TAHA ALKRAD, Manager, Finance & Procurement

TAHA ALKRAD

Manager, Finance & Procurement

Tiger Group

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Banking Administration MS
Experience
15 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months

Manager, Finance & Procurement at Tiger Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since June 2015

Major Responsibilities:
- Plan, control and coordinate the financial activities of the Company.
- Managing the Treasury function by ensuring sufficient funds for operations as well as expansions and new acquisitions.
- Dealing with local, regional and international bankers for short term, long term facilities and project financing.
- Managing relationships with auditors, bankers, consultants and other parties.
- Reviewing terms and negotiations and ensuring compliance with terms & covenants of bank facilities.
- Reviewing and updating the Financial Model for the group in lines with the business activities of the group.
- Supervising the preparing of budgets and continued monitoring & review of performance against these.
- Preparing & forecasting cash flow statement for the group.
- Reviewing the Feasibility Report / Financial due diligence report for the target acquisitions or projects.
- Track and analyze operational data/metrics to calculate profitability of projects
- Determine method of procurement and oversee all activities related to procurement.
- Source, develop and maintain contractors, consultants and supplier relationships.
- Responsible for purchase activity for all group members (Tiger Contracting, Tiger Proprieties, AlSabeel Proprieties, Tiger Industrial Workshops)
- Lead and control department team.

Branch Manager at Syria International Islamic Bank
  • Syria - Damascus
  • June 2014 to May 2015

Major Responsibilities:
- Attracting and accepting deposits and investments both in unrestricted or restricted both local currency and foreign exchange within the principles and provisions of Islamic law approved by the Sharia Supervisory Board of the Bank.
- Grant funding (credit) to customers and / or investing with them within the compatible funding (credit) formulas with Islamic sharia law and approved by the Sharia Supervisory Board of the Bank.
- Provide the issuance of local payment cards and MasterCard Global Service.
- Sale and purchase of foreign currency, according to the laws in force.
- Increase the size of the remittance and the business services provided to traders and industrialists of letters of credit or guarantees or letters of collection policies.
- Provide Payroll service.
- Maximum efforts to achieve the required targets of the branch through marketing to increase the share of the branch in the work area.
- Increase the share of the market section of the electronic channels and electronic services and marketing to customers.
- Build strong and solid banking relationships with customers, both individuals and businesses and to strengthen the branch relations with of government and private community institutions.
- In addition to the Corporate Finance & Investment Officer assignments

Corporate Finance & Investment Senior Officer at Syria International Islamic Bank
  • Syria - Damascus
  • February 2010 to June 2014

Major Responsibilities:
- Market research, specifying the targeted economic sectors.
- Direct visits to the prospective clients, presenting facilities products, and negotiating facilities terms.
- Preparing and studying the credit files including (Credit - Legal - Financial) issues.
- Analyze credit data, financial statements, income growth, and quality of management to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money, and also to determine the expected profitability of loans.
- Presenting the credit requests for the management, with my own recommendation, as a member of the credit committee at the bank.
- Prepare a Comprehensive credit reports to approve or disapprove extending of credit or facilities.
- Monitor the documentation process related to the approved requests.
- Following up and monitoring the facilities utilization and the companies (activities, operation and financial) status.

Corporate & Retail Finance & Investment Officer at Cham Islamic Bank
  • Syria - Damascus
  • March 2009 to January 2010

- Market research, specifying the targeted economic sectors.
- Direct visits to the prospective clients, presenting facilities products, and negotiating facilities terms.
- Preparing and studying the credit files including (Credit - Legal - Financial) issues.
.Analyze credit data, financial statements, income growth, and quality of management to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money, and also to determine the expected profitability of loans.
- Presenting the credit requests for the management, with my own recommendation, as a member of the credit committee at the bank.
- Prepare a Comprehensive credit reports to approve or disapprove extending of credit or facilities.
- Monitor the documentation process related to the approved requests.
- Preparing and studying the credit proposal about the retail client and presenting the credit requests for the management.
- Create the contracts between bank and clients and Following up and monitoring the facilities utilization and the companies (activities, operation and financial) status.

Education

Master's degree, Banking Administration MS
  • at Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences
  • October 2011

My master paper was about the Capital structure in Islamic banks with study about 17 banks in 6 arab country

Bachelor's degree, Banking and Insurance
  • at Damascus University
  • October 2007

Specialties & Skills

Banking Operations
Trade Finance
Bank Financing
Credit Analysis
Financial Data
Credit analysis
trade finance services (LC’s – LG’s – B\\L
Microsoft Office
define the risks involved the customer’s credit requests, and how to cover those risks
Feasibility studies and evaluating projects
Banking Systems (Path Solutions for Islamic banking
Marketing of bank services and productions
International Computer Driving License (ICDL

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Syrian Bankers Union
  • Banker
  • March 2009

Training and Certifications

Certificate of banking (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009
presence certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
March 2011
presence certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
presence certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
October 2010