Samah Basher FCCA

C O N T A C T

+966-**-***-****

adz5eu@r.postjobfree.com

British Nationality

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

P R O F I L E

I am a Fellow member of Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCA) with a ACCA qualification from the UK. I have over 10 years’ experience in finance within various sectors in the UK and KSA. My previous roles have been in senior positions that involved managing teams and taking full ownership of the operation of the Finance department, being part of the company directors and overseeing shareholder W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

The Oxford Partnership (KSA)

Chief Financial Officer

May 2020-April 2022

U C A T I O N

BSc Finance & Accounting

Brunel University (UK)

2015-2019

O T H E R

C E R T I F I C A T E S

Association of Chartered Certificated

Accountants (ACCA)

Business Planning & Analysis

• Monitored and directed the implementation of strategic business plans.

• Developed financial and tax strategies to champion resource allocation and focus on returns before and after tax.

• Managed the balance sheet, and developed a funding and capital budgeting plan to optimise liquidity and capital position to ensure appropriate management of risk.

• Prepared reliable current and forecasting reports. Operations and risk management

• Ensured the integrity of the financial accounts and accounting controls in country that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.

• Ensured record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies.

• Established and monitored reliable control systems to strengthen the risk and control environment in country.

• Oversaw the issuance of financial information, reviewed and approved all externally published financial information.

• Ensured cash flow is appropriate for the organization’s operations.

• Approval of the Groups financial statements and final reports as the point of contact with the external auditor.

Risk Management

• Project managed the move to a new Finance system through the collaboration of the IT team and ensured that all data was integrated accurately within a restricted time frame.

• Developed internal financial policies and procedures to safeguard the company from potential risk factors that may arise within the company.

• Ensured the commitment of the Departments employees in supporting them apply and participate in their development as users, in a manner that serves to provide complete data for preparing Accounting & Financial Reporting,

• Ensured compliance with the law and company’s policies.

• Managed a finance team of various roles.

Finance Manager Nov 2019 – May 2020

• Managed a finance team that dealt with payments, journal posting, bank reconciliations, employee travel bookings and GOSI.

• Provided strategic, financial and operational feedback to the CEO on how the company is performing.

• Approved payments and company account reconciliations

• Processed monthly VAT and Withholding Tax returns for the General Authority of Zakat and Taxation.

• In charge of the annual audit - providing all required information to run a smooth audit.

• Work closely with the General Authority of Zakat and Taxation to resolve any issues and provide further information.

• Created new company policies such as company ‘travel booking’ and ‘purchasing products and services’ to create a more systematic and audited process for the company.

Thrive in the challenge of working

and managing teams.

I am keen at solving problems and

being at the leadership of making

decisions.

I believe being an Arabic speaker

further broadens my communication

skills especially required in KSA.

Microsoft applications

SUN version 5, QA10

Oracle R12, Oracle Financial

Intelligence, Oracle ARM (Account

Reconciliation management)

JDEdwards, Movex

Quick Books

Stallion

L A N G U A G E S

English: Fluent Spoken & Written

Arabic: Fluent Spoken

*Career Break for Maternity Leave Oct 2017 – Sep 2019 TATA Consultancy Services (Riyadh, KSA)

Senior Financial Analyst Nov 2015 - Sep 2017

• Senior Financial Analyst Consultant for the Record to report (R2R) project for General Electric (GE), managing a team and taking responsibility for their performance, appraisals and their contentious development.

• Providing strategic, financial and operational feedback on GE’s various reconciliation accounts.

• Reconciling large volume of various balance sheets and profit and loss accounts including tax accounts, payroll and bank for Sub Sahara Africa region.

• Headed the transitioning process start to end as well as managed the accounts from GE to TATA for reconciliation purpose for the Transportation Business based in South Africa and Healthcare based in Nigeria.

• Created and maintained financial models for the actual results reporting in combination with the short-term to mid-term objectives of the project which also assisted the audit team.

• Provided quarterly reports analysis on the project performance in various target areas setup by TATA and GE and presented to information to senior management.

London Stock Exchange Group (London, UK)

Revenue Accountant Apr 2014 – Dec 2014

• Produce and analyse monthly revenue and partnership revenue share costs;

• Maintain and evolve Funds and ETFs models including reporting and forecasting

• Produce regular and ad-hoc revenue reports for Sales and other front-office teams, interpreting key trends, and business partnering with these key individuals

• Reconcile partnership statements and deal with external partner queries, building sound relationships

• Deliver budgets and quarterly forecasts for revenue and partnership costs

• Work with partners to produce up to date budgets and forecasts for our partner based revenues

• Provide day-to-day collaborative analytical support to the Sales account teams to enable them to build and iterate their new business revenue plans so that they meet financial targets

• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations

• Analysis of revenue variances by product and with reference to volumes and price

• Deal with external auditor queries

• Lead project work to assist in automation of processes. Contracts & Sales Ledger Supervisor Jan 2012 – Mar 2014

• Responsible for all aspects of sales accounting, Including billing one-off and recurring contracts, credit notes, liaison with regional sales team and sales queries

• Responsible for the management and maintenance of the fund related contracts, including ETF, FIFs and Trackers for FTSE International and FTSE China

• Manage the integrity of the financial data reported through the production of month end and analysis of revenue over both the profit and loss and balance sheet including new business, revenue lines and accrued income.

• Responsible for the calculation of the quarterly sales manager commission scheme pay out and provide an analysis for any variances between the quarters

• Produce monthly attrition and future cancellations report to senior management to assess against forecasts and targets.

• Responsible for the production of the monthly “New Business” report for the whole of Information services departments in the London Stock Exchange which is provided to senior managements. This gives an overall perspective on how the company is doing globally.

• Project managed sales ledger integrations on various new acquisition by FTSE Available Upon Request

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