KHADIJA's CV
KHADIJA ABDULQADER IBRAHIM AHMED ALZAROONI
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager | Business Finance Partner | ACA (ICAEW)
Profile summary
Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis Manager with 14 years of experience delivering forecasts, budgets, and five-year plans across the GCC. Known for financial risk assessment, cost governance, and business case evaluation. Committed to aligning commercial finance with executive strategy through rigorous stakeholder management and process improvement.
Career highlights
Financial Planning: Delivered weekly forecasts, monthly rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and five-year plans through executive chief financial officer packs and key performance indicator dashboards.
Cost Governance: Designed a master information and communications technology cost-mapping framework to establish clearer cost visibility and budget governance.
Capital Investment: Challenged capital investment proposals by validating customer demand, reviewing net present value, and analyzing full profit and loss impact.
Key skills
Professional experience
Defines financial strategy as the primary Finance Business Partner to information and communications technology leadership, steering budget planning, governance, and operational forecasting across business units. Directs financial evaluation for commercial contracts, capital investments, and manpower requests while collaborating with cross-functional teams on Oracle Fusion enterprise resource planning readiness and technical accounting matters.
- Closed legacy purchase orders to release unnecessary accruals and reinforce financial control over outstanding commitments.
- Designed a master information and communications technology cost-mapping framework to establish clearer cost visibility and budget governance.
- Delivered weekly forecasts, monthly rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and five-year plans through executive chief financial officer packs and key performance indicator dashboards.
- Executed variance analysis, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis to inform strategic decision-making.
- Challenged capital investment proposals by validating customer demand, reviewing net present value, and analyzing full profit and loss impact.
Shaped financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for the ICT portfolio, overseeing expenditure across OpEx, CapEx, and Cost of Sales while partnering directly with ICT leadership.
- Closed legacy purchase orders, releasing AED 4M of unnecessary accruals and strengthening financial control over outstanding commitments.
- Designed a master ICT cost-mapping framework to improve cost visibility and budget governance.
- Delivered accurate forecasts, including a 6+6 forecast aligned with year-end actual financial results.
Directed financial planning operations and daily reporting workflows while managing budgeting tasks, variance tracking, and management reporting for the organization.
- Produced variance analysis and management reports to support leadership reviews.
- Maintained planning cycles using Oracle Hyperion.
Managed client affairs operations in coordination with brokers and senior team members, directing daily administrative workflows, financial transactions, and inheritance cheque execution procedures.
- Provided administrative and banking support to senior team members.
- Resolved complex account issues for retail clients to restore operational access.
- Referred qualified clients to financial specialists for advanced banking products.
- Executed simulation exercises for corporate cohorts in 2023-08.
- Facilitated leadership workshops aligned with organizational objectives.
- Studied core financial accounting principles to interpret business statements and financial health.
- Examined people management and negotiation tactics for organizational leadership.
- Executed financial analysis models to evaluate business performance.
- Coordinated budget planning sessions across department units.
Education
- Completed the ICAEW Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification, a globally recognised professional accountancy designation combining rigorous technical training with practical business experience. Recognised among the first 20 Emiratis to achieve the qualification.
- Graduated with First Class Honours (GPA: 3.61/4.0), majoring in Finance and minoring in Management, with a strong academic foundation in financial analysis, corporate finance and strategic decision-making.
Languages
Arabic · Native
English · Professional