Mario Rashed Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon

• Initiated and founded a family business consisting of a central kitchen responsible for the delivery of three concepts: Chou Tabkha Mom, Refined Exotic Burger and la bulle Rachidienne
• Handled the fitting of the central kitchen with all the required equipment and tools
• Handled the recruitment and development of the kitchen staff (8 pax)
• Managed and supervised the catering of corporate and private events for reputable companies in Beirut (la bulle Rachidienne)
• Managed the full menu offering based on supplies in terms of ordering, slow moving and ageing of stock
• Handled the full financial aspect of the business: financing and budgeting, forecasting, sales tracking on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Trial balance management for Morocco, Algeria and Lebanon
• Expenses posting, account clearing, monthly reconciliation and books closing
• Payments control and approval for the MEWA region (local and regional payments)
• Quarterly and yearly corporate tax, VAT and internal reports preparations and submissions
• Quarterly cross charge calculation to other business units and affiliates
• Contributed to the success of Corporate Financial Internal Audit and Compliance

Beirut, Lebanon

• Handled Morocco and Algeria from a finance operations perspective (payroll, accrual calculation, manual journal entries using eforms and accounts reconciliation)
• Handled regional payments and regional accounts clearing for MEWA region
• A core team member in SAP testing; traveled to Janssen Headquarter in Belgium for UAT SAP system testing and identified defects in the system
• Worked closely with the stakeholders to understand and streamline processes
• A regional team member in a task force to enhance system implementation and identify potential issues
• A regional champion for Track My Request (TMR) system (system to submit corporate card and out of pocket claims)

Beirut, Lebanon

• Prepared, consolidated, analyzed and reported the financial performance of customers, markets, regions and brands
• Prepared BPM decks, presentations and financials review for execs meetings
• Handled F16 planning for MENA region
• Monitored and tracked countries and regions performance vs plan and prior year and triggered corrective actions
• Worked closely with senior stakeholders to deliver P&L simulations, product listing, quantification of regional risks and opportunities
• Tracked MENA investments and metrics on a pre and post basis

Kuwait

• Supervised a team of ERP SAP implementation consultants in India and successfully monitored SAP implementation and initiated and worked on a process improvement lean six sigma project and reduced Days Sales Outstanding.
• Prepared budgets and rolling forecasts, financial strategy plan and financing plan of a new division for C-suite executives
• Built models, evaluated, analyzed and recommended target acquisition agencies/brands
• Monitored the performance of a bleeding division and developed an action plan
• Prepared and analyzed several divisional financial and profitability reports
• Assisted in the preparation of balanced scorecards to track performance versus budget and targets

Beirut, Lebanon

Extensively conducted more than 15 economic and business research modeling and analysis on more than 8 sectors in the MENA region

Gemba, Finance And Strategy

Masters Of Arts, Financial Economics, 4.0/4.0

Grants and Honors: Dean's Honors List; 100% scholarship, all semesters Awards: Samir Makdissi Award for Academic Excellence, 2010 Thesis.

Ba, Bachelor Of Business Administration, Economics, 3.84/4.0

Grants and Honors: Dean's Honors List; 75% scholarship, all semesters