Walid Ashraf Saied Ali
Riyadh,Egypt
Summary
Dynamic and goal-oriented professional with extensive expertise in CRM, Oracle ERP systems, and Microsoft Office programs. Demonstrates strong analytical abilities, effective communication, and strong interpersonal skills. Proven track record in persuasion, negotiation, and time management. Known for flexibility, creativity, and the ability to inspire and motivate teams. Committed to continuous learning and professional development while maintaining a disciplined and enthusiastic approach to work.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Treasury Section Head
Hamad AlManea Retail Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
01.2025 - Current
- Leading a team of three members responsible for all treasury functions including cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, and banking relationships for the company.
- Monitor and manage daily cash positions, ensure optimal fund allocation, and support short-term and long-term funding needs.
- Oversee the management of trade finance instruments (Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Trust Receipts) to ensure efficiency and compliance with the international rules "UCP600,ISBP745" and internal guidelines
- Monitor and manage the utilization of bank facilities, including credit lines, and trade finance limits, ensuring optimal usage, timely renewals, and full compliance with covenants and internal policies.
- Establish and maintain relationships with local banks, negotiating terms and optimizing banking fees and credit facilities.
- Collaborate with AP/AR teams to align payment and collection strategies.
- Overseeing the daily preparation of cash flow and monthly cash flow forecasting.
Treasury Section Head
GB Corporation (Ghabbour Corporation)
Cairo, Egypt
06.2024 - 12.2025
- Manage all treasury functions including cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, and banking relationships across multiple entities.
- Manage trade finance instruments (e.g., letters of credit, bank guarantees, IDBCs, bank transfers and Trade loans)
- Monitor and control all banking transactions to insure costs minimization
- Manage the short-term borrowing secured by the customers' checks or proceeds of export L/C
- Managing preparation of complying shipping documents using UCP600 & ISBP 745 and following up the arrival of negotiated shipping documents to ensure performance efficiency
- Negotiate terms for trade finance deals, including credit terms, payment conditions, and foreign exchange rates
- Review technically export L/Cs and provide feedback to sales department to be considered according to our internal rules to mitigate any operation risks
- Ensure timely collection of receivables and smooth processing of payables, managing trade documentation efficiently
- Maintaining a good relationship with foreign banks, business units and suppliers through responding and solving any technical issues that may arise during the full cycle of the transaction
- Set performance targets and oversee the team's development through training and mentorship
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (finance, procurement, etc.) to ensure treasury and trade finance operations meet business needs
- Preparing the cash needed report on daily basis to report the needed availability in bank's cash facilities to accommodate new trade transactions
Trade Finance Supervisor
Attijariwafa Bank Egypt S.A.E
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Oversee the end-to-end processing of trade finance transactions, including letters of credit, documentary collections 'drafting - issuance- amendment - cancellation'
- Examine all import documents to determine their compliance with LC terms & conditions and ICC Rules (UCP600 - ISBP745 - URR725)
- Handling all incoming and outgoing related swift messages (700-701-707-734-732-750-752-754-756-799-202-103 and 999)
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry best practices and additionally, the relevant parties are not under any sanctions whether international such as OFAC, EU, UK and UN or local lists
- Liaising with CCS, Relationship Managers and other stakeholders in order to resolve any transaction issues
- Receiving and responding to customers and correspondent bank's queries & tracers
- Follow-Up of pending cases of LCs with the stakeholders on a daily basis
- Preparing all CBE reports related to Import letter of credit
- Proceeding with the required of the matured/due LCs
- Handling the reconciliation sheet sent by our accounting team for import letter of credit and documentary collection transactions
- Communicating effectively with clients whenever it's needed, addressing their concerns and providing timely updates on transactions in addition to giving technical opinion for any upcoming transaction
