Financial Planning Finance Manager

Amr Said, MBA

Group Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Mob: 002- 011******** / 015********

Email: ****************@*****.***

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Objective:

A highly motivated and results driven Strategic & Financial Planning Director who has experience in leading and developing a successful financial Planning team. Skilled in numerous financial and accounting fields, including: preparing business plans, annual budgets, modeling and monitoring key accounts. Having the ability to handle complex assignments effectively and possessing the confidence to work as part of a team or independently.

Summary:

Strategic and analytical finance professional with more than 18 years of success in financial planning reporting, analysis, and budgeting, in multiple multinational companies. Accomplished and results- orientated professional who consistently meets deadlines and increases company revenue. Highly skilled at increasing productivity through detailed cost analysis. Thrives in high-pressure environments. Excellent financial planning, reporting, budget, forecasting, management, and team-building skills. Highlights

Financial Planning and Budgeting. Financial Modelling.

Financial Statements Preparation & Analysis. Variance Analysis.

Financial Reporting Expert. Process Automation.

Accurate Forecasting. Risk Management.

Superior Research Skills. Technical Analysis.

Experience:

Group Financial Planning and Analysis Director

January 2019 – Current

Ray-Lab Group Holding

Ray-Lab is an international medical services providers group, operating in different regions across Africa and Asia, it owns Cairo & Techno Scan in Egypt, CRC in KSA, and Medray in Jordan. Duties & Responsibilities:

- Setting the financial analysis strategic objectives and cascades the strategic objectives to ensure achieving ensure achieving corporate goals.

- Lead the month and year end processes within the business in line with the organization’s deadlines, ensuring all accrual and prepayments are made in line with financial procedures.

- Lead the investigation and report on significant budgetary variances, identifying any remedial action that needs to be taken.

- Direct the analysis of month, end financial position, investigate variances, and make appropriate adjustments, if necessary, in line with internal procedures.

- Ensure the producing of monthly financial reporting, summarizing the financial performance to date, and providing explanations of key variances.

- Meet regularly with budget holders to assess financial performance and to provide financial management information, analysis, and advice.

- Ensure budget holders and managers have an awareness of financial performance requirements, including the need for budgetary control and to provide financial awareness where necessary.

- Works with internal and external audit and ensure follow up and implementation of matters arising.

- Liaise with and assist other staff within the company Finance Team to ensure that corporate, statutory and performance monitoring requirements are met.

- Formulating monthly & Ad-hoc analyses of portfolio profitability; analyzing reports and segmented portfolio P&Ls' revenue and expense lines & providing recommendations accordingly.

- Support year-end financial management and reporting including assisting with the completion of the annual accounts to assist in the preparation of future year budgets considering relevant activity data, cost pressures and service developments and working with Service Managers to establish budgetary submissions.

- Develop robust income plans in conjunction with Service Managers ensuring that opportunities are explored, and risks are quantified

- Direct the exploring and identifying efficiency opportunities & financial engineering to be discussed with business leaders for implementation to improve the profitability to work with senior managers and service leads to prepare business cases and bids for new business and/ or service re-design.

- Support other members of the Finance and Resources Team with ad-hoc projects to include bringing together financial and activity information.

- Work with the Human Resources lead to integrate financial information into the Workforce Report.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

April 2016 – January 2019

IDH (Integrated Diagnostics Holdings PLC)

IDH is an international medical services providers group, operating in different regions across Africa and Asia.

Responsible for business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial statement analysis as follows: 1- Financial planning & analysis:

- Preparing IDH annual budget plans for (Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, and Nigeria) standalone and consolidated as per EAS & IFRS standards.

- Preparing the monthly and quarterly forecast cycles for the income statement, Balance Sheet and Cash-flow Statement.

- Analyze financial statements highlighting potential opportunities and proposing risk mitigation plans.

- Preparing the profitability analysis for the group of IDH as per test, branch, region, and company on monthly basis.

- Perform monthly variance analysis to understand changes Vs. prior year / budget / prior forecast, along with meaningful commentary to explain results to various levels within the organization.

- Perform general business analytics including growth initiatives, pricing, promotions, product profitability, SKU productivity, product cost and overhead budget expenses.

- Track the goals to ensure that we realize them as we have set in the plan.

