Mr. Al-Sayouhi currently holds the position of Director, Finance Readiness & Compliance Department in Saudi Aramco, a strategic role that is tasked with ensuring Saudi Aramco ’s financial readiness and compliance for the potential upcoming IPO. In this role, Mr. Al-Sayouhi represents the Finance organization in all interactions, negotiations and discussions with the Government in relation to the Company’s IPO readiness, supports the Controller’s organization in the preparation and development of the Company’s annual and interim financial statements, leads the effort to enhance and accelerate the financial close process to meet regulatory requirements, coordinates the financial due diligence process and manages the team responsible for enhancing and developing FP&A tools and processes to manage the organization’s performance and improve the efficiency and quality of management reporting.
Mr. Al-Sayouhi comes with a wealth of experience in the Finance and Strategy fields – he started his career with Saudi Aramco as an accounting analyst in the Controllers organization and over the years he has broadened his experience and worked in a number of departments including Planning & Performance Management Department where he led the corporate business plan and accountability team, managed and coordinated the Company’s planning and budgeting process and provided analysis and advice to senior management on organizational performance and gaps. Mr. Al-Sayouhi has also gained valuable experience in the Strategy & Market Analysis organization where he participated in the development of the Company’s strategy, investment plan and the Kingdom’s energy outlooks. He was also a member of the Strategic Transformation Office of the Accelerated Transformation Program of Saudi Aramco.
Outside his notable achievements at Saudi Aramco, Mr. Al-Sayouhi was the Secretary of the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM) in 2007. He was also the Chairman of the Founding Committee of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province Chapter. Once the Chapter was established in 2011, he assumed the role of President for three consecutive terms and then nominated to be a Director at Large for another year. Due to his significant contributions to the IMA organization, he was awarded the Leadership Platinum badge (the highest level) from the IMA Leadership Academy.
Mr. Al-Sayouhi holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and HR Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA with concentration in Accountancy, Economics and Financial Markets from McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University in Massachusetts. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
