Self Employed

•Empower Accounting professionals by enhancing their communication and writing skills in Business English as a second language.
•Level up their language proficiency, building confidence and establishing lasting relationships with English-speaking stakeholders and finance professionals.
•Follow a structured approach in the English program to achieve specific goals.
•Focus on developing confidence and fluency in the English language.
•Enhance vocabulary for discussing financial topics and engaging effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
•Prepare clients for various real-life situations such as meetings and presentations in an English-speaking environment.
•Practice writing skills to ensure proficiency and adaptability in professional contexts.

Business English Coach for Accounting Professionals

Langu

● Evaluating students’ English CEFR levels
● Designing lesson plans tailored to students’ needs based on needs analysis
● Teaching English Vocabulary to beginner levels
● Improving students’ pronunciation through continuous practice
● Strengthening students’ understanding of English Grammar
● Facilitating and teaching receptive skills: Listening and Reading
● Facilitating and teaching productive skills: Speaking and Writing
● Effectively managing the classroom
● Using Resources effectively when Teaching English as a Foreign Language
● Develop a good working relationship with students to create an environment conducive
to learning

English Second Language Teacher

Private

● Designing lesson plans suitable for students’ needs based on needs analysis
● Subjects taught: English, Mathematics, Afrikaans
● Improving students’ grades in assessments of various subjects
● Facilitating and teaching receptive skills: Listening and Reading
● Facilitating and teaching productive skills: Speaking and Writing
● Establishing and improving students’ grasp of Mathematics
● Designing innovative ways to test concepts previously taught
● Develop a good working relationship with students to create an environment conducive
to learning

Dynamic Tutor

Ascendis Health

Delivering an accurate and high-quality reporting to inform weekly cash flow for both local and forex payments. Weekly ensuring intercompany accounts are balanced and all charges from a head office level is charged to the relevant business. Reviewing of the creditor’s reconciliation and daily payments. Ensuring deadlines are met with accurate, precise reports. Reconciliation of all head office bank accounts, including forex bank accounts. To ensure all Balance sheet ERP accounts are reconciled and reported on the reporting system.
	Refined the bank reconciliation process.
	Formed strong relationships with major customers; enhanced the customer experience.
	Successfully implemented processes to ensure reporting is completed with the necessary timeframe.

Accountant

City & Suburbs Realty

Preparation of monthly management accounts and ensuring the monthly owner’s statements are prepared and sent to owners. Accurately billing tenants for monthly charges, municipal accounts, adhoc cost, etc. Ensuring tenant statements are accurate. Reconciliations of GL accounts. Effectively resolving queries between tenants and owners. Ensuring filing system is kept up to date and petty cash is reconciled daily.

Rand Merchant Bank

Delivered comprehensive financial guidance across various support functions. Critically appraised financial procedures. Controlled all financial, regulatory, and compliance requirements. Analyzed balance sheet and cash flow, presented data to emphasize key drivers and variances. Reviewed statistics, developed financial forecasts and budgets. Generated reports, including management account reporting. Posted journals, including accruals and pre-payments. Analyzed general ledger, identified and resolved anomalies. Reconciled bank accounts and statements. Supported the year end audit process. Consolidated and reported IT costs.
	Provided oversight across several functions, including RMB Cost, Client Engagement, IT and Coverage, Finance, MIS, Human Capital, Project Management, Change Management, Data Management and Chief Risk; achieved results on time and within budget.
	Collaborated with stakeholders, shared ideas and best practice; improved the ability to meet financial and business targets.


	Partnered with multiple business areas, offered solutions and recommended improvements to meet the Support Budget Timeline; amended SLA recoveries in line with budgetary changes.
	Successfully automated IT reporting; reduced timescales required to deliver stakeholder reports from 2 weeks to 3 days.
	Managed internal costs for Corporate Banking; effectively managed banking requirements valued at R500M.
	Received award nomination for the automation of correct allocation of internal cost; improved efficiency and profitability.

Financial Manager

Safmarine

Redirections of shipments and liaising with clients -- both external and internal.
Submitting manifest for customs purposes
Ensuring the shipments details are of a high standard to ensure correct deliveries and billing to customers
Issuing Arrival Notifications

Voyage controller

Allocating and auditing of revenue, and managing 45% of the Safmarine Johannesburg Import cash portfolio. 
Liaising and meeting directly with clients to resolve outstanding freight accounts.

Finance – Revenue Controller (Accounts Receivable)

Specializing in bookings & quotes
Management of all export shipments for the Middle east, Far east, Australia and New Zealand trades
Monitoring stack dates, vessel departures and the recociling of bookings made within the various trades

Export Customer service agent

Data quality
Data capturing
Data monitoring
Internal audit of regional reports

Documentation Clerk

🎯I Help Accountants Elevate & Advance Their English Communication Skills | 12 Years Accounting Experience & Certified English Teacher | Let's Connect!

Let me share a bit of my story with you. 

After over a decade in the banking, pharma, and shipping industries, I felt a calling beyond the numbers. 

This led me to the world of teaching, where I've been passionately helping accountants like you excel in the language of finance. 📊🌐

If you have any of the following challenges:

🌐 Collaboration with International Teams:
-Limited ability to seamlessly communicate with global teams or clients.
-Hindered project coordination due to language barriers.

💬 Participation in Global Meetings:
-Challenges actively engaging in discussions conducted in English.
-Fear of missing out on key insights and decisions during meetings.

