Rashid Daroge - CMA, Assistant Finance Manager

Rashid Daroge - CMA

Assistant Finance Manager

Afkar Holding Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Master's degree, Accounting & Finance
Experience
11 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months

Assistant Finance Manager at Afkar Holding Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since May 2021

* Prepare and review financial management packs, collaborate with each business unit for timely completion and issuance of the statements.
* Analysing the variance and provide commentary on the deviation against budget, forecast and other KPI’s.
* 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.
* Perform due diligence and evaluate potential investments with respect to its impact on the business (NPV, DCF).
* Assist in long term (3-Y, 5-Y) planning financial strategies.
* Business valuations and financial ratio analysis to emphasize return on investment.
* Prepare financial plans for the banks for facilities purpose.
* Manage accounts aging and payables. Maintain relation with suppliers for cash conversion cycle.
* Monitor new projects progress to recognize cost impact on the statements.
* Conduct market research to gather data for strategy building.
* Negotiate with banks for new facilities, extending current and obtain holiday period.
* Monitor property wise performance (Revenue, GP Margin and Occupancy rate)
* Supervising and training junior staff members, providing guidance and support in their professional development.

Senior Financial Analyst at Mezzan Holding Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2018 to May 2021

* Prepare month-end Financial reports, work with the accounting team for timely completion and issuance of Financial Statements.
* Consolidating the monthly financial statements of 32 business units along with sub-sectioning into Food and FMCG division.
* Detailed analysis of financial statement on monthly basis to examine for major variances in revenue/cost vs budgeted and LY.
* Managing budget preparation for the group and subsidiaries. Consolidating the plans and
present in the Board Meeting.
* Analyse financials to help forecasts business, industry and economic conditions in decisions making.
* Create financial models (DCF) and feasibility study for new projects with respect to ROI,
NPV, IRR and payback period.
* Organize internal and external benchmarking of manufacturing costs and factory
performance.
* Gate keeping capital expenditure and monitoring spending vs budget.
* Cost analysis and pricing new product launching in the market.
* Ratio analysis such as Liquidity, Solvency and Profitability ratios.
* Working capital management and monitor accounts aging.
* Data mining to transform large data into understandable reports.
* Work with IT to streamline process and automation of reporting system.

Finance Officer at Kuwait Investment Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2015 to June 2018

• Prepare and interpret monthly, quarterly and yearly income statement, and trends between budgeted and
actual.
• Preparing, monitoring and forecasting cash flow statement and available fund for investment.
• Preparing budget and forecasting on quarterly basis.
• Create NPV, IRR and ROI models for evaluating financial implications of new investments and provide
recommendations to management.
• Financial securities valuation and its impact on the Financial Statements.
• Analyzing and interpreting various financial ratios and improvising ratios for improved performance of the
company.
• Preparing department’s dashboards, charts and trends to illustrate financial trends.
• Qualitative analytical support to senior team members in investment related decisions such as historical
data analysis and basic financial modelling.
• Develop Management Information System with adding value to qualitative aspects.
• Supervise and coordinate with external auditors and examine evaluation.

Financial Analyst at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2013 to March 2015

• Prepare, review and analyze 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.
• Research and analyzing financial information relating to different categories of funds.
• Lead the production call with the off shore partner site.
• Examining inaccurate accounting entries and substituting with the correct one.
• Coordinating with information technology team to automate the process wherever possible.
• Preparation of Regulatory forms filed with Security Exchange Commission (SEC).

Education

Master's degree, Accounting & Finance
  • at Mumbai University
  • June 2014

Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Economics, Business Management and Development.

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Mumbai University
  • December 2012

Accounts, Finance, Economics, Taxation and Audit

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Financial Feasibility Studies
Budgeting
Forecasting
Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Reporting
Cash Flow Management
Corporate finance
Microsoft office
Capital Market
Communication skill
Financial Analysis
Risk Analysis
Operation Analysis
Feasibility Study
Budgeting
Forecasting
planning
analysis
mis reporting
annual budgets
team management
accounting
auditing
mba finance
operation
Financial Management
Finance

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021
Certification on Capital Market (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
SAP (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Enterprise Infotech Solutions
Date Attended:
December 2014
Duration:
150 hours

Hobbies

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