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Muhammad Adnan Rasheed, Chief Financial Officer CFO

Muhammad Adnan Rasheed

Chief Financial Officer CFO·Digital Research Company (DRC) a listed company

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Finance, Accounts and Economics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 22 years, 6 months

Chief Financial Officer CFO

March 2024 - Present

Digital Research Company (DRC) a listed company

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

March 2024 - Present

• Reporting to CEO and Board of Directors
• Led the IPO of the Company to Nomu market, advising on and
preparing for post-IPO requirements
• Experience of dealing with and managing work & requirements
of IPO financial advisors and other related stakeholders
• Reviewing and advising on completing the requirements for
transition to main market (readiness for main market)
• Advisor for the governance and compliance function (GRC) and
heading it
• Evaluating investment opportunities, M&A targets, strategic
partnerships, performing related analysis, financing
requirements assessment & options and financial due
diligence and recommendations
• Making financial strategy aligned with corporate strategy
• Preparing, reviewing, challenging and finalizing the annual
budget and quarterly forecasts
• Managing financing through Islamic way and Sukuk financing
• Advising appropriate Pricing Strategy to compete better in
competitive market
• Projects profitability analysis, identifying useful insights and
recommendations
◦ Projects failure analysis, identifying problems of failure, useful
insights and recommendations
◦ Raising red flags on key matters and risks ahead of time and
advising to address those situations
◦ Performing FP&A, setting & monitoring KPIs
◦ Leading the financial reporting function, ensuring compliance
with applicable IFRSs and other applicable laws and
regulations
◦ Reviewing and advising on capital structure management
◦ Managing the cash flows, liquidity and working capital
requirements and made collections process effective &
efficient
◦ Investing surplus cash to generate return
◦ Dealing with external auditors, internal auditors, audit
committee and addressing to their requirements
◦ Coordinating with other C-level team members and
maintaining good relationships to promote healthy work
environment
◦ Leading, managing and developing teams

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Group Finance & Reporting Director

May 2012 - March 2024

Bawan Company, a listed group

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 2012 - March 2024

• Leading and implementing various projects
• Played role in Companys IPO
__ so can lead and implement
IPO and perform post-IPO compliance (i.e. pre-IPO, pro- IPO &
post-IPO role)
• Achieving several targets & deadlines successfully
• Liaising with CEO and adhering to requirements of Executive
Committee, Board and other targets and objectives
• Group consolidation at multiple layers, reporting group wise,
sector and subsidiary wise
• In depth knowledge and experience of Accounting (financial &
management), auditing, Group reporting,
• Financial Reporting & Analysis and reporting to group CEO
• Reporting in-house and reporting to regulatory bodies (CMA &
Tadawul, Saudi Stock Exchange)
• Adhering to and on-going compliance with Saudi Exchange
(Tadawul) requirements
• Implemented IFRSs at group wide level on time and
successfully
• In depth knowledge and experience of compliance with IFRSs
and responding to new IFRSs
• Advising CEO, subsidiaries senior management on matters
related to external audits, new requirements and ongoing
compliance of IFRSs
• Implementing and advising in advance on complex accounting
treatments including, but not limited to, M&A, Purchase Price
Allocation (PPA), divestiture of investments, goodwill
impairment, investment accounting etc.
◦ Liaising with internal auditors and external auditors to work on
overcoming the weaknesses and improvement in internal
controls
◦ Successful dealing with subsidiaries CFOs, finance and
accounts managers & teams, resolving their concerns, built
and strengthened the professional relationships
◦ Determining liquidity needs & working capital requirements
◦ Reviewing, analyzing M&A transactions and giving feedback
◦ Performing financial due diligence required for M&A or other
projects
◦ Firm and Equity Valuations, based on different models, in both
Passive & Active ways, based on complex models like DCF,
Residual Income, Dividend growth, NPV etc.
◦ Valuations for M&A, goodwill impairment test and for financial
reporting purposes
◦ Analysis and in depth analysis of investments, projects,
feasibility studies, budgets and evaluation and
recommendation thereon
◦ Corporate finance & treasury, capital structure management,
capital budgeting, cost-benefits analysis
◦ Analysis of foreign investment, calculating foreign and forex
exposures
◦ Reviewing ESG requirements (Sustainability Reporting) and
giving suggestions and recommendation
◦ Possessing interpersonal skills (communication, collaboration,
team leading & motivation)
◦ Believing in T-Shaped management (Broad + Deep)

