Fp A Strategic Initiatives

El Rehab City, Group **, New Cairo

Phone: +202-********, E-mail: *****.*********@*****.***

Mobile: +2-010********

MENNA MAHMOUD MOSTAFA ATTAWIA

Objective

Supporting Strategic initiatives by providing financial insights & independent analysis. Identifying risk & opportunities for the business by performing deep dives & sensitivity analysis on financial results. Maximize the shareholder value through the application of short-term and long-term strategies that assist companies in obtaining new funds either from equity or debt sources.

Experience

February 2022 - Present

FP&A Manager (ElSewedy Electric)

Main responsibilities:

lead the Monthly financial closing & submission process. In that manner: (1) Ensure all internal submission deadlines are met through a pre- communicated time schedule. (2) Identify any process improvements to increase efficiencies & accuracy.

Provide insightful commentary & analysis to help Management taking quick decisions.

Leading the Quarter Business review in terms of preparing the reporting package, cooperation & alignment with the Business unit’s heads & finally highlighting on the key financial issues to Management.

Building & monitoring Group monthly Cash flow report & analyze the main key derivers of the & recommend the best uses of Cash.

Work on reaching optimum capital structure for the company through efficient working capital management & balancing the interests of both the equity.

Setting proper Dividend policy for the company through utilizing Dividends methods like FCFE.

Utilizing BI tools to delivery meaningful insights into business performance

Producing & updating the Group 5- year strategic model to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors.

Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions to achieve the maximum potential return among a set of new ventures and projects.

Support the treasury team to build Covenants structure calculations needed to secure a project finance.

Partnering with worldwide financial institutions like IFC that helped to secure a 150mn$ loan alongside First Abu Dhabi Bank and Europe Arab Bank as participants.

Managing a team of Senior & Junior Financial Analysts

April 2021 - February 2022

FP&A Section Head (ElSewedy Electric)

Main responsibilities:

Prepare monthly analysis for entire group portfolio companies comparing actual financial results versus targets; identifying trends; and recommending action.

Monitoring the company’s cash flow statuses; monitor their receivables and payables schedules to ensure proper cash management.

Putting Budget Guidelines & preparing rolling forecasts to determine where the group is vs budget.

Building Group 5- year Business plan including (New Investments & Expansions)

Review New Investments KPIS & Approval cycle Follow up to ensure they are in line with the group’s Strategy.

October 2018 - April 2021

Senior FP&A (ElSewedy Electric)

Main responsibilities:

Responsible for performing regular financial reporting & analysis for assigned functional areas.

Responsible for aggregating financial & operating KPI’s (monthly, quarterly & yearly).

Research & prepare variance analysis to the budget & explanations.

Interacting with all business units /managers across the company to monitor developments & analyze performance.

Supporting IR department with all the financial data needed to meet investors & stock market questionnaires.

Responsible for the Investment Approval Cycle needed to plan for the business strategy.

Evaluate all the potential investments on the table through running financial models & analyzing the investment KPI’s (NPV, IRR, Payback Period, …. etc.) to ensure meeting the company’s growth strategy.

Work in line with the treasury department on cash flow projections.

March 2017- October 2018

Senior Equity Analyst (Arab African International Securities) – FMCG Sector

Main responsibilities:

Provide written research, financial statements, and valuation analysis for use with institutional investors, money managers and hedge funds.

Write call notes and present recommendations, background, and breaking information on covered companies to Sales to drive revenue generation.

Build financial models for covered companies.

Attending conference and corporate earnings calls; utilize industry specific data in support of company coverage; review business and trade publications, annual reports and financial filings.

2015- June 2016

Equity Analyst (Mubasher Financial services) – FMCG Sector – KSA & Mena Region

Main responsibilities:

Maintain an extensive coverage list of companies and monitor all developments on those companies.

Analyze assigned industries and companies and provide fundamental research on those companies.

Prepare market reports for financial markets (daily, weekly, and monthly).

Scan the most important news globally and regionally that might have an effect on markets.

Monitor the trading sessions closely to understand the daily fluctuations of the markets.

2011–2015

Teller–Senior Graduate (QNB Al-Ahli)

Main responsibilities:

Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.

Quote foreign exchange rates, following daily FX rate sheets.

Ensuring that customers 'need for FX is approved by CBE regulations.

Monitor branch vaults to ensure sufficient cash balances.

Follow CBE regulations concerning Anti-Money Laundry.

Balance currency cash and checks in cash drawer at the end of each day.

Cross-sell bank products that meet customers 'need.

Education

September 2006—May2010

Faculty of Economics &Political Science—English Section/Cairo University

Major: Economics

Minor: Management

Graduation project: The effect of 2005 income tax-reform on the Egyptian Economy

Graduation project grade: Excellent

Courses

2016 passed CFA level 2

2014 CFA level 2 exam candidate, band (10)

2013 passed CFA level 1.

2011 Basics of Capital Market and Technical Analysis Business and Statistical Research Center-Faculty of Commerce (Ain-Shams University).

Computer Skills

Professional User of:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Power point

Oracle HFM

Board BI

Other Activities

Delegate at 11th Model of Egyptian Stock Exchange, Investor 2007-2008.

Member of Publication committee at 12thModel of Egyptian Stock Exchange, 2008-2009.

Summer Internships

August 2009, Arab African International Bank, Customer Service.

July2007, NSGB, Customer Service.

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