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Rashid Daroge - CMA, Assistant Manager – Finance

Rashid Daroge - CMA

Assistant Manager – Finance·Confidential

Kuwait

Master's degree, Business Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 5 months

Assistant Manager – Finance

January 2021 - Present

Confidential

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2021 - Present

• Prepare financial statements, collaborate with cross-functional division for timely month-end closing and issuance of reports.
• Analysing the variance and provide commentary on the deviation against budget and LY to improve performance.
• Conduct detailed financial analysis to support investment decisions and strategic planning (short & long term 5Y-10Y).
• Prepare budget for the coming year, finalize individual entities budget & consolidate for board presentation.
• Scrutinize cashflow for the management to orchestrate funding new projects and repayments.
• Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes, reporting efficiency & ensure correct booking of accounting transactions.
• Develop and implement comprehensive investment strategies to achieve financial objectives and maximize returns.
• Evaluate potential investments by applying DCF, Asset-based, or other market comparable to determine valuation.
• Business valuations and financial ratio analysis to emphasize return on investment.
• Prepare financial plans for banks to obtain facilities, negotiate new facilities, extending current and obtain holiday period.
• Collaborate with management to develop valuation strategies for potential acquisitions, contributing companys growth.
• Generate monthly operational expense report, detailing sources of variance and solution to lower the expenses.
• Gatekeeping capital expenditure (capex) to control surplus expenses. Maintain assets record to report its fair value.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential business risks and action to mitigate the risk.
• Prepare financial plans for banks to obtain facilities, negotiate new facilities, extending and obtain holiday period.
• Examine audit process, coordinate with external auditors to issue statutory reports.
• Monitor subordinates performance, mentor and supervise.

Company industry:
Investment, Securities & Funds
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Senior Analyst – FP&A

January 2018 - January 2021

Mezzan Holding Co.

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2018 - January 2021

• Prepare month-end management reports, coordinate with cross-function teams for timely completion & issue reports.
• Oversee daily accounting functions, managing accounts payables, receivables, and maintaining the general ledger.
• Detailed analysis of financial statement of each BU on monthly basis to examine major variances against budget and LY.
• Undertake budgeting for the group, consolidate the plan and present in the board meeting.
• Reforecasting financials each quarter to be in line with the market sentiments.
• Create feasibility study and financial models (DCF) for new projects with respect to ROI, NPV, IRR and payback period.
• Organize internal and external benchmarking of manufacturing costs and factory performance.
• In-depth Cost analysis for new product development, considering raw materials, labour & overhead costs.
• Formulate competitive pricing strategies based on market research, costing and targeted profit margins.
• Ratio analysis to identify areas of improvement, such as cost control, revenue enhancement and resource optimization.
• Inventory management and customer aging analysis to enhance working capital management.
• Data mining to transform large data into understandable reports.
• Work with IT to streamline process and automation of reporting system.

Company industry:
FMCG

Finance Officer – Corporate Finance

January 2015 - January 2018

Kuwait Investment Company

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2015 - January 2018

• Prepare and interpret monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements, and trends between budgeted and actual.
• Conduct trial balance reviews, perform reconciliations, and prepare month-end reports and journal entries.
• Monitor and forecast cash flow statement and available funds for investment.
• Preparing budget and forecasting on quarterly basis.
• Create financial models or evaluating financial implications of new investments and provide recommendations.
• Financial securities valuation and its impact on the financial statements.
• Conduct key ratio analysis to evaluate companys financial health.
• Preparing KPIs dashboards and charts to illustrate financial trends.
• Weekly bank reconciliation of all local and nostro accounts.
• Support audits and compliance process, ensuring alignment with financial standards.

Company industry:
Financial Services

Financial Analyst – Investment Banking

January 2013 - January 2015

JPMorgan Chase

Mumbai, India

January 2013 - January 2015

• Prepare, review, and analyse Financial Statements (Annual/Semi/Quarterly) of Mutual funds as per US GAAP reporting.
• Portfolio Management of Financial Securities - Schedule of Investment and MD&A Tables.
• Valuation of ETF (Equities, Mutual Funds & futures) and OTC derivatives.
• Net Asset Value (NAV) Calculation.
• Undertake market research to monitor financial securities performance.
• Examining inaccurate accounting entries and replacing with the correct one.
• Preparation of Regulatory forms filed with Security Exchange Commission (SEC).

Company industry:
Banking

Education

University of Mumbai

January 2015

January 2015

Master's degree, Business Management

India

University of Mumbai

December 2012

December 2012

Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting and Auditing

India

Skills

Financial Reporting
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Financial Feasibility Studies
Expert
Financial Feasibility Studies
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Forecasting
Expert
Forecasting
Expert
Financial Statement Analysis
Expert
Financial Statement Analysis
Expert
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Expert
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Expert
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Expert
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Expert
STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING
Expert
STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING
Expert
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Expert
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Expert
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
Expert
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
Expert
STREAMLINING
Expert
STREAMLINING
Expert
ANALYTICAL THINKING
Expert
ANALYTICAL THINKING
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Financial Reporting
Expert
Cash Flow Management
Expert
Cash Flow Management
Expert
Corporate finance
Expert
Corporate finance
Expert
Microsoft office
Expert
Microsoft office
Expert
Capital Market
Expert
Capital Market
Expert
Communication skill
Expert
Communication skill
Expert
Financial Analysis
Expert
Financial Analysis
Expert
Risk Analysis
Expert
Risk Analysis
Expert
Operation Analysis
Expert
Operation Analysis
Expert
Feasibility Study
Expert
Feasibility Study
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
Budgeting
Expert
SAP
Expert
SAP
Expert
Forecasting
Expert
Forecasting
Expert
mis reporting
Expert
mis reporting
Expert
annual budgets
Expert
annual budgets
Expert
team management
Expert
team management
Expert
accounting
Expert
accounting
Expert
mis
Expert
mis
Expert
auditing
Expert
auditing
Expert
mba finance
Expert
mba finance
Expert
Financial Management
Expert
Financial Management
Expert
Financial Feasibility Studies
Expert
Financial Feasibility Studies
Expert
Financial Statement Analysis
Expert
Financial Statement Analysis
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Dec 2021
Certification on Capital Market
Feb 2013

Training
SAP
Global Enterprise Infotech Solutions
Dec 2014

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Sports
    Inter-College Champions.
  • Travelling
  • Technology