Danish Ashraf Shamsi, SENIOR FP&A ANALYST

Danish Ashraf Shamsi

SENIOR FP&A ANALYST

TOPIAN The NEOM FOOD Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
7 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 11 Months

SENIOR FP&A ANALYST at TOPIAN The NEOM FOOD Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
  • My current job since August 2023

Manage and track financial results and budget utilizations versus defined targets and forecasts on a periodical
basis to ensure constant adherence and effective performance, and provide timely recommendations for
corrective measures where variances or deviations are detected

MANAGER PLANNING & BUDGETING at EBM (English Biscuit Manufacturer Pvt LTD
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2019 to July 2023

Prepare P&L and conduct variance analysis for differences between actual, budgeted and forecasted numbers;
Identifying and vetting explanation for variances.

Review departmental revenue expenditure and capital expenditure budget and addressing differences between
budgeted and actual figures.

Conduct variance analysis and identify differences between standard and actual price, revenue, and costs;

Review monthly management reports conveying financial implications of business decisions and performance

Prepare long term financial plans for business targets, revenues, costs, and scenarios; Forecasting revenue and
expenditure for financial plans along with profitability for new and existing brands.

Conduct scenario analysis of financial models, with ‘what iff’ options; Identify challenges towards attaining targets;
evaluating financial models and reporting them to the CFO/Management.

Conduct cost-benefit analysis for controlling costs in different financial scenarios.

Identify abnormal issues in financial and functional reports; discussing abnormal issues with stakeholders and
providing solution towards their resolution.

FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER SUPPLY CHAIN at EBM (English Biscuit Manufacturer Pvt LTD
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2018 to June 2019

Business partner to Supply Chain team responsible for managing end to end supply chain costs including Material,
Labor, Utility, Transportation, ware-housing and other Fixed Cost.

Drive Cost saving agenda across the business including identification and validation of saving projects.

Reviewing variable Product cost standards like BOM, Machine Hours, Direct Labor, Utility and Factory Overheads.

MANAGER - BUDGETING & COSTING at EBM (English Biscuit Manufacturer(PVT LTD)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2016 to June 2018

Calculating standard costs for existing products; reviewing actual costs of existing products; conducting a variance
analysis between standard and actual product costs for existing products and identifying reasons for variance.

Calculate the New product(NPDs) cost and share results to the R&D/Marketing Team to support decision-making.

Maintain master data in CO Module (SAP); review master data in Material Management.

Provide solutions for new business requirements within the domain of CO module in SAP.

Prepare annual budget in BPC module (SAP); identify and reviewing any errors in BPC module for material, product
costs, and marketing expenses.

Execute Cost Estimate and Material Ledger in SAP and generate reports as per the requirement by using COPA
and Report Painter tool.

Streamlined accounting processes, handled month-end tasks in SAP controlling module and validated accounting
inputs to ensure correctness and accuracy to achieve desired results

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Hamdard University
  • September 2007

Specialties & Skills

sap fico
Management Reporting
Profitability Analysis
Costing
Budgeting and Forecasting
Problem Solving
Teamwork

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Native Speaker