CV Profile No.74891

Experience in the following industries :

• Advice, audit, accounting
• Banking, insurance, finance
• Cleaning, security, surveillance
• Education, training

Professional experience

• Financial Consultant
• Multiple companies in India
• Since 07.2019
• • Managing various month end processes including; budgets, forecasts, and cash flows. • Conducting month-end and year-end closing functions and recruitment. • Prepare operating results for the Management including various MIS Reports. • Prepare/finalize annual statutory accounts for each of the individual companies. • Contribute to recruitment, facilities management contracts negotiations and management. • Devise and implement strategies to reduce costs, improve performance, and meet future cash requirements. Monitor the credit policy and set up credit controls. • Implement company financial controls and processes when mitigating financial and business risks.

• Finance Manager
• Fahmy Furrniture, Muscat, Oman
• 04.2019 - 06.2019
• • Responsible for development and implementation of policies, systems and procedures for finance function and recruitment. • Responsibility for financial planning, budgeting, costing, variance analysis and costing. • Successfully completed the audit of the company within the first month of joining. • Responded to queries from budget holders and provided explanations for material variances at the end of a financial period immediately after joining. • Delivered major change in Bank Interest and exchange rates. My 80 year old mother was suddenly diagnosed as suffering from Breast Cancer in June 2019 and I was forced to rush home for her surgery and post-surgery care and hence had to resign. Now I am once again actively looking for employment.

• Group Senior Accountant
• Al Zaman Group of companies, Muscat, Oman
• 09.2016 - 03.2019
• • Managed the finance/accounts of Al Zaman Hospitality across three restaurants and Ajmal International involved in distribution and sale of perfumes. • Reviewed and analysed financial information for resource allocation. • Produced Performance Review Reports for variance analysis, which compared actual and the budgeted figures for the group companies. • Managed various month end processes including; budgets, forecasts, and cash flows. • Conducted month-end and year-end closing functions and recruitment. • Prepared operating results for the Management including various MIS Reports. • Prepared/finalized annual statutory accounts for each of the individual companies. • Contributed to facilities management contracts negotiations and management. • Devised and implemented strategies to reduce costs, improve performance, and meet future cash requirements. Monitored the credit policy and set up credit controls. • Implemented company financial controls and processes when mitigating financial and business risks. • Promoted compliance to financial regulations as well as financial policies and procedures.

• Anwar Asian Investment group of companies
• Group Finance and Administration Manager
• 02.2014 - 08.2016
• • Developed and maintained methods for cost tracking of CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operating Expenses) project budgets. • Frequently analysed budget against actuals and provided variances that highlighted reasons for significant changes/variances. • Responsible for financial management and recruitment of three companies including an investment company, school and hotel. • Managed short-term cash flow, for control and reporting expenditure and credit policies. • Maintained awareness of changes in financial regulations and legislation. • Maintained strong working relationships with auditors, solicitors and bankers. • Prepared financial reports to the Chairman including budgets, P&L and balance sheet.

• Finance Manager
• Majan Consolidated
• 12.2011 - 01.2014
• • Responded to queries from budget holders and provided explanations for material variances at the end of a financial period. • Organised/arranged new sources of finance for group’s debt facilities. • Maintained strong working relationships statutory organizations including the Inland Revenue. • Verified the integrity of accounts, budgets and forecasts. • Performed investigations and reviews into financial data and advised of any actions required. • Developed strategic and long-term business plans and set up a credit policy and monitored it. Responsible for recruitment.

• Finance Manager
• A'Sharqiyah University, Ibra, Oman
• 12.2009 - 11.2011
• • Led the successful setup of financial procedures for the university for its first Foundation Program in September 2010. • Prepared the budget for year 2010 and presented to Board of Directors. • Developed and maintained key performance indicators and appropriate business metrics. • Completed analysis of monthly management reporting, produced budgets as well as P&L and forecasts. • Set the budgets for 2011 to 2013, prepared the ‘Financial Procedures Manual’ with responsibility for the set up and management of financial and accounting functions of the new university. • Analysed current and proposed contracts and supported the tendering of various operations related service orders and contracts. • Ensured customer’s credit to evaluate credit applications based on company standards & requirements, negotiate payment plans with customers and set up loan terms and conditions, maintain accurate records of loans, analyse the effectiveness of company’s credit control system, implement changes to increase profitability and reduce bad debts, ensure timely payments and chase overdue invoices, re-engineer the credit control system in collaboration with sales, finance and marketing teams, improve and implement debt-collection processes to recover overdue invoices, initiate required legal procedures if found necessary.

• Finance Manager
• Al Amana Buildng Materials LLC, Muscat, Oman
• 08.2005 - 11.2009
• • Recruited to lead and manage the finance function. • Managed business partners’ expectations and set achievable deadlines for deliverables in collaboration with different functions. • Prepared reports/documentation including Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), Feasibility Studies, Business cases and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). • Monitored accounts payables/receivables and evaluated investment proposals. • Completed various financial processes/reporting including preparation of P&L and balance sheet. • Ensured customer’s credit to evaluate credit applications based on company standards & requirements, negotiate payment plans with customers and set up loan terms and conditions, maintain accurate records of loans, analyse the effectiveness of company’s credit control system, implement changes to increase profitability and reduce bad debts, ensure timely payments and chase overdue invoices, re-engineer the credit control system in collaboration with sales, finance and marketing teams, improve and implement debt-collection processes to recover overdue invoices, initiate required legal procedures if found necessary and also involved in recruitment matters.

• Chief Accountant
• National Automobiles, Muscat, Oman
• 02.2001 - 07.2005
• • Completed month end closing activities, Balance Sheet Reconciliations and maintained accurate accounting records in agreed areas of responsibility. • Complied with financial regulations as well as financial policies and procedures. • Managed and reconciled intercompany transactions as well as monitored cash flow forecasts. • Supervisory responsibility for staff and recruitment and ensured the timely production/distribution of reports.

• Chief Accountant
• ARCO Oman Inc. Muscat, Oman
• 01.1997 - 01.2001
• • Selected for ARCO Oman an Oil company from Plano Texas involved in exploration, processing and production of Oil and Gas as a Chief Accountant looking after the companies accounting related issues working on IDEAS software and using QUICKBOOKS. • Accountable for recruitment and the development and management of annual estimates and budgets for the company. Participated in development and maintenance contracts and service orders to support operations including preparation of all necessary committee approval documentation. • Assisted in Development and maintenance of key performance indicators and appropriate business metrics. Provided technical expertise/inputs in RFPs, RFQs and RFIs in projects. • Involved in collection of input documentation required for the preparation of service orders and contracts including making of recommendations required for the various committee approvals. Assisted in developing and maintaining methods for cost tracking of CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operating Expenses) project budgets and key performance indicators. • Assisted in analyzing existing and proposed contracts as well as assisting with the specification and tendering of various Operations related service orders and contracts.