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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Highlights• Managing Information Technology, Human Resources and Administrative Services’ Divisions under Support Services Department to support in achieving AMF’s strategic goals.• Playing a key role in enabling other departments, divisions and functions within AMF to deliver their services.• Developing, enhancing and redesigning policies, processes and procedures to streamline workflow and optimize productivity.• Leading and participating in several committees and work groups related to projects and initiatives with regards to organizational structure development, strategic planning, risk management and operational activities.• Forming the structure of a reporting system to facilitate a transparent view of delivered activities.Duties and responsibilities• Leading Information Technology projects to achieve AMF’s vision of having state of the art digital management systems that enhancing efficiencies.• Supporting the transformation of Human Resources division into a leading Human Capital enablement function.• Facilitating the automation of several activities within the Administrative Services Department and the enhancement of processes and procedures.• Monitoring, tracking and reporting all activities under Support Services Department in an accurate and timely manner and providing meaningful analysis.• Defining and developing efficiencies and cost savings’ initiatives and partnering with the head of departments to Implement these initiatives which will result in a cost run-rate reduction.• Delivering internal training, workshops and presentations on several topics related to leadership, motivation, soft skills and technologies.• Leading the development of the department’s team members through capability development plans and ensuring that the department is adequately skilled, staffed and structured to deliver sustainable results.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Highlights• Establishing the Vendor Management Office (VMO), under Strategic Vendor Management (SVM) department, in line with the defined policies and procedures• Forming the structure of VMO to include major strategic activities & functions, such as Vendor Performance Management, Vendor Risk Management, Vendor Onboarding & PO Assurance• Leading GCOO & SVM Strategic Projects related to VPM and VRM• Monitoring, tracking & reporting all activities under VMO in an accurate and timely manner & providing meaningful analysis• Interacting effectively & partnering with other stakeholders within FAB Group Information Security to ensure Vendor Risk Management implementation is delivered as per FAB policies and Procedures• Interacting effectively & partnering with Vendors & FAB Business Units to ensure the proper run of VPMDuties and responsibilities• Managing the implementation of Vendor Performance Management function (VPM) to ensure proper vendor base assessment, vendor data reviews & balance scorecards reviews as per KPIs and KPAs• Ensuring full alignment between stakeholders, within and outside SVM, through Vendors Balance Scorecards & Governance forums• Establishing the Vendor Risk Management function (VRM), as the first line of defense, and managing the implementation of VRM framework for all third-party vendors through IRQs, DDQs & driving remediations, in line with VRM policy and procedures• Managing the end to end lifecycle of Vendor Onboarding & ensuring periodical maintenance of vendors is carried in line with procedures in the organization• Handling the PO Assurance function and ensuring all PO are reviewed, validated and approved withing TAT, as per policies, procedures and DoAs• Leading the development of VMO team members through capability development plans & ensuring the department is adequately skilled, staffed and structured to deliver sustainable results• Identify, prioritize & recommend opportunities for project-based sourcing initiatives

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Highlights• Developing and implementing Group Chief Operating Officer’s strategy and delivering a roadmap to ensure alignment with group strategy, FAB vision, mission and corporate objectives• Tracking and conducting reviews for GCOO’s strategic goals to identify strengths and challenges, and to evaluate operational effectiveness within the strategy• Monitoring, tracking and reporting GCOO and GCOO DRs KPIs. In addition to, highlighting any deviation and providing insights around resolution.• Leading governance, risk and control activities to ensure accurate, timely reporting and closure of all risk issues.• Interacting effectively with other stakeholders within the organization as a key trusted business partner for FAB Management teams.Duties and responsibilities• Managing the delivery of high quality, accurate and timely reports covering GCOO area. These reports include all data, information and analysis related to finance, savings, people, internal surveys, volumes, trends, productivity, capacity planning, performance reporting, customer complaints, SLA adherence and issues management for GCOO and GCOO DRs.• Analyzing data to determine present and future performance in relation to agreed targets.• Working with stakeholders to identify, support and document business needs, objectives, current operational procedures, challenges, input and output requirements.• Tracking, monitoring and reporting initiatives and highlighting any in-achievable milestones and support management in providing insights around new initiatives.• Performing managerial communications and supporting project teams to achieve strategic initiatives. • Facilitate strategic dialogue with stakeholders to identify best practices and opportunities to drive strategic goals.• Ensure effective cascading of GCOO strategy to business plans.• Performing first-line reviews for all business cases to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Highlights• Playing a major role in developing the BM function to oversee Operations, IT, Corporate Services, Int'l & Integration functions• Monitoring, controlling & tracking all financial & non-financial activities• Defining & developing challenging savings’ initiatives & partnering with the heads of depts to Implement these initiatives, resulting in a cost run-rate reduction of 10%-15%Duties and responsibilities• Establishing comprehensive reporting and controlling system for GCOO to provide a consolidated performance view for all areas under GCOO, with the purpose of: Budget management (planning, tracking, forecasting), cost management (cost savings and cost reductions), people management (hiring, retaining talents and workforce optimization), process and transformation management (re-designing processes for more efficient services and deliverables) and operational loss management• Partnering with GCOO Departments’ Heads and enabling them with initiatives to increase FAB Internal Customer satisfaction• Support GCOO with analysis and recommendations related to any investment decisions to be taken, through feasibility studies and ROI analysis.• Handling the capacity planning, analysis and performance management within GCOO area to maximize the output from existing resources• Reporting SLA adherence to provide a holistic view around the performance of each department in reaching to their agreed targets• Driving the Performance Management of the GCOO area through enabling and supporting Departments’ Heads in tracking and achieving their division KPIs• Ensuring that policies, procedures and internal controls are in place within GCOO division to provide reasonable assurance that the organization assets are protected.• Direct all financial, operational, HR and administrative activities within GCOO, International & Integration areas• Re-assessing the charge back and cost allocation mechanisms and methodologies used and provide an enhanced charge back model

