Functional Skills
Accounting
Process Improvements
Pricing Strategy
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Strategic Planning
Financial Modeling
Financial Management
Cost Reduction
Forecasting / Projections
Change Management / Org Design
Software Skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Quickbooks
Sage 300
Microsoft Great Plains
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Retail
Languages
Arabic
English
Case Study
Case Studies
Accounting and Project Management Systems Transition
Business Services
Accounting Software Implementation
Accounting
Change Management / Org Design
Strategic and Financial Planning for a Multi-channel Retail Business
Retail
Strategic Planning
Financial Modeling
Financial Management
Fortune 500
Experience
BTHREE
Accounting
Chief Financial Officer
3/2021 - 9/2022
Led Finance, Accounting, and HR for a group of family-owned businesses, primarily within the construction and restaurant industries.
• Built a multifunctional team and led the company through a transition of policies, processes, and systems that strengthened corporate governance and drove efficiencies across all facets of the organization.
• Created and executed growth strategies, financing plans, and partnership agreements that enabled business expansion in several markets.
• Built a multifunctional team and led the company through a transition of policies, processes, and systems that strengthened corporate governance and drove efficiencies across all facets of the organization.
• Created and executed growth strategies, financing plans, and partnership agreements that enabled business expansion in several markets.
THE ART OF SHAVING (subsidiary of Procter & Gamble)
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
9/2018 - 1/2021
Led the Finance department and oversaw critical Accounting activities for a $50-100 million entity.
• Developed and implemented financial strategies, business plans, and restructuring efforts across all channels, enabling double-digit topline growth and laying out the path to delivering long-term profitability targets.
• Drove process improvements and simplification efforts which strengthened compliance with P&G accounting guidelines and improved productivity by at least 20%.
• Developed and implemented financial strategies, business plans, and restructuring efforts across all channels, enabling double-digit topline growth and laying out the path to delivering long-term profitability targets.
• Drove process improvements and simplification efforts which strengthened compliance with P&G accounting guidelines and improved productivity by at least 20%.
Procter & Gamble
Finance
North America Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Lead
6/2016 - 8/2018
Led the FP&A team for a multibillion-dollar business and managed the forecast of all profit and loss elements.
• Partnered with multifunctional teams and leaders to develop and implement action plans that tackled competitive and industry headwinds and enabled the delivery of quarterly sales and profit targets.
• Identified and analyzed risks and opportunities and provided critical insights on product mix, consumption trends, and trade inventory which shaped key business decisions resulting in the closure of forecast gaps.
• Led the strategy and planning for fiscal years 2017 / 2018 and 2018 / 2019, enabling the North America Shave Care business to be on track to deliver its long-term growth targets.
• Partnered with multifunctional teams and leaders to develop and implement action plans that tackled competitive and industry headwinds and enabled the delivery of quarterly sales and profit targets.
• Identified and analyzed risks and opportunities and provided critical insights on product mix, consumption trends, and trade inventory which shaped key business decisions resulting in the closure of forecast gaps.
• Led the strategy and planning for fiscal years 2017 / 2018 and 2018 / 2019, enabling the North America Shave Care business to be on track to deliver its long-term growth targets.
Procter & Gamble
Finance
Senior Finance Manager – Global Strategy and Product Supply
4/2015 - 5/2016
• Led the end-to-end (commercial and supply chain) financial analysis for key global initiatives which impacted all the major Gillette brands and helped turn around the Shave Care business within P&G.
• Presented financial summaries, highlighted key sensitivities, and made recommendations at every initiative alignment gate to the Shave Care President, CFO, and other leaders. Influenced critical decisions made by leadership that increased the overall value of the initiatives by at least $20 million.
• Presented financial summaries, highlighted key sensitivities, and made recommendations at every initiative alignment gate to the Shave Care President, CFO, and other leaders. Influenced critical decisions made by leadership that increased the overall value of the initiatives by at least $20 million.
Procter & Gamble
Finance
Finance Manager – Global Cost Savings
5/2012 - 3/2015
• Identified, analyzed, and recommended cost saving choices that enabled the delivery of over $100 million in global savings within Shave Care.
• Led a five-month cost benchmarking project across Shave Care plants globally. At least $20 million of the identified savings were delivered and the benchmarking approach was adopted by two other business units.
• Coordinated the stewardship effort for Shave Care globally. All control assessments were completed on time and action plans were implemented to tackle the issues that were identified.
• Led a five-month cost benchmarking project across Shave Care plants globally. At least $20 million of the identified savings were delivered and the benchmarking approach was adopted by two other business units.
• Coordinated the stewardship effort for Shave Care globally. All control assessments were completed on time and action plans were implemented to tackle the issues that were identified.
WorleyParsons
Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Proposals Engineer
2/2008 - 5/2011
• Led several bids for engineering and management consultancy projects in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia which generated revenue of more than $300 million.
• Developed pricing strategies and execution plans for several awarded proposals that increased WorleyParsons' market share to 60% of the Project Management Consultancy market in the UAE.
• Developed pricing strategies and execution plans for several awarded proposals that increased WorleyParsons' market share to 60% of the Project Management Consultancy market in the UAE.
Jacobs Engineering Group
Engineering
Field Engineer
9/2006 - 12/2007
• Coordinated two construction projects worth $30 million that significantly reduced emissions in the refinery.