Sidra Ahmed

• Participating in Senior Management for clients meetings to develop a strategy for corporate growth in middle east markets.
• Manage corporate audits and work with CPA on tax-related issues.
• Oversaw investments and managed investor relations for clients.
• Constructed comprehensive annual budgets to ensure sound financial management for clients.
• Develop performance measures that support the client's company’s strategic direction.
• Manage any third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced.
• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts; arrange for debt and equity financing; invest funds.
• Merging curriculum and financial planning. Reducing costs and improving the bottom line whilst directing resources to help deliver improved student success rates and teaching grades.

Clients :

https://andbouqu.com/

https://www.msmoh.com/

https://projectlambo.io/

• Set up new financial software i.e ZOHO that reduced closing time from 10 to 5 working days.
• Introduced best practices for legal structures, tax planning, and accounting standards to improve compliance locally and at the parent level which resulted in the prevention of transfer pricing errors, 15% withholding tax optimization, and process-driven accounting.
• Researched historical transactions and processes to rectify middle-east revenue recognition and lead the implementation of an improved revenue process that reduced sales to invoice from 7 days to 1 day and receivables from an average of 30 to 20 days.
• Build an annual budget model consisting of 120+ accounts and over $1.2 million worth of expenses along with quarterly forecasts and track/report monthly variances against each.
• Create monthly, quarterly, and yearly operational reports that are presented to the CTO, and CEO.
• Project Financing and Management Planning and building relationships with investors, Partners and banks.
• Developed multi-year plan in support of 15-20% growth objective.

• Managed a team of 10 accounting specialists responsible for payroll, accounts payable and receivable, and billing.
• Analyzed monthly and quarterly financial statements and presented the reports to senior management.
• Performed budget forecasts and consistently worked on cost reductions.
• Maintained accounting ledgers and monitored the preparation of the balance sheets.
• Implemented regular workflow monitoring procedures that helped reduce month-end close time by 30%.
• Reduced company expenditures by 20% by consistently detecting potential cost savings.
• Performed ROI analytical procedures.
• Researched operational data and monthly financial results.
• Identified opportunities to reduce certain variable costs by 15%.
• Maintained & expanded relationships with strategically important large customers.
• Ensured customer satisfaction and problem resolutions.

• Full life cycle analysis and documentation, including Terms of Reference, Business -Requirements, Functional Specifications and Implementation Plans.
• Prepare and distributed reports and financial statements to provide the commander and staff with adequate information for management, status of funds, and budget purposes.
• Planned, developed, and implemented changes to finance and accounting systems, which supported the overall, mission and taking advantage of advances in productivity and efficiency.
• Project governance, including day-to-day management and resolution of risks, issues and dependencies.
• Managing Customer Relationship Management
• Developing various materials and pitch book materials in collaboration with team and external resources
• Maintaining social medial presence by listening, positing and monitoring various mediums (i.e., youtube, twitter, Linkedin, etc)
• Lead on Public Relation activities on behalf of the company

• Drove business-customer relations, enhancing brand identity and corporate image.
• Delivered exceptional service to tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
• Effectively maintained customer satisfaction levels.
• Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
• Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
• Generated reports and typed letters in Word and prepared PowerPoint presentations.
• Coached new employees on administrative procedures, company policies and performance standards.