Experience

GROUNDTRUTH Global

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance & Operations Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  ● Created a 5yr financial business plan, including cash flow, salesforcasts and P&L projections. ● Performing financial predictions by preparing the annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variance and initiating corrective actions to increase revenue margins. ● Overseeing production cost control, including components, manufacturing and transportation while maintaining accurate price engineering. ● Working with the CEO to fully support finance fundraising requirements while responding to investor and lawyer inquiries. ● Reviewing and negotiating supplier quotations and contracts for best cost saving avenues. Accounts reconciliation, invoicing and VAT returns using XERO and relative apps. ● Maintain timely processing of purchase payments, wages and all business liabilities, AP. ● Contribute to Year-End audits and facilitate a smooth audit process by external auditors. ● Delivering financial management information and reports that are timely and reliable to aid the team with key decision making and business growth decisions. ● Building, maintaining and negotiating partnerships with 3rd parties including 3PL, carriers, warehouses and manufacturing across the globe, including Indonesia, EU, USA and UK. ● Overseeing supply chain, managing cost and performance across all warehouses and carriers, ensuring they are operating on budget and to agreed SLAs. ● Optimizing the logistic network and delivering continuous improvements, driving efficiency and reducing costs for B2C and B2B fulfillment to support expansion and growth strategies. ● Track orders through all channels (e-commerce, corporate clients, retailers) and ensure accurate and timely processing, delivery and invoicing. ● Managing and troubleshooting website issues (Shopify), managing all the 3PL integrations. ● Monitoring business activities and providing guidance to help the team to achieve the goals. ● Tracking and measuring the sustainability impact, and generating impact reports. Show less


Riwaq Beirut Bar & Resto
• Co-Founder, Finance and Logistics Manager,

  • Apr 2016 - Jan 2020

Al-Fahed & Co Construction, for Marble and Granite
• Co-Director and COO

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2015

Al-Fahed Construction
• Egypt
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Operations Officer

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2007