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Construction and Building

Board Member

January 2011 - April 2012

IMA-USA

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

January 2011 - April 2012

• Worked as a Board member of IMA-USA for their Eastern Province Chapter of KSA along with consortium of members from various industries
including Aramco
• Participated in meeting of Board of Directors to discuss various agenda items, gave inputs and recommendations, finalized the action plans
• Worked with other board members to achieve the goal of IMA i.e. to provide a forum for research, practice development, education,
knowledge sharing, and the advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices in management accounting and finance
• Coordinated with management of corporate sector for the promotion and development of management accountancy and finance education
and profession

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization

Finance Manager

June 2010 - April 2012

China Harbour,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

June 2010 - April 2012

• Managing month and year end closing process to ensure
timely and accurate reporting
• Budgets preparation and finalization of costs and revenues
• Reviewing and finalizing the accounting treatments and
requirements for construction contracts
• Financial reporting and analysis
• Filing of zakat and tax returns on annual basis
• Managing of accounting, zakat and tax records
• Developing and maintenance of internal controls
◦ Managing the cash flows, liquidity and working capital
requirements
◦ Dealing with teams from Head Office (HO), addressing to their
requirements, ensuring the achievement of objectives as set
by HO
◦ Visiting the job sites, guiding job sites accounting teams,
ensuring completion of accounting and other required and
related information/documentations
◦ Dealing with external auditors and finalizing audited financials

Company industry:
Civil Engineering

Supervising Audit Senior/Manager

December 2007 - April 2010

Deloitte - Saudi Arabia

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

December 2007 - April 2010

Core responsibilities were:
- Special Sector Auditing
- Planning and Executing the Audits
- Project Management and Delivering
- Leading and Supervising
- Building and Maintaining Relations
- More and detailed roles can be found in CV

Company industry:
Financial Auditing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Audit Senior

July 2003 - July 2007

Deloitte - Pakistan

Faisalabad, Pakistan

July 2003 - July 2007

Core responsibilities were:
- Corporate Laws/Secretarial Work and Auditing
- Trouble Shooting
- Project Management
- Building and Maintaining Relations
- IT Desktop Skills
- More and detailed roles can be found in CV

Company industry:
Financial Auditing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Punjab University Pakistan

July 1999

July 1999

Bachelor's degree, Finance, Accounts and Economics

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 65%

GPA (percentage): 65%

Skills

Capital Management
Expert
Capital Management
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Ecological Risk Assessment
Expert
Ecological Risk Assessment
Expert
Achieve Project Milestone
Expert
Achieve Project Milestone
Expert
Strategic Planning
Expert
Strategic Planning
Expert
Personal skills (self-management)
Expert
Personal skills (self-management)
Expert
Interpersonal skills (interacting with/managing others)
Expert
Interpersonal skills (interacting with/managing others)
Expert
Organizational skills (managing organizational resources)
Expert
Organizational skills (managing organizational resources)
Expert
AUDITING
Intermediate
AUDITING
Intermediate
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Intermediate
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Intermediate
CORPORATE FINANCE
Intermediate
CORPORATE FINANCE
Intermediate
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
Intermediate
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
Intermediate
FINANCE
Intermediate
FINANCE
Intermediate
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Intermediate
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Intermediate
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Intermediate
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Intermediate
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Intermediate
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Intermediate
INVESTMENTS
Intermediate
INVESTMENTS
Intermediate
LINKEDIN
Intermediate
LINKEDIN
Intermediate

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Finance, Accounts and Economics
CGMA-USA
CMA-USA
CPA
IFSAH
CME-1
CIMA-UK
CFA Level 2
Chartered Accountant (Finalist) Pakistan
Sep 2002
CIMA-UK
Jan 2021
CFA Level 1 Passed -Candidate for CFA Level 2
Jul 2016
CMA (USA)
May 2011
CPA (Pakistan)
Jul 2011