Annual Budgeting: Coordinating with department heads to build the comprehensive yearly corporate budget
Rolling Forecasts: Re-forecasting financial performance monthly or quarterly to reflect changing market dynamics.
Variance Reporting: Comparing actual monthly financial results against budgeted targets.
Root-Cause Analysis: Investigating exactly why a business unit missed or beat its financial targets.
KPI Management: Defining and tracking operational metrics (e.g., CAC, LTV, Gross Margin per unit).
Capital Expenditures (CapEx): Evaluating the return on investment (ROI) for major equipment, software, or real estate purchases.
Pricing Strategy: Modeling the profitability impact of changes to product pricing or discount structures.
Support: Assisting corporate development teams with valuation models for potential mergers or acquisitions.
Product/Market Analysis: Identifying which products, services, or regional markets drive the highest margins
Assistant Tax Manager
Schlumberger
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
01.2023 - 12.2023
Audit the statutory and financial statements.
Owns the corporate tax and compliance calendar, ensuring the timely preparation, review, and submission of all monthly, quarterly, annual, and recurring filings, renewals, and payments ahead of regulatory deadlines for many countries (France,Algeria,Tunsia,Morocco,Lybia...)
Supervises monthly and quarterly tax reporting to guarantee timely updates and distribution.
Managing statutory and fiscal audits, including the selection and engagement of internal and external auditors.
Collaborated with team members to close all audit points and provide the full backup in order to close the Audit on time.
Managing the delivery of audit requirements and coordinating follow-ups to secure final auditor sign-off.
Maintains comprehensive, year-by-year permanent and current tax files for all corporate entities in strict accordance with defined annexure guidelines.
Managed complaints with calm, clear communication and problem-solving.
Monitors and analyzes all annual tax charges, delivering detailed quarterly and annual variance reports that compare actual figures against budgeted forecasts.
Verifying Global Withholding Tax Rates for all overseas transactions and ensure that all the rates are correct.
Achieved service time and quality targets.
Engaged with customers to better understand needs and deliver excellent service.
Developed excellent working knowledge of industry trends and improvements in processes.
Lead Business Analyst
Schlumberger
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
02.2019 - 12.2022
Prepare analysis to explain on the monthly/yearly variance head counts costs .
Maintain an appropriate framework for process control, performance measurement and continuous improvement.
Monitoring the recharge monthly process.
Estimate and monitor all accrual, provision and prepayment.
Reviewing the Balance Sheet notes and performing the needed adjustments.
Ensuring all reports are submitted within deadlines.
Identified issues, analysed information and provided solutions to problems.
Determines costs of operations by establishing standard costs; collecting operational data
Picked up additional tasks to aid team success.
Prepared range of written communications, documents and reports.
France Senior Tax Accountant
Schlumberger
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
08.2015 - 01.2019
I was Handling France entities with different ERP.
Performing analysis as and when required by Geo-market
Preparing local statutory accounts and ensuring compliance within filing deadlines.
Preparing the monthly Tax returns (VAT/DEB/DES).
● Preparing Fixed Assets and Inventory reconciliations.
Produced monthly and year-end closing statements, financial documents and invoices.
Completed detailed reviews of accounts and bookkeeping records to verify compliance with standards.
Preparations of BSN.
Practiced tax accounting policies, rules and regulations to comply with applicable standards.
Reconciled bank accounts of organisation to verify accuracy of cash records and prevent fraud or unusual activity.
Managing statutory and fiscal audits, including the selection and engagement of internal and external auditors.
Evaluated complex tax issues to minimise risks and implement solutions.
Documented petty cash transactions of organisation in petty cash journal to summarise payments from funds.
Prepared year-end and statutory accounts to compare past reports and submit requirements to tax board.
Senior Tax Accountant
Schlumberger
TUNIS, Tunisia
06.2012 - 07.2015
Prepare monthly,Quarterly and Annual financial statements
Perform a payroll reconciliation to confirm all figures are correct
Perform an independent Social Security reconciliation to verify accuracy
Configuring withholding tax rates for domestic and international invoices.
Compiles and finalizes statutory and tax accounts
Managing statutory and fiscal audits, including the selection and engagement of internal and external auditors.
Closes all audit points and provides full verification.
Tax Provision Backups preparation
Maintain petty cash records, and reconcile cash receipts and expenditures
Ensures the timely delivery of updated monthly and quarterly tax reports.
Prepare Transfer Pricing Documentation
Annual tax filings preparation
Reconcile Fixed Asset,Inventory and Revenue ….
Indirect tax reporting and filing(VAT,Witholding Tax supplier and Customer)
Ensuring all reports are submitted within deadlines
Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses
Management Vs Fiscal recononciliation.
Compiled financial information, figures and forecasts for budgetary decision-making.
Reconciled bank accounts of organisation to verify accuracy of cash records and prevent fraud or unusual activity.
Tax Accountant CRIT TUNISIE
CRIT TUNISIE
TUNIS, Tunisia
01.2009 - 05.2012
Posted journal and ledger entries, prepared financial statements and reports and closed books.
Reconciled monthly bank statements and resolved discrepancies.
Completed detailed reviews of accounts and bookkeeping records to verify compliance with standards.
Analysed financial records to identify potential tax deductions.
Practiced tax accounting policies, rules and regulations to comply with applicable standards.
Generated financial statements documenting revenue, expenses and liabilities.
Produced monthly and year-end closing statements, financial documents and invoices.
Processed quarterly and annual tax reports to calculate and analyse deferred tax, summarising transactions.
Calculated, prepared and filed payroll taxes.
Reviewed financial statements and tax audits in detail to identify and correct discrepancies.
Processed tax provisions schedules to comply with deadlines, avoiding penalties.
Education
The Bachelor degree in Accounting Science - Finance and Accounting
École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et comme
Tunisia
01-2008
Skills
Tax accounting
Financial analysis
Budget forecasting
Audit coordination
Regulatory compliance
Variance analysis
Financial modeling
Microsoft Excel
Data analysis
Microsoft Power BI
Analytical mindset
Stakeholder communication
Problem solving
Process improvements
Leadership effectiveness
Languages
Arabic
First Language
English
Advanced
C1
French
Advanced
C1
German
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst
Schlumberger
01.2024 - Current
Assistant Tax Manager
Schlumberger
01.2023 - 12.2023
Lead Business Analyst
Schlumberger
02.2019 - 12.2022
France Senior Tax Accountant
Schlumberger
08.2015 - 01.2019
Senior Tax Accountant
Schlumberger
06.2012 - 07.2015
Tax Accountant CRIT TUNISIE
CRIT TUNISIE
01.2009 - 05.2012
The Bachelor degree in Accounting Science - Finance and Accounting
École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et comme
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