Co-founded and managed Monte Cristo, a startup specialized in planning, managing, and executing high end, large scale, entertainment and corporate events, and a studio producing video and photo content for advertising and branding purposes. • Devised strategy, processes, and procedures for every core function of the business including finance, sales, marketing, human resources, operations, and administration. Built the company from ground up to achieve a year on year seven figure annual revenue. • Developed proposals, negotiated, and closed all agreements for corporate and government projects, booking celebrity artists, raising funds from investors, and securing corporate sponsorships.• Primary decision maker in recruiting and hiring permanent, and temporary project based staff which often exceeded 100 employees. Created and conducted short and long term training and development courses for staff in both basic business and management principles and functions, and skills such as time management, client relationship management, PR, and communications.

Held the highest rank and position in the finance and accounting department of GEM GROUP, a Dubai based holding company operating across 6 countries, in the T.V. and Media, real estate, legal consulting, and trade industries. Reported directly to the chairman and CEO. • Consulted group chairman on a broad range of strategic decisions including HR and hiring strategies, financial strategies, and marketing and sales strategies. Consulted and participated in contract negotiations with content providers such as Disney, satellite providers, sponsors and advertisers such as LG and Samsung. • Investigated ways to increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve profitability through in depth, thorough financial analysis. Provided financial forecasts for identifying new business opportunities, expansions, and acquisitions. • Restructured the accounting function and redesigned accounting processes to manage and streamline the activities of over 50 accountants based in London, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, and Tehran, through the Dubai head office.

Full time accountant in MBC, the largest satellite broadcasting company in the Middle East and North Africa region. • Promoted by group CFO as the youngest recruit to work in the management accountant team, to create ad hoc financial reports and assist in preparing monthly and annual financial reports. • Managed the accounts receivable function for over 900 employee accounts. Through creating custom coded spreadsheets reduced the reconciliation period from an annual basis to a monthly basis. • Appointed as the cross-firm liaison between MBC and Oracle during the transition period to implement a new ERP system. Resolving technical and implementation issues between us and the Oracle team. • Designed customized decision analysis worksheets for MBC’s human resources department enabling them to forecast financial implications of their decisions in regards to changes in HR policy.

Full time accountant in the building material division of the Alfozan Group, one of the largest importers and distributors of building materials in the MENA region. • Selected by group CEO as the project lead for documentation, mapping, and redesigning the company’s business processes. The implementation of new controls, assignment of accountabilities, and elimination of redundancies resulted in drastic improvements in cost and time efficiency. • Lead contributor, copywriter, and editor of a standard operating procedure manual for all business functions of the building materials division, which was later adopted group-wide as the standard template for all other business units to implement across various locations of our operations. • Responsible for the supervision and management of the accounts payable team. Ensuring the accuracy and timely processing of AP transactions, driving drastic improvement in AP processes.