Abu Dhabi, Uae

Highlights• Playing a major role, as an Executive member reporting to the Head of Group Operations and CEO NAWAT, in developing, monitoring and evaluating the organization’s finance function, throughout the transformation period, with emphasis on bottom line performance, delivering enhanced services at reduced costs & providing useful financial insights to help make better decisions.• Defining, developing and Implementing robust financial controls, policies and procedures resulted in a cost run-rate reduction of 10%• Playing a key role in the Synergies Work Stream for Group Operations during the merger of National bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank • Managing and controlling 27 budgets across Group Operations Globally and NAWATDuties and responsibilities• Defining the financial strategy and providing useful financial insights to help make decisions about formulating and executing business strategy• Establishing comprehensive financial reporting and controlling systems for Group Operations and NAWAT with the purpose of: Budget management, support for business case creation/baseline validation, financial forecasting based on planned ramp-up activities and post migration financial performance tracking• Driving the annual budget process and the monthly reporting for Group Operations and NAWAT• Oversee the general accounting function, which includes inter-company accounting, cash management/reconciliation, provisions, financial reporting• Ensuring that policies, procedures and internal controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance that the organization assets are protected.• Ensuring that financial reports are prepared in compliance with company policies and directives, IFRS and other local reporting requirements.• Developing charge back and billing system• Playing a major role in the Synergies Work Stream, during the integration period, resulted in the development of Synergies and Cost Reduction initiatives based on people, processes and systems

Abu Dhabi, Uae

Duties and responsibilities• Responsible for the overall direction of costs within the IT function. This includes approving IT costs, providing advice to ITD Management on handling IT costs, making decisions around the financial treatment of such costs, insuring the accuracy of the cost data, timely submission of cost reports and development and negotiation of sound internal financial and cost controls.• Acting as a CFO for IT Department under enablement function and providing Group Finance and ITD Managements with reports, analysis and insights related to IT costs in addition to the financial expertise to support their decision making• Performing various financial analyses and MIS Reporting to measure the efficiency of the IT service and determine areas where cost savings can be made.• Playing a key role in the setup of a central Financial Planning, Analysis & Strategy function and the governance and improvement of business performance function, in addition to a major role in reengineering of group and units budget process• Managing the preparation of IT capital and operational annual budgets for NBAD in addition to ITD annual budgets• Defining the structures/processes required for the management of financial planning data and costs, as well as for the proper allocation of costs to ITD services• Handling the cost allocation and charge back of IT systems, applications and services according to the Bank’s policies and procedures. Participating actively in the design and improvement of cost allocation methods and coordinate related activities with the relevant stakeholders in ITD and the Lines of Business

Abu Dhabi, Uae

Duties and responsibilities• Responsible for the overall direction of the finance organization within the IT function. This includes insuring the accuracy of the accounting records; the timely submission of financial and managerial reports which fairly and accurately reflect the position of the organization; and development and negotiation of sound internal financial controls to protect and preserve the enterprise’s assets• Managing the preparation of IT capital and operational annual budgets for NBAD in addition to ITD annual budgets• Defining the structures/processes required for the management of financial planning data and costs, as well as for the proper allocation of costs to ITD services• Handling the cost allocation and charge back of IT systems, applications and services according to The Bank’s policies and procedures. Participating actively in the design and improvement of cost allocation methods and coordinate related activities with the relevant stakeholders in ITD and the Lines of Business• Fulfilling Financial and administrative responsibilities within the ITD, including key performance indicators (KPI) reporting, training and education of team members on new technologies, and other administrative reporting requirements.• Administering and supervising the execution of business and personnel related activities within the ITD, including employee performance and management assessments and reviews.• Verifying all transactions for compliance with NBAD’s financial policies and procedures and verifying all purchases are within budget and advice on discrepancies.• Monitoring and contributing to continuous improvement in business processes.• Performing employee performance assessments and reviews uniformly in accordance with the Bank’s Performance Management System

