Summary of Skills

- Financial Planning

- Dashboards and KPI

- Budgeting and Forecasting

- Financial Modeling

- Manage Cost/EBITDA

- Month and Year-end closing

- Profitability Analysis

- Managed 6-8 direct reports

- Advanced Excel: Pivot, lookups

- Variance Analysis

- Team Leadership and Mentoring

- ERP: SAP, Great Plains, BPC and BI

- Process Improvement

- Bilingual: Fluent English and French

PROFILE

Skilled CPA, CGA Finance Manager adept at increasing work process efficiency and profitability through functional and technical analysis with extensive experience in Finance, along with Masters of Management Control and Audit from Paris 1 Panthéon, Sorbone

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Sep. 2018 – Present

Finance Manager Sep. 2019-Present

Senior Finance Business Partner Sep. 2018-Sep. 2019

Work closely with business to be the co-pilot for driving better business performance

Support operations’ decision making process by providing Finance insights to all functions including but not limited to Production, Supply chain, Engineering and programs

Support Senior management by preparing related consolidation package, variance analysis, Risk and opportunities report, Key accounts and Business analysis

Responsible of Budget, Forecast and Strategic plan preparation

Accomplishments:

Lead Materials deep dive analysis creating accurate costing procedures versus historical costing from over five years ago

Automated monthly expense report and Payroll entries saving three days of manual work to two hours maximum increasing the efficiency and accuracy of data

Worked as a team to create KPI production Metrics including the key drivers of business performance and leading to management actions as overtime vs. hiring that saved the company thousands of dollars per month

Standardized reports from different systems that created alignment and actions

Bell Business Markets, BBM Sep. 2012 – Aug. 2018

Finance Manager

Responsible of two line of businesses’ budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis

Responsible of projects’ performance using financial and business analysis to plan and execute monthly forecast based on results

Prepare month end financial management reports for Finance and Business Executives

Ensure the accuracy and the integrity of results to incorporate business story in variance analysis

Accomplishments:

Created automated profitability analysis report tracking margin by customer and deal which achieved time efficiency by decreasing manual work from 4 hours to 30 min.

Integrated a new analytical module, as part of a team, achieving flexibility in usage and reporting and awarded Bell Finance Excellence Award.

Increased Line of Business margin by 10% through a monthly action plan as a result of deep dive on employee’s utilization and their non-billable work

Saved $200,000 yearly in SGA as a result of auditing and eliminating unnecessary costs

BMO Life Assurance Co., Bank of Montréal Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2012

Business Analyst

Generate marketing campaign performance reports, assisting management and stakeholders in their decision making on campaigns and new products

Perform quality control on third party data to ensure data integrity. Identify data issues and investigate until problem is resolved. Upload customer data once quality is confirmed.

Perform ad-hoc data analytics and special reports as required by stakeholders

Develop and amend existing procedures to ensure business continuity

Support the extended team by providing analysis on customers, projects and products

Université Française d'Egpte (UFE), Egypt Jan. 2004 – Mar. 2010

Senior Manager, Finance and Accounting Feb. 2007-Mar.2010

Finance Manager Feb. 2005-Jan. 2007

Senior Finance Analyst Jan. 2004-Jan. 2005

Responsible for the Finance and Accounting departments

Created and implemented database that automated Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payable

Prepare and present the annual consolidated budget, business plan and financial statements to the president and board of directors.

Establish and maintain effective relationships with various service providers including banks, auditors, tax professionals, and legal counsel

Work closely with the organization's department leaders in planning and directing all reporting and accounting functions highlighting work improvement situations

Establish and develop strategic plans and financial variance analysis for actual versus budgeted

Academic Achievements

Certified Professional Accountant, CPA, CGA – Toronto, Ontario 2015

Masters of Management Control and Audit – Paris, France 2007

Bachelor of Business Administration – Cairo, Egypt 1995

Volunteer Activities

Scouts Canada, leader of scouts troop 2010 – Present

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