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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Core Competencies
Software
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Amro Daghistani

Business Finance Manager
Jeddah

Summary

Accomplished Business Finance Manager with a proven track record at AbbVie Saudi Arabia, enhancing financial processes and driving strategic investment allocation. Demonstrates exceptional leadership and communication skills, adept at team collaboration and delivering comprehensive financial analysis. Achieved significant improvements in reporting tools and process efficiencies, showcasing a strong blend of analytical prowess and team-oriented leadership.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Business Finance Manager

AbbVie Saudi Arabia
10.2021 - Current
  • Lead, direct and manage all preparation, execution, analysis and all required deliverables from Regional and Area team of plan budget and Long Range Plan for total affiliate.
  • Monitoring sales/expenditure and proactively identify any variances vs benchmarks and communicate accordingly.
  • Support business units strategic business drivers to determine investment allocation, creating comprehensive and highly structured Business Cases and its alignment to strategic objectives.
  • Prepare and distribute presentation for monthly affiliate financial results to GM and Affiliate Management Team.
  • Responsible for enhancing and continue improving of all reporting tools.
  • Review financial performance at product level with Commercial leaders and Management Team.
  • Manage and execute weekly, monthly & quarterly reports and ad-hoc analysis.
  • Responsible to improve/identify gaps in current process and amend them if necessary.
  • Review Tender quotations and making sure they are inline with expectations in terms of prices and quantities.
  • Support HR Director with preparation of Organization chart and making sure that its inline with our approved plan.
  • Established new claim process with distributor to improve level of documentation and time to process them for payment.

Finance Business Partner

AbbVie Saudi Arabia
06.2020 - 09.2021
  • Coordinate with GM, Finance Director, Commercial Team and manage well affiliate process/models by ensuring timely, accurate and well supported analysis for Latest estimate plan, Budget Plan, and Long Range Plan.
  • Monitoring sales and proactively identify any variances vs benchmarks and communicate accordingly.
  • Actively participate in demand reviews, validate assumptions and verify gaiting to ensure proper inventory level.
  • Prepare and Review with Finance Director on monthly basis in-market and to-market sales to maintain agreed Days on Hand levels and minimize fluctuations/risk.
  • Head-Count monitoring and reconcile on monthly basis actual vs approved HC to ensure timely and accurate submission with clear and specific comments for quarterly report.
  • Coordinate with Market Access team to ensure proper price analysis, documentation and approvals in place for all products.
  • Reviewing and adjusting Gross to Net accruals and ensure to have enough accruals against distributor debit notes.
  • Review and approve promo/other purchasing requests by ensuring correct cost centers mapping, GL account, proper documents and budget availability.
  • Monthly review, validation and reporting of promo & selling expenditures.

Senior Financial Planning & Analysis

Allergan Saudi Arabia LLC.
01.2018 - 06.2020

• Work collaboratively with Country Manager, Commercial team & Regional Finance team to develop annual budget, quarterly forecasts and long-range plans.

• Preparing standard reporting packages each period for business and finance management.

• Analyzing current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sale, expenses and recommend appropriate budget (selling & promotional) levels.

• Monitoring performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance.

• Monthly review, validation and reporting of promo & selling expenses.

• Highlighting areas of potential under /over spend and adjust full year targets as appropriate.

• Preparing presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team.

• Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values and standards of ethics and integrity.

• Performing ad-hoc analyses in support of business initiatives.

• Evaluating of financial impact of Changes to distributor terms (commissions, selling allowances, etc.) and Price-referencing against other countries.

Commercial Project Manager - Team Leader

Siemens Ltd. Saudi Arabia, Energy Division – Transmission Solution Department            
11.2011 - 12.2017

• Project accounting and maintaining of project plan cost, revenue recognition, excess cost/ billing, payables, provisions and accruals and free cash flow.

• Financial Planning and Forecasting (Revenue, cash flow forecast etc.) and ensuring project results realization as per plan/ forecast.

• Project Cost controlling and monitoring to minimize non-conformance cost and optimize savings in procurement and overheads.

• Perform project risk and opportunity management.

• Effective project controlling and reporting monthly and quarterly including preparation of project key performance indicators analysis.

• Support Project Manager in reference to effective contract management for all commercial and legal issues.

• Ensure timely invoicing and collection of receivables.

• Implement / comply with all applicable internal regulations, processes and procedures.

• Ability to manage teams and achieve results through others.

Retail Teller

National Commercial Bank
01.2010 - 10.2011

Working as teller in Al-Mosaedia branch from Jan 2010 till Oct 2011, helping team to reach target, marketing for their products, working with high standard, and working as customer instructor to guide customers.

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in Finance & Investment From King Abdul-Aziz University
01.2005 - 04.2009

Skills

    - Communication skills

    - Leadership skills

    - Strong Team Player

Certification

- People and Business Management Learning Program

References

~ References Available upon Request ~

Status

Date of birth

16-12-1987

Marital Status

Married

Citizenship

Saudi

Languages

Core Competencies

  • Budgeting, Forecasting & Accuracy
  • Financial Analysis & Co-piloting
  • Team Leadership
  • Financial Controlling

Software

- SAP Spiridon

- Microsoft application specially Microsoft Excel

- Business Planning Consolidation

Timeline

Business Finance Manager

AbbVie Saudi Arabia
10.2021 - Current

Finance Business Partner

AbbVie Saudi Arabia
06.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Financial Planning & Analysis

Allergan Saudi Arabia LLC.
01.2018 - 06.2020

Commercial Project Manager - Team Leader

Siemens Ltd. Saudi Arabia, Energy Division – Transmission Solution Department            
11.2011 - 12.2017

Retail Teller

National Commercial Bank
01.2010 - 10.2011

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in Finance & Investment From King Abdul-Aziz University
01.2005 - 04.2009
Amro DaghistaniBusiness Finance Manager