 Provide financial leadership to the 14 legal entities Partner with different businesses to drive smooth operations and value creation Work with the team to enhance and achieve operational excellence, and drive compliance, controllership and simplification of the processes. Ensure compliance - Local tax filing and reporting, corporate reporting, HR related and company policies and procedures. Lead simplification initiatives and projects across MENAT region Implement and maintain the financial rules, procedures & records to meet the US GAAP and local legal STAT & TAX requirements Partner with stat and tax teams and external auditors for stat and tax filing and supporting replying to tax queries and inspections. Support and participate in all accounting activities during the monthly/quarterly closing and reporting (to HQ and GE Businesses) Supervise the preparation and review the account reconciliations Prepare and review budgets and pricing, and conducted periodical review and variance analysis Lead the monthly reviews of the Balance Sheet and P&L, with the Controllership and FP&A teams Drive HQ projects and initiatives including digitization, simplification and integration projects Front end to the customer relationship (all GE businesses), ensuring customer satisfaction of the highest level Manage the query resolutions from all key stakeholders Leading third party shared service offshore team in India & Saudi and ensure smooth operations between on shore and offshore teams

 Provide financial leadership to the 8 legal entities. Work with the team to enhance and achieve operational excellence, and drive compliance, controllership and simplification of the processes. Ensure compliance - Local tax filing and reporting, corporate reporting, HR related and company policies and procedures. Improve awareness of risks and developing, implementing and reviewing internal controls with all functions across all processes Implement and maintain the financial rules, procedures & records to meet the US GAAP and local legal STAT & TAX requirements Partner with stat and tax teams and external auditors for stat and tax filing and supporting replying to tax queries and inspections. Drive simplification initiatives in financial services processes. Support and participate in all accounting activities during the monthly/quarterly closing and reporting (to HQ and GE Businesses) Supervise the preparation and review the account reconciliations Prepare and review budgets and pricing, and conducted periodical review and variance analysis Lead the monthly reviews of the Balance Sheet and P&L, with the Controllership and FP&A teams Drive HQ projects and initiatives including digitization, simplification and integration projects Front end to the customer relationship (all GE businesses), ensuring customer satisfaction of the highest level Manage the query resolutions from all key stakeholders Leading third party shared service offshore team in India & Saudi and ensure smooth operations between on shore and offshore teams.

• Finance Business partner for foods division supporting board of directors in strategy formulation A and implementation. •Annual plan preparation with full P&L.•Review Financial Performance Against The Agreed Business Plans And Innovations.•Category Trading Working Capital Analysis.•Budgeting Rolling Forecast For The Coming 16 Months By Brand.•Decision Support On Yearly Brand Strategy (Brand Audit & Annual Plan) with P&L by brand by country.•Interface With The Supply Chain Team To Drive Value Improvement Initiatives.•Review production and total supply chain cost monthly and interact with costing team and supply chain team to decrease the conversion cost.•Liquidation Plans For Remaining Stocks Before Relaunches.•Evaluate Feasibility Of New Innovations/Launches.•Applying Pricing Strategy By Brand.•Building Proactive Decision Trees By Brand Responding To 'What-If' Scenarios Impacting The Brand.•Competition Simulation Analysis.•Media Management (Above The Line & Below The Line Spending Decision Making). •Brands Support Optimizing Spending Efficiency (Support And Sales Discounts Spending).•Participation In Creating Promotion Ideas.•Promotions & Activities pre & post Evaluation.

 (The following responsibilities were carried out for Unilever Mashreq’s 7 countries) •Annual plan preparation and monthly rolling forecast •Preparation of 5 years plan for countries  •Results analysis and reporting by channel, forecasting and closing estimate calculation by channel.•Preparing monthly presentation on the financial performance to the board of directors. •Evaluate Customers Profitability & Return on investment in order to make sure of win win situation between  Unilever & its customers. •Channel profitability monitoring & forecast. •Pricing strategy for customers. •Pre, Post Evaluation & approval for trade deals and promotions. •Run Channel audit per channel of sales. •Run Customer Value Assessment exercise to determine the matrix between channel and product . •Trade terms structure management. •Channels Rolling forecast for: Growth, achievements, spending and profitability.

Trading Working Capital Preparation & Analysis.•Suppliers Balances reconciliation and agreement. •Fixed Assets & Capital Expenditures maintenance.•Ensure timely calendar month closing and various cut-off are finalized.•Review closing checklist completed by finance team.•Balance Sheet Reconciliation and accounts analysis.•External reports "Consolidated Balance Sheet & Income Statement". •Monthly Review Analysis.•Fixed Assets & Trading Working Capital annual plan for the coming year.•Petty cash and AP payments review.•Short Term and long term advances reconciliation review.•Banks reconciliations review.•Reconcile Unilever Mashreq balances with business group companies.•Countries debit notes reconciliation review.•Overheads analysis.•Year End Closing Entries.

Overheads analysis.•Balance Sheet Reconciliation and accounts analysis.•Monthly Review preparation.•Banks reconciliations.•Countries debit notes reconciliations.•Petty cash and AP payments maintenance.