Talhat Zaino

Feasibility and project cost specialist with over 20 years of experience across accounting, financial management and project management in the UAE, Malta, Libya, Syria and Jordan. Experienced in preparing financial feasibility studies, business plans, budgets, tender estimates and project schedules.

Background includes quantity take-offs, subcontractor coordination and project delivery monitoring, alongside presenting and discussing financial studies with investors and government representatives.

Partner & General Manager at Trend Line Project Management (2023 – 2026)

• Led the preparation of feasibility studies, business plans, project schedules and estimates of capital expenditure, operating costs, equipment and production-line requirements.
• Independently prepared financial models covering revenue, profit and cash flow forecasts, break-even analysis and investment payback periods; presented and discussed studies in project meetings.

Finance Manager at Mario General Contracting (2017 – 2023)

• Reviewed tenders, prepared quantity take-offs, priced materials and works, assessed subcontract costs and developed project budgets.
• Handled financial and cost-estimation aspects of residential, hotel and commercial projects delivered by the company during the tenure, with an estimated combined value of EUR 24 million.

Project Supervision Manager at Al Tajouri Construction (2012 – 2015)

• Oversaw projects comprising five villas, two hangars, an administrative building and an eight-storey residential building. Coordinated contractors, held progress meetings and monitored schedules and costs.

Project Manager at Al Salam Company (2006 – 2012)

• Prepared project studies, quantity take-offs, cost estimates, schedules and contractor agreements. Coordinated contractors and monitored finishing quality on residential and turnkey projects.
• Oversaw a workforce of approximately 170 through the responsible engineers.
• Completed hangars and a duck hatchery building at Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Reserve in Wadi Rum in four months and 20 days against a six-month contract period, through subcontractor coordination, increased staffing across trades and advance material procurement.

Accountant & Assistant Factory Manager at Al Tawfiq Steel Construction (2002 – 2006)

• Maintained accounts, prepared financial reports and budgets, and supported daily management of a factory producing steel electricity towers, hangars and related components.
• Identified approximately USD 70,000 in cash-account discrepancies while reviewing the preceding two years of accounting records and financial statements; reported findings to management.
• Introduced weekly cash-account reconciliations and periodic physical counts to strengthen financial controls.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration — Finance & Investment – Tishreen University (2006)

Commercial Secondary School Diploma – Abdul Moneim Riad Commercial School, Syria (2001)