Walid Hobeiche, Financial Manager

Walid Hobeiche

Financial Manager

Zapco

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
8 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 4 Months

Financial Manager at Zapco
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2019 to September 2020

 Negotiated an appropriate Exit Deal by providing convincing Valuation of the business and coming out with least losses.
 Managed Company Cash flow during Dollar Crisis: cut costs, cashed in on assets, stayed on top of invoicing, sped payments by offering deals, delayed payment to vendors, etc…
 Reconciled accounts and compared transactions to produce reliable, accurate, and high-quality financial statements.
 Created and implemented procedures and forms for accurate Data delivery and Inventory Control.
 Fulfilled Data Entry and Full accounting basic job roles with immense attention to detail, helping maintain accurate and up to date records.

Financial Analyst at Matterhorn Finance
  • France
  • January 2018 to December 2018

 Developed the online prospectus, used financial modelling and analysis to evaluate high potential real estate development projects.
 Led the ICO process to raise funds for the expansion of subsidiary “Heididom” pre-school franchise. Responsible for token model proposal, whitepaper, and general coordination with global partners
 Prepared financial and technical documentation for project bank financing.

Financial Cost Controller at Le Negresco
  • France
  • January 2017 to December 2017

 Used financial modelling and data analysis to convince management of need to undergo several capital projects to increase profitability. Oversaw the implementation of F&B enhancements.
 Trained and mentored new cost control recruits.
 Automated F&B (Food Beverage) financial reporting (using Excel, VBA and SQL); Time to collect data and to fill out tables slashed from days to instantly, completely eliminating reporting errors.
 Designed and deployed effective cost control strategies to better allocate and monitor material costs in different F&B Points of Sale, improving management ratios and profitability, and making analysis more efficient and more user friendly for decision making.

Service Stations Head of Projects at Hypco
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2012 to December 2016

 Surveyed sites and generated cost estimates, studies, drawings and schedules.
 Created project plans (time and resource estimates)
 Negotiated potential contractors
 Supervised project execution in accordance to Hypco standards
 Convinced more than 15 of the biggest Lebanese industrial clients to switch to Shell through persuasive value selling, and strategic account management in spite of Shell higher premium.
 Maintained relations with existing customers and increased sales volume by 35% through perseverance and cross selling, ultimately increasing Shell market share in this sector by 12%

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at University Nice Sophia Antipolis
  • September 2018

Class Ranking # 1

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at Notre Dame University , Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
  • June 2011

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD 2D
Project Management
Communication Skills
Language Skills
PowerPivot
Power Query

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Portuguese
Intermediate