📞 Effective Communication with English-Speaking Clients:
-Limited ability to convey complex financial information to English-speaking clients.
-Struggling to build strong client relationships due to language barriers.

📝 Writing Comprehensive Reports in English:
-Difficulty articulating complex financial analyses in written English.
-Challenges in creating clear and coherent reports for stakeholders.

Working with me, together we can achieve the following in just a few months:

🌐 Collaboration with International Teams:
-Improved understanding of team members' ideas and contributions.
-Enhanced ability to express thoughts clearly in English.
-Increased project efficiency through improved communication.

💬 Participation in Global Meetings:
-Increased contribution to discussions with valuable insights.
Improved comprehension of meeting content and decisions.
Enhanced ability to express opinions confidently during meetings.

📞 Effective Communication with English-Speaking Clients:
-Clear understanding of client needs and expectations.
-Improved conveyance of complex financial information in a comprehensible manner.
-Strengthened client trust through articulate communication.

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-Reports are easily understood by a global audience.
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-Improved conveyance of insights and recommendations in written form.

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Nancy Ambrose

Zain KSA

Director Budgeting and Cost Management

The Money Mindset Academy

Co-Founder

FBPToday

At FBPToday, we empower finance professionals to become strategic partners who drive significant impact within their organizations. Join us to master the essential skills and transform your role in finance.

Founder

The Career Connect Podcast

Podcast Host

Jamjoom Medicine Store

JMS is a trusted Distributor, more than 60 years in Saudi market with proven success record of introducing the new brands to the challenging Saudi market. One of top 10 leading distributors in KSA, also recognized as the highest and fastest growing pharmaceutical distributor in many therapeutic classes during the last decade.

I am Member of Senior Leadership Team, Leading Finance Function and System Enhancement Projects, reporting directly to the CEO and advisory to the Board.

Finance Director

FIFOplus - B2B E-Marketplace for HORECA

FIFO is a B2B E-marketplace Startup, connecting HORECA (Hotels, restaurants, cafes) to their specialized raw material suppliers for easy, efficient and cost effective transaction.

Work directly with CEO and Co-founders to develop short- and long-term Financial Strategy. Engaged in successful first and second pre-seed round of investment. Managed SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) notes to raise seed capital. 

Setup the company from scratch including successful ERP implementation and managed all the modules integrated.

Head Of Finance

FIDUCIAM GLOBAL

Director

TAMER

- Designed both short / long-term strategies for the department to support overall 5-year plan.
- Defined budgets in coordination with the Head of the Business Units and in consultation with Corporate Finance.
- Drove Investment appraisals and business feasibility study with functional heads for the potential business ventures.
- Integral part of board meetings, interpreted the financial results to the leadership to support the key  decision making process, also key member of team involved in the Project of KSA VAT implementation at Group level.
- Facilitated the strategic Decision related to acquisition of Warehouse and Purchase of Fleet.
- Rendered keen eye for details to analyze and benchmark performance of each BU against the plan
- Devised process of Activity Based Costing Model, and facilitated the process of cost allocation and control.
- Led the team of Inventory Cycle Count through WMS; 
- Generated monthly management information report. Dashboard showing monthly, quarter and yearly performance comparative with historical data and the Budget.

Financial Controller

Deputy Financial Controller

Agility

- Supervised project feasibility reports following business management and deployed budget planning and financial planning analysis. Checked availability of funds and formulated operational and capital investment requirements. 
- Coordinated with commercial, sales, and operations to deliver profit and business objectives of products. Overhauled treasury function, executed banking, and financing arrangements required by the company. 
- Examined cash flow positions, borrowing needs, and available funds for investment. Collaborated business management in achieving targets and monitored results with the targets and standards under policies.
- Assessed customer profitability, integrated and prepared suitable models, and drivers for proper allocation of fixed cost. Resolved claims, finalized insurance policies and negotiated insurance rates by liaising with external auditors. 
- Assisted in preparation and presentation of various MIS reports to the Board members. Modeled project feasibility reports in coordination with business management; guaranteed timely monthly closing and foreign reporting.
- Led the entire Supply Chain, Logistics and 3PL Finance related matters, Budgets/Plans, forecasting and strategic financial planning and analysis.  Utilized and allocated operating funds, ensure the accuracy and security of receipt.

National Manager Finance & Accounts

Manager Finance & Accounts

Assistant Manager Accounts

Habib Oil Mills (Pvt) Ltd.

- Implementation of effective costing & budgeting system. 
- Product Costing, profitability and variance analysis. 
- Implementation of ERP based Production, Costing & Budgeting Module.

Assistant Manager Cost & Budget

Cost Assistant

I'm Syed Nadeem, Strategic Finance Leader, over 20 years of global experience in different industries. I believe in value creation through business partnering and help organization in strategic decision making by providing valuable business insights. 

I am also a Founder of FBPToday.com, a dedicated platform for finance enthusiasts seeking valuable insights and expertise in the field.

My Professional Highlights:
- Recognized as a Top LinkedIn Influencer Worldwide
- Member of the FP&A Advisory Council of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)
- Chartered Management Accountant
- Certified Financial Modeler
- Certified Strategic CFO

I am enthusiastic about sharing my knowledge and insights. If you're seeking guidance and transformative coaching in finance, I am here to lead you on this exciting journey. Let's connect and explore how we can drive success together!

Get in Touch:
Feel free to reach out to me for coaching that transcends traditional boundaries and fosters real growth.

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