Lazhar I.

Finance & Accounting Manager | 16+ yrs | FP&A · Month-End Close · Consolidation | FMVA® · AIPA (IFA-UK) · QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Odoo/Sage ERP · IFRS · ZATCA | AI-Powered Finance

Finance & Accounting Manager with 16+ years of experience leading finance functions across manufacturing, food & beverage, hospitality, and non-profit organizations in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

I specialize in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis — with hands-on ownership of financial control, month-end and year-end close, management accounts, P&L, and consolidation. I build the systems and controls that make finance reliable: strengthening internal controls, leading ERP implementations (Odoo, Sage, QuickBooks), and turning data into decisions leadership can act on.

Selected results:

- Delivered statutory financials with 100% accuracy and zero regulatory findings

- Reduced production costs by 27–40% and released TND 134K in working capital

- Streamlined reporting cycles by 30% and accelerated transaction processing by 25% through ERP redesign

- Applied Power BI, SQL, and the Databricks Platform, plus AI-powered finance workflows

Credentials: FMVA® & FTIP® (Corporate Finance Institute, Canada), AIPA Professional Member (IFA – UK), Saudi MHRSD Accredited Accountant (No. 2025-543591), and Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor.

I'm also an active author, with published references on ERP chart-of-accounts migration, financial modeling, F&B accounting for the Saudi market, and AI fluency for finance professionals.

Open to Finance Manager, Financial Controller, and FP&A leadership roles — on-site, hybrid, or remote.

📧 lazhar.acca@gmail.com

Accounting Manager — Part-Time | Remote Jul 2025 – Present

Al Sudais Charity Foundation | Medina, Saudi Arabia

• Delivered 2024 & 2025 statutory financials with 100% accuracy; zero regulatory findings.

Director of Finance & Administration Feb 2025 – Jul 2025

Abu Osaid Restaurant | Medina, Saudi Arabia

• Established an integrated accounting system and workflows, improving financial accuracy and streamlining

reporting cycles by 30%.

• Designed and implemented organisational structure with clear departmental roles, reporting lines, and operational

procedures, enhancing team coordination.

• Configured Odoo Accounting module with custom workflows and tax rules, accelerating transaction processing by

25%.

Accountant Supervisor Jan 2023 – Dec 2024

Esnad Almwahb Accounting Firm | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Supervised daily accounting operations including journal entries, bank reconciliations, and management of

accounts receivable and payable.

• Conducted variance analyses on financial reports, informing strategic decisions that reduced operational

bottlenecks by 10%.

Accounting Manager Jan 2020 – Dec 2022

Sopraco — Food Manufacturing Industry | Sousse, Tunisia

• Maintained regular disclosure of financial reports in full compliance with applicable financial policies and GAAP

standards.

• Revamped the corporate tax regime, ensuring seamless compliance transition and improving financial efficiency

by 8%.

Accountant Jan 2018 – Dec 2019

Sopraco — Food Manufacturing Industry | Sousse, Tunisia

• Generated and disclosed quarterly financial statements, accelerating executive reporting cycles by 2 days.

• Assisted in creation of yearly budgets and forecasts, providing financial advisory recommendations to senior

management.

• Optimised compliance with accounting and tax rules, reducing financial penalties by 100%.

Accountant Jan 2017 – Dec 2017

SVB — Wholesale Poultry Meat Company | Sousse, Tunisia

• Drove financial and accounting operations, boosting overall branch revenue by 20% month-over-month.

• Led subsidiary management overhaul and policy introduction, boosting overall company profitability by 25%.

Cost Accountant Feb 2013 – Dec 2016

Ste Poly Plast — Plastic Manufacturing | Sousse, Tunisia

• Reduced production costs by 27% on average through strict spending policy implementation across a 50-person

team.

• Converted idle inventory into finished products, releasing TND 134K in working capital and cutting production costs

by 40% in the first month.

Financial Accountant Jan 2009 – Jan 2013

Frigo line — El-Mouradi Hotels| Sousse, Tunisia

• Handled day-to-day financial transactions, managing accounts payable and receivable for over 100 clients,

achieving a 95% collection rate and reconciled balances with customers monthly

Strategic FP&A & Financial Planning · Financial Controller Functions · Month-End & Year-End Close · Management

Accounts & Consolidation · Board Reporting & Executive Dashboards · P&L Ownership & Cost Control · Working Capital

& Cash Flow Management · ERP Implementation (Odoo, Sage, QuickBooks) · IFRS · SOCPA · French GAAP · AI-Powered

Finance Transformation · Audit Management · Team Leadership & Development

Analytics & BI: Power BI · DAX · Databricks · SQL · Advanced Excel (Power Query, Power Pivot, VBA)

ERP & Accounting Systems: Odoo · Sage 100 · QuickBooks · Microsoft Office

Financial Modelling: Financial Modeling · Valuation Techniques · Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis · Financial Statement

Analysis

AI & Automation: Prompt Engineering · Multi-Model AI Evaluation · AI-Powered Finance Systems · Databricks Platform

• Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor — Intuit, USA (Jan 2026)

• SQL Analytics on Databricks — Databricks, USA (Jan 2026)

• AI/BI for Data Analysts — Databricks, USA (Jan 2026)

• AFA (In Progress) — IFA, UK

• AIPA (Eligible 2026) — IFA, UK

• Advanced Excel — 365 Data Science, Bulgaria (Nov 2024)

• FTIP® Financial Modeling — Corporate Finance Institute, Canada (Jul 2024)

• FMVA® Financial Analyst — Corporate Finance Institute, Canada (Apr 2024)

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting — University of Sousse, Tunisia (May 2004)

Arabic: Native

French: Fluent (C1)

English: Professional Working Proficiency (B1)

1. Author — Databricks Certified Data Analyst Series (Arabic, 3 Volumes | 2026). First independent Arabic-language reference series mapped

to Databricks Certified Data Analyst objectives, bridging enterprise analytics with financial decision-making.

2. Author — Adaptive Financial Visual System (AFVS), a published methodology for financial presentation design and executive reporting

standards.

3. Author — Odoo 18 Chart of Accounts Management Guide & Odoo 19 CoA Implementation Playbook, A technical framework for executing

full-scale ERP chart of accounts migrations, providing a structured methodology for data cleanup, strategic re-linking of financial settings, and

ensuring accounting integrity within Odoo environments.

4. Author — Corporate Visual Standards (CVS), Developed and implemented CVS (Corporate Visual Standards), an internal framework for

financial presentation design and executive reporting.

5. — البيان الجلي في المفهوم المحاسبي والماليAuthor, a classical Arabic-style authored book on accounting and financial concepts, structured

across philosophical foundations, financial statements, ratio analysis, and double-entry bookkeeping.

— Author, a treatise on the disciplined use of color in periodicرسالة ما لا يجمل من الألوان في التقارير الدورية والعروض التقديمية في الإدارة المالية .6

financial reports and executive presentations within financial management.

7. Author — The Complete CFI Methodology in Financial Modeling and Excel Application, a structured reference consolidating the full CFI

approach to financial modeling and practical Excel implementation.

8. Author — The Executive Guide for the Accounting Manager in the Restaurant Sector, a practical playbook covering F&B accounting

operations, controls, and reporting for restaurant-sector finance leaders.

9. Author — Office Productivity Body of Knowledge Series: Word BOK, Excel BOK & PowerPoint BOK, a three-part structured body-ofknowledge reference for accountants covering Word, Excel, and PowerPoint across multiple skill levels.

10. Author — Chart of Accounts (CoA) in Odoo, a technical reference for designing, structuring, and implementing chart of accounts

configurations within Odoo ERP environments.

11. Author — AI Fluency for Finance Professionals, a practitioner-focused guide to applying artificial intelligence fluency within finance and

accounting workflows.

12. Author — Accounting Training Guide (F&B), an Arabic-language F&B accounting training guide for the Saudi market, incorporating ZATCA,

GOSI, and POS-integration specifics.