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Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Managing company’s relationship with external stakeholders including 15+ revolver banks and the three main rating agenciesLed the 2021 renewal and 2020 extension of the company’s $2.5 billion revolver through close partnership with finance, accounting, legal, tax and executive leadershipProviding monthly forecasts including finance cost, debt covenants calculation and main rating agencies metrics including leverage and interest coverage ratiosPreparing and designing regular presentations to senior leaderships and company’s board of directorsNegotiating and leading implementation and execution of first working capital facilities at the companyTeaming up with human resource and OCIOs to manage company’s DB and DC for US and CanadaModeled and orchestrated board recommendation to deleverage $1 billion for an optimal capital structure, which helped the company to gain a rating upgrade to BBB by S&POverseeing marine asset leases in compliance with Jones ActNegotiating interest rates margins that delivered savings to the company of ~ $2M in 2020 and 2021

Saudi Arabia

Appointed by Mosaic’ senior management to be the key finance representative in a joint venture with Maaden and Sabic with $8 billion investment in Saudi ArabiaOrganized yearly budget and five years plan with partnership including modeling and presentationsDesigned and maintained investment valuation model for impairment testing and evaluating strategic initiatives and capital expenditures ranging up to several hundred millionEstablished monthly forecasting process in coordination with operation, marketers and supply chainPrepared presentation packages to leadership team through report consolidation and coordination with various key departments, in understandable and digestible mannersPartnered with operation to identify measurable KPI and mapped the reporting processAnalyzed and provided reporting for the JV’s $5+ billion of syndicated loan provided by a local and international banking consortium, including covenant tracking and cash flow analysisProtected the JV interests through review of various agreements and negotiationsFrequent international travel including an expatriate assignment in Saudi Arabia

Tampa, Fl

Designed models for Mosaic’s Joint Ventures in Saudi Arabia and Peru to enable their forecasting and budgeting while analyzing the cost of production and business opportunitiesLiaised with company JV partners to analyze and coordinate financing of supply chain assetsAssisted Treasury in analyzing debt agreements of $5 billion syndication of a joint venture international lenders along with calculation and forecast of key covenantsBacked company’s executives with financial analysis reports to justify capital investments and negotiated several agreements with affiliates

Overland Park, Ks

Modeled and evaluated business opportunities covering various logistic solutions including short railroads, barges, trucking, real estate and terminals through strong partnership with business development, marketing, and operation team. Deal ranged from $100M to $1B, with several executedAssisted with budgeting and forecasting process, as well as return on investment and cost analysisDesigned a valuation model that became a key template for M&A’s pipelineSeveral deals were executed, including railroads, energy transloading terminals, and real estate properties, adding to company's revenue and footprint

Overland Park, Ks

Managed a team of four National Coordinators, providing and developing solutions to company’s strategic accounts, including pricing, invoicing, collection and negotiations Led negotiations with current and potential strategic accounts in partnership with business unitsProvided revenue forecasting and quarterly budgeting updates

Overland Park, Ks

Analyzed the profitability of big national and governmental accounts through multi layering cost and pricing model, guiding the decision regarding further assets deployments based on ROA and incremental profitability analysisAssisted with the budgeting process and provided weekly and monthly key data metrics to help with the forecasting of revenue and expensesAssisted senior management of the company both at Corporate and field levels through data mining and coordination with IT departments to answer business needs and offer solutions

Warri, Nigeria

Supervised simultaneously four construction sites, with regular meetings with state representatives, government engineers and various suppliers to address local communities needs and concerns and present projects updates

Beirut, Lebanon

Designed networks for water and wastewater in Saudi Arabia through fluidity optimization, water velocity, cost reduction and avoidance of existing utilities, in line with expected growth and future planningParticipated in a key project on the second expansion of wastewater network in Riyadh, and presented design concepts at meetings with ministry and government representatives

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operation And Information Management

GPA 3.5, concentration in Operation and Information Management. Master thesis covered a complex model for ranking the big banks in Lebanon.

B.S, Civil Engineering