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Ahmad Allidawi

Summary

CMA with 13 years of extensive financial experience in different roles, industries, and jurisdictions. Worked in Manufacturing, Media, FMCG, Real Estate, Services, Trading, and Holding & Group level in levant and gulf where I occupied managerial positions reported directly to senior management. Led many financial projects, re-engineered workflows, and improved P&P. Ambitious, proactive, and adaptable person with business partnering skills and high commercial intelligence, used to wear multiple hats and manage cross functions and roles.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Controller

Orbit Services Company FZ LLC
12.2023 - Current
  • Establishing the new entity in Dubai.
  • Bank account signatory.
  • Establishing and maintaining relationships with bankers and other partners.
  • Supervising HR and IT functions.
  • Updating P&P of Finance, Procurement, HR,and IT. Setting new SOPs. In addition, Implementing the updating AM across the group.
  • Integrating and implementing multiple ERPs.
  • Preparing business plan for special projects along with technical and commerical teams with the CEO and CFO.
  • Hiring new corporate services and build Dubai team.
  • Supervising audit and statutory reporting.
  • Working with legal department on restructuring the group per legal entities along with tax advisor to optimize the group's performance and simplify the group structure.
  • Supervising the monthly closing and reporting.

Compliance and Reporting Manager

Orbit Communication Company
12.2022 - 12.2023
  • Bank accounts signatory. - Revising authorities matrix.
  • Supervise the accounting team and manage the daily accounting activities.
  • Reviewing the monthly reporting packages and Cash Forecast.
  • Working with group planning department on the new products and startup divisions.
  • Business partnering with the technical team.
  • Reviewing the statutory FS in different jurisdictions across the group before signing off.
  • Working with legal and corporate teams on restructuring the group.
  • Fixing the ERP – SAP Business One problems across the group and leading the team until GO LIVE. - Making sure the group compliance requirements are in place with banks, authorities and KYCs are provided on time, and substance required by authorities is in place as per each jurisdiction.
  • Working on highly confidential information related to the UBOs in updating the KYCs.

Assistant Financial Controller

Nestlé Waters
10.2019 - 12.2022
  • Supporting the Financial Controller in managing the Finance Department in supervising, training, hiring, evaluating, and transferring knowledge.
  • Covering the absence of the Operations Manager and Financial Controller/
  • Re-engineering the workflows in order to improve efficiency.
  • Reviewing and update Authorities Matrix, P&P, and monitor permissions of the accounting system.
  • Maintaining relationships with bankers.
  • Keeping high-level communication with Operations Manager in addition to Sales, HR, technical departments, other branches, and affiliated companies.
  • Member of COVID-19 committee and crises committee.
  • Day-to-day approval of the department's transactions (payments, debit and credit notes, rebates).
  • Submitting the financial packages required by Nestle on a monthly and quarterly basis (ACTUALS VS BUDGETS and DYNAMIC FORECAST)
  • COVID -19 Tracking, CAPEX tracking, Working Capital, Intercompany transactions, Sales Flash and Dashboards, Treasury and Cash Forecast in addition to discuss and challenge the variances with budget and dynamic forecast with other departments.
  • Ad-hoc reporting in addition to specific reporting for the industry (Product and customer's profitability analysis, and pricing for special orders).
  • Reviewing and approve the material variance compared to the Zero-Based according to the BOM.
  • Calculating transfer pricing between affiliated companies.
  • Reviewing and approve the sales incentive.
  • Handling the external audit process from A to Z.
  • Reviewing VAT returns, calculation of Deferred Tax, and Income / Zakat calculation internally- and with the tax consultant.
  • Reviewing payroll and analyze monthly changes for management.

Chief Accountant

Edgo
01.2019 - 10.2019
  • Supervising the senior and junior accountants.
  • Reviewing the R2R process.
  • Reviewing and updating internal policies and procedures, and authorities matrix.
  • Evaluating the finance team and developing in-house KPIs to measure the quality of the work.
  • Issuing the final reports to the BOD through the CFO and GM.
  • Preparing segment analysis and details for each operation as an executive summary per operation.
  • Preparing business review when required.
  • Preparing the group statutory financial statements.
  • Partnering with Legal, HR, IT, and Sales Department.
  • Consolidating the group budget and challenge the local controllers / managers.

Senior Management, Treasury and Financial Accountant

Edgo
12.2012 - 01.2019
  • Preparing the Board of Directors report for the group on a quarterly basis under the supervision of the group financial controller and the group CFO. - Teaming with the consolidation team across the group.
  • Pricing of sales orders and services, reviewing the P&L of new orders before sending it for approval by the management.
  • Ensuring compliance with IFRS and the group's policies and procedures.
  • Preparing weekly treasury package including cash balances across the group, facilities position, monitoring the finance cost and highlighting any exposure at any level.
  • Leading finance department projects (ERP, SharePoint and archiving)
  • Preparing and managing the group forward Deals (Hedging of foreign currency) to eliminate the foreign currency risk as much as possible.
  • Issuing the LCs and LGs from A to Z.
  • Ensuring the finance cost is at the minimum and there is no idle cash. - Maintaining the general ledger and modules. - Preparing the audit files and working with the external and internal auditors. - Providing support to the group's parties and subsidiaries.
  • Supervising the tax file and finalizing filing with consultant.

Accountant

Ready Mix Concrete & Construction Supplies
07.2011 - 12.2012
  • Reconciling from day one until GO LIVE stage for the Oracle system and legacy.
  • Bookkeeping of invoices and bank transactions, and monitoring AR and AP, prepare reports for management, and assisting in preparation the financial statements and consolidation.
  • Preparing general ledger entries and maintaining records and files.
  • Calculating the cost of raw materials, work in process, finished goods.

Education

CMA -

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

BA, Accounting -

The Hashemite University
01.2011

Skills

  • Adaptation
  • Attention to detail
  • Business partnering
  • Management and financial reporting
  • Business intelligence
  • Troubleshooting
  • Business acumen
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Root cause analysis
  • ERP implementations
  • Excellent listener
  • Research
  • International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)
  • VAT, TAX, Zakat reporting
  • Corporate finance
  • Pricing and costing
  • Internal controls development
  • Process Improvement
  • Consolidation Accounting

Marital Status

Married

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10/20/89
  • Nationality: Jordanian

Languages

English
Arabic

Timeline

Financial Controller

Orbit Services Company FZ LLC
12.2023 - Current

Compliance and Reporting Manager

Orbit Communication Company
12.2022 - 12.2023

Assistant Financial Controller

Nestlé Waters
10.2019 - 12.2022

Chief Accountant

Edgo
01.2019 - 10.2019

Senior Management, Treasury and Financial Accountant

Edgo
12.2012 - 01.2019

Accountant

Ready Mix Concrete & Construction Supplies
07.2011 - 12.2012

CMA -

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

BA, Accounting -

The Hashemite University

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