Experience connecting financial discipline with governance, strategy, partnerships, and performance measurement.
Reem Mohammed Al-Balawi is an executive leader combining a financial background with the ability to build governance, strategy, partnership, and sustainability systems. She translates plans into policies, initiatives, indicators, and dashboards that help leadership make clearer decisions.
Her experience is distinguished by connecting strategy with the financial model, educational products, partnerships, and quality, supporting the transition from planning to execution and sustainable results.
Preparation combining accounting, financial analysis, project management, risk, data, and governance.
She holds a master’s degree in Accounting from King Abdulaziz University with a GPA of 4.98/5 and first-class honors, and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the same university. She has also completed programs and certificates in project management, risk management, data analysis using Power BI, performance indicators, inclusive leadership, AI fundamentals, and is studying toward the GRCP credential.
Master’s Degree
Master’s in Accounting with GPA 4.98/5 and first-class honors.
Accounting
Bachelor’s in Accounting with extensive practical experience in financial planning, budgets, reporting, and control.
Data & Performance
Programs in Power BI, performance indicators, and analytical reporting to support decision-making.
Governance & Risk
Programs in risk management and study toward GRCP in governance, risk, and compliance.
A career combining financial management, planning, quality, governance, strategy, and partnerships.
Experience at King Abdulaziz University and the Center for University Education Development in financial, strategic, and governance roles.
She progressed from financial analysis, planning, and quality to heading financial management, then to leading corporate governance and strategic partnerships, with responsibilities across strategy, policies, regulatory frameworks, sustainability, and performance.
Led governance-framework development, Delegation of Authority, and alignment of policies, procedures, and manuals with university regulations.
Headed financial management and led financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, internal control, and reporting.
Worked as Senior Financial Analyst in the Planning and Quality Unit, building financial and operational indicators, performance reports, and process improvements.
Managed more than 25 partnerships with government, academic, professional, and nonprofit entities and linked them with institutional priorities.
Capabilities combining governance, strategy, financial sustainability, quality, performance, partnerships, and data analysis.
Her capabilities include corporate governance, Delegation of Authority, strategic planning, stakeholder management, financial sustainability, revenue diversification, ISO 9001, KPIs, Power BI, educational-product development, project management, risk, and digital transformation.
Integrated expertise helping institutions build clearer governance, stronger strategic execution, and more sustainable financial growth.
Corporate Governance
Developing frameworks, policies, authorities, and manuals and connecting them with systems, decisions, and accountability.
Strategic Planning
Analyzing stakeholders, defining initiatives, building indicators, and following execution and results.
Financial Sustainability
Developing self-financing models, diversifying revenues, and connecting strategy with products and partnerships.
Strategic Partnerships
Building, managing, and evaluating partnerships and linking them with institutional priorities and long-term value.
Institutional Performance Management
Designing KPIs, forecasts, reports, and dashboards and linking performance with the strategic plan.
Quality & Excellence
Implementing ISO 9001, continuous improvement, and developing excellence and awards initiatives and units.
Educational Product Development
Transforming professional programs into market-oriented products through value propositions, pricing, and marketing.
Transformation & Change Management
Leading digital transformation of programs and ensuring service continuity in fast-changing environments.
Developed the Delegation of Authority matrix and aligned policies, procedures, operating manuals, and governance documents with university regulations.
Converted 5 fellowship programs into market-oriented educational products, supervised the launch of about 10 professional programs, and increased revenue from about SAR 300K to nearly SAR 500K per semester.
Managed more than 25 partnerships, supported a strategic partnership worth about SAR 1M, and built a partnership-evaluation framework.
Led system implementation, achieved certification with zero nonconformities, and integrated continuous improvement into operations.
Designed and monitored financial and operational indicators, short- and long-term forecasts, and executive reports linked with the strategic plan.
Led the conversion of educational programs to blended and remote models and supported continuity of the educational process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From clarity of authorities and objectives to execution, performance measurement, revenue diversification, and sustainability.
Understanding strategy, stakeholders, authorities, and policies and identifying what requires clarity or alignment.
Turning priorities into initiatives, indicators, partnerships, products, and execution plans linked to objectives.
Monitoring initiatives, budgets, partnerships, quality, and performance through reports and dashboards that support decisions.
Analyzing results, revenues, and value and improving the model to sustain performance, funding, and partnerships.