AHMED ARAFA, CCFM, ACCA Diploma

Cell: 717-***-**** Email: adrw4n@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn Profile SENIOR GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGER & FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE Nearly 20 years of progressively more senior management and executive experience in international Finance, Accounting, and Business Management. Trusted member of my company’s leadership team for the last 14 years. Repeatedly led and implemented highly successful growth and financing strategies in competitive global markets. Demonstrated excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiating, and leadership skills by building and leading high performance financial and accounting teams. Highly familiar with International Financial Reporting Standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Financial Accounting Standards Board regulations, and cash basis accounting. Proven expertise with generation and delivery of financial statements, management reports, budgets and cash flow forecasts vs. actual, and the full accounting cycle. Self driven, personable, with excellent work ethic. CORE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Strategic Planning • Financial Analysis • Budgets & Forecasts • Commercial Loans • Real Estate Accounting

• Cash Basis Accounting • Regulatory Compliance • Financial Reporting & Statements • Recruitment, Training, Coaching, and Retention • Executive Presentation • Project Management • MS Office, Accounting and Auditing Software • Certified Cash Flow Manager (CCFM) • Team Leadership

EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE

HEAD OF FINANCE, GROUP OF COMPANIES 2006 2020

Alargan Towell Investment Company, LLC, Muscat, Oman HAND PICKED for a key Financial Management leadership position with a prominent multinational real estate development company based in Oman. Head of Finance and senior financial manager for 14 separate corporate entities with approximately 45 employees and up to $100M in income generating commercial and residential real estate assets operating under a single holding company joint venture with Kuwaiti and Omani partners. Report to the General Manager and the Board of Directors. Board Member for two associate companies, ALARGAN Gulf Real Estate and ALARGAN Real Estate Project Management, 2010 Present.

Plan, secure, manage, and oversee financing for multiple multimillion dollar projects, including diverse hotels, furnished apartments, and residential and commercial buildings. LEAD AND DIRECT essential and complex financial management responsibilities for the holding company and all subsidiaries: apply knowledge of modern accounting standards and policies (IFRS, IAS, GAAP, FASB) to monitor daily cash reports, commercial loans, accounting cycle reports; negotiate with financial institutions and banks with regard to funds, account maintenance, and debt servicing/structuring; produce regular and special management reports and consolidated financial statements; prepare and monitor budget and cash flow forecasts vs. actual; maintain cost allocation mechanisms and apply cost control policies; partner closely with legal counsel, investors, contractors, suppliers, vendors, and government officials; prepare investors’ capital call to raise project funds and equity; hire, coach, and train new employees. Use MS Office, Dynamic applications, and Oracle applications daily.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Consistently earned excellent annual performance reviews.

Proposed and won Board support for an acquisition driven income generating strategy; secured $29M long term bank loan on favorable terms to acquire commercial and residential properties. Effectively conveyed complex financial issues to non financial stakeholders. Ahmed Arafa Cell: 717-***-**** Email: adrw4n@r.postjobfree.com Page 2

Spearheaded winning corporate strategy to overcome recession challenges, 2008 2010: successfully renegotiated with banks to restructure/reschedule up to $55M in bank held debt, sold assets to secure cash, and persuaded partners to inject additional equity, restoring profitability.

Repeatedly demonstrated superior networking, negotiating, and presentation skills: secured funding for new projects, renegotiated terms for existing projects, won new clients, and gained support of officials. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT 2002 2006

Alargan International Real Estate Company, Kuwait City, Kuwait PROMOTED in 2003 from Senior Accountant to one of two Chief Accountants for a major Kuwait based commercial and residential real estate development company with subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman, up to 90 staff, and annual turnover of up to $25M. Supervised up to 8 direct reports. Reported to the Chief Financial Officer.

CO LED AND DIRECTED essential accounting and financial management tasks: prepared daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports; reviewed GL, A/P, and A/R accounts, reports, and data entry; monitored and updated bank accounts, bank credits and loans, monthly payroll, and daily cash reports; performed bank reconciliations; reviewed and reconciled intercompany transactions monthly; prepared, reviewed, and delivered management reports and consolidated financial statements; maintained and monitored accounting cycle; prepared and monitored budget and cash flow forecasts vs. actual; and managed month end closeouts. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Part of senior management team that took the company public in 2007. Helped lead highly technical, demanding 2003 2006 preparatory process to meet host country IPO requirements.

Instrumental in opening new company branches in foreign markets, including Oman, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, 2003 2007. Personally set up Omani branch, hired new staff, and implemented all financial management systems.

Effectively supervised a $21M three star hotel in Kuwait, gaining hospitality industry experience.

Transitioned company financial operations to MS Dynamic system. EARLY CAREER

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Majdi Store Company, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 1999 2002. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT, Worldwide Freight Services, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 1998 1999. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT, Giza Company, Cairo, Egypt, 1997 1998. EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Commerce (Major: Accounting), Helwan University, Egypt, 1997. 120 semesters of accounting, business, and financial management classes.

ACCA Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business, January 2016. Currently applying for membership in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), 2014+. Certificate in Financial Analysis, 2012

IFRS, IAS, and IFRIC update, Institute for International Research, 2009 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Institute for International Research, 2009 IFRS training, Institute for International Research, 2008 Preparing for CPA Examinations, Becker CPA Review Course, 2007 Certified Cash Flow Manager (CCFM), American Academy of Financial Management, 2007 Advanced Financial Reporting and IAS, INFO Center, 2006 ACPA Examination courses, Arab Society of Certified Accountants, 2002 Advanced Excel 2000, Access 2000 & Internet Apps, 1999 2000 Principles of Measurement & Analysis, Management and Development Center, 1997