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Claude David

Candidate ID: 124172

Career Summary

Senior management professional with varied exposure in diversified domains across Sri Lanka, KSA and UAE in Financial Reporting, Financial Management, Data Analysis, Credit Control, Trade Finance, Finance & Accounts Management, Team Management,Trade Finance, Budgeting & Control, Payroll Adm-WPS,etc

Skill Set

Accounting, Finance

Professional Information

Total Experience : 40

Nationality : Sri Lanka

Qualification Level : Management Post Graduates

Job Function : Accounts / Tax / CS / Audit / Finance

Work Location Preference : Oman, Qatar, UAE

Detailed Profile

Multi Options General Trading LLC- Accounting Manager-A Freelancer and consultant in Financial Operations.

ROEL DMCC-Operations Manager-Financial. February 2015 to Dec 2015.A Startup Trading Company, tasked with the responsibilities of arranging for working capital and ensuring supply chain is effective, in order to fulfil customer commitments in a timely manner.

BRC Arabia LLC-Finance Manager. November 2003 to November 2014. A Steel manufacturing and Fabrication company and a Division of The Kanoo Group.

•As head of Finance, Reporting to the General Manager and Regional Management Office, responsible for the supervision of all aspects of accounts receivable and accounts payable, bank reconciliations, fixed assets and general ledger.

•Coordinating with external auditors for the annual audits and complying with annual statutory financial reporting requirements.

•Providing monthly Flash Reports as well as planning and budgeting for the company. Analysis of the business financial / operational performance against the budget and company benchmarks, ensuring variances are objectively analyzed and reported in a timely manner.

•Assisting management in planning sales budgets in close coordination with the sales team, by determining Break Even Points [BEP] for the Company’s products.

•Credit control reviews in liaison with the general manager.

•Responsible for the working capital and daily cash management activities, monthly cash reporting and cash forecasting reports to the head office, ensuring creditors are paid in a timely manner. Managing a healthy cash flow and ensuring available bank facilities are adequate, by utilizing trading tools such as bills discounting and post dated cheque discounting.

•Worked in close coordination with banks for the company’s trade finance requirements in particular and bank facilities and funding in general. Review and establish Letters of Credit and other short and long term funding arrangements as per business requirements.