Experience

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  Alshaya Group

  • Kuwait
  • Retail
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Cluster Finance Head/Finance Manager

    • Apr 2023 - Present

    Leadership responsibility of Financial Planning & Analysis teams that provide timely, accurate and actionable insights enabling effective decision making to MENA region covering 11 markets, business, and functions. (US 1Bn + 1200 stores Portfolio and 100+ Professionals)Leadership responsibility in leading strategic financial planning for the division and brands, including expenses, income, objectives, and risk tolerance.Manage a team that develops financial and valuation models, materials, and recommendations for executive decision-making by conducting comprehensive analysis and utilizing appropriate methods.Assisting the brands in Business planning and forecasting for ROY by providing strategic & trends analysisStrategic Portfolio analysis highlighting the opportunity to increase bottom line by closing the loss-making stores and reviewing the current stores performance against BP & LY.Preparing periodic financial and strategic review power points presented to CFO & CEO by Division President.P&L Management: Cost Lines management & initiatives, liaised with senior management to drive cost savings USD 7m in FY'19.Automation Non-Stock Items Movements like Hangars and Shopping bags resulted in cost savings of USD 3mn in FY’18.Automation of Invoice processing system resulted in quicker processing of Invoices from initiation, Approval to Payments to supplier & removal of backlog of over 5000 invoices.Managing and delivering Adhoc projects driving business change.

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    • Dec 2019 - Apr 2023

  • Financial Analyst

    • Feb 2016 - Nov 2019

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  Oliver Maki Group

  • Kuwait

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • Jan 2011 - Dec 2015
    • Kuwait

    • Overhaul Cost control process from Inventory receipts, to Costing, MIS Reporting, Inventory management and Ingredients costing for products resulting in 4% cost reduction. • P&L analysis through business review reports and keycommentaries to senior management by highlighting variances relating to actual performance vs operational and profitability metricsto support management decision making.• Supported negotiation with suppliers by providing MIS reports leading to smoother Inventory storage and reduction in Inventory by 30%• Single source for contextual information related to cost control, ingredients costing and consumption analysis for all markets.• Led a team of to implement MIS reporting structure in three different markets and two separate restaurants concepts. • Devised and Led ad hoc projects highlighting the variance in MIS reporting across branches resulted in accurate cost reporting and decrease in cost variance across branches by 10%• Price Volume Mix analysis- to determine the underlying reasons for sales variances due to price or volume effects at category level.• Budget Planning & Analysis prepared financial models & analysis for Income Statement, P&L, Price volume mix, resource allocation, cost controlling drivers, Management Cash Flow to envisage growth drivers, trends & KPI's.

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  Al Dhabi Trading Company Limited

  • Kuwait

  • Business Analyst

    • Jul 2009 - Dec 2010
    • Kuwait

    • Supporting the CEO in preparing business concept for the sugarrefinery in State of Kuwait.• Created Strategic Partnership with Major Technology Partners andRaw Sugar Providers in the Region.

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  Najmi Mumineen Entrepreneur Network

  • Kuwait

  • Business Analyst

    • Jan 2005 - Jun 2009
    • Kuwait

    • To assist budding entrepreneurs with skills, knowledge and networking opportunities to start their business by consulting services through workshops, seminar and one to one consulting.• Enabled the company to start business of Al Markaz honey in Yemen.• Attended 3-day workshop with Mr. Brian Tracy, Speaker on “Leadership & Focal Point