About Akram
As Finance Manager and CFO at Green Motion International Oman (Discovery Group), he built the finance function from the reporting layer up, including a fleet revenue reporting system with vehicle-level profitability, 13-week cash flow models and group management reporting for leadership.
He also led the finance side of the liquidation of three Omani LLCs, working alongside an appointed liquidator. That work taught him what happens when cash, controls and compliance are left too late, and he brings that lesson into every growing business he works with. Akram works where finance meets operations: he builds the systems behind the reports, the monthly close, the dashboards, the controls and the forecasting rhythm that let a founder decide with confidence.
What Akram brings to your business
- Cash visibility and control: Rolling 13-week cash flow forecasts, so you see a cash gap before it happens rather than after.
- Reporting you can trust: Monthly management packs, KPI dashboards and profitability analysis by product, branch or asset.
- A faster, cleaner month-end close: Structured close processes, reconciliations and internal controls that hold up under audit.
- Unit economics clarity: Knowing which customers, products and locations actually make money.
- Capital readiness: Financial models, budgets and investor- or bank-ready narratives for funding, expansion or franchising.
- Audit and compliance confidence: A Big 4 lens on your books before your auditors, regulators or buyers apply one.
- Restructuring and exit experience: Practical, hands-on experience of company wind-downs and liquidation for businesses facing difficult decisions.
Credentials and education
- Big 4 Audit (KPMG)
- 10+ years CFO & senior finance, GCC
- Bachelor of Accounting, First Class Honours
- CPA (CPA Australia)
Bachelor of Accounting with First Class Honours and a CPA qualification through CPA Australia. Continuing professional development through the CFI FP&A Professional program and McKinsey.org's Forward program.
How I work: five principles
- Every spend has a return. If it cannot be measured, it is a guess.
- Build it once and make it run itself: automate the numbers, not only report them.
- Speak the other person's language: finance, marketing and engineering.
- Negotiate with data. Know what a deal is worth before you sit down.
- Audit-grade by default: control and documentation from the first month.
Research and working papers
Akram publishes the OmniScope360 Working Paper Series on startup finance, SME funding and cash-flow planning, with every figure linked to its public source:
- Startup Financing Routes in Oman: Mapping Funding Sources to the Financial Evidence Each Requires (WP 2026-01)
- The Riyada Entrepreneurship Card and SME Access to Public Procurement in Oman: Working-Capital Implications (WP 2026-02)
- Planning the Cash Timing of Australia's Refundable R&D Tax Offset for Early-Stage Companies (WP 2026-03)
Read the abstracts and download the PDFs at omniscope360.com/research.
Work with Akram
Book a free discovery call, write to info@omniscope360.com or call +968 91 81 51 78 (Oman) or +61 401 531 550 (Sydney). Akram works with startups and founders in Oman, the GCC and Sydney.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Akram El-Karrar?
Akram El-Karrar is a CPA, Fractional CFO and the founder of OmniScope360. He began in Big 4 audit at KPMG and has more than 10 years of CFO and senior finance experience across the GCC. He works from Muscat, Oman and Sydney, Australia.
What does Akram El-Karrar do?
He helps founders take control of cash with 13-week cash forecasts, build reporting they can trust through a reliable monthly close and KPI dashboards, and get investor- and lender-ready.
Where does Akram work?
Akram works with startups and founders in Oman, the GCC and Sydney, with calls booked in Muscat or Sydney time.