Financial Consultant
Independent
Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months
Worked as an Investment’s advisor on multi-asset class investment’s solutions, across public and private financial markets to Private HNW Key Clients and Financial Institutions in the American, GCC & Indian Equity Markets.
• Portfolio management of various investments, including Equities and various funds in the GCC & America’s region.
• Performing fundamental & technical analysis on each investment.
• Follow up on market trends, and stay updated with financials.
• Research, analyze and make calculated and informed recommendations.
• Heading the credit & collection department for 8 separate divisions.
• Implement and regulate credit control policy & procedures
• Follow up on Accounts Receivables, implement and manage a cash in-flow model
Approving Credit Limits to Clients & monthly reporting of collections.
• Fundamental and Technical Analysis on American Investments. (NASDAQ, S&P, DOW).
• Fundamental and Technical Analysis on Saudi Investments (Tadawul).
• Experienced in using Mubasher.
• Familiar with Bloomberg & Reuters platform.
• On daily basis research and stay up to date with market trends locally and around the world.
• Achieved significant success in raising income & contributed to growth in income.
• Analysis of equities and supply future projections.
• Risk assessments.
• Feasibility study & financial projections for projects in Makkah.
• Design of implementation strategies.
• Design structure process for implementation of projects.
• Check transferability of current systems.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenue expenses or to provide advice.
• Draft first projects.
• Implement and set up of part projects.
• Aeronautical Revenues.
• Non-Aeronautical Revenues.
• Capex / Opex.
• Cash Flow and Financial Model.
• Assumptions / Documentation.
• Coherence & Adjustments.
May 2006 - Jan 2009 Citi Bank New York, United States
Control/Audit Manager (Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer)
- Manage the Settlement Control Unit according to RCSA policies and Procedures and SOX regulations for funds settled with third party networks and Citibank worldwide ATM /POS transactions-Prepare Departmental Financial Reporting.
• Compile the monthly General Ledger reconcilement for four settlement units.
• Prepare the monthly Balance Sheet Variance Analysis and Cash Flow with supporting documentation.
• Coordinate and manage the monthly Balance Sheet Review with the unit's managers.
• Responsible for accuracy general ledgers accounts before posted to the G/L system to reduce incorrect posting.
• Perform Annual Review of Risk Assessment Matrix and incorporate changes to mitigate business risk.
• Compile and coordinate the Self-Assessment Test for 4 units- Claims & Adjustment, Reconciliation, Funds Movement and Fee Billing Units in accordance to RCSA standards and any government and regulatory statutes.
• Identify and document potential control issues, manage implementation of correct actions and follow up resolution.
• Support Settlement Funds movement process.
• Coordinate the monthly Settlement Record Retention according to Citigroup Record Retention Policies.
• Coordinate and implement better process of fixed asset inventory review.
Jan 2006 - Apr 2006 Citi Bank New York, United States
Recon Analyst
• Worked with the Settlement Recon Team at the ATM hub of Citigroup - CitiShare.
• Responsible for the processing, settlement and control of Fixed Income transactions.
• Receive daily Reports from 12 Networks including AmEx, MasterCard, Visa and make corrections if needed.
• Manage the journal entries of Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable to all the Networks.
• Forward Recon items to the Claims and Adjustments Unit.
• At the end of the day combine all 11 Networks and prepare Global Proof, to submit to the Finance Department.
• Prepare Journal entries, to upload in Aging and Accpac, by the end of each day.
• Prepare Balance Sheet Reconciliations for the Efunds Team.
2011 New York Institute of Technology, Manama, Bahrain MBA - Finance (Half Completed) GPA 3.77
Aug 2001 - May 2005 University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama, United States Accounting, Bachelor (BSBA), Minor: Finance GPA 3.4 OTHER CERTIFICATES