Financial Leadership · Riyadh

Mohamed Bakr

Chief Accountant | Financial Controlling & Advisory

15+ years of hands-on experience in financial reporting, cash flow and liquidity, VAT & ZATCA, project accounting, cost control, internal control and management reporting.

Open to selected part-time, remote, project-based and finance advisory opportunities in Riyadh and across Saudi Arabia.

IFRSCash FlowVAT & ZATCA Project AccountingCost ControlPower BI
Mohamed Bakr, Chief Accountant and finance professional in Riyadh
15+ YearsAccounting & Financial Control
15+ YearsFinance & Accounting Experience
IFRSReporting & Financial Statements
VAT / ZATCATax & E-Invoicing Compliance
Excel + Power BIAnalytics & Dashboards
About Me

Trusted finance partner for sustainable growth.

Chief Accountant and finance professional with more than 15 years of progressive experience in accounting, financial control, financial reporting, liquidity management, taxation, internal controls, project accounting and management reporting in Saudi Arabia.

I focus on turning complex accounting data into clear, reliable information that supports management decisions, strengthens controls, protects liquidity and improves financial discipline.

رئيس حسابات بخبرة تتجاوز 15 عامًا في المحاسبة والرقابة المالية وإعداد التقارير وإدارة السيولة والضرائب ومحاسبة المشاريع، مع التركيز على تحويل البيانات المالية إلى معلومات واضحة تدعم القرار الإداري.

Services

End-to-end financial solutions.

Practical financial support for companies, SMEs and project-based businesses.

Financial Reporting & Closing

Trial balance review, month/year-end close, financial statements, schedules and audit readiness.

Cash Flow & Liquidity

Cash forecasting, working capital analysis, collections visibility and payment prioritization.

VAT & ZATCA Support

VAT reconciliation, tax reporting preparation, e-invoicing controls and compliance review.

Project Accounting & Cost Control

Project revenue, cost, margin, progress, budget and variance analysis.

AR / AP & Reconciliations

Receivables aging, collections, supplier balances, bank reconciliations and discrepancy reviews.

Dashboards & Financial Analysis

Executive dashboards, financial models, KPI reporting, Excel analytics and Power BI.

Professional Portfolio

Case studies built around problems, numbers, actions and management value.

Every project below is presented using the same professional logic: Challenge → Analysis → Action → Outcome / Decision Value.

Client, employee, supplier and project identities are anonymized. Verified figures are shown where available; no figures are invented where source data is not appropriate for public disclosure.
How to read this portfolio: the three featured projects include full case-study pages with verified metrics and detailed methodology. Supporting projects use concise project briefs to show the business problem, analytical work, deliverable and management value.
6-Month Liquidity Rescue and Scenario Planning Case Study
Project 1001 · Featured
Liquidity · Turnaround · Scenario Modeling

6-Month Liquidity Rescue & Scenario Plan

Challenge: Monthly deductions reached 27.4%, creating an estimated SAR 188,996 monthly cash deficit across 12 anonymized projects.

Analysis: 97.2% of deductions were traced to four projects; pricing exposure and debt-service pressure were modeled separately.

Action: Built current, realistic and strong recovery scenarios combining deduction reduction, cost savings, debt-service relief and payment prioritization.

Modeled outcome: Positive monthly cash flow from month 3 under the realistic plan and month 2 under the stronger plan.

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Project 3001 · Evidence-Backed Close
Year-End Close
& Audit Readiness
535
evidence files
38
adjustment / sample files
SAR 4.36m
accrued revenue
SAR 1.54m
accrued expenses
Financial Close · Reconciliations · Audit Support

Year-End Financial Close, Reconciliations & Audit Evidence Pack

Challenge: Year-end completeness, legacy-account issues and a large audit-document request required structured reconciliation and correction.

Action: Resolved issues across accrued revenue, expenses, banks, payroll, VAT, loans, assets, customer balances and statutory liabilities.

Evidence: 535 indexed files, including bank, guarantee, asset, revenue, payroll and adjustment support.

Outcome: Reconciled schedules and supporting evidence fed into the finalized 2025 financial-statement and independent-audit process.

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Local Content Certification Readiness and Audit Evidence Pack
Project 2001 · Featured
Compliance · Local Content · Audit Readiness

Local Content Certification Readiness & Evidence Pack

Challenge: Build a complete, reviewable evidence pack covering payroll, suppliers, GOSI, depreciation and financial-data mapping for local-content assessment.

Analysis: Structured employee, supplier and asset data; reconciled financial amounts and mapped supporting evidence by requirement.

Evidence: 55.9% verified baseline, 166 payroll records and SAR 3.96m supplier-spend mapping.

Management value: Improved audit readiness, evidence traceability and visibility over the drivers of the local-content score.

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Integrated Payroll and Workforce Management
Project 4001
Payroll · Workforce · Controls

Integrated Payroll & Workforce Management

Challenge: Payroll data was spread across attendance, advances, deductions and project-allocation inputs, increasing control and reconciliation risk.
Analysis / Action: Consolidated employee master data, payroll variables and project allocation into a controlled monthly workflow with validation checks.
Deliverable: Payroll-control workbook linking gross-to-net pay, attendance, advances, deductions and project labor allocation.
Decision Value: Cleaner payroll closing, stronger audit trail and more reliable labor-cost allocation by project.
Payroll ControlProject AllocationReconciliationAudit Trail
Employee Cost and Workforce Analysis
Project 4002
Costing · Workforce · Saudization

Employee Cost & Workforce Analysis

Challenge: Management needed visibility beyond basic salary to understand the full workforce-cost structure and staffing mix.
Analysis / Action: Analyzed salary, employer obligations, benefits, overtime, headcount, Saudization mix and project allocation.
Deliverable: Workforce-cost dashboard and employee-level cost structure for planning, pricing and project review.
Decision Value: Supports staffing decisions, tender costing and identification of labor-heavy projects or roles.
Fully Loaded CostSaudizationHeadcountProject Costing
Executive Financial KPI Dashboard
Project 4003
Management Reporting · KPI

Executive Financial KPI Dashboard

Challenge: Financial data existed in separate reports but lacked one management view connecting profitability, liquidity and working capital.
Analysis / Action: Structured revenue, expense, margin, receivables, cash, working-capital and variance indicators into an executive KPI model.
Deliverable: Management dashboard with trend views, variances and financial warning indicators.
Decision Value: Faster executive review and earlier identification of pressure on margin, cash or collections.
Management ReportingKPIsWorking CapitalVariance Analysis
Receivables Aging and Cash Flow Analysis
Project 4004
Working Capital · Receivables

Receivables Aging & Cash Flow Analysis

Challenge: Delayed collections can hide inside a total receivables balance and create liquidity pressure without a clear priority list.
Analysis / Action: Segmented aging buckets, customer concentration, overdue exposure, collection status and expected cash timing.
Deliverable: Aging and cash-conversion dashboard with collection priorities and customer-level visibility.
Decision Value: Helps management focus collection effort where it has the highest liquidity impact.
AR AgingCollectionsCash ForecastCustomer Risk
Project Profitability and Performance Analysis
Project 4005
Projects · Profitability · Cost Control

Project Profitability & Performance Analysis

Challenge: Company-level results can hide individual projects with weak margins, cost overruns or timing mismatches.
Analysis / Action: Connected project revenue, direct cost, labor, materials, progress and variance information at project level.
Deliverable: Project P&L and performance dashboard comparing actual performance, margin and progress.
Decision Value: Identifies loss-making or underperforming projects early and supports corrective action or repricing.
Project P&LMarginCost ControlVariance
Petty Cash Reconciliation and VAT Review
Project 4006
Internal Control · VAT · Reconciliation

Petty Cash Reconciliation & VAT Review

Challenge: High-volume petty-cash activity creates risks around missing documents, incorrect expense coding and VAT treatment.
Analysis / Action: Matched vouchers to supporting documents, separated VAT, reviewed eligibility and flagged exceptions or unreconciled items.
Deliverable: Reconciled petty-cash schedule plus VAT and documentation exception register.
Decision Value: Stronger expense control, cleaner VAT reporting and better recovery of eligible input tax.
VATPetty CashException ReviewInternal Control
Financial Bid Analysis and Scenario Modeling
Project 4007
Tendering · Pricing · Scenario Modeling

Financial Bid Analysis & Scenario Modeling

Challenge: Tender pricing must balance competitiveness with labor, operating, equipment, tax and margin requirements.
Analysis / Action: Built multi-period cost and pricing scenarios with margin and sensitivity testing.
Deliverable: Bid-pricing model showing cost structure, proposed price, profitability and scenario sensitivity.
Decision Value: Supports a defensible bid price and highlights the commercial effect of cost or margin changes before submission.
Bid PricingSensitivityMarginScenario Modeling
Corporate Financing and Credit Decision Dashboard
Project 4008
Financing · Credit · Liquidity

Corporate Financing & Credit Decision Dashboard

Challenge: Funding decisions require one view of debt facilities, repayment capacity, receivables risk and cash requirements.
Analysis / Action: Combined funding need, loan schedules, debt service, receivables and cash-flow indicators into a credit-support model.
Deliverable: Lender-ready financing dashboard and supporting schedules for credit review.
Decision Value: Improves financing discussions and helps management evaluate affordability and debt-service pressure before taking new facilities.
FinancingDebt ServiceCreditCash Flow
Key Achievements

Practical finance outcomes.

Selected examples of finance leadership, control improvement and decision support.

Financial Statements & Audit Readiness

Prepared and finalized annual financial statements, supporting schedules and audit requirements in line with IFRS.

Liquidity & Financing Support

Built cash-flow visibility, prioritized obligations and prepared financing packages for banks and financing companies.

VAT & ZATCA Control

Managed VAT reporting, input-VAT recovery, tax reconciliations and e-invoicing compliance requirements.

Accounting Records & Internal Control

Reorganized prior-period accounting records, improved documentation and strengthened closing and control procedures.

Experience

Professional journey.

Progressive experience from hands-on accounting operations to financial leadership.

Nov 2025 — Present

Chief Accountant

Al Modon for Operation & Maintenance · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Financial reporting, closing, liquidity management, VAT/ZATCA, project analysis, financing support and audit readiness.

Oct 2023 — Oct 2025

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Omar Jazzar Engineering Consulting Office · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Project billing, collections, receivables aging, revenue matching and Odoo-based accounting support.

Oct 2015 — Oct 2023

Internal Control Supervisor — Northern Region

Saadeddin Pastry Company · Saudi Arabia

Branch audits, cash and inventory controls, sales review, risk assessment and corrective-action follow-up.

2012 — 2015

Senior Accountant

Al Madain Advertising · Saudi Arabia

GL, AR/AP, bank reconciliations, monthly reporting, budgets, project-cost analysis and audit support.

2008 — 2012

Accountant

Kaif Garments Factory

Progressed through storekeeping and cashier operations into accounting, building a strong foundation in inventory, cash, journals and supplier payments.

Tools & Systems

Systems I work with.

A practical mix of ERP, accounting, analytics and Saudi compliance platforms.

QoyodAccounting ERP
OdooERP & Accounting
DaftraAccounting ERP
MicrotechAccounting System
Microsoft Dynamics AXERP Experience
Microsoft ExcelAdvanced Analytics
Microsoft Power BIDashboards & BI
ZATCA / FatooraTax & E-Invoicing
EtimadGovernment Platform
Let's Work Together

Need stronger financial visibility and control?

Available for selected accounting, reporting, financial analysis, project-accounting and advisory opportunities.

LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Professional FocusFinancial Reporting · Control · Analysis · Advisory