Faisal AlKetbi, Head of Finance

Faisal AlKetbi

Head of Finance

UAE Space Agency

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Management and Finance
Experience
24 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 6 Months

Head of Finance at UAE Space Agency
  • My current job since November 2017
Head of Finance
  • My current job since November 2017

Ministry of Cabnet Affairs
I direct the Finance services for (Ministry of Cabenit Affairs, General Secretariate of the
Cabenit, Prime Minister Office, The Happiness Ministry, The Youth Ministry, The Advance
Sciences Ministry, The Artificial Intillegence Ministry, Food Security Ministry, UAE
Government Media Office, Federal Center for Statistics and Compeitivness & The Public
Diplomacy Office)
• Establishing & issuing Management reports
• Manage all financial activities & transactions for all the offices
• Issuance of the yearly Financials.
• Manage Audits by Internal Audit & External Audit with implementation of acttion
plans
• Maintain the policies & Procedures of the Finance Affairs Department.
• Prepare, review, obtain Approval & Execute the Budgets off all offices
Acting Director Support Services
Head of Finance & Procurement
UAE Space Agency
I offer governance and strategy for (Finance, Procurement, HR, IT, Admin) I am also Vice
Chair for Procurement Committee, member of HR Committee, member of Events
Committee & Second Board Secretary for the Agency.
• Implementation of Policies for the Finance & Procurement Section
• Full implementation of Finance ERP (Oracle) for the Agency
• Establishing & issuing Management reports
• Manage all financial activities & transactions.

Director of Finanec Affairs at Ministry of Cabnit Affairs
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2017
Office Management
  • February 2010 to July 2014

(Finance, Procurment,

Finance Manager at TECOM Investment – SmartCity (Dubai) FZ-LLC
  • February 2010 to July 2014
Director of Administration at Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
  • February 2010 to July 2014

Development & Implementation of Policies for the procurement Section and the
Finance Section.
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• Managed the entire process of procuring TSO services for the review of the
construction application License for ENEC.
• Managed all Procurement contracts with FANR lawyers
• Manage financial activities and team.
• Coordinated the

Treasury at Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2007 to February 2010
Finance Manager at TECOM Investment – SmartCity (Dubai) FZ-LLC
  • August 2007 to February 2010

Establishing the Financial Policies, process & System for SmartCity.
• Establishing Banking Relations with local & International banks.
• Assisting the CFO in prepareing the company Budget and ensure accurate cash
outflows and optimum utilisation.
• Monitaring all the funding requirements for SmartCity entities in Malta & India.
• Handeling all the day to day operations of Finance.
• Handling Procurement related issues (RFQ, RFP, LPOs, Vendor registeration, etc)

Trade Services Officer at HSBC Middle Eas
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2001 to August 2007
Treasury at Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2001 to August 2007

Creating the standard LC for Thuraya to be used by all the international
Service providers that Thuraya deals with.
• Processing All the LC Documents for Thuraya.
• Issuing bank Guarantees.
• Controlling the Bank Accounts for Thuraya by maintaining the balances as
per the required limits.
• Monitoring the inflow and outflow of Cash from the Accounts.
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• Managing Thuraya Syndicated loan repayments and Interest Maintenance.
• Controlling the Fixed deposit accounts and contacting the dealing rooms for
the Thuraya bankers to quote the best Interest rates.
• Bank Reconciliation & books entries for all bank accounts movements &
fixed deposit
• Managing the SIM cards and the Scratch cards of Thuraya and distributing
them internationally. (Inventory Management)
• Reporting the Weekly Cash Position for the senior management.

Trade Services Officer at HSBC Middle Eas
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 1996 to December 2001

Authorizing all customers’ debit and credit transactions and L/C checking
• Document Checking (under L/C’s) and Collection documentation and
correspondence.
• Opening of Letter of Credits and review of terms and conditions for each LC
transaction

Education

Master's degree, Business Management and Finance
  • at University Of Modern Sciences
  • February 2015

Master's degree,
  • at University of Modern Scince
  • January 2014

courses: UAE Government Leaders Program Executive Leaders

High school or equivalent, Finance & Banking
  • at University of Dubai
  • January 2014

• Bachlour in

Bachelor's degree, Banking
  • at Emirates Institute For Banking & Financial Studies Abu Dhabi
  • January 2010

Bachelor's degree, Business Management and Finance
  • at Porthmoth University
  • January 2006

Specialties & Skills

ASSETS RECOVERY
BUDGETING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
GOVERNMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
MICROSOFT OFFICE

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Padel Tennis