Experience as Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

• Employer

  National Foods Limited

• From

  12 December 2022

• To

  To date

• Detail

  • Managing FP&A function of the Retail and Food Service Divisions with 10 categories / ~200 SKUs worth ~$170mn.
  • Leading the long-term planning and target setting for each category.
  • Preparing the monthly rolling forecast in co-ordination with Supply Chain and Commercial for timely decisions.
  • Portfolio optimization | Fixing margin diluting SKUs | Feasibility analysis for new SKUs / resizing of existing
  products.
  • Leading the annual budgeting exercise | Devising the rolling Annual Operating Plan to ensure budget delivery.
  • Standardizing and automating various analytics and close monitoring of KPIs through PowerBI Dashboards.
  • Monitoring of GTN and marketing / trade investments for effective spend.
  • Inter categories and inter competition benchmarking of pricing and product offerings.
  • Supporting Head of FP&A in monthly review and Quarterly Board decks for CFO.
  • Leading a team of 2 analysts ensuring the skill development and capability enhancement of the team.
  • Leading the organization wide cost transformation project | Annual expected savings of ~$4.5mn.

Experience as Financial Analyst & Projects Compliance Manager

• Employer

  ICI Pakistan

• From

  01 December 2021

• To

  30 November 2022

• Detail

  • Business Partnering to Supply Chain & HR, monitoring monthly procurement of key materials worth more than ~$12million.
  • Prepared models for rolling forecast of consumption costs, helping the management in taking timely pricing decisions and maintaining margins.
  • Monitoring the OWC worth ~$25 million ensuring optimum level.
  • Looking after budgeting cycle & analysis of raw material consumption, OWC & Non-OWC and fixed cost. Prepared models for budgeting of consumption cost with enhanced accuracy.
  • Designed and implemented cost center hierarchical structure on SAP S4 HANA for each department, leading to enhanced monitoring of fixed cost and cost transformation.
  • Analysis & reporting the cashflows and debt levels of the Business unit worth ~$36million.
  • Monthly newsletter for Chief Executive for onward submission to BOD.
  • Monitoring of project activities for 100% compliance to internal controls.
  • Analysis of project cost to provide insights to project head and Business VP as well as managing the foreign exposure ~$30 million.
  • Preparation of reports and presentations for VP and CE to be presented to BOD.
  • Financial evaluation of new projects: Prepared financial and commercial feasibility of a new Coal Fired Boiler and obtained approval of $21m from BOD.

Experience as Compliance Manager

• Employer

  ICI Pakistan

• From

  01 December 2020

• To

  30 November 2021

• Detail

  • Design and implementation of controls to mitigate financial and operational risks
  • Ensuring 100% compliance to controls
  • Project cost analysis to provide insights to Project Head and Business VP for efficient use of resources
  • Managing the foreign exchange risk of the Project (~$30million)
  • Supervision of engineering store activities
  • Preparation of reports and presentations for VP and CE to be presented to BOD. Prepared presentations for Board approval of 135ktpa expansion worth $60 million.

Experience as Planning & Budgeting Analyst

• Employer

  ICI Pakistan

• From

  01 April 2018

• To

  30 November 2020

• Detail

  • Reporting of the financial performance of each business.
  • Automated the cashflows calculation for each business, saving up to 12 manhours each month.
  • Rolling forecast of the financial performance of the Company
  • Presentations for CFO and CEO for Board Audit Committee meetings, Board of Directors’ meetings, and investors' briefings, as well as preparation of Directors' Report.
  • Setting up the general economic assumptions for annual budget of business unit, critically evaluating budgets inputs and preparing the budget of the Company as a whole.
  • Preparation of the budget presentations for the C-Suite.
  • Evaluation of business growth opportunities and investment appraisal using capital budgeting techniques (prepared financial models for investment opportunities with valuations as high as ~$160million)
  • Prepared financials models for each business unit and company for raising financing of ~$50 million from global financers.

Experience as Assistant Manager Reporting

• Employer

  ICI Pakistan

• From

  01 July 2017

• To

  31 March 2018

• Detail

  • Preparation of Annual, Interim and Quarterly accounts for the Company and the Group in line with IASs / IFRSs and Local Laws. (Managed successful integration of newly acquired subsidiary and new joint venture with combined value of ~$30m)
  • Smooth completion of Annual Audit and Interim Review of accounts.
  • Variance analysis of monthly accounts for presentation to CFO.
  • Maintenance and custodianship of chart of accounts in SAP

Experience as Finance Trainee Officer - Corporate Reporting

• Employer

  ICI Pakistan

• From

  07 January 2016

• To

  30 June 2017

• Detail

  • Supporting Assistant Manager Reporting in preparation of accounts in line with IASs / IFRSs.
  • Reporting the fixed asset movement on monthly basis.
  • Preparing monthly phasing of Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

Advanced Financial Management in Power BI

• Duration

  14 Weeks
• Description

  Advanced Financial Management in Power BI issued by Kaizen Analytics, Valid from 01-2023