr) - Associate Director, Finance -Arabian Peninsula
The Nielsen Company
Total years of experience :14 years, 8 Months
Finance Operations, Risk Mitigation, Revenue reversals, Provisions, Collections and Dispute Management
- Responsible for the overall free cash flow for the region - AME
- Strategic Consulting, including business plan & collections strategy development.
- Finance Business Partner for Platinum clients monitoring growth %s, new business acquired and contracts won
- Responsible for the overall DSO and DBO for AFRICA and MENAP
- New dashboards / Metrics for Executive Management
- Head of Finance, Egypt with direct responsibility of P&L
Responsible for global analytics dashboard reporting for Finance, HR and T&E to global leaders providing key insights on movements, variances, key drivers as well as focus areas in their respective groups. Lead a team of 6 FTE’s globally and responsible for Analytics Platform project - a move towards digitalization
Key Focus Areas : Project Management, Cash Flow tracker, Collections, Billings, Revenue, Finance Opportunities and Strategies (Cash savings), Compliance check & Anti fraud testing
Responsible for delivering global analytics around top clients revenue, expenses, receivables & highlight key insights, variances & drivers for effective decision making. This also included analysis around A/R, A/P, GA, and FP&A. Developed monthly Infographics & Commentaries viewed directly by CEO, COO & CFO. Continuous monitoring and improvements on the Finance operations across the globe with a team size of 500+ resources by means of planning, analyzing and strategizing around disputes and compliance to contractual terms. Contributed in saving 5 man-days in reporting lead time via macros and automations (Excel, technology & inventory check)
Key Focus Areas: Finance Management, Cash Flow tracker, Finance operations - Collections, Billing, Revenue, Continuous improvement, Automations and Project initiatives (Strategy and Modus Operandi)
Responsible for Global Finance and Foreign Exchange - FIC product ( Investment Banking & Corporate Banking wing) - Managed global FP&A, expense monitoring, allocations due diligence, budgeting and forecasting, revenue analysis and market analysis commentaries (weekly). Engaged in various short term - high impact projects around continuous improvements and cash saving opportunities.
Key Focus Areas - Financial Planning & Analysis, Month end reporting, Flash, Forecast analysis, Trend analysis, Budgeting, Expense projects, Revenue analysis, Trader performace (GFX) analysis, Profitablity/Margin analysis
Responsible for delivering the FP&A monthly reporting to the business leaders (HR, Finance ) along with budgeting at granular level ( Cost Centre). Managed to save 0.5 FTE worth of time by automations, macros and new initiatives. Contributed in various expense projects with focus on compliance and cost saving measures. Leading a team of 2 FTE's focussed on expense and HC dashboards. Contributed in saving 3 man-days via automations and macros in reporting lead time
Key Focus Areas : Expense ( P&L ) reporting for business, Variance Commentaries, Business Manager cordination for insights, Budgeting in lieu of management challenge, Indirect expenses ( Allocations drill down) and global headcount monitoring
Part of FP&A, Controllership and Business month end closing team - Engaged in month end activities, Books closing, Accruals booking, Reconciliation, BRS, Collections booking, Trial Balance check followed by monthly FP&A dashboards, High level commentaries on movements vis-a-vis Operating Plan, last month, quarter or year and supporting external auditors with references, logics, supportings and explanations. Engaged in shadow Balance sheet preparation for India entity as per Indian accounting standards and creating a walk to system output for Balance Sheet as per US GAAP.
Responsible for planning and preparing detailed audit scope, work breakdown structure (WBS), deploy various audit techniques, identify areas of operational and process improvement. Reported key risks identified to audit committe and delivered results under stringent deadlines with a team size of 3. Based on observations, recommended new strategies & initiatives that led to annual savings of INR 50Mn
Key Focus Areas - Risk Assessment, Internal Audit, operations Research, Process Improvement, Anti Fraud review, Control Self Assessment
Chartered Accountancy (CA)