Syed Ahmed Iqbal, Senior Business Consultant (Lead Training Development Officer)

Syed Ahmed Iqbal

Senior Business Consultant (Lead Training Development Officer)

Mazars Consulting

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
15 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months

Senior Business Consultant (Lead Training Development Officer) at Mazars Consulting
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2011 to December 2016

Possess diverse experience ranging from Human Capital Management, project management to accounting.

Part of team for 'workload assesment' for the central bank. Helped develop project strategy, conduct of executive level interviews, FGDs, data-analysis.

Two-man team member invovled in a HR restructuring effort for a subsidiary of Etisalat.

Configured and deployed Oracle HRMS module for own offices in China and Pakistan. Trained the Chinese colleagues on the system.

I have developed training material using Instructional System Design (ISD) principles) and delivered training using Instructor Led Training, ILT methodology. I have trained a large and varied training audience for a telecomm. client (PTCL) both, as part of a team and as team lead.
I trained them on processes and software

Performed project coordination responsibilities, which included making weekly status reports for the project steering committee, liaison between client and head office abroad, making project cost reports and other project reporting and coordination activities.

I have also briefly performed project management responsibilities which included supervising development of project plans, project schedules, monitoring project progress and resolving issues in project status meetings with project team leads.

Involved in mapping business processes of organizations, their intra-functional and cross-functional work flows.

Partner in a computer hardware retail business, having the responsibility of office manager.

Worked as a trainee auditor for a chartered accountant firm and conducted financial audits as part of a team.

Interned in a commercial bank where I was rotated in different departments.

I am fluent in English and Urdu (both written and oral), can read, write and speak Arabic (basic).

I was awarded the 'Leadership Initiative' award in BearingPoint for taking initiative on a project stream when people senior to me were not stepping forward.

I have the requisite admin skills because of my experience of working in the corporate world.

I have experience of working in France (Paris) and China (Beijing & Shanghai). I have had the opportunity of visiting Turkey (Istanbul) and Saudi Arabia (Makkah & Madina).

I have worked on ADB, WB, USAID funded projects. Worked on projects with Central and commercial banks and telecomm. org.

Senior Business Consultant (Lead Training Project Coordinator) at BearingPoint
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2005 to December 2010
Regional Representative at Enviro Management Inc.
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • January 1999 to December 2001

Project Coordinator between the client in Pakistan and Head office in the US.
Represented the company in the early negotiation process.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at National Unversity of Modern Languages and Sciences Islamabad
  • September 2004

Specialties & Skills

Training Coordination
Process Mapping
Project Coordination
Training Delivery
Oracle R12 HRMS
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
MS Visio
Oral and written communication
Interpersonal skills
Process mapping
Training Coordination
Training Delivery
Project Coordination

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Pushto
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Leadership award (Training)
Training Institute:
BearingPoint award
Date Attended:
April 2007
Train the trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Two day Internal company training
Date Attended:
October 2007
Consulting Skills Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Three day Internal company training
Date Attended:
November 2008
Oracle R-12 HRMS (Training)
Training Institute:
Internal company training
Date Attended:
March 2011