saad feroze, Finance and Strategy Specialist

saad feroze

Finance and Strategy Specialist

National Water Company

Location
Canada - Ottawa
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
19 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months

Finance and Strategy Specialist at National Water Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2012

1. Responsible for developing business and financial plans, including budgets, forecasts, strategic plans as a part of Business Planning & Analysis function
2. Analysis and Due Diligence of financials and operational information for City Business Units (Riyadh CBU, Jeddah CBU, Makkah CBU) and preparing projections for future business plans according to strategy of NWC.
3. Recommending the improvements in Key Action Points of CBUs as per the strategy of NWC
4.Responsible for developing financial models and due diligence process in course of forming joint ventures as a part of privatization program for NWC
5.Drive profitable growth by providing proactive analysis of results and reporting key metrics, while advising the leadership team on risks and opportunities, as well as recommending actions.
6. Assist management of National Water Company (NWC) in formation and evaluating strategies for privatization program
7. Assisting NWC across various stages of Privatization Initiative from conceptualization and providing financial inputs
8. Analyze potential privatization projects and conduct a comprehensive analysis of their viability and returns.
9. Assisted Due Diligence and Commercial negotiations along with Consultants with Private Sector Partners for different Joint Ventures
10. Currently assisting Financial and Technical Consultants in developing the key drivers for City Business Unit operating model

Achievement

1. Finalization of key steps for forming 2 Joint Ventures worth SR 20 Billion (25 Years)
2. Successfully evaluated projects worth ~ SAR 400 Bn

Manager at KPMG Fozan and Partners
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2019 to April 2019

Infrastructure Advisor

Financial Research Analyst at ASR Capital
  • Other
  • November 2010 to December 2011

1. Involved in preparing the feasibility studied for the clients looking for green field projects or brown filed projects.
2. To run various scenarios to check the viability of the project.
3. Responsible for industry analysis to know the major trends in different industries.
4. Involved in top to down sector analysis starting from designing of questionnaires, gathering information, analyzing information and preparing comprehensive studies on different sectors e.g Aluminum Sector.
5. Identify new business opportunities with existing clients and source new clients based on market insights
6. Primarily responsible for recommending the clients to invest in different private placements memorandums on the basis of valuation techniques like IRR, NPV, Payback Period
7. Assisting clients in valuation of their business or their target business by running various financial techniques like discounting cash flow techniques, using other parameters like peer group analysis comparing multiples EV, EV/EBITDA multiplier, P/E etc
8. Analyze market conditions and provide input to the decisions and development of business strategies.

Compliance and Risk Manager at Derayah Financial
  • Other
  • October 2009 to October 2010

1. Carried out IT Risk Assessment for Derayah as one of the requirements of Tadawul (Saudi Arab Stock Exchange) for commencement of Dealing activity.
2. Developed the Compliance Grid to align all the rules and regulations of CMA to each department and implement the controls for the same by calculating the Measure of Priority.
3. Understanding of retail brokerage businesses thorough knowledge of Financial Services rules and regulations, enterprise compliance risk management and best practices.
4. Effectively communicate and work with business and senior management as well as securities regulators and law enforcement agencies in a comprehensive, accurate, effective and timely manner

Senior Risk Analyst at GENPACT ( Erstwhile GE Capital International Services)
  • Other
  • August 2006 to May 2010

1. Managed Portfolio of $2.7Bn and primarily responsible for underwriting the debt of the companies.
2. Industry Analysis to provide the lending opportunities to GE, to invest in particular sector.
3. Strong hands on KMV Moody’s Risk Model and Hyperion Strategic Finance.
4. Assessment of company’s financial risk, Business risk associated with it.
5. Prepare the underwriting reports for GE clients to check if there is any deviation from standard covenants.
6. Quarterly monitoring of financials and industry to assess and major updates taking place in the company.
7. Prepare the financial analysis reports of US based companies based on the past financials and future projections.
8. Involved in the Account Selection Process based on the brief Financial Analysis and Technical Analysis of the companies to be targeted.
9. Involved in the preparation of preliminary report i.e. Client Risk Report highlighting the financial and operational study of the company.
10. After identifying the opportunity in the company, CREDIT REPORT is prepared which involves the detailed analysis of the company.
11. Expertise in Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Industry Analysis, and Product Analysis.

Credit Rating Analyst at CRISIL ( Credit Rating Information Services India Limited)
  • Other
  • June 2005 to August 2006

1. Risk Assessment of companies for rating their debt instruments (Debentures, Fixed Deposits and Commercial Paper). Risk assessment includes: Industry Risk, Business Risk, Management Risk and Financial Risk.
2. Analysis of Financial Statements and Credit Assessment on the basis of ratio analysis.
3. Risk Assessment of LPG Projects.
4. Preparation of rating reports.
5. Preparing Future Projections of Companies.
6. Preparing other annexure related to financial parameters.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • June 2005
Master's degree, Financial And Banking Studies
  • at Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

Financial Modeling
Credit Analysis
Investment Banking
Presentation Boards
Financial Analysis
Credit Risk Analysis
Financial Modeling
Investment Research Reports
Business Case
Due Diligence
Business Planning

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Risk Management and Compliance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011