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• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle across all business units, aligning OPEX and CAPEX submissions with
corporate strategy and consolidating inputs into a structured financial plan presented to senior management.
• Own the end-to-end PR and expense approval process company-wide, reviewing purchase requests and employee
claims against the Delegation of Authority (DOA), approved budgets, and financial policies — strengthening spending
discipline and reducing the risk of financial misuse.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management reports including P&L statements, budget variance analysis, and trend
commentary, equipping senior leadership with timely, accurate financial insights to support decisions.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing development of the Oracle EPM budgeting system — structuring data
architecture, aligning system outputs with approved budgets, and resolving reconciliation gaps between EPM and
actual financials to improve data integrity.
• Serve as the central finance control point across the organization — ensuring alignment between department
spending, approved budgets, and financial policies, and escalating irregularities to management to maintain financial
discipline company-wide.
• Design and maintain Power BI financial dashboards that deliver real-time visibility into budget utilization, cost trends,
and business unit performance — enabling management to make faster, more informed financial decisions while
significantly reducing manual reporting effort.
• Act as the primary finance business partner across cross-functional teams — including FSS, IT, HR, and operations —
reviewing financial requests, supporting procurement planning, and delivering cost analysis and profitability insights
that drive cost control decisions.
• Monitor project costs and evaluate financial performance against approved targets, providing management with clear
visibility into cost deviations and contributing to internal analysis covering cost structure, technician efficiency, and
gross profit margin trends.
• Coordinate with external auditors on annual audit requirements, prepare supporting schedules and reconciliations,
and ensure timely resolution of audit queries in line with VAT and Zakat compliance obligations.

• Prepared and monitored annual departmental budgets, performing regular variance analysis and escalating material
deviations to management with supporting commentary and corrective action proposals.
• Reviewed financial transactions for accuracy and policy compliance, identifying control gaps and contributing to
improvements in financial governance across the organization.
• Streamlined monthly management reporting by automating key Excel processes, reducing preparation time and
improving the consistency and reliability of financial deliverables.
• Collaborated with department managers on expense tracking, budget adherence, and cost discipline — building cross
functional awareness of financial performance and reinforcing accountability.

• Conducted structured audits of financial transactions to verify compliance with internal policies and procedures,
identifying discrepancies and recommending corrective actions.
• Reconciled accounts and resolved financial discrepancies, improving accuracy and reliability of reported financial data.
• Prepared clear audit reports for management, summarizing findings with actionable improvement recommendations.

• Prepared variance reports supporting senior management decision-making across multiple business functions.
• Assisted in MIS financial reporting and participated in cross-departmental reviews, gaining broad exposure to financial
planning and reporting processes at enterprise scale.