UK listed (FTSE) oil & gas E&P firm with more than 100 employees operating in Kurdistan and Africa.

[Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (2015 – 2017) / Finance Manager (2009-2015)]

Oversee financial operations for the company and its affiliates, supervising a team of three direct reports. Lead cash flow, create projections, and provide financial analysis, multi-year economic models and strategy reports for ad hoc projects for management. Prepare budgets and forecasts, manage working capital and finance processes, policies and procedures together with system implementations, and monitor performance and KPIs. Working closely with the investor relations regarding press releases and results.

Accomplishments:
• Created 25 to 30-year economic models/analysis, factoring cash flow, internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) that helped company to build up its strategy.
• Directly and successfully participated in the analysis and the financing of bond-buyback in 2016 and 2017 slashing the interest payments of the company by half.