OMAR TAWFIK
Summary
Experienced Finance Leader. I have significant experience in Business Partnering, FP&A, Pricing, Strategy, M&A, across Logistics, Manufacturing, and FMCG companies. Experience in listed multinationals and private equity. Strong people leader having managed teams up to 30 FTE across multiple regions, track record of success with reputation of delivering targets and solving business problems.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work history
Director of Finance: International (EMEA + APAC)
Revance
05.2024 - 12.2025
- M&A Support for acquisitions, Long Range Planning, Board reporting
- Sales analytics, Margin analysis by SKU, IBP/ Demand forecasting, Management Accounts + FP&A reporting / forecasting cycle.
- Reporting to Global VP FP&A & Head of Investor Relations. Business partner to President International
- Company Overview: $1bn + revenue PE owned Skincare & medical beauty device manufacturer. Brands include Panoxyl, Skinpen, Daxxify
Interim Head of Ops Finance
Vibrant Foods Group
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Restructuring of working capital to strengthen balance sheet and give company breathing space
- Profitability analysis by SKU, working with Operations team to drive initiatives to improve margin
- Reported into Chief Operating Officer
- Company Overview: Food manufacturer (PE owned)
Interim Finance Director
Cavendish Clinics & Elan Laser Clinics Group
06.2022 - 09.2023
- 2 short term Interim roles at 2 separate Beauty Clinics- PE and Investor owned. Reported to CEO.
- Fundraising - raised additional share capital through investor fundraising - HNW Doctors in UK & USA
- Successful due diligence completed with 2 potential buyers / partners sourced for CEO and board review
- Reorganization of financing, bank, asset lending and Accounts payable to strengthen short term cash
- FP&A, AR/AP, 13-week Cash, Management Accounts, VAT, Payroll, Business Intelligence
- Management of Board – reporting on performance and strategy for long term business plan
- The implementation of a new BI tool improved visibility of performance and cost optimization
- Company Overview: Global beauty clinics
VP Finance EMEA
HydraFacial
12.2020 - 06.2022
- Nasdaq listed March 2021, previously PE owned. Worked on IPO alongside a global team.
- Established Value Creation office for CFO – linked all Global FP&A, Marketing, and commercial teams.
- Responsible for total EMEA finance team, FP&A, Business Analytics / Insights, Accounting, Integrated Business Planning and transactions support -14 FTE and 3rd party accounting team in Europe. Reported to Group CFO.
- Led Board / US reporting weekly and monthly
- Responsible for weekly forecasting to Global SLT – reporting and update on Risks and Opportunities, deals
- $100M Revenue region, grew from $35M when I joined
- Implemented NetSuite ERP and Tableau BI across EMEA markets (4 countries UK, France, Spain, and Germany)
- Led M&A, acquiring 2 businesses in France and Germany (Multimillion dollar acquisition)
- Hands on due diligence and integration- and project managed all integration of acquisition companies into NetSuite
- Financial modelling for Global expansion and new product launches-negotiated into Retail, Spa and Hotel chains
- Promotion to VP level and part of the global leadership team.
- Company Overview: Medical beauty technology manufacturer, device & consumables business.
Senior Finance Manager
IAC Group
02.2019 - 09.2020
- Financial Leadership and Reporting of 3 Manufacturing plants in UK and Slovakia, including Accounting Shared service function
- 20 FTE reporting directly and indirectly into me
- Reported into Global VP Commercial Finance based in Michigan, Business partner to VP Operations.
- Total finance responsibility for Management Accounts (Full Reporting pack, standard cost analysis, commentary and KPIs), Budgeting, Forecasting (13-week cashflow and P&L and BS) and Commercial performance (program profitability and procurement savings)
- $150M Revenue BU
- Finance lead for all Quoting of new Business, pricing, due diligence, costing and negotiation (C suite level) with OEMs
- In total 5 major contract wins; all multimillion dollars contracts with significant commercial value (JLR/BMW/INEOS, Tesla)
- Role impacted due to covid, mid 2020 most of the manufacturing sites were shutdown
- Company Overview: High volume automotive parts manufacturer (PE Owned).