Abu Dhabi, Uae

Duties and responsibilities• Managing the “Procure to Pay” function in IT Department by organising and maintaining a central facility for the purchase and contracts of all IT hardware, software and services for NBAD and ensuring the smooth supply of equipment to the organization • Negotiating price and terms of products and services with suppliers and establishing terms, pricing, quality requirements, delivery and contracts• Reviewing all contracts/agreements to achieve ‘best price/best quality’ purchasing• Making recommendations & advising senior management on all purchasing issues• Maintaining records of supplier contracts, agreements, goods ordered and received• Managing vendor relationships and building effective supply chain partnerships• Managing payments, handling vendor inquiries and liaising with finance department for timely payment of bills• Verifying all transactions for compliance with NBAD’s financial policies and procedures and verifying all purchases are within budget and advice on discrepancies• Preparation of IT capital and operational annual budgets for NBAD in addition to ITD annual budgets

Sharjah, Uae

Sharjah Theatres Group STG was formed by Royal Decree by the Ruler of Sharjah, in November 2007 and is responsible for managing, operating and programming seven theatres in Sharjah city and the east coast.Highlights• Worked closely with my line manager, the Director of Sharjah Theatres Group who is reporting directly to His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, in establishing the finance function in this new department and acted as an advisor for all financial and administrative matters• Played a key role in strategic planning and decision making for the group• Led the change management in the financial and administrative areas and coordinated closely with other government departments such as Finance and Control departmentsDuties and responsibilities• Establishing the Finance Department and creating all related financial, accounting and administrative procedures and policies for the group.• Preparation of budgets according to the government guidelines and liaison with the Government Finance and Control Departments in terms of implementing them through constant control.• Preparation of financial analysis for the group events.• Following up the business plans and objectives of group.• Setting all control steps for the group and following the implementation of these controls.• Overview human resources and administrative matters

Dubai, Uae

Spot On Public Relations is an integrated communications firm that helps organizations position, communicate and differentiate themselves to build leadership positions and increase marketing effectiveness. Spot On is the Middle East’s partner of Brodeur|Pleon Worldwide, one of the world's largest communications agencies with offices in 55 countries. Spot On has a track record of managing programs for multinationals, government departments, telecoms and NGOs in the Middle East including brands such as Accenture, BNP Paribas, Cisco Systems, Cleveland Clinic, Disney, Hitachi, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, MobileCom, Motorola, Nortel, Oki, Oracle and Sony. HighlightsPlayed a key role in leading the finance function and transforming the organization from a small company to an international organization by supporting the management with sound financial data and analysis, helping them in the decision making process in terms of investments and cost structuresDuties and responsibilities• Creating the company chart of accounts and accounting system from scratch• Preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections and other financial reports, as well as feasibility studies, benchmarking and financial analysis including charts analysis ratios and KPI Analysis.• Management of all ledgers, accounts reviewing, invoicing, and cash management.• Dealing with clients, client procurement, client financial functions and client auditors regarding invoicing, accounting, terms of business and comprehensive reporting for audits.• Responsible for all the tax-related operations in terms of tax planning, tax filing, tax issues in addition to liaison with the tax consultant in Spot On’s office in Jordan.• Office management in terms of finance, administration and all personnel related routines, in addition to dealing with the daily office issues.• Control and follow-up of Spot On’s operations in Amman.• Reporting financial results/position to the Board of Directors.

Dubai, Uae

Pioneer Advertising is a division of Ahmed Sharif & Sons Group of Companies in the UAE with offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The company's core business was the development, sales and production of the commercial & industrial directories of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry in print, CD-ROM and on the Internet. Pioneer Advertising's major clients included Emirates Airlines, Khaleej Times, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, Al Habtoor Group and others.HighlightsEstablished the accounting and financial systems for the company from the scratch and supported the owner of the company with sound financial data and reports helping him in his investments decisionsDuties and responsibilities • Preparation of financial reports, financial analysis, budgets, cash flow forecasts and control of sales and clients’ accounts.• Full responsibility of accounting starting from journal entries up to year-end financial statements.• Responsible for the human resources division in as far as interviews and evaluation of junior candidates.• Responsible for other administrative routine office work

Damascus, Syria

The Commercial Bank of Syria is Syria’s leading bank, which handles corporate clients such as general trading companies and specializes in trading operations for export and import. The Commercial Bank of Syria’s major clients were the largest importers and exporters in Damascus, in addition to major government organizations.HighlightsWorked closely with the head of the department in managing the trade finance functions and acted as his deputy in leading this function and transforming the department from an old fashion banking to a customer focused bankingDuties and responsibilities Responsible for the L/C department, in regards to L/C opening, external relations with foreign banks and technical issues related to these banks. Moreover, responsible for the revision of L/Cs and dealing with customers in as far as documents reviewing and delivery, as well as other accounting responsibilities.

Post Graduate Higher Studies Diploma, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting