Group Finance Manager
Current• Heading a team of 8 members and reporting to the GM & CEO for analytical findings and recommendations for improvements. • Responsible for analysis of manufacturing overhead & identification of under / over absorbed overheads for discussion with production manager in order to take corrective actions. • Responsible for performing product costing (raw material / packing material & allocation of overheads) in order to determine the selling price after applying the company’s ROI.• Strategically prepared the production line change over cost (raw material wastage / idle labour hours / packing material wastage) for the planning by production manager.• Liaise with procurement team to provide them with consumption numbers for reordering of raw & packing materials.• Developed 2 years’ business plan in liaison with key stake holders after incorporating the new target market. • Established Channel & Brand profitability by performing financial analysis: (Customer wise, product wise GP analysis segmented by sectors.• Analytical review of expenditures: a) Gondola / promotional costs as a % of sales by customers.• Prepare monthly financial reporting pack (Balance sheet / P&L / cash flows) & roll forward with commentary on variances Vs budget. • Appointed as a member of management committee with a composition of (CEO / COO / GM / HOF / Advisor to CEO).• Design, implementation & monitoring of Standard Operating Procedures in light of Risk assessment • Successfully secured short term loans for working capital requirement. • VAT implementation with consultants and mapped the existing software in compliance to VAT framework.• Negotiate with suppliers and saved a AED 500k for insurance renewal, lease vehicles contracts & maintenance contracts. • Liaise with external (Ernst & Young / KPMG) & Internal auditors and address there queries for the successful completion of audits.• ERP Implementation (Microsoft Dynamics), BI module, Oracle payroll.