Mohamed Zakaria BOUMDAL
Montréal,Canada
Summary
While remaining customer-oriented, my responsibilities increasingly tend to regional level, which is the ideal context to develop my management skills, my abilities in challenging status quo, draw sound conclusions to simplify processes, and enhance the quality of the financial information.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Reporting & Controls Manager
Altasciences
Laval, Montreal
05.2025 - Current
- Ensure all financial transactions comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Conduct financial analyses to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data.
- Oversee the timely review and analysis of detailed account reconciliations.
- Prepare, review, and maintain comprehensive documentation of business processes and internal controls.
- Develop and implement strategies for internal control testing.
- Review monthly financial statements—both consolidated and standalone—for multiple entities.
- Oversee monthly financial and management reporting processes.
- Lead and manage finance-related projects to support business objectives.
- Serve as a liaison between Finance and other departments to ensure seamless integration of policy and procedural changes.
- Ensure all processes and financial decisions align with Altasciences’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and local regulatory requirements.
- Assist business partners by delivering financial insights and analysis to support informed decision-making.
Financial Control & Compliance Manager
Novartis
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10.2023 - 09.2024
- Manage transitions, key deliverables (risk assessment, controls testing), for final readiness sign-off.
- Set objectives for compliance team in alignment with the company strategy.
- Operational oversight to provide services at expected levels with a clear customer focus.
- Manage regional and global stakeholders to ensure consensus on initiatives and projects.
- Provide functional guidance, Interact proactively within Divisions for accurate financial reporting.
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert for related policies and processes.
Financial Reporting Senior Specialist
Novartis
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
03.2020 - 10.2023
- Lead and manage monthly financial closing via Global Financial Consolidation & Reporting System.
- Calculation and follow up on sales deduction accruals.
- Payroll and personnel costs analysis.
- Profitability analysis.
- Lead the Gross To Net meetings to detail all the Balance Sheet and P&L sales deductions movements.
- Lead the Balance Sheet and P&L consolidated review.
- Manage the balance sheet reconciliations to resolve and clear overdue items promptly.
- Standard product costing and margin reporting to Group.
- Update the fixed asset register, including construction assets and depreciation, accurately and on time.
- Review and analyze all financial transactions IFRS 16 and intercompany.
- Ensure the compliance with Novartis Accounting Manual and Novartis financial control manual.
Requisition To Pay Specialist
Novartis
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10.2018 - 02.2020
- Prepare the month-end closing activities Accruals, balance sheet review.
- Manage the balance sheet reconciliations of allocated accounts.
- Analyze global KPIs on time, including commentaries and executive summary.
- Perform financial controls on a monthly basis and analyze any deficiencies.
- Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expenses, credit memos, and payments.
- Implemented new technologies and automation for continuous improvement.
- Facilitated successful internal and external audit.
Financial Control & Compliance Specialist
Novartis
Algiers, Algeria
11.2016 - 10.2018
- Compliance with the Novartis Finance Controls Matrix.
- Implement and monitoring on finance controls.
- Design finance processes and ensure compliance with local requirements.
- Provide all required deliverables according to the communicated schedule.
- Assessment and testing of controls, including segregation of duties.
- Tracking on the progress of action plans to ensure proper remediation of deficiencies.
- Coordinate and support SOX 404 attestation processes.
- Support on the implementation of standard processes.
- Ensure understanding of standard processes.
- Assist in the creation of new SOP for major business areas.
Internal Auditor
Sonatrach
Algiers, Algeria
03.2012 - 11.2016
- Evaluating and testing the internal control environment to identify areas for improvement.
- Conducting an analytical review of procedures.
- Performing risk assessments.
- Preparing audit reports.
Education
Master's degree - Finance & Banking
Université De Lille II
Lille07-2011
Bachelor's degree - Management
Ecole Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Ex INC)
Algiers07-2009
Skills
- Project Management
- Balance sheet analysis
- FP&A Analysis
- SAP User
- SOX controls
- Financial reporting
- Risk assessment
- Compliance monitoring
- Internal controls
Languages
- Arabic, Native
- French, Native
- English, Full Professional
Timeline
Financial Reporting & Controls Manager
Altasciences
05.2025 - Current
Financial Control & Compliance Manager
Novartis
10.2023 - 09.2024
Financial Reporting Senior Specialist
Novartis
03.2020 - 10.2023
Requisition To Pay Specialist
Novartis
10.2018 - 02.2020
Financial Control & Compliance Specialist
Novartis
11.2016 - 10.2018
Internal Auditor
Sonatrach
03.2012 - 11.2016
Master's degree - Finance & Banking
Université De Lille II
Bachelor's degree - Management
Ecole Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Ex INC)
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