Ashraf Alsahafi, Treasury Cash Manager

Ashraf Alsahafi

Treasury Cash Manager

Nahdi Medical Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Doctorate, Accounting and Finance
Experience
8 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 9 Months

Treasury Cash Manager at Nahdi Medical Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2008 to January 2011

* Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly cash flow rolling forecast, and identify the need for short term loans and credit facilities.
* Work directly with accounting departments on strategies for forecasting goals.
* Assist the financial controller with the treasury policy and procedures.
* Evaluate bank account statements and look for ways to improve cost.
* Review the credit facilities conditions and maintain renewal/closing entries at the maturity date.
* Work as part of the team responsible for conducting continuous evaluation of the document process and reengineering process to reduce the timing of the closing of the financial period.
* Participate in the implementation of the new ERP system (Oracle E-Business Suite).

Chief Accountant at Fitaihi Holding Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2002 to January 2008

* Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements (Balance sheet, Income statement and Cash Flow).
* Support month end and year end closing (the periodic and year end inventory, reconciliations, expenses and sales budget).
* Prepare and analyse financial data for top management.
* Negotiate with banks to get and renew the credit facilities.
* Communicate with Tadawul and prepare the required reports.
* Prepare all Zakat and Tax requirements and reports.
* Manage communications with external auditors on external financial statements and accounting issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures and issues.
* Joint signature for all payments and authorities to deal with banks.

Education

Doctorate, Accounting and Finance
  • at The University of Newcastle
  • June 2017

My PhD thesis aims to examine the impact of corporate governance on Saudi firms' performance, focusing on three main areas: board of director characteristics, ownership structure and capital structure. The study uses secondary data obtained from annual reports of all non-financial listed firms in Saudi Arabia over a six-year period from 2009 to 2014. Multiple performance measures including both accounting-based and market-based measures are adopted. A number of firm characteristics including firm size, age, growth, capital expenditure, leverage and industry are employed as control variables. The study utilises quantitative analysis techniques including both descriptive and inferential statistics such as ANOVA, t-tests and regression analysis. A lagged structure method is also employed to address endogeneity problems.

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Macquarie University
  • February 2013

Capital Budgeting and Financial Modelling - Corporate Finance - Investments - Business and Financial Analysis - Capital Market - Business Valuation - Portfolio Management - Corporate Financial Forecasting

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at The University of Newcastle
  • January 2013
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at King Abdulaziz University
  • January 2002

Specialties & Skills

Financial Analysis
Financial Forecasting
Budget Preparation
Cash Flow
Financial Statements
Excel and analytics software such as SPSS and EViews
Communication and presentation skills
analytical mind and problem solving

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

SOCPA - Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants
  • 129201817
  • February 2009

Training and Certifications

Trade Finance Products (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Hollandi Bank and National Commercial Bank
Date Attended:
April 2010
Duration:
12 hours
Mastering business and financial modeling: Unleashing the power of excel (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Advanced Financial Analysis Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Talal Abou Ghazala Group
Date Attended:
June 2005
Duration:
20 hours