
Elie Tannous
Financial Advisor at Tannous Consultancy
Beirut, LebanonWork Experience
Financial AdvisorFull Time
Tannous Consultancy
Oct 2020 - Present -4 yrs, 9 months
Lebanon , Beirut
- Job Details:•Assessing client’s financial health, risk tolerance, needs, objectives and develop personalized financial plans •Providing strategic advice and tailored recommendations across a variety of financial products and services including cash and wealth management, life insurance, commodities, real estate, banking, investments… •Monitoring the progress of implemented financial plans, communicating market trends with clients, liaising with financial service providers and professionals for portfolios adjustment and ensure optimal outcomes. •Building long-term relationships with clients, guiding them towards informed, profitable and secure financial decisions to protect and maximize their financial potentials for a secure future
Credit Management ConsultancyFull Time
Tannous Consultancy
Jan 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 6 months
Lebanon , Beirut
- Job Details:•Monitoring and evaluating order to cash processes and projects performances, identifying risks and underperforming areas, planning and executing action plans for projects improvement •Developing and streamlining policies and procedures, ensuring smooth implementations and compliances •Introducing new terms and conditions for better protection and establishing credit limits and payment terms with continuous management to increase on-time payments and decrease DSOs •Implementing automated communication systems, invoicing, payment reminders and allocations to increase cross-functional communication for an effective error free collection work flow •Designing and implementing daily, weekly, monthly and yearly management performance reports for effective KPI settings, to increase in performances, productivities, and efficiencies •Coaching all relevant teams to ensure compliance with policies and processes, improve work schedule strategies, problem solving, communication and dispute resolution
OTC (ORDER-TO-CASH) & COLLECTION MANAGERFull Time
DHL Express
Jun 2018 - Nov 2018 -5 months
Lebanon , Beirut
- Job Details:•Led the daily operations of the credit department managed a team of 6 professionals •Restructured billing processes leading to an error-free production of invoices, statements, credit notes and write-offs, enhancing compliance rate with regional standards •Implemented credit policies, procedures, structures and strategies, enhancing risk management platform, increasing on-time payments by 5% and decreasing DSO by 3% •Initiated collaborative effort with the IT department, streamlined automated payment reminders and communication systems resulting in a 5% increase in cross-functional communication and on time payments •Designed daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales and credit performance reports for effective KPI settings, resulting in 5% increase in performances, productivities, and efficiencies •Resolved and negotiated settlements with all disputed accounts reducing bad debt by 3%
Credit ManagerFull Time
Tanmia Holding
Dec 2017 - Jun 2018 -6 months
Lebanon , Beirut
- Job Details:•Established, recruited and led the credit department, managing a team of 4 professionals. •Developed and implemented credit policies, procedures and strategies, resulting in an enhanced risk management platform and a 30% increase in on-time payments and 15% decrease in DSO •Enforced and conducted credit assessments and risk evaluations for new clients and regular credit reviews and credit limit adjustments for existing clients, resulting in a 30% decrease in credit losses •Initiated and led a collaborative effort with the IT department to streamline communication strategies, improving turnaround credit assessment process by 50%, and cross-functional communication process by 40% •Designed and delivered credit training programs for the sales and credit team, improving efficiency, credit risk awareness, collection and work schedule strategies, enhancing departments performance by 30%. •Resolved and negotiated settlements and payment plans with all disputed accounts, reducing bad debt by 10%
Education
MBA in Finance
Universite Saint Esprit de Kaslik (USEK)Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 - 2 yr
BA in Finance
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 - 4 yr
Languages
English
FluentFrench
FluentArabic
Fluent