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Hussam Abdoh, Planning and Cost Control Officer

Hussam Abdoh

Planning and Cost Control Officer ·Spetco International Petroleum Company

Kuwait

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 11 months

Planning and Cost Control Officer

January 2017 - Present

Spetco International Petroleum Company

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2017 - Present

- Monitoring, controlling and analyzing monthly expenses of company’s projects and supportive divisions
- Corporate and coordinate with Top Management in preparing and finalize yearly budget for projects and departments.
- Following up for the preparation of monthly expenses reports and daily logs
- Evaluating financially the company’s expenditure with respect to projects requirements.
- Assist in forecasting the costs of projects and departments’ assets and equipment.
- Efficiency in helping projects and supportive divisions in allocating actual cost for all requested MRNs based on annual budgets
- Success in cutting unnecessary costs. Necessity is determined in terms of equipment price and quality, -KOC quality plans and projects and supportive divisions priorities
- Understand the corporate and project(s) specific cost procedures and carry out all work in accordance with these.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Financial Analyst

July 2016 - January 2017

Mefazec

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2016 - January 2017

Identifies financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts for the strategic and business plans and company valuations.

Perform proactive and in-depth analysis of financial statements, portfolio quality, and ratio trend reports, in addition to external industry reports.

Improves financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends and provide pro forma modeling for financial statements with analysis and recommending actions to management.

Determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs; collecting operational data.

Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; studying proposed changes in methods and materials.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Credit Analyst

August 2014 - June 2016

Gulf Bank

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

August 2014 - June 2016

Review and approve credit applications (Within specified criteria’s) against CBK guidelines, Bank’s SOPs, credit procedures and other regulatory requirements based on credit analysis and take the final credit decision.
Ensure information/documentation is complete and gaps are followed-up or queried.
Effective analyses within tight deadlines.
Monitor the CA/QA applications assessment and turnaround time.
Identify other features of the application that requires attention.
Recommend risk-mitigation or modifications to applications.
Conduct credit review to evaluate the applicants creditworthiness.
Recommend action in the case of problem accounts.
Generate periodic reports related to the business aspects and the GB promise.
Recommends amendments to credit policy to increase profitability, improve asset quality as well as ensuring consistency of credit decisions.
Identifies weakness and gaps in the credit policies, procedures and reports them along with the recommendations and suggestions to the management for review and discussion.
Coordination and cooperation with accounts officers in corporate banking department about private sectors loans by make studies and all credit researches.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Consumer Loan Officer (Credit Officer)

October 2008 - July 2012

National Bank of Kuwait

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

October 2008 - July 2012

Senior Credit Officer, National Bank of Kuwait (Consumer lending Division), Kuwait, Oct. 2008 - July 2012

•Review and check loan applications received from different areas of the bank in order to recommends lending limits in line with CBK and Banks policies to ensure compliance based on statistical analysis and take the final credit decision.
•Process approved loans to the bank records through PC terminals to ensure proper crediting of customer’s account.
•Recommends amendments to credit policy to increase profitability, improve asset quality as well as ensuring consistency of credit decisions.
•Identifies weakness and gaps in the credit policies, procedures and reports them along with the recommendations and suggestions to the management for review and discussion.
•Visit and communicate regularly with direct sales, Auto sales team and branches employees to explain NBK criteria & CBK instructions, train employees, coach junior staff, obtain their feedback and promote loan business volume.
•Directly maintain credit policies, lending rules and other requirements within the credit scoring system. Including extracting various reports from the system as well as continuously validating that appropriate cutoff levels are producing credit decisions in line with the Bank's risk appetite and budgeted income targets.
•Coordination and cooperation with accounts officers in corporate banking department about private sectors loans by make studies and all credit researches.
•Help improving delinquency levels and ensure compliance and adherence to NBK and central bank of Kuwait criteria, policies and procedures.
•Handle customer’s complaints and queries to improve customer retention.
•Assign work to collection staff to follow up on loans and customer status.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Operation officer

July 2005 - September 2008

National Bank Of Kuwait (Direct Sales Division)

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2005 - September 2008

Worked in DSD as operation Officer to check loans before crediting it in accounts and issuing GPOs for customers who want to settle there liabilities in other banks and financial companies and release's the blocks on their accounts when they complete all the required documents of settled liabilities, prepare loans report on daily basis, open accounts for new customers & process credit cards application on CRM system.
Using PC-Teller (Shrooq System) to transfer amounts from customer account to car showroom Account. Responsible towards all things related to AST (Automotive Sales Dept.) Sales reports.
Train new staff in Auto Sales team & direct sales department by giving them an introduction on loans policies and buyouts as NBK policies & central bank policies.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Sales

Education

Gulf University of Science & Technology (GUST)

December 2013

December 2013

Master's degree, MBA

Kuwait

GPA (point): 3.17 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.17 out of 4

Institute Banking Studies of Kuwait

October 2010

October 2010

Diploma, Credit Analysis (Corporate)

Kuwait

Certificate for successfully completed the Credit Analysis Program from Institute Banking Studies of Kuwait from 20/9/2010 to 27/10/2010, Grade A
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Institute Banking Studies of Kuwait

March 2007

March 2007

Diploma, Financial Statements Analysis Program (Corporate)

Kuwait

GPA (percentage): 78%

GPA (percentage): 78%

Certificate for successfully completed the Financial Statements Analysis Program from Institute Banking Studies of Kuwait from 22/1/2007 to 25/3/2007. (Grade B+)

Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan (March 2005)

March 2005

March 2005

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Finance & Banking Science

Jordan

GPA (percentage): 74%

GPA (percentage): 74%

Skills

Retail Banking
Expert
Retail Banking
Expert
Banking Operations
Expert
Banking Operations
Expert
Financial Statements Analysis
Expert
Financial Statements Analysis
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Bank Relationship Management
Expert
Bank Relationship Management
Expert
Excellent with Windows (98/XP/Professional/2007) operating system.
Expert
Excellent with Windows (98/XP/Professional/2007) operating system.
Expert
Proficient in Software applications Microsoft Office : (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Expert
Proficient in Software applications Microsoft Office : (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Expert
Worked with NBK systems like PC Teller (Shrouq), CRM, Host, & Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Expert
Worked with NBK systems like PC Teller (Shrouq), CRM, Host, & Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Expert
•Excellent skills in financial analysis, financial statements analysis and analyze corporate finance
Intermediate
•Excellent skills in financial analysis, financial statements analysis and analyze corporate finance
Intermediate
Prepare and update financial and/or managerial reports.
Intermediate
Prepare and update financial and/or managerial reports.
Intermediate
Experience and ability of compliance interpretation of the instructions of CBK.
Expert
Experience and ability of compliance interpretation of the instructions of CBK.
Expert
Retail Banking
Expert
Retail Banking
Expert
Banking Operations
Expert
Banking Operations
Expert
Financial Statements Analysis
Expert
Financial Statements Analysis
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Bank Relationship Management
Expert
Bank Relationship Management
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
New Recruit Development Program (NRDP)
NBK Training center
Aug 2005
Time Management Training
NBK Training center
Jul 2007
Anti Money laundering & Combating Financing Terrorism
Ernst & Young
Jan 2012
MS Excel
NBK Training center
Apr 2007
MS Power Point
NBK Training center
May 2007
MS Project
NBK Training center
Apr 2008
Assertiveness skills program
Meirc Training & consulting
Apr 2011

Recommendations

Sherif Afifi

Jun 2012

Jun 2012

Business and Finanical Analyst ManagerColleague

Hussam has very wide mind in credit decision, ability to analyize risks and opportunity and talent to lead business