Zahid Kazmi, Cluster Financial Controller

Zahid Kazmi

Cluster Financial Controller

Rotana Hotels & Resorts

Lieu
Arabie Saoudite
Éducation
Diplôme supérieur, Accounting And Administration
Expérience
19 years, 5 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :19 years, 5 Mois

Cluster Financial Controller à Rotana Hotels & Resorts
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • Je travaille ici depuis mai 2021

∎ Responsible for Financial Reporting to executive management and Planning of 02 cost centers with annual revenue of SAR 66 Million.
∎ Overseeing all aspects of financial control in the business.
∎ Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
∎ Preparation of management information from source data.
∎Producing monthly management accounts, budgets & forecasts.
∎ Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis.
∎ Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning.
∎ Overseeing internal financial controls.
∎ Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data.
∎ Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management.
∎ Developing, managing and motivating a team of finance professionals.
∎ Reviewing new & existing business models and capital appropriation requests.
∎ Worked as part of a multi sites/multi culture organization.
∎ Identify and develop controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted.
∎ Trained numerous team members and develop them as result oriented and effective team member of the organization.
∎Improved Financial communication within the Cluster and Executive management for greater controlling and accountability.
∎Successfully identified the unnecessary cost to flex the expenses during the operation.
∎ Assisting the General Manager to enhance the profitability and identification of additional expenses and preventive methods.

Director of Finance à Rating Point Hospitality Management Co.
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • décembre 2018 à décembre 2020

Overseeing all aspects of financial control in the business.
∎ Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
∎ Preparation of management information from source data.
∎Producing monthly management accounts, budgets & forecasts.
∎ Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis.
∎ Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning.
∎ Overseeing internal financial controls.
∎ Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data.
∎ Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management.
∎ Developing, managing and motivating a team of finance professionals.
∎ Reviewing new & existing business models and capital appropriation requests.
∎ Worked as part of a multi sites/multi culture organization.
∎ Identify and develop controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted.

Cluster Finance Manager à The Ascott Ltd.
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • décembre 2014 à novembre 2018

∎ Overseeing all aspects of financial control in the business.
∎ Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
∎ Preparation of management information from source data.
∎Producing monthly management accounts, budgets & forecasts.
∎ Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis.
∎ Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning.
∎ Overseeing internal financial controls.
∎ Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data.
∎ Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management.
∎ Developing, managing and motivating a team of finance professionals.
∎ Reviewing new & existing business models and capital appropriation requests.
∎ Worked as part of a multi sites/multi culture organization.
∎ Identify and develop controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted.

Financial Controller à Best Western
  • Arabie Saoudite - La Mecque
  • décembre 2012 à septembre 2014

Provided methodologies to improve performance in accounting aspects of company.
Collaborated with the purchasing and supply chain manager to make sure costs are the most accurate costs available. Maintained efficient accounting reporting systems.
Improved computer systems to make the inputs, reviews, changes cost center budgets easier to access maintained a responsible accounting reporting system.
Ensured accuracy of monthly financial reports of the company. Managed the cash, quality control procedures and internal audit functions.
Introduced new systems to improve the daily, weekly, and monthly production cost reports.
Collaborated with auditors in maintaining the integrity of accounting policies.
Supervised daily financial operations involving profit and loss statement preparations, account monitoring and cash balancing. Reviewed the attachments needed for processing the clients' application.

Assistant Financial Controller à Dar Al Ghufran Hotel (Millennium & Capthorne)
  • Arabie Saoudite - La Mecque
  • juin 2010 à décembre 2012

Handling Complete Month End Closing.
Preparing all type of Financial Statements.
Performing all type of reconciliations i.e Bank, Balance sheet, inter company etc.
Preparing the budget and forcast of the company.
Assisting financial controller to Handle day to day operation.
Performing as acting department head in the absence of financial controller.
Performing in different categories assigned by the management.

Finance Incharge à Mercure Value Hotel
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • octobre 2008 à mai 2010

Build up a financial System as joined in pre opening period.
Deal all kind of financial matters.
Generate all financial reports.
Reconcile all accoount of Balance Sheet and Banks.
Dealing with all Major Clients and companies to settle the financial problems.
Assist to General Manager for the Bussiness Plan.
Preparation of Budget and forcast.

Senior Accountant à Makkah Sofitel Hotel (Accor Hospitality)
  • Arabie Saoudite - La Mecque
  • juin 2005 à juillet 2008

Majorly in Income Auditing.
Credit Controlling.
F&B Operations in busy season i.e Ramadan & Hajj.
Assisting AFC for Closing and preparations of Financial Statements.

Payroll Accountant/ Senior Accountant à Le Jeddah Meridien
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • mai 2004 à juin 2005

Handling all the payroll & related Expenses.
Updating all reserves of Employee Benefits.
Updating all files related to employees.

Éducation

Diplôme supérieur, Accounting And Administration
  • à Eastern Institute of Technical Skills
  • avril 2018

Grade A

Master, Economics
  • à Baha Ud Zakriya University
  • septembre 1999

With Micro Economics. Macro Economics. Mathematical Economics. Managerial Economics.

Specialties & Skills

Corporate Hospitality
Hospitality Management
HR Management
Finance Operations
Finance Sector
Post Graduate Diploma In Computer Sciences
Value Added Tax (VAT)

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Arabe
Moyen
Urdu
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Being a Mentor (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Accor Academie
Date de la formation:
April 2005
Durée:
30 heures

Loisirs

  • Swimming
  • Long Drives
  • Books Reading
  • Cricket
  • Web Browsing