• Based in Romania and the Netherlands, Nour is the creator, producer, and management company of a new concept of entertainment, which is on its way to debut in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company aspirations are to rapidly expand its market reach to the United Kingdom and the Middle East.• Provided business and financial guidance to founders to accurately present the startup concept to prospect investors, bringing on board the first group of investors almost immediately after company was legally created.• Assisted founders and investors to establish proper business structure and culture to ensure efficient implementation and establish appropriate business and financial standard to create and maintain a financially health corporation in its debut years and beyond.

• Provided business intelligence, financial services, assessments, recommendations, produced analysis, dashboards (Tableau), and ad hoc reports to assist companies to visualize their business and plan efficiently.• Created countries dossier network system, consisting of specific data on Legal, Finance, Treasury and Taxes aspects, which allowed proper operations and compliance in specific foreign countries (75+ countries database).• Provided asset management and financial operations assistance to private investors with properties overseas.

FELD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.Feld Entertainment is the worldwide producer and presenter of live family entertainment in more than 75 countries including Disney On Ice, Disney Live, Monster Jam, Supercross, Marvel Universe Live, Jurassic World Live Tour, DreamWorks Trolls, and Sesame Street Live.• Operated business finance for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), including FP&A, budget, forecast, P&L, and audited financial results in 40+ countries, managed annual gross revenue of about $100M.• Identified potential business opportunities, pursued emerging and existing markets, leading to significant growth of market share, subsequently increasing annual gross revenue by 33% or $35M.• Managed $2.7M overhead for two EMEA divisions, leading to steady reduction of overall cost by 20% in 3 years.• Modernized interactive worldwide operations system, providing critical information across the corporation, resulting in reduction of costs, while increasing efficiency (Transportation, Marketing, Sales).• Produced database and implemented efficient procedures to track worldwide revenues and accounts receivable, leading to enhanced business strategies and leveraged negotiations with global partners.• Optimized the repatriation of international funds from multiple currencies, significantly reducing corporate aged receivables, and dramatically improved corporate covenants with financial institutions.• Assembled a system and streamlined processes for ticket rebates revenue and cost tracking using input from multiple ticket agents, including Ticketmaster (Excel and Smartsheet).

• Developed and managed team of 30+ professionals responsible for executing contracts and financial settlements (about $800M in gross revenue) with arenas, stadiums, production companies, ticket agents, and other partners.• Implemented flash weekly FP&A reports of touring units, provided critical revenue and costs analysis to the operations and marketing teams for prompt and more educated business decisions.• Customized business intelligence models, policies, and systems to enhance efficiency and business growth, reducing time to communicate business financial to the senior management.• Created and implemented web-based electronic filing system, allowing departments across the company to efficiently save and retrieve critical financial records and contracts, reducing legal and tax risks and exposure.

• Developed and managed team of 20+ professionals, Financial Controllers and Payroll Specialists.• Integrated uniform financial practices and modernized policies for all business units and touring productions worldwide, leading to elevated accuracy of critical financial data (Managed $600M in gross revenue).• Designed and introduced payroll integrated system, allowing the collection of data from multiple units, enhancing accuracy, reducing processing time, and reduced the payroll staff by 40% (Lawson, SQL, Advanced Excel).• Managed financial planning, budgeting, forecast, variance analysis and other reports for senior management.• Created companywide operations calendar connected to the corporate database (SQL, Excel).

• Developed and managed team of 6 Financial Controllers, 2 Box Office Managers, 2 Payroll Specialists.• Provided robust financial and operations management for engagements in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, monitoring all financial aspects of the productions.• Managed Box Office Operations, financial operations, and settlements.• Established SOPs and facilitated the enhancement of systems, leading to efficiency and productivity.• Ensured accuracy and compliance with contract provisions, identified challenges, and provided solutions.

• Managed financial operations for touring productions, including box office, execution of contractual, financial settlements (arenas, sponsorship, partners), budget, AR, AP, revenue share, and profitability.• Designed system to efficiently manage advertising and marketing costs, later implemented to all corporate units worldwide (Excel, and data query directly from the accounting system).• Administered payroll process and taxes for touring personnel.• Prepared budgets and variance reports during new productions, presenting to senior management team.

• Created system and procedures to manage and integrate product sales, stock control, accounts payable and receivable, resulting in dramatic reduction of personnel.• Analyzed productivity, sales, marketing, operations cost and procedures, targeting process effectiveness, translating into cost reduction and higher profitability.

Professional Ice Skater Performer for Disney On Ice Productions.Toured several countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, North-America and South America.