Bashar Saidi, Cma, Acma, Cipp ™ Email & Phone Number

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

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

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

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.
• Partnering with GCOO Departments’ Heads and enabling them with initiatives to increase FAB Internal Customer satisfaction

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.
• 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

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Managing the preparation of IT capital and operational annual budgets for NBAD in addition to ITD annual budgets

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

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 &.
• 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.

Post Graduate Higher Studies Diploma, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting