Nov 2021 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• ✓ Knowledge of the latest technology-based startups, sourcing, screening, and analyzing potential investment opportunities and assisting fund raising activities.
• ✓ Putting together investment proposals and making investment choices and recommendations, create investment pitches.
• ✓ Responsible of financial modeling, budgeting and valuation and data analytics. Establishing of the key drivers for the budgeting process and testing and deploying of the system accordingly. This entails formulation of financial plans embedding the budgets
• ✓ Responsible for every process that generates revenue in the organization. Connect different revenue-related functions, from marketing to sales, customer success, pricing, and revenue operations (RevOps).
• ✓ Assessing and mitigating significant competitive, regulatory and technological threats to an enterprise's capital and earnings.
• ✓ Ensuring that risk management priorities are reflected in the company's strategic plans.
• ✓ Formulating and implementing risk assurance strategies that are related to the transmission, storage, and use of information and data systems.
• ✓ Developing budgets for risk-related projects and supervising their funding.
• ✓ Help drive up company valuation and get more favorable terms. Works to connect investors and FinTech business owners, relates to various aspects.

May 2021 – Oct 2021 · 5 mos

• Develop 3- and 5-year financial forecasts to support the NCGR Center’s strategy, income, and spending targets.
• Lead all aspects of management accounting and financial modeling to support strategic decision-making.
• Create, implement, and evaluate budgets and cost projections across departments.
• Develop financial models and conduct return-on-cost and revenue analyses.
• Prepare comprehensive recommendation reports for executive management based on financial data and modeling.
• Review, analyze, and revise data provided by business departments, including finance, marketing, and product, to ensure accurate 5-year revenue forecasting and new product pricing.
• Collaborate with executives, project managers, and cross-functional leaders to establish and monitor budgetary goals.
• Plan and organize internal financial audit activities and manage audit schedules.
• Supervise the review of financial records and reports for accuracy and compliance.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls and identify financial or operational risks.
• Prepare audit reports detailing findings, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory bodies as needed.
• Guide, mentor, and evaluate junior audit staff and ensure quality standards are met.
• Stay updated with financial regulations, accounting standards (IFRS, SOCPA), and best practices.

Feb 2020 – Dec 2020 · 10 mos

• Direct appropriate cash investment such as deposits, Islamic investments, bonds, structured investments and funds to meet the strategic financial objectives of the organization.
• Ensure availability of sufficient funds to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements to ensure ADF meets all its obligations.
• Assist in the development of Corporate Finance budget in alignment with the organization budgetary requirements to allow effective delivery of desired objectives.
• Review analysis and recommendations on short and long-term liquidity planning, ways for maximizing liquidity and efficient use of funds.
• Create financial models and return on investment analysis and prepare a holistic recommendation report to the management.
• Develops business cases for potential opportunities and evaluates their acceptance from a financial perspective (e.g. based on Cash Flow NPV analysis, Comparative analysis, Asset Valuation analysis).
• Prepares comprehensive due diligence reports and valuation reports on investment opportunities and presents detailed results from due diligence exercise for effective decision making.
• Support in the development of the Corporate Finance strategy to achieve ADF strategic objectives.

May 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr · United States

• Board member on Finance Committee; working on Budget planning for the next 5-7 years.
• Assist the organization in understanding the agency’s capital structure and provide a review of the agency’s current fixed asset listing.
• Develop a plan and budget to replace specific items related to furniture, equipment and building improvements.
• Assess the availability of funding or potential expense reductions related to building and equipment upgrades.

Aug 2015 – Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos · United States

• Conducting applied research outside of academia in specific business disciplines.
• Researches are more applied nature, with more immediate real-world applicability than typical academic research, meet the needs of the researching professional, rather than the professional researcher.
• knowledge gained in all major aspects of finance:
• Investments and asset pricing of equity, fixed income, and derivatives
• Corporate finance (valuation and financing)
• Financial intermediation
• Microeconomics
• Financial statement analysis
• Statistical and empirical methods.
• Teaching experience:
• Duties: vary from course to course and from instructor to instructor. They may include holding office hours, conducting review sessions, reviewing cases and other class assignments, and grading exams.

May 2012 – Jul 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos · United States

• Preparing feasibility studies or development appraisals
• Drive organization's financial operations and improve financial performance
• Advising on the setting of budgets, managing and analyzing risk
• Controlling cost during the process. Supervising accounting staff, overseeing internal controls, setting financial targets, implementing fund-raising strategies, engaging with investors, developing a financial strategy, conducting feasibility studies, monitoring expenditure, overseeing annual insurance, monitoring cash flow, evaluating investments, and managing compliance.

Oct 2005 – Jul 2009 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Analyzed & interpreted financial statements
• Provided various info to business heads according to their needs to facilitate their decision making process
• Prepared & introduced daily & monthly MIS packages that detailed the performance of the various business units (Consumer, Corporate, Investment, Credit Cards, Treasury & Operations)
• Generated business MIS & performance dashboards to determine areas for growth, parts of these dashboards are comparing actual results with plans, budgets, and operating standards
• Experience in the generating and preparation of annual and interim budgets as bank requirements
• Used data to develop new strategies, improve business performance & provide trends on key business drivers
• Review financial statements & analyze sales revenues, costs, & expenses for all business units
• Analyze financial reports & translate them into concise summaries for the management
• Interact directly with line management in business units & geographies on the development of forecast & budget variance analysis & provide ongoing business assessments and recommended solutions
• Communicate regularly with multiple layers of management
• Performed a quarterly competition analysis to benchmark the bank performance against the performance of major competitors
• The output of this is passed on to the Senior Management as an input in the strategic planning process
• Provided all information necessary for incentive schemes
• Prepare and maintain various operational reporting packages and certain levels of compensation reporting/metrics
• Liaised with IT and other relevant departments on system modifications to accommodate reports required by the business
• Participated in the implementation of the new core banking system (T24)
• Perform other ad hoc reporting & analysis and assist with the preparation and analysis of confidential information
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions
• Perform other duties assigned as required

Feb 2005 – Sep 2005 · 7 mos · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Intensive 8 months program in “Retail Bank Teller Customer Service Representative” providing fresh-graduate students with the necessary skills to succeed in the banking industry. Program Modules included Courses:
• Banking Industry Orientation.
• Retail Banking Teller-CSR Role.
• Communication Skills, Customer Service Excellence.
• Customer Interaction and Problem Resolution.
• Retail Banking Products Sales Skills, Deposit and Withdrawals, Credit Cards and Lines of Credit.
• Foreign Currency Transactions.
• Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud Prevention and Robbery Prevention and Awareness.