Sara Molavi Email & Phone Number

Australia

Australia

Partnering with the CEO and founders of a high-growth company with an existing portfolio to design and lead the finance department, establish the finance function, improve internal controls, and provide strategic and commercial support to the executive team and managing director. Responsible for managing a $42M P&L, as well as all accounting functions.

Leading the Umlaut finance department during its transition to Accenture following the acquisition by facilitating communication between the HQ and Accenture finance teams.Engaged as the region’s first head of finance to design, operationalize, and mature the finance function, I focused on elevating team performance, maximizing financial health, and.

As the region’s first head of finance, I have created the finance function from the ground up. Supporting the company’s growth with full P&L accountability, I have played a key role in supporting a recent acquisition by Accenture, managing all accounting functions, including balance sheet, cash flow, legal and audit aspects and financial reporting. I have.

Sydney, Australia

During a time of 500+% business growth during a transition period and merger with Alcatel-Lucent, I provided oversight and financial control across 9-figures of customer transactions, managing financial performance and compliance matters, including SOX issues and preparing for audits. Creating a robust financial business partner capability, establishing.

Australia

• Engaged to provide financial leadership to the Vodafone customer team by overseeing P&L management, cost control, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting, I volunteered to lead the set-up of the dollar Optus contract in.
• Reduced variance from plan significantly as a result of tighter financial control and increased business partnering and planning activities;
• Enabled cost savings by preparing a business case to bring previously outsourced vendor activities back in house;
• Introduced a new invoicing system, solving legacy issues and improving visibility in the invoicing process;
• Prepared an induction document to train new systems users which has now been rolled out globally.

Tehran Province, Iran

• Reporting to the CFO and with full financial control for operations across the Siemens Network cluster, I was responsible for the financial control of contracts, on a national basis. I identified opportunities to drive.
• Facilitated external audits by partnering with the external Auditors to help the process run more smoothly;
• Took a strong leadership role in managing any customer or contract issues, including working with legal teams to identify solutions and protect the company from penalties/financial exposure.

Tehran Province, Iran

• Financial Controller for major client, MTN Group, I provided full spectrum financial management including cash flow management, budgeting and forecasting. I was responsible for all governance and compliance including.
• Promoted to Senior Financial Controller as the project scaled, growing the team from 2 to 5 direct reports;
• Generated a 7-8% reduction in taxation payments through deep dive analysis;
• Realised considerable efficiencies in equipment costs through effective negotiation with the vendor

Tehran Province, Iran

• Beginning as an Audit Assistant, I quickly progressed to Auditor and then Senior Auditor working with large multinational companies to lead the end to end planning process for audit delivery including setting.
• Reviewed financial statements, M&A activities (due diligence) and records to identify compliance issues and present recommendations to client-side executive teams;
• Led up to 7 auditors to deliver consistently high-quality standards across a range of audit projects

Iran

Recording of daily financial accounts in accounting software and also Doing book keeping and Recording of weekly petty cashes, bank reconciliation, inventory & account payable & receivable, also preparing tax return for company

Education record

Education record

Education record