Suzan Abdulrahman, Chief Corporate Governance ,  Risk  and Compliance Officer

Suzan Abdulrahman

Chief Corporate Governance , Risk and Compliance Officer

WARBA Insurance Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, Risk management
Experience
29 years, 7 Months

Share My Profile

Block User


Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 7 Months

Chief Corporate Governance , Risk and Compliance Officer at WARBA Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2013

2020 Date Member in Legal and Technical Committee KIF Head of KIF
Key Deliverables:
• Spearheading all activities of Corporate Finance, Investment, Governance, Compliance, Risk Management, Information
Risk& Security, Development, Research, Internal control, and Quality Management Departments.
• Prepare Monthly, Quarterly, Annually Financial, Investment, technical and Strategic reports.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the organization's fiscal function and performance.
• Drive the company’s financial planning.
• Perform risk management by analysing the organization’s liabilities and investments.
• Decide on investment strategies by considering cash and liquidity risks.
• Control and evaluate the organization’s fundraising plans and capital structure.
• Ensure cash flow is appropriate for the organization’s operations.
• Supervise all finance personnel (controllers, treasurers etc.)
• Manage vendor and client’s relationships, accounts reconciliations, credit control.
• Prepare reliable current and forecasting reports.
• Set up and oversee the company’s finance IT system.
• Present reports on the company's technology status, goals and or progress
• Create and implement technology strategies.
• Align the company's technology resources with the organization's short- and long-term goals.
• Serve on the executive committee to align technology goals to other departmental and organizational objectives.
• Identify what technologies can be used to improve the company's products and services.
• Create and oversee high-level KPIs for Corporate Finance, Investment, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate
Governance, IT and IT security Departments.
• Development of the corporation's plans and programs as a

Chief Financial and Investment officer at WARBA Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2013 to July 2017
Financial Controller at Gulf Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2003 to June 2013

Company website: https: //www.gig.com.kw/en/
Key Deliverables:
• Managed all the financial activities while strategically defining the financial objectives and designing & implementing
accounting systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial controls
• Developed strategic financial plans and analysed financial statements with overall accountability of accounting, financial
management complying with financial standards
• Oversaw the inflow/outflow of funds; took adequate measures to ensure optimum utilization of available funds towards the
accomplishment of organizational objectives
• Interpreted the company’s financial data to management and recommended improvement measures and presented
comparison expenses to budget, MIS reports on monthly basis and interim financial reports
• Maintained books of accounts and control, evaluated internal control systems / procedures with a view to highlight the
shortcomings and implemented necessary recommendations
• Performed business and financial analysis; investigated and understood key business & financial issues behind the numbers
and providing clear, concise, and timely analysis & recommendations
• Conducted analysis on Accounts Payable/ Receivable weekly; performed Inter-company reconciliation, tracking monthly
expenses, and ensuring all expenses are under defined limits
• Highlighted the delays and the possible consequences of disruptions in the schedule and report the same to the Financial
Manager to initiate proper corrective actions.
• Opened new debit customer account after verifying the necessary required documents and took authorized signature and
maintained total confidentiality of all matters relating to the Management and Department.
Page 5
• Responsible for managing all accounts, finance while ensuring the correctness and completeness of the Balance Sheet and
business risks are evaluated, quantified and mitigating plans are put into effect.
• Establish Takaful Unit Management and Acting as Takaful Unit Finance Manager.
• Prepared variance analysis & statement of cash flows for internal/external reporting and provided a financial overview as
well as leadership for all major operating activities including development of business/profit plans
• Created and submitted the group’s monthly Financial results, Budget and quarterly rolling forecasts and completed the
reporting requirements to the parent company.
• Conducted fiscal-year end and fixed asset accounting as well as audit work papers, tracking receivables, reconciliation of
monthly accounts receivable and payable
• Involved in making wire transfers and other transfers and reconciliation of monthly bank statements with the accountability
of planning through execution to maximize resources on a limited budget
• Instrumental in producing error free accounting reports and present their results, analyzing and reconciling expenditure
and revenue accounts, including trustee accounts and investment reports
• Prepared journal entries and reconciled general ledgers; prepared monthly financial statements, including distributing
monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments
• Contributed in preparation of the annual and mid-year budgets, reviewing and analyzing inventory and margin reports and
evaluating production costs, gains & losses and month-end closing data

Senior Accountant at National Société General Bank
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 1994 to June 2003

Egypt
• create financial models, Investment valuations, Acquisition assessments and due diligences reports.
• Conducted fiscal-year end and fixed asset accounting as well as audit work papers, reconciliation of monthly accounts.
• Prepare full analysis report of Bank Investment with different applicable methodologies.
• Involved in the Acquisition and merger proposals assessment.
• Reviewing the Daily transactions JV’s, Reports and Assessments.
• Preparing the due diligence of credit investment assessment.
• Prepared journal entries and reconciled general ledgers; prepared monthly financial statements, including distributing
monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments
• Contributed to preparation of the annual and mid-year budgets, reviewing and analyzing inventory and margin reports and
evaluating production costs, gains & losses and month-end closing data.
• Reviewing the Credit Checklist requirements against the proposals.
• Establishment Corporate division and investment banking partner.
• Member of credit and investment committee.

Education

Master's degree, Risk management
  • at The City University Of New York Brooklyn College
  • January 2014
Bachelor's degree, commerce & Business Administration – Accounting
  • at Helwan University
  • May 1994

Specialties & Skills

IT Security
Risk Control
Management
Auditing
Finance
Acquisition
accounting
sales tax
purchase accounting
reconciliation
petty cash
microsoft powerpoint
Credit Rating Management
IT Security
Operational Risk
Compliance
Top Management
Internal Audit
Risk Management
Internal Control
Corporate Governance
Financial services
Investment
Quality Assurance
Capital Management
Financial Risk
Restructuring
Anti Fraud Management
Acquisition Management
Consulting
planning
team management
mis reporting
annual budgets
auditing
analysis
payroll
operations management
negotiation
problem solving
management planning
portfolio management
corporate credit
market risk
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
Management
Budgeting
Finance

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Business Modeling (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM
AML (Training)
Training Institute:
ACAMS

Hobbies

  • Reading