Tiby Bense Ninan

• A dedicated finance, accounting & IT professional possessing a total of 21 years of experience: -21 years of overall Finance & IT experience - in handling all Finance, System, HR & Administration in various capacities at IBG Majestic llc with industry segments including Luxury Retail & Real estate; 10+ years in P&L Management, budgeting, forecasting and preparation of cost and revenue reports to facilitate informed decision-making and tight budgetary control in a challenging, fast-paced and goal-focused exposure to a wide spectrum of responsibilities has provided me with an in-depth view of the
• Audit Methodologies and the key business processes, risk management procedures, accounting and internal control systems, corporate governance and regulatory as well as accounting & IT frameworks of retail & real estate industries
• Equally important, it has enriched me professionally and equipped me with the traits needed to deal with a variety of situations in an innovative, effective and efficient manner
• Specialties (IT):
• Minimized the impact of problems on the availability of services
• Managing problems from identification of the root causes through the major incidents to the provision of quality solutions and service recovery
• Optimum trouble-hooting and problem solving abilities
• Supported business critical applications and in house software
• Delivered all significant results within deadlines
• Gained extensive knowledge on servers, desktops and network infrastructure, server Raid partitions etc
• Experience, Financial & Strategic Planning involving preparation of P&L budgets and quarterly/Monthly/Daily forecasts
• Managing monthly P&L closure activities with a keen eye on Compliance including SoX management
• Monthly analysis of P&L against budgets and forecasts highlighting the main drivers of variance
• Articulating accounting points clearly and concisely to both financial and non- financial audiences
• Implementing improvements in current financial processes
• Reviewing transactions to ensure proper accounting with established standards
• Assisting with the development and implementation of accounting procedures
• Purchase Order management and Capex overview for cost control
• Determination of costing requirements & cost centers in alignment with the business decisions to be taken;
• Conducting Balance sheet reviews on a quarterly basis with Management
• Liaising closely with the subsidiary, human resources, accounts payable and records teams to ensure various Business processes are followed in line with company & government Policies
• Planning, Scheduling and Supervising audit of all legal entities within Gulf region with hands on engagement with the external auditors
• Monthly generation & review of Payroll through WPS
• Daily Bank reconciliations with payables/receivables
• Daily monitoring of incoming & outgoing cheques
• All staff related official documents & other paper works monitoring & reporting for renewal/cancellations if any
• Handling of Bank Transfers & Foreign currency transactions inside & outside UAE
• Filing of TAX returns quarterly basis to the FTA for all the entities
• Management and reconciliation of Petty Cash, PV, RV & JV'S
• Created organizational structures to improve accounting and finance functions.
• Protected company assets with strategic risk management approaches.
• Executed vendor setup and payment, administration of bank accounts and account reconciliations.
• Partnered with IT, business development and operations leadership to develop robust financial business plan with detailed benchmarks and action plans.
• Evaluated competitor data and statistics to develop business investment strategy and drive growth.
• Increased revenue by assisting with operations management, sales and marketing efforts.
• Assessed expansion plans and presented costs to forecast trends and recommend changes.
• Decreased monthly expenditures by 15% through effectively reviewing documents and identifying problem areas.
• Decreased monthly expenditures by 15% through effectively reviewing documents and identifying problem areas.
• Audited, balanced and reconciled payroll for more than 85 personnel.
• Decreased monthly expenditures by 15% through effectively reviewing documents and identifying problem areas.
• Decreased monthly expenditures by 15% through effectively reviewing documents and identifying problem areas.
• Audited, balanced and reconciled payroll for more than 85 personnel.
• Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.

• 18 years 3 months)
• IBG- Well known retail firm for high end luxury products along Middle east, Europe and Singapore, working as their Group IT Administrator/ System Analyst for the past 17yrs
• Guided divestiture activities, drawing on deep understanding of various internal operational processes.
• Delivered in-depth [Software] training, imparting knowledge of best practices for protecting data and minimizing errors.
• Organized system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance.
• Oversaw installation of software programs and hardware systems to meet requirements.
• Helped improve operations by showing clear connection between current policies and business results.
• Resolved malfunctions with systems and programs through troubleshooting.
• Assessed business needs and problem areas to create focused solutions.
• Presented business leaders with cost-benefit and return-on-investment estimations to drive project planning and execution.

• Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new system designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical components.
• Conducted research to test and analyze feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
• Performed integration readiness analyses of systems designed for installation into existing assets.
• Strategized technical support plans and designed budgets, timelines and scopes for over 10 successful projects.

• The world pioneers in Plantation software and are Microsoft Certified Solution Provider

Major Roles:

• Software development
• Project Implementation
• Customer supporting
• Project Training
• Software Documentation
• Hardware Installation
• Data transfer from Clients to Head Office

Clients Major

• Sasini Tea & produce, Kenya
• Harrison’s Malayalam ltd, munnar, India
• Peria karamalai Tea & Produce, India