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Fadwa Albedaiwi

Finance, Investment & Asset Management
Jeddah

Summary

I’m an ambitious, passionate, dedicated, and hard worker professional, eager to learn and gain valuable experience to achieve my long term career goals. To obtain a responsible and challenging position that shall utilize my skills and experience to develop the assigned job and to add value to my career path in an organization that will provide a forum for both professional and individual growth.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
10
10
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Investment & Asset Management Specialist

Rua Al-Madinah Holding
06.2023 - Current

Investment & Asset Management of Hotels Cluster, Retail, and F&B

  • Assist in planning and implementation of the asset life cycle strategy.
  • Responsible for asset valuation, monetization, optimization, performance, and monitoring.
  • Lead the contract of service provider.
  • Assist in the Hotels, Retail, and F&B development process (including planning, design, procurement, and pre-opening).
  • Participate in continual review of project design and development phases.
  • Support the development team and consultants to make sure that the Hotels and F&B and Retail aligned with the asset strategy and.
  • Assist in identifying and implementing cost saving initiatives where appropriate.
  • Assist in completing the Retail and F&B strategy and concepts studies.
  • Coordinate with key stakeholders to deliver key business results.
  • Assist in completing the review and approval of the Hotel Cluster budget.
  • Analyze complex datasets and market research and feasibility studies to derive valuable insights that inform decision-making processes related to project selection and optimization.
  • Provide well-informed investment recommendations based on financial analysis and market research.

Finance Business Analyst

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology (KAUST)
12.2021 - 05.2023

Financial Planning & Operation Management of Facility Management department

  • Provide monthly P&L analysis and forecast report to the management.
  • Prepare monthly accrual for revenue and expenses.
  • Record and track all contractual and associated financial expenditure.
  • Manage the invoicing process by invoice verification, processing, tracking, reporting, budgetary and analyzing.
  • Verify invoice documents against contractual obligations, obtain approvals as per the schedule of delegation and authorities.
  • Analyze the payment mechanism for contracts, reconcile payments and generate appropriate reports.
  • Prepare cash flow forecast report.
  • Issue monthly revenue invoices as per contracts and manage the collection and budget.

Financial Analyst / Distribution Accountant

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
01.2016 - 10.2021

Financial Planning

Work closely with commercial team in developing financial plans and support the budget cycle and management by timely analysis & reports.

  • Work closely with commercial team in developing financial plans and support the budget cycle and management by timely analysis & reports.
  • Analyze Monthly periodic report for G2N, SG&A, P&L, and A&P expenditure.
  • Provide visibility to the management on performance and spend by providing monthly and adhoc financial reports per requirement.
  • Analyze monthly actual spend and to market sales vs. budget, YTD /YTG trend analysis.
  • Review monthly market returns and expiries and discuss with logistics and commercial for their improvement and controls.
  • Prepare expense and sales reports to provide visibility to the management on performance/spend track vs. budget with variance and forecast analysis.
  • Analyze monthly actual spend and In market sales vs. plan and monthly report to management on Year to Date / Year to Go trend analysis with variance and forecast analysis.
  • Prepare monthly Year to Date P&L vs. plan analysis report to management with variance and forecast analysis.


Distribution Accounting Management

Manage the Collection of debts and DN & VAT Invoices received from distributors and ensure that the distributors are following within the company Skills Awards and Honors Languages guideline and policies.

  • Maintain good relationship with all distributors.
  • Monitor monthly collection received from all distributors.
  • Track due invoices with logistic team, warehouse, and distributors and solve issues related to the shipment to make sure payment from distributors received on time.
  • Book the collection, commission, and debit notes.
  • Monitor expiries SOP implementation with Sales team: by validating expired goods and discount return and approve in the system.
  • Manage all DN & VAT INV received from distributors by reviewing and monitoring then recording. Reconcile monthly accounts related to the balance sheets.
  • Prepare factoring agreement with the bank.
  • Provide accurate & effective reporting to management that helps in key decisions, such as: Monthly Receivable Aging report, monthly reconciliation report, Collection forecast, Overdue report, Bad Debt Provision, DN & VAT Invoices Tracker.

Side Project: Credit Analysis for distributor.

Budget Analyst (Saudi Development Program)

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology (KAUST)
10.2014 - 05.2016

Budgeting and planning

  • Provide Monthly Actual to budget/forecast variance analysis report and ad-hoc financial reports to the management.
  • Prepare and submit yearly budget plans.

Procurement & Purchasing

  • Prepare Purchase Orders and analyzing alternatives and Negotiating with the supplier to get the most effective quotation and maintain the good relationship.
  • Manage the communication between the requestors and supplier.
  • Manage Store Leasing Agreement, and prepare bid estimate for the future expenses.
  • Evaluate technical, financial, and commercial proposals.

Education

Master of Science - Finance

Brandeis University, International Business School
Boston, MA, USA
08.2012 - 02.2014

Intensive Academic-SA Program - English As A Second Language

University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
03.2011 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Marketing

King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
09.2005 - 07.2009

Skills

    Personal Skills: Leadership, Decision Making, Team Management, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Work Ethics, Self Motivated, Goal Oriented

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Awards and Honors

King Abdullah Academic Scholarship

Global Employee Recognition (GSK)

Interests

Photography & Art

Certification

Hotel Real Estate Investment and Asset Management – Cornell University - 2024

Timeline

Investment & Asset Management Specialist

Rua Al-Madinah Holding
06.2023 - Current

Finance Business Analyst

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology (KAUST)
12.2021 - 05.2023

Financial Analyst / Distribution Accountant

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
01.2016 - 10.2021

Budget Analyst (Saudi Development Program)

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology (KAUST)
10.2014 - 05.2016

Master of Science - Finance

Brandeis University, International Business School
08.2012 - 02.2014

Intensive Academic-SA Program - English As A Second Language

University of California San Diego
03.2011 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Marketing

King Abdulaziz University
09.2005 - 07.2009
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