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Muhammad Raheel Arif Sami, Senior Finance Manager

Muhammad Raheel Arif Sami

Senior Finance Manager·Al Futtaim Group

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Accounting, Finance, Costing, Law, Taxation, Economics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 20 years, 0 months

Senior Finance Manager

December 2022 - Present

Al Futtaim Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

December 2022 - Present

Senior Finance Manager, AL Futtaim, Dubai, UAE
Business partnering for MENA & SEA Region for Auto, Retail, Real Estate, Healthcare & others
• Review of Finance activities, Month Closing, Preparation of Financial Statement for Management Reporting • Preparation of Budgets, Forecast
• Transition of activities from Business to SSC
• Finance Transformation & Implementation of Internal Controls
• Balance sheet reconciliation & rule-based exposure determination)
• Introduced Detective control, Exceptions reporting to ensure identified issues resolved timely.
• GL Open line items report (for automation of clearing)
• Corporate Income Tax setup & development of different Reports for expediting taxation review. • VAT, Customs, CBCR & WHT Filling with Tax authorities.
• SAP GRC implementation for system & access controls review to minimize SoD issues. • Internal / External Audit

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Finance And Accounting Manager

January 2017 - December 2022

Galderma

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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January 2017 - December 2022

-Business partnering mainly for ME region serving RDC & 13 Countries.
1)Led Assessment of a Total of 450+ Internal controls for ME, NWA, Russia, EECIS & South Africa (working
closely with all functional teams to strengthen internal controls and ensure efficiency and effectiveness
of processes.)
This helped in identifying the control weakness & implementing an Action Plan to fill in control gaps.
Awarded "Employee of the year 2020" for self-assessment of IC Matrix for ME Region and assisting
others.
2) Conceptualized the SOD (Segregation of Duty Review) of the System.

This Led to minimal SOD conflicts with mitigating controls w.r.t available HCs
ME Region praised for this.
3) Drove 2020 Internal Audit Pre Information, Self Disclosure & Action Plan for ME Region.
There was "No Repeat Audit finding". This Lead to a Satisfactory Rating.
4)Drove Payroll and other employees' Payouts(Bonus, Sales Inc, EOS, etc) review.
This led to accurate payouts
5) Built CAPEX Management SOP
All CAPEX transactions are approved as per GOA & recorded timely.
6) Managed Procurement Budget owner workflow for Review of all PRs/POs as per GOA/Approval
Matrix.
This ensure Compliance
7) Review of Finance activities and Month/year-end close.
-Ensuring Forecast/Budget is met with minimal variances.
-SGA alignment as per forecast.
-Explanation of variances
-Inter-company transactions.
-Review of Balance sheet recons, this helps in timely identification of exposure.
8) Reporting
-Led Reporting of P&L, BS. Packages for group reporting.
-Led Cashflow projected & Actual Reporting.
-MOR showing WC, DSO, IA, IC & SOD review Reporting.
9) Budgeting: Coordinating with functional Dept.
10) Process Improvement: Preparation of SOPs, guidelines
11) Projects: Automations with the Project team for E2E, O2C, P2P
12) Customer & vendors Contract review
13)Liaison with Internal / External Auditor
14) Transition of activities to shared services and managing R2R, O2C & S2P activities

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Tax Analyst

August 2016 - December 2016

Baker Hughes

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2016 - December 2016

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Finance Analyst

April 2015 - August 2016

Baker Hughes

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2015 - August 2016

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Accounting Supervisor

April 2014 - April 2015

Baker Hughes

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2014 - April 2015

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Cost Accountant

June 2012 - April 2014

Baker Hughes

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2012 - April 2014

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Cost Analyst

October 2008 - May 2012

Pharmaceutical Solutions Industry

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October 2008 - May 2012

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Senior Accountant

August 2006 - October 2008

Roche

Karachi, Pakistan

August 2006 - October 2008

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Finance internship

January 2006 - February 2006

Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Karachi, Pakistan

January 2006 - February 2006

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Institute of Cost and Management Accountant of Pakistan

December 2007

December 2007

Master's degree, Accounting, Finance, Costing, Law, Taxation, Economics

Pakistan

University Of Karachi

December 2005

December 2005

Master's degree, Accounting And Economics

Pakistan

Skills

Costing
Expert
Costing
Expert
Variance Analysis
Expert
Variance Analysis
Expert
Production
Expert
Production
Expert
Fixed Assets
Expert