Experience

FP&A & AI Transformation in Finance

• Automated bookkeeping data capture: 900+ expense receipts pulled straight from email into an Excel ledger, with monthly USD/AED summaries and a filterable transaction log.
• Designed and ran agentic workflows (scheduled Claude agents, browser automation and database-backed dashboards) that scan, extract and log data daily with no manual entry, including a Power BI cash flow model and an Excel budget-vs-actuals tool with MTD/YTD dashboards.
• Built AI-assisted reporting workflows in Claude Code, Power BI and Excel that draft variance commentary, prepare reconciliations and assemble management packs, with human sign-off before anything is issued.
• Wrote custom Claude skills and sub-agent playbooks (orchestrator, builder, reviewer, tester) so each process runs the same way every time and output is checked against the original brief.
• Scoped a UAE VAT and corporate tax bookkeeping agent and an e-invoicing (PINT AE) readiness checklist for SMEs.

FP&A Manager

• Solely led the annual business planning and forecasting, delivering insights to the Board.
• Focal point for Planning & Performance with ATC and Aramco HQ: prepared Board reports and Power BI/Excel dashboards.
• Built financial models and scenario analyses for long-term investments and strategy.
• Partnered with Traders, Finance, Risk and Operations to optimise costs, P&L and profitability.
• Defined and monitored KPIs across cost structure, profitability, liquidity and operations.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

• Ran value-creation analyses, including benchmarking, financial analysis and executive presentations.
• Prepared and reviewed FP&A policies covering reporting, forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning.
• Tracked BU performance, KPIs and variances against budget and project timelines, flagging risks, spend and opportunities with recommendations for decision-making.
• Developed financial models for consolidation, variance analysis and sensitivity scenarios.
• Identified underperforming sites and unusual spending across investment projects, and ran post-investment analyses against the original feasibility studies.

Finance Project Manager & FP&A Team Lead

• Led a team of 17 across seven global locations, overseeing treasury, financial reporting, P&L consolidation and risk reporting.
• Built the company's first cash management system and payment policies as sole project lead, and strengthened treasury and payment controls with external parties (mainly banks).
• Led the CTRM (Aspect) and SAP implementation, improving data accuracy, and introduced live Power BI dashboards for real-time reporting.
• Optimised working capital through trade finance and treasury resources, maintaining liquidity and covenant compliance, and led FX risk management with the trading desks.
• Ensured correct IFRS application, including hedge accounting; updated the trading mandate, risk, ECL and budget policies to regulatory standards and contributed risk insights to the Credit Risk Committee.

Group Management Accountant / Analyst

• Finalised consolidated financial statements across entities trading oil & gas, fertiliser and other commodities.
• Produced board-level review packs and the official Board report: KPIs on critical success factors, P&L, cost breakdown and risk commentary (ECL, VaR, liquidity, credit and operational risk).
• Led budgeting and planning, building variance reporting across the business from scratch, and managed cost allocation across entities down to cost per desk and trader.
• Reconciled 140+ bank accounts and broker statements monthly with the risk team.
• Prepared liquidity and cash utilisation reports ensuring covenant compliance, supported IFRS hedge accounting, and assisted treasury with cash flow planning and bank relationships.

Senior Finance Executive / Financial Analyst

• Oversaw accounting operations (journal review, task delegation and financial statement preparation) and acted as primary contact for external and internal auditors.
• Produced budgets and variance reports for senior management from scratch, and compiled key business metrics for management.
• Supported DCF valuation modelling, pitch books and sensitivity analysis for advisory deals.
• Assessed potential clients' financial positions and recommended improvements.
• Identified bottlenecks and recommended cost-optimisation improvements on key restructuring projects.

Management Accountant

Financial Analyst / ERP Functional Consultant