Mohamed Abdelgabar
Wembley,City of London
Summary
Passionate Prince2 Project Manager with experience across diverse industries, including e-commerce, fashion, and financial services. Proven success in steering projects from startup ventures to large organisations. Experienced in both contract and full-time roles. Combining academic qualifications with international exposure, I have established a range of technical, personable, and project skills to drive successful outcomes.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Founder
Fightcard.co.uk
02.2020 - Current
- End-to-End Project management of campaigns, from design, manufacturing and marketing activities, including product cost analysis and budgeting, as well as securing outside funding
- Responsibilities included overseeing the web development and ongoing maintenance, including website design and conducting regular testing for in site applications
- Implementation of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) strategies, with a focus on building and optimising both the quality & quantity of web traffic
- Data management, with regards to Conducting market research & competitor analysis, as well as producing performance reports and analysing data and Analytics.
- Launched new, innovative projects based on customer demand.
Project manager
By Ola
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Co-ordinated marketing work stream as part of the international campaign launch for a fashion brand
- Project Lead for scoping, planning and resourcing, including requirements gathering for the creative vision and documentation of on the day timelines
- Liaised with a wide range of stakeholders including CEO, artists, models and technicians to deliver tangible outputs on schedule and in budget.
- Developed and maintained project timescales, providing contingency planning to support timely completion.
- Prepared and managed project plans from end to end, meeting required milestones and quality KPIs
Finance Operations Associate
Hamilton Capital Holdings Ltd
London
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Engaged and communicated with the servicing bank & CFO to provide up to date financial reports
- Processed high volume deposits of crypto & digital assets trades, settling position transfers and allocating the cash, in compliance with regulatory reporting rules
- Liaised directly with the finance department, in order to ensure all budgeting and finance projections are up-to-date and accurate
- Took responsibility as project lead in the reconciliations, break resolutions project, in order to identify and assess the reason for missing client funds
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
Finance Operations Associate
Habito
London
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Rapport and relationship building with relevant stakeholders, relating to senior directors, head of finance, clients, solicitors, and various internal departments, such as legal, finance & marketplace teams
- Client engagements, exhibiting effective communication skills when processing mortgage & product payments to clients and solicitors, while ensuring funding lines are agreed, in accordance with outlined timeframes for clients to receive payments
- Financial coordination, collaborating directly with the finance department, in order to ensure all budgeting and finance projections are up-to-date and accurate, in addition to carrying out reconciliations and reporting processes on a daily basis
- Data management, with regards to producing forecast projections of trends and conducting cost data analysis, while liaising directly senior directors, in order to provide actionable insights and identify potential process improvement strategies
- Prepared detailed models, reports and charts highlighting complex financial information.
- Liaising with internal legal, underwriting, and marketplace teams, in order to ensure all relevant procedures are documented, while payments are made with optimal efficiency.
Client Operations Analyst
Goldman Sachs
London
11.2018 - 06.2019
- Client relationship management; building and maintaining strong communication channels with the top 50 revenue generating clients.
- Engaged with a large variety of products, including equities, fixed income, FX & OTC derivatives
- Managed client queries and pro-actively resolved issues within SLA's, ensuring all relevant stakeholders are updated
- Supported various project initiatives, including strategic planning and coordination of both the MIFID II outreach campaign and the Brexit outreach campaign; ensuring clients could still operate in the event of a no deal Brexit
- Produced regular data analysis reports, in order to assess performance and evaluate potential strategies, with a specialised focus on increasing STP rates, optimising operational channels, and driving improvement across all client processes
- Conducted root cause analysis and issue resolution procedures, in direct liaison with senior directors
Derivatives Utility/ETD Clearing Analyst
FIS Global
London
06.2016 - 11.2018
- Project team member, collaborating effectively with IT teams in the development, testing, and implementation of new internal systems, with a focus on reducing the number of manual processes and increasing automation across team activities
- Oversaw trade lifecycle and resolution management processes, including allocating, clearing and settlement of trades to the relevant brokers & client accounts across European markets
- Conducted investigations and produced reports for all STP issues, manually cleared trades & defaulted trades, in direct liaison with clients and senior management, in order to mitigate any potential risks involved
- Settled position transfers and allocating the cash, complying with exchange regulations
- Guided clients toward improved organisational structures and better solutions for identified problems.
Securitized Products Analyst
Barclays
New York
03.2015 - 03.2016
- oversaw the collection and processing of all fees, interest & principal activity in the internal whole loan inventory and sub-ledger systems
- Monitored the trade flow between front and back trade capture systems, in addition to investigating and reporting on any failed trades
- Coordinated with various stakeholders to resolve any trade settlement, cash/stock breaks, security set-up, or matching issues
- Identified any flow issues and system vulnerabilities, in order to mitigate and reduce trade inaccuracies, financial risk, and areas of regulatory non-compliance
- Reviewed all incoming remittance reports and updating internal systems with any missing information.
Education
PRINCE2 - Project Management
The Knowledge Academy
10/2023 - 02/2024
Post Graduate Certificate - International Business
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Twickenham 03/2015 - 03/2016
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting & Finance
University of The West of England, Bristol
Bristol 09/2010 - 06/2014
Skills
- Multi-Lingual (English, Spanish & Arabic)
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Brand management
- Project Management
- Marketing
- Project budgeting
- Stakeholder Management
- Process Improvement
- Client Engagement
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Revenue growth
- Financial Coordination
- Forecasting & Analysis
- Data Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Development
Timeline
Project manager
By Ola
10.2023 - 01.2024
Finance Operations Associate
Hamilton Capital Holdings Ltd
08.2021 - 01.2022
Founder
Fightcard.co.uk
02.2020 - Current
Finance Operations Associate
Habito
09.2019 - 01.2020
Client Operations Analyst
Goldman Sachs
11.2018 - 06.2019
Derivatives Utility/ETD Clearing Analyst
FIS Global
06.2016 - 11.2018
Securitized Products Analyst
Barclays
03.2015 - 03.2016
PRINCE2 - Project Management
The Knowledge Academy
10/2023 - 02/2024
Post Graduate Certificate - International Business
St Mary's University, Twickenham
03/2015 - 03/2016
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting & Finance
University of The West of England, Bristol
09/2010 - 06/2014
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