Experience

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  ANA Consulting

  • Bloomingdale, Illinois

  • Financial Services Consultant

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • Bloomingdale, Illinois

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  Avlon Industries

  • Melrose Park, Illinois

  • Sr. Director of Accounting & Finance

    • Dec 2000 - Dec 2017
    • Melrose Park, Illinois

     Responsible for the finance and accounting of Avlon Industries Inc. (USA), Syntonics International (USA), Avlon do Brazil. (Brazil), Syntonics do Brazil (Brazil), property companies (HMJ & George St.), and Avlon Europe Limited (UK). Improvement of accounting system. Material management and planning. Budgeting and management reporting and decision making. Establishing efficient methods of costing of products and different level and segments of organization. Investment & Expansion of Avlon Group.

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  Al-Ahlia Auditors & Consultants

  • Kuwait

  • Management Consultant

    • Jun 1983 - Jun 1999
    • Kuwait

    June 1983-August 1986 Subcontracted to Arab Consultants Group, developed budgeting system of Arab transportation and vehicle co. Classified accounting problems with completion of final accounts of Al Taj Foods. Designed and implemented cost integrated Financial & Budgeting system including reporting at various activities and level of management organization.June 1993-June 1999 Designed financial accounting system for Al Sane Group company W.L.L (Catering Co.), including operational procedures and activity-wise reporting. Developed and implemented cost integrated accounting system to evaluate profitability of each line and location of company’s activity of Al Kazemi Food Company (Fast Food Co.) having franchises of various restaurants. Developed and implemented cost integrated accounting system and procedures manual covering financial & cost accounting for a formed Gulf Engineering Co. W.L.L., Boodai Group, upon request of managing director.

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  Boodai Aviation Group

  • Kuwait

  • Group Financial Controller

    • Aug 1986 - May 1993
    • Kuwait

     Restructured company’s cost integrated accounting system to evaluate profitability of each line of activity after the company had suffered $485 thousand losses in its 14 months life. Introduced and implemented a budgeting system to evaluate and control expenditure of each profit/cost centers and to highlight and recommend corrective measures immediately. Introduced operation and management reports to keep management and respective managers informed about the performance and functioning of each operating and cost centers.

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  Alghanim Industries

  • Kuwait

  • Senior Internal Auditor

    • Feb 1978 - Jul 1983
    • Kuwait

     Developed audit procedures for covering and carrying out Internal Audits to form bases and give guidance to the Internal Audit Staff. Developed audit programs as a basis for conducting audit. Developed Alghanim rent a car ‘operational procedures’. Prepared internal audit groups plan for 1981 on behalf of the Director, Internal Audit covering objectives, and approach to audit and work plan of audit group. Trained internal audit staff as to accounting and auditing techniques by giving them a three months training