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Dubai, Ae

Providing strategic direction and oversight of front-end revenue and margin cycle processes and outcomes.Prepare regular management reports to provide revenue analysis and insights into regional and product specific market trends within financial planning cyclesDevelop processes for growing business requirements and increased sales activity by forecasting and tracking results at more granular regional levels Support EMEA Service & Software Leaders with ad-hoc analytics and reports as required for executive management meetingsProvide revenue recognition advise and treatment for opportunities, contract signing and through to ensuring correcting accountingDevise sales quota plans and incentive targets alongside revenue modelling to project impact of pricing changes, individual promotions and rebate programs.Conduct investigations and analysis into deal margins and ensure cost efficiency on opportunities ahead of award and on in flight projects.Support larger, as well as smaller scale projects with appropriate accounting, cost management and budget controlSupport business functions in day to day financial analytics and work in close collaboration with Service support teamsIdentify areas of improvement in sales/accounting cycle and drive process enhancementsCollaborate with other regional Service Controllers to drive best practices and maximize deal and regional margins

London, United Kingdom

Provide daily working end-to-end financial support to the Sales Team bringing together aspects of revenue recognition, transactional pricing, and contract structuring through partnership with Accounting/revenue recognition, Pricing, Sales Ops, and Legal DepartmentsSupport the Accounting function for revenue recognition matters including multiple element arrangement issues through and after contract signingDeep engagement with the Sales Team to have working knowledge of both key large deals as well as pipeline quality, yield, and leversProject impact of pricing changes, individual promotions and rebate programs on revenue.Partner with Sales/Marketing, Business Development and Finance to correctly position product portfolio and establish pricing programs aligned with product/sales strategy and revenue recognition requirementsResponsible for understanding and providing support on the costing drivers on key new opportunities, including assumptions and version control documentationMaintain close partnership with the Pricing function and with the Sales Operations DepartmentMaintain close partnership with finance professionals responsible for Professional Services and Business PartnersProvide training to EMEA staff including topics of pricing, revenue recognition and deal structure.Provide input to revenue forecasting related to EMEA deals as requiredAs first finance headcount in the EMEA region, provide some ad hoc support in areas of accounting operations, tax, FP&A etc. where local help is needed by New York City based finance team and local 3rd party statutory accounting/tax providers

Saudi Arabia

Direct management responsibility of end to end project financials comprising of Project Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Financial Planning & Analysis and Sales Support functions.Manage effective communication with Project and Account managers and with regard to contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, approvals, and any additional services-related to billing.Responsible for proper timing and application of revenue recognition rules. Involves significant interaction with Sales, Pre-Sales and PMO groups.Identify and provide solutions for areas of high risk in the revenue cycle, documentation or billing practices.Ensure that sales contracts are reviewed in order to assure proper revenue recognition in accordance with company policy and revenue recognition accounting standards.Establish forecasting of quarterly solutions revenue, monitor actuals vs. forecast and communicate results to management.Respond to inquiries from other teams regarding proposed or current revenue transactions and respond to/participate as ad hoc project support where escalation is required.Responsible for overseeing the preparation of financial and business related analysis and research in such areas as revenue and expense performance, rate of return, working capital, and investments etc.Ensure timely and accurate preparation of consolidated forecasts and budgets and conduct trend analysis for revenue and project costs alongside overseeing the compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long range plans.Assists with special financial and business related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses.Ensure that all management reporting as requested by Executive Board and CEO is done on timely and accurate basis.Provide year-end and periodic support of auditor requirements, which may include research and reconcilement for inquires relating to revenue and project costing.

London, United Kingdom

Providing Business Partnership to the EMEA Sales Team as well as the leaders of other Business Groups (i.e., product groups, services groups, etc.). Also, to act as a commercial business partner in all aspects of financial planning and analysis across Sales, Marketing and Services for the EMEA region. Regular revenue forecasting, reporting and planning, as well as deal advice and guidance. Of equal importance is the development of strategic/financial plans, performing analysis of the business' performance, as well as participating in a wide variety of finance-related projects along with coordinating activities between the Business Groups and the Finance Department at large.Revenue forecasting, by month and quarter with variance analysis.Analysing the economics of individual deals and sales strategies.Providing guidance on US GAAP Revenue Recognition for pre and post contract signing between Accounting, Legal, Sales and the Business Unit.Developing annual plans, both for product and sales and services teams.Developing a thorough understanding of the Company's business dynamics (products, customers, pricing, etc).Developing a constructive working relationship with key people within the organisation (Sales, Legal, Accounting).Assisting sales and management in the understanding of financial implications of business decisions, from trends, product pricing, and accounting conclusions.Preparing performance reports for management and analysing these reports for significant trends and issues that should be highlighted for senior management.Contributing to audit support and ad hoc corporate reporting

Assisting and supporting day-to-day accounting activities related to revenue recognition under US GAAP.Partnering with Deal Management Team, Customer Solutions Finance and the wider Europe and Emerging finance community to ensure necessary accounting adjustments are properly forecasted for financial and management accounting purposesIdentifying and driving process improvements throughout teamEnsuring all revenue reserves are managed and accounted for in an accurate and timely mannerEnsuring monthly accounting entries and processes are strictly adhered toFollowing all SOX processes for revenue accounting while maintaining up-to-date documentation of processes and test plans and ensure testing is completed without exception.

Conducting the audit of small to medium size companies, charities and not for profit organisations from planning stage to audit completion for partner review.Acting as assignment leader to juniors on audits and providing them with training opportunities.Extending the services provided to a client where I was able to identify such an opportunity and advising them on internal controls and effective systems implementation.

Conducting the audit of small to medium size companies, charities and not for profit organisations from planning stage to audit completion for partner review.Preparing company accounts and sole trader accounts from client records and preparing corporation tax computations/liaising with tax specialist as required.Acting as assignment leader to juniors on audits and providing them with training opportunities.

Conducting the audit of small to medium size companies from planning stage to audit completion for manager review.Preparing company accounts and sole trader accounts from client records and preparing corporation tax computation.Benefited from a wide range of clients and assignments and was able to progress on these experiences to further training successfully to an Audit Senior.

Daily tasks involved processing tills receipts and daily cash sheets for all 10 of the company’s music venues and inputing them into the accounting system.The daily takings were then checked to the supporting documents and verified, and any discrepancies were investigated with the venue itself.On-site control checks were undertaken at the venue and the findings of this were reported to and discussed with the financial controller.

Aca (Associate Chartered Accountant), Accounting

Bsc, Mathematics And Computer Science