PERI Saudi Arabia Ltd, Jeddah ~ Jan 2014 onwards
CFO (Reporting to the EMEA Controller & MD)
Company Brief PERI is one of the largest providers and manufacturers of formwork, shoring and scaffolding systems in the world

Key Highlights:
• Commended for effectively handling the Credit Policy to secure company revenue and achieving targets
• Instrumental in implementing financial and internal controls & the execution of budgetary controls procedures
• Established credentials in successfully establishing two subsidiaries from zero to the multinational headquarter level
• Decreased cost by approximately 10 to 15% by strategically building better local suppliers
• Increased the staff strength by more than 200% by instituting new employment policy to keep abreast with local market requirements

Key Responsibilities:
• Assigned responsibility of the overall finance management & organizational functions and strategic planning
• Providing support in conducting MIS, performance review, business planning, profit and loss analysis, actuals versus budgets analysis and tracking expense controls
• Ensure financial reporting and risk management is in line with accounting standard as well as corporate governance securing credit policy FIs for all requirements.
• Entrusted with the responsibility of daily financial operations, including key performance indicators (KPIs), business scorecards to support financial goals, and chair key management decisions
• Ensuring timely and correct preparation and submission of various business and other MIS reports for review

TERADATA Riyadh Corporation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ~ Aug 2011 – Dec 2013

Finance & Admin Manager (Reporting to the EMEA Controller)

Company Brief Debut of Teradata Saudi Arabia LLC to help enterprises deploy data-driven businesses based on big data analytics, Teradata Unified Data Architecture

Key Highlights:
• Successfully managed escalation of personnel issues, including staff conflicts, absenteeism and performance
• Instrumental in optimizing standard processes in line with core business processes’ objectives

Key Responsibilities:
• Developing and maintaining new accounting, timekeeping, payroll, inventory, property, and other related procedures and controls for securing the company assets
• Responsible for controlling company budget, performing variance analysis and generating monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements, as well as monthly MIS reports
• Executing the entire finance and accounting functions, encompassing budgeting, asset management, cash flow management, reporting, as well as variance and accounts analysis
• Working as a key liaison between bankers and auditors for fund raising, and conducted year-end audits & building strong business relationships with bankers and auditors
• Involved in recruitment, induction, development and termination, performance management, as well as benefit and compensation packages
• Formulating financial policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and guidelines, along with payroll processes.
• Evaluating the day-to-day performance and activities of a team and ensuring the finance member meet the standard performance measures; Maintaining the required foreign currency to minimize FCY risks
• Planning and monitoring training of new and existing staff on business policies and accounting practices

Financial Controller, Alfanar Information Technology, May 2007 – Jul 20011
Financial Controller, Alfanar Technical Services, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, May 2007 – Jul 20011
Financial Controller / Accounting Manager, Alfanar Construction, Co, Riyadh, KSA, May 2007 – Jul 20011
√ Asst. Accounting Manager, 2005 – 2007  Sr Accountant / Cost Controller, 2003 – 2005
Accountant, 1999 – 2002
Company Brief Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Operates construction and manufacturing businesses, design & development centers and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries. It is involved in Electrical, Electromechanical and Civil Engineering Construction.
Key Highlights:
• Successfully established policy and procedures to efficiently managing company assets
• Instrumental in the successful implementation of Microsoft Navision from A TO Z in the new company, which involved finance, fixed assets, stock, sales, supply chain and human resource
• Efficiently drove financial management and reporting function control efforts for achieving business goals
• Successfully managed the required foreign currency as management need’s in order to avoid FCY risks
Key Responsibilities:
• Involved in devising and implementing payroll procedures for salaries and wages, and executing the year-end audit to produce financial statements
• Collaborating with the managers to develop and meet the overall financial goals and objectives as well as to complete year-end audit within allotted timeframe
• Actively involved in aligning the policies and procedures with new group system in support of assets management and control and handling end-to-end accounting operations
• Managing the delegation of work and guarantee sufficient staff across various service locations
• Responsible for achieving business goals through proficient financial management and control of reporting functions
• Ensuring preparation of monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements, as well as month

ASSISTANT ACCOUNTING MANAGER 2005-2007• Instrumental in achieving business goals through proficient financial management and control of reporting functions• Ensured accurate preparation/ securing/ control/ and monitoring of company budget• Determined and tracked variances and efficiently prepared monthly/ quarterly and yearly financial statements/ and monthly MIS reports• Maintained/ controlled/ and assessed day-to-day performance and activities of a team consisting of more than 15 qualified finance member within Finance Department in accordance to standard performance measures• Supervised the payroll procedures for salaries/ wages and others• Collaboratively worked with other Finance Managers to maintain overall goals and objectives as well as to ensure a timely and clean yearend audit• Conducted training for both new and existing staff as needed• Resolved personnel issues/ including staff conflicts/ absenteeism/ and performance deficiencies among others

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT /COST CONTROLLER 2003-2005• Controlled expenses for Alfanar projects/ such as Western Region projects involving more than $400M SR and more than 500 employees.• Efficiently served as cost controller for Alfanar projects and Western Region projects; functioned as Controller for Alfanar Construction Co

ACCOUNTANT 1999-2002