Experience

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  Wafi Group

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Retail
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Group Assets Manager | Data Scientist

    • Feb 2020 - Present

    • Identified cost and life cycle outliers in standardized assets throughout the group such as vehicles and IT equipment using IsolationForest. Assigned an anomaly score. Enabled investigation into ill-usage of equipment and recommended procurement improvements.• Performed time-series analysis to forecast IT equipment requirements and budget for each business unit, using Prophet. Improved forecast accuracy to 86%.• Data reconciliation of complex assets across all WAFI Group's departments ensuring a company-wide single source of truth• Financial account operations on a large scale involving GMs, accounting departments, procurement teams, staff, and 3rd party consultants.- Key Projects: opening of Sofitel the Obelisk & Rotana AlJaddaf, Wafi VOX Cinema, APH Hotel, PHA residence.

  • Fixed Asset Assistant-Manager

    • Nov 2016 - Jan 2020

    Overhauled fixed assets management procedures to face challenges raised by 5* Hotel requirements:• Large dataset manipulation.• Management of new data complexity and scale. • Software design-through-deployment into production.• Commissioning of 3rd party company to assist with development.• Recruitment, training, management, and appraisal of fixed assets team members.- Key Projects: Raffles Dubai, United Car Rental.

  • Fixed Assets Accountant

    • Jun 2013 - Oct 2016

    • Fixed Asset (FA) management department set up: group policies and procedures, asset capitalization, transfers, disposals, impairment, tracking, categorization, asset life, and location structures.• Conception and maintenance of a fixed asset register (FAR) for 12 companies. • Oracle’s FA module customization with the ERP team.- Key Projects: Wafi Gourmet restaurants, incl. Abu Dhabi opening, 9 industrial companies.

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  Texas Tech University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • French Instructor

    • Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

    Taught French to college intermediate level studentsPrepared students assessments and provided evaluation.

  • Student Managed Investment Fund

    • Aug 2009 - May 2012

    •Managed the University’s $2 million endowment portfolio as a class•Analyzed, recommended and tracked stocks from the consumer staples industry•Selected via interview process to be one of the 10 finance undergraduates and 10 MBA participants

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  Entrepose Group

  • Houston, TX

  • International Industrial Broker

    • Sep 2007 - Jul 2008
    • Houston, TX

    - Co-ran a purchasing department. (4 employees)- Took responsibility for clients Total Angola, Perenco Gabon, Total Congo- Improved sourcing and payment terms: increased credit amounts and payment time limit.- Recruited new purchasers: the business was growing fast.

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  DHL

  • Paris, France

  • Intern

    • Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
    • Paris, France

    - Assisted in the management of a JIT (just in time) multi-customer logistic platform.- Handled INCOTERMS and customs regulations.