Sarah Barhamain

Directing Company’s Financial management, reporting and control:
• Spearheaded profitability planning and margin optimization initiatives across SMC, driving
sustainable financial performance and long-term value creation
• Evaluated new business ventures and sports-related investments through comprehensive feasibility
studies, risk assessments, and ROI analysis
• Developed and executed comprehensive financial strategies, budgets, and operational plans aligned
with SMCs strategic vision—overseeing a high-profile Giga Project portfolio that includes Saudi
Arabian Grand Prix (2024 & 2025), World Rally Championship (2025), Global Tour (2024), Dakar Rally
(2024), and Formula E (2025)
• Directed organization-wide budgeting processes, ensuring fiscal discipline, cost-efficiency, and
alignment with strategic priorities
• Led the preparation, analysis, and review of financial statements, ensuring accuracy, compliance
with financial regulations, and actionable insights for leadership
• Advised the CEO and CSSO on high-impact strategic decisions, contributing to effective governance,
risk management, and business transformation initiatives
• Managed and mentored the Finance team, establishing performance KPIs, identifying capability
gaps, and driving continuous improvement to exceed organizational benchmarks

Directing Misk Schools financial planning and providing financial and commercial advice to the management
team during strategic planning process.
• Lead the finance and procurement team
• Develop, implement and review finance policies, procedures and system.
• Direct the school profitability and cash flow. Champion actions to address performance
variations.
• Develop and implement finance strategies, budgets and plans in support of Schools business
objective
• Support the Director General in formulation of key business decisions/ directions and in
implementation of good corporate governance practices
• Review and appraise performance of the Finance team on a regular basis to ensure that
objectives set are met and take corrective action where necessary to improve performance.

I lead the finance and planning of central core labs office with focus on Coastal & Marine Resources
Core Lab and Plant Growth Core Lab.

Major Tasks:
• Administration of contracts with special focus on Security services.
• Managing and developing staff into roles related to the field of finance and accounting in
addition to mentoring trainees.
• Assisting in the development and dissemination of functional policies and guidelines.
• Manage budgeting (preparing and finalizing the budget of a multimillion-dollar unit and over 200
staff).
• Executing the units financial transactions as per operational requirements.
• Analyzing and Reporting expenditures and other data to executive management and different
stakeholders.

• Budgeting (preparing and finalizing the budget of a multimillion Dollar unit and over 200 staff)
• Contracting (planning the Scope of work and the selection process of contractors)
• Drafting and negotiating the cost structure of contracts, overseeing and controlling the logistics
of the contract execution)
• Audit Closure (implementing action plans on audit items and closing them within the time
frame)
• Stakeholder Communication Management (training over 200 stakeholders on purchasing
procedures, presenting the units budget disclosure to executive board)

• Purchasing and Sourcing for International Schools (operational supplies, capital resources as
well as IT resources for international schools)
• Freight and Customs Clearance Coordination

• Credit Controls (rules and regulation compliance and evaluation of credit requests)
• Private Banking (customers relationship management)