Ahmad Ali Shaheen

Manage and lead the finance team, overseeing day-to-day financial operations and ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
• Manage month-end and year-end closing processes, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and financial
statement preparation.
• Prepare and review monthly management accounts, MIS reports, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and financial performance
reports.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and rolling forecasts in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Perform detailed budget vs. actual and forecast vs. actual variance analysis and provide actionable insights to senior
management.
• Monitor financial performance, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and key financial KPIs.
• Oversee General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, and financial transactions.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, company policies, internal controls, VAT, corporate tax, and other applicable regulatory
requirements.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, prepare audit schedules, and ensure timely resolution of audit findings.
• Develop, implement, and strengthen financial controls, policies, SOPs, and accounting processes to improve efficiency and
accuracy.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and drive initiatives to improve profitability and optimize operating expenses.
• Prepare financial models, business forecasts, scenario analysis, and investment analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop automated dashboards and financial reports using Power BI, Advanced Excel, Power Query, and SAP.
• Collaborate with Sales, Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, and other departments to provide financial insights and support
business decisions.
• Present financial results, forecasts, risks, KPIs, and key business insights to senior management.

Delivered an 11% reduction in operating costs in 2025 through cost transformation initiatives, vendor renegotiation, process reengineering, and overhead rationalization.
• Architected and owned the full annual budgeting cycle, rolling 12-month forecasts, and integrated financial models (P&L,
Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) supporting capital allocation and investment decisions.
• Led monthly and quarterly business performance reviews with KPI dashboards, P&L variance commentary, and forward-looking
reforecast adjustments for CFO and executive leadership.
• Designed and operationalized a company-wide internal control framework covering financial reporting, procure-to-pay, orderto-cash, and record-to-report cycles, reducing error rates and audit findings.
• Coordinated with external auditors to ensure timely, clean audit outcomes and managed all audit deliverables and findings
remediation.
• Led VAT and Corporate Tax planning, filing, and compliance in coordination with tax advisors and the Federal Tax Authority
(FTA).
• Oversaw treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking relationships, and short-term
investment strategy.
• Spearheaded finance digital transformation, including Power BI dashboard deployment, SAP S/4HANA utilization, and
automation of reconciliations and reporting processes; reduced month-end close cycle through structured close checklists and
standardization.
• Mentored and developed a high-performing finance team, building capability in financial modelling, data analytics, and strategic
thinking

During my assignment at Hardees Pakistan I performed the following Tasks;
• Monthly and annual stock taking including warehouse
• Preparing Vouchers and cheques
• Managing Payables and reconciliation
• Managing assets register and tax matters
• Preparing Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss account, Statement of Cash flows, Statement of changes in equity)
• Any other task assigned by the Chief Financial Officer

basic and considerable knowledge of audit and accounting standards

got general business knowledge such as preparing deposit slips cheque clearence etc.