- Participating in End of month closure process for import letter of credit and rectify/reconcile any necessary issues to avoid customers complaints
- Participating in the process of upgrading CRM documentation system by collaborating with key stakeholders, including team members, management, and IT team, to gather insights and feedback on the current system's limitations and user requirements and then detecting all the current defects and listing all the requested amendments and performed user acceptance testing UAT to validate that the core banking system meets business requirements and user expectations and addressing any issues raised during UAT and make necessary adjustments
Trade Finance Operations Officer
Alex Bank
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Foreign Letter Of Guarantees Activities:
- Issuance of standard and special wording Local, International and Cross boarder LGs
- Handling on a daily basis all LGs activities (Extension- reduction& Increase-cancellations-etc…)
- Scrutinize guarantee requests and related documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
- Checking& reviewing the details of counter guarantees which received from our correspondents
- Reconciling daily, periodically and annual entries which related to the department and reviewing on a daily basis all relevant GL office accounts to make sure that they're properly settled to avoid any audit comments
- Handling all incoming and outgoing related swift messages (760-767-768-769-791-799-202)
- Import Letter Of Credit Activities:
- Issuing import letter of credit at the request of our applicant
- Amending the LC whenever it's requested by our applicant or correspondent according to the nature of the request
- Examination of documents received under import LC 'B/L - C/I - … ETC'
- Screening the related parties through our AML system SIRON KYC 'vessel name - port of loading - carrier beneficiary - applicant - correspondent bank'
- Issuing the relevant swift message
- Among the core banking system testing champions (Horus Project) through Identify and document testable scenarios based on the system specifications, create detailed test cases for various functionalities, covering both positive and negative scenarios and ensure that test cases align with business requirements and our department's expectations and then perform user acceptance testing UAT to validate that the core banking system meets business requirements and user expectations and addressing any issues raised during UAT and make necessary adjustments
Tele Sales Agent
Emerging Media UK
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Initiate outbound calls to potential customers to introduce Emerging Media's products and services
- Effectively communicate product features, benefits, and unique selling propositions
- Gather relevant information to tailor sales pitches and determine the best solutions for the customer
- Consistently work towards achieving personal and team-based sales goals
Education
BBA - Accounting
Ain Shams University
Cairo 01.2013 - 01.2017
Skills
- Familiarity with CRM
- Oracle ERP system
- Microsoft Office programs
- Effective communication
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Effective time management
- Strong analytical abilities
- Flexibility
- Ability to inspire and motivate
- Multi-skilled
- Competitive
- Creative
- Goal-oriented
- Enthusiastic
- Disciplined
- Eager to learn
- Hard worker
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
Affiliations
- Reading
- Football
Accomplishments
Employee of the month award on Dec.2022 from Attijariwafa Bank Egypt
Certification
- Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) From The London Institute Of Banking And Finance LIBF
- Certified With Certificate For Specialists In Demand Guarantees (CSDG) From The London Institute Of Banking And Finance LIBF
- International Standard Banking Practice ISBP745 ( Egyptian Banking Institute)
- International Standard Demand Guarantees Practice “ ISDGP ” (Egyptian Banking Institute)
- Uniform Customs And Practice For Documentary Credit “UCP 600”
(Egyptian Banking Institute)
- Uniform Rules For Demand Guarantees (URDG758) from (Egyptian Banking Institute)
- English Oral Communication at American university in Cairo.
Timeline
Treasury Section Head
Hamad AlManea Retail Company
01.2025 - Current
Treasury Section Head
GB Corporation (Ghabbour Corporation)
06.2024 - 12.2025
Trade Finance Supervisor
Attijariwafa Bank Egypt S.A.E
01.2022 - 01.2024
Trade Finance Operations Officer
Alex Bank
01.2017 - 01.2022
Tele Sales Agent
Emerging Media UK
01.2015 - 01.2016
BBA - Accounting
Ain Shams University
01.2013 - 01.2017
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 09/30/95
- Marital status: Single
Custom
References furnished upon request
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 09/30/95
- Marital status: Single
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