Designation Chronology:
• May 2017 - Present: Head of Accounts Payable
• Aug 2014 - April 2017: Head of Talent Management
Accomplishments:
• Instrumental in establishing complete corporate finance architecture, created a financial blueprint and aided in achieving the company’s robust goals.
• Deputized as Acting Deputy Finance and the Director in their absence.
• Provided valuable resilient leadership in the COVID-19 Era, managed a new set of challenges - evaluated risks to financial performance and led initiatives to reduce cost, improved supplier & customer systems, and automated document control workflow which resulted in saving cost.
• Architected a suite of reports with year-to-date and monthly, bottom-up forecasts of financial data at a granular level originating from business leader
• Evolved the Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting process to aid decision-making and alignment of strategy across the Group.
• Collaborated with the CFO to monitor, control, and report on OPEX, CAPEX, and variances. As well as identify opportunities to reduce costs and increase revenue for the organization
• Served as Trusted Advisor to the Senior Executives on strategies & forecasted the financial climate and market trends.
• Evaluated the historical financial results, people, operating procedures, accounting policies and internal controls to determine strengths and weaknesses and presented a series of straightforward recommendations.
• Audited financial statements to ensure internal stakeholders were in line with statutory regulations & legislation.
• Evaluated financial policies and procedures and provided strategic recommendations to improve and enhance them.
Responsibilities:
• Proffering direction, leadership, and oversight required to deliver on the Finance Strategy for ADNEC and achieve all organizational goals.
• Providing oversight to support the achievement of the focus areas that will positively impact the bottom line and revenue targets of the organization:
• Developing compelling vision, strategy & roadmap for enhanced budget mgmt., organizational cash flow & forecasting.
• Leading the way in evangelizing winning technologies. Proposing IT infrastructure/technologies and ERP implementation to streamline and effectively plan and provide support to the business to improve sales
• Annual budgeting and planning process owner, providing expert advice to senior management to ensure that budgets are on target & 100% aligned with the strategic direction of the company. Analyzing variances in budgets and taking corrective measures to drive profitability and improve processes.
• Generating financial statements, financial risks & opportunities in treasury, and revenue optimization strategies
• Teaming with Procurement & Sales departments to build and integrate new systems that propel sales through EBMS.
• Superintending a dynamic team, mentoring, coaching and guiding the Head of Departments to achieve group and subgroup finance KPIs and optimization targets.
Accomplishments and Responsibilities as Head of Talent Management (Aug 2014 - Apr 2017):
• Proffered thoughtful counsel and headship on how to create and steward end-to-end talent acquisition strategy, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness initiatives. Established HR strategies, policies, succession planning, Emiratization, & manpower plans.
• Played a key role in winning the Khalifa Excellence Award in 2020. Attained this feat by establishing financial strategies to meet the EFQM Excellence standards, implementing initiatives, and leading best practice finance strategies.
• Successfully implemented ERP system, Delivered robust management information systems thus, optimized reporting and analysis capabilities. Thereby streamlining workflow which in turn aided in the reduction of cost.
• Designed & implemented training programs for new employees in the ADNEC to improve their skills & performance.
- Company industry:
- Public Administration
- Job role:
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Accounting and Auditing