- Control the charge-in cost from other lines of business and make sure that it’s all correct. 2- Financial & Management Reporting:

- Preparing the weekly revenue reports for IDH group including full analysis like (number of visits, number of tests, revenues, average test per visit, average price per test, average visit per branch, average test per branch and average price per branch) all these analysis per branch, region, and company levels, and present it to the board of directors and CEO.

- Preparing the monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual revenue reports for group of IDH standalone and consolidated including elimination between inter-company, and presenting to the board of directors and CEO.

- Prepare board reports including graphs commentary, insight and KPIs.

- Identify, explain, report foreign exchange impacts and recommend mitigation plans.

- Support the CFO in answering investors queries and with investor presentation preparation. 3- Budget Controlling:

- Support of implement the automation controlling for the budget on SAP through fund management application.

- Partner with the multi-functional budget owners to track, consolidate and report spending changes in the forecast.

- Control all expenses type like (sales, marketing and G&A).

- Identifying investment, savings and improved ROI opportunities. Senior Financial Analyst

July 2013 – April 2016

Marico Egypt for Industries

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Preparing the budget as per company, brand, category, channel, and SKU level on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and the budgetary controls.

- Uploading the yearly budget on SAP.

- Prepares any reports requested by management for analyzing current operations.

- Monthly reporting packages for Marico business review.

- Reviews monthly closing and accrual bookings.

- Cash forecasts for the entire project as per the development plan showing surplus or needs.

- Budgetary control over operating expenses and operating capital expenditures.

- Preparing the profit forecast as per company, brand, category, channel, and SKU level on monthly, and quarterly basis and the budgetary controls.

- Preparing daily sales report.

- Preparing monthly sales report as per company, brand, category, channel, and SKU level.

- Preparing sales flash report on monthly, quarterly and YTD basis with ratio analysis compared with previous year and budget measuring the growth of previous year and achieving the budget.

- Preparing actual analysis for P&L on monthly, quarterly, and YTD basis as per company, brand, category, channel, and SKU level compared with previous year and budget.

- Preparing contribution margin analysis as per category, channel, and SKU level on monthly, quarterly, and YTD basis with comparison between previous year and budget.

- Preparing export analysis on monthly, quarterly, and YTD basis as a separate P&L, as per brand, category, country, and SKU level.

- Preparing all ratio analysis for Middle East Business on monthly, quarterly and YTD basis as a separate P&L compared with previous year and budget.

- Preparing the analysis & Studying all products cost components (variable cost, Fixed cost, Overhead), and also analysis and studying the inventory cost.

- Preparing the cost variance analysis on monthly basis.

- Preparing G&A – S&D Expenses Analysis.

- Preparation of the monthly and Quarterly Reporting and Presentation (MOR) for Finance department especially and prepare the consolidated presentation for all company business which reported to the B.O.D.

- Preparing & co-operate the implementation of strategic plan business for Five years.

- Ratio Analysis per brand & as Consolidated on the Marico Company level.

- Preparing the Net Working Capital ratio analysis as per company level compared with the budget. Senior Accountant

July 2008 – July 2013

Air Liquide Egypt

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Responsible for general ledger accounts, inventory entries, cash book entries, bank book entries and Bank reconciliation.

- Responsible for sales invoice and purchase invoice.

- Responsible for fixed asset processing and reporting.

- Preparing the monthly and yearly financial statements and reports.

- Monitoring reserve accounts and short-term fund investments.

- Financial and profitability analysis on a requested basis.

- Preparing and record assets, liability, revenue and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.

- Maintain and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, resolving discrepancies.

- Maintain general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, reconciling entries.

- Summarize financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statements and other statements.

Accountant

June 2006 – July 2008

Pure Helium Egypt LTD

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Preparing journal, sales, purchases, inventory, cash, and ledger entries, in charge of bank reconciliation.

- Preparing the monthly financial statements and reports.

- Responsible for the weekly, half-monthly and monthly reports.

- Responsible for preparing and control the budget.

- In-charge of Preparing the payroll.

- Preparing the contracts for the new employers.

- Tracking all imports and exports.

Education:

Ain Shams University.

Bachelor in Accounting : Faculty of Commerce – 2006 Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport. Master of Business Administration : Strategic Management – 2021

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