Ahmed Ibrahim

Key Responsibilities:  Review the financial management systems of the company and suggest specific changes required to improve performance and internal control mechanism.  Direct the maintenance of accounting records, books of accounts, preparation of trial balance; verify rectification and adjustment entries and annual financial statements.  Provide relevant information to the management to finalize capital investment and expansion plans.  Oversee AR and AP functions, maintain a healthy balance between cash inflows and cash outflows for a particular period to sustain the liquidity position of the company and revisit the credit policy in case of gaps in achieving the collections targets.  Prepare a risk management framework to handle financial risks arising out of non-payment by customers, debtors, contingencies, business cycles, economic policy changes or global business changes.  Identify operational areas that can be reorganized and implement innovative cost reduction projects in conjunction with departmental managers and teams.  Review financial data / reports gathered from various companies in the Group; reconcile accounts to prepare consolidated reports and present company’s performance in financial terms to the management / company board.  Monitoring daily operation with 6 publishing offices (Riyadh – Jeddah – Dubai – Paris – London – Lebanon).  Plan a strategic and long-term business plans in support of the financial manager and the board of managers