
Khattar Nasr
Group Finance Manager
Strategic and analytical Head of Finance with more than 15 years of success in financial reporting, consolidation, planning, capital budgeting, analysis, and project management. Accomplished and result-oriented professional who consistently meets deadlines and optimizes company performance. Consensus-driven communicator; liaise across various business units and promote organizational success. University lecturer with emphasis on corporate finance and financial analysis
LCU / Université Montesquieu – Bordeaux IV
MBA (Financial Management) (September 2004 to July 2006)
LCU / Université du Québec à Montréal
BA (Finance) (September 2001 to July 2004)
Jdeideh High School
Lebanese baccalaureate 2nd part – Experimental Science (October 1998 to July 1999)
Boecker World Holding s.a.l.
Group Finance Manager February 2018 to Present 8 years & 5 months
Manage the finance and accounting function for the region including Lebanon, KSA, UAE, Qatar, and Nigeria
Report directly to the Chairman/CEO of the Group in all aspects related to the finance function
Automated the financial reporting system from the Group's ERP allowing the generation of the financial position, income statement, cash flow and financial ratios
Developed through Power BI the sales and financial dashboards
Replaced the high cost available overdraft with lower interest bearing debt after negotiating with the banks
Generate the in-house consolidated accounts and directly coordinate with the external auditor for the issuance of the audit financial reports (stand-alone and consolidation)
In charge of the internal audit process for the Group subsidiaries
In charge of the planning and budgeting process
In charge of Investor Relations
Prepare all the presentations for the Board and General Assembly meetings
Led the implementation of the planning and budgeting Oracle cloud solution (EPM - Hyperion)
Responsible of the Group treasury activities
Malia Trust (Member of Malia Group)
Finance Manager June 2014 to January 2018 3 years & 8 months
Head of the Investor Relations activity
Optimize the Group's profitability by acting as a strategic business partner
Secured over $25 million of debt financing in coordination with IFC and other major local banks
Co-founded and developed the finance department
Consolidation of the holding and subsidiaries financial statements
Prepare the budgets using Hyperion and present the business plans for the BOD
Prepare economic forums' presentations for the Group Chairman
Enhanced the decision making process by optimizing the number of days for reports issuance
Malia Trust (Member of Malia Group)
Senior Financial Analyst March 2010 to June 2014 4 years & 4 months
Develop financial models for different business sectors
Prepare and oversee the issuance of the financial statements and related analysis, including but not limited to: P&L by business unit, ratios analysis, working capital analysis, inventory and receivables aging, etc.
Develop multiple dashboards to monitor loan covenants as set in the contracts
MAK Consult (Member of Al Kharafi Group of Kuwait)
Financial and Business Analyst October 2007 to February 2010 2 years & 5 months
Prepare the companies’ financial reports along with the related analysis based on the IFRS
Develop policies and procedures
Prepare and follow up on different actions and business plans
Introduced the modified IRR as an alternative for the internal rate of return
Capital structure optimization
(2) Marcus Evans 2013: Financial Modelling
(3) Esa Business School 2011: Managing Interest Rates and Bonds
- Data analysis
- Planning and budgeting
- Leadership
- Team management
- Power point
- Excel
- ERP
- Strategy development
- Project management
- Word