Senior EMEA FP&A Manager
Delphi Technologies Inc
07.2018 - 02.2019
- Monthly Exec / Board Reporting, Cashflow, Annual Budget, Monthly forecasting cycle
- $100M Revenue region
- Reported to EMEA Finance Director
- 8 FTE Direct reports (Based across Europe, Finance Controller, Finance Business Partner level)
- Company Overview: EMEA Aftermarket Automotive manufacturing and parts supplier business
Europe FP&A Manager
Ryder Europe
05.2015 - 06.2018
- Business partner to Europe MD – lead on Corporate Development and future commercial strategy
- Pricing for strategic contracts and Integration and M&A of 2 UK based businesses
- Full FP&A cycle for Europe - $300M revenue
- Business and Long-Range Planning / Strategy lead for Europe
- Overheads management for Europe -$100M cost management
- 3 Direct reports – covering overheads management, pricing, and FP&A, reported in Finance Director Europe.
- Company Overview: $9 billion global logistics, transport
EMEA FP&A Manager
Avon Cosmetics Inc
11.2013 - 04.2015
- Part of EMEA FP&A team, $2Billion revenue region, manufacturing and supply
- Full suite of analysis, R&O Sales analytics, product margin analysis and insights
- Business Partner to VP Commercial Marketing EMEA- investment appraisal and product pricing analysis
- Company Overview: US listed B2C cosmetics company
Commercial Finance Manager
Debenhams PLC
06.2011 - 11.2013
- Business Partner to Director of Logistics - Commercial Finance and FP&A role – full monthly reporting cycle
- Online and Retail Logistics Operations – weekly analytics reporting.
- Warehouses and Transport Management - £110M cost base.
- Company Overview: £2billion + retail
Site Management Accountant
Jabil Inc
05.2010 - 06.2011
- Management accounts, forecasting and costing for 2 UK Sites
- Company Overview: $19 billion manufacturing
Finance Business Analyst
Shell
05.2008 - 05.2010
- Commercial analytics role for Nordics region, performance, and FP&A role
- $1Billion revenue business unit
- Company Overview: Retail fuels business division of global oil giant
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Specialism in Finance
Aston University
UKA Levels - Business Studies, Geography, French
Skills
- M&A / Strategy / Due Diligence
- Team Leadership
- Financial modelling
- FP&A Cycle, reporting, consolidation, forecasting, Integrated Business Planning, Cashflow analysis, Balance sheet analysis (Listed & PE)
- ERP - NetSuite, One Stream, SAP
- Business Analytics - Power BI, Tableau, Zenoti, Salesforce
- CRM - Salesforce, NetSuite
- Multi-currency, multiple legal entity environments
- Board reporting (PE Listed)
- IFRS, US GAAP, SOX
- Dashboard / KPI Reporting
- Value creation specialist
Timeline
Director of Finance: International (EMEA + APAC)
Revance
05.2024 - 12.2025
Interim Head of Ops Finance
Vibrant Foods Group
01.2024 - 05.2024
Interim Finance Director
Cavendish Clinics & Elan Laser Clinics Group
06.2022 - 09.2023
VP Finance EMEA
HydraFacial
12.2020 - 06.2022
Senior Finance Manager
IAC Group
02.2019 - 09.2020
Senior EMEA FP&A Manager
Delphi Technologies Inc
07.2018 - 02.2019
Europe FP&A Manager
Ryder Europe
05.2015 - 06.2018
EMEA FP&A Manager
Avon Cosmetics Inc
11.2013 - 04.2015
Commercial Finance Manager
Debenhams PLC
06.2011 - 11.2013
Site Management Accountant
Jabil Inc
05.2010 - 06.2011
Finance Business Analyst
Shell
05.2008 - 05.2010
A Levels - Business Studies, Geography, French
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Specialism in Finance
Aston University