Financial /Commercial Analyst
Sirocco FZCO (Heineken & Emirates Group), Dubai
Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months
Cross functional support to Commercial & Management Team with fact-based business information & strategies across various categories of beer & cider, identifying issues & opportunities, provide value added analysis & recommendations to reduce customer attrition & to acquire new contracts
Computing overheads, analyzing results, monitoring variances, extrapolating trends & paradigms to maintain a balance between revenue and cost & recommending actions to management team
Develop customized reports & dashboards categorically for Commercial and Management team for analyzing and translating data into actionable strategies for marketing opportunity, ring fencing costs, augment sales, devise market penetration strategy & project future revenues & expenses
Conduct extensive training sessions for Commercial & Management Team on Business Intelligence Tool and Accounting Applications.
Responsible for financial & profitability analysis and producing performance reports
To provide reports which assists in business analysis, Audit and MIS reports
Budget and Forecast preparation, input and analysis
Bank Reconciliation, Rent & Salary Allocations and preparation of ad hoc reports as required by the management
Process all reconciliations for month-end closing and resolve discrepancies and manage the implementation of new Policies and Procedures
As a part of Nostros team, was responsible for trade reconciliation & maintaining static data of Futures & Options contracts which includes Brokerage rates, Interests, Commissions for all clients of JP Morgan across North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) & Asian markets covering 78 exchanges
Achieving stringent daily / weekly and monthly volume targets as defined in the SLA along with providing real time support to onshore teams. Managing escalations and providing continuous support to the offshore teams regarding trade breaks, trade reports, reconciliation reports, queries and Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Responsible for preparing and maintaining SOPs, Business Continuity Plan (BCP) documentation, Access Control Matrix's, Call Tree, Weekly & Monthly Matrix, etc. Responsible for attending weekly calls and meetings with onshore CSRs. Responsible for closely monitoring all projects UAT (user acceptance testing) on enhancements and changes to F&O mainframe static data systems
Complete understanding & control of all aspects of Process management including compliance, migrations, scope enhancements, legal entities serviced Technology platforms and Project management including documentation and in-depth research including financial analysis, strategic planning and cost effective methods
Act as a primary point of contact for client services teams/onshore partners to discuss any issues/queries related to Trade breaks, commissions & trade confirmation. Ensuring healthy & continuous interaction with onshore partners to achieve improved service levels and smooth execution of business. Active participation in process improvements and process automation by planning and implementing capacity utilization and optimum usage of resources
Project - “Guerrilla Marketing of Mutual Funds- Reaching customer in an unconditional way”
To promote mutual fund products of DWS through institutional sales and getting business through Individual Financial Advisors and National Distributors. Maintain profitable relationship with HNI clients and to source new clients
To maintain periodic MIS report related to customer’s database, queries and service request and do the needful follow up
Conduct new fund offer/product presentations with a view to popularise the company’s pedigree and maintain periodic MIS report related to customer’s database, queries and service request
Liaising with the Sales team and updating revenue, stock and cash collection by each location. Handling day to day accounting activities like Cash, Bank, Purchase, Sales, Journal entries and Bank Reconciliation
Responsible for distribution, transportation, quality control, supply chain operations and providing suggestion on various aspects such as customer service, budgeting, business strategy for improving the functionality of the operations and simultaneously increasing foot flow and expand client base.
Preparing and presenting daily and month end MIS reports/Financial Analysis by developing income/expenditure analysis, industry analysis, identifying trends & scope for developments and process re-engineering proposal to senior management.
Produce full statutory client accounts starting from client’s books and records, using accounting software such as Sage Line 50. This process includes reconciling the clients’ bank accounts, coding all receipts and payments and then investigating any instances that differ drastically or which did not exist in the prior period. After coding, then reviewing the Balance Sheet and Income Statements derived and liaising with the client with regards to any end of year adjustments or other ambiguities
Accounts production also includes producing VAT reconciliations, Wages and PAYE calculations. For each of these, a reconciliation of what amounts have been paid in the period by the client, compared to what should have been paid is produced and any differences are investigated
Experience gained in posting journals into accounts production software in the construction of the Client’s statutory accounts
Creating client VAT returns using Sage Line 50. This involves entering all purchases and income for the client and then using the tax functions of the software package for production of the actual VAT Return.
Finalising and analysing financial statements such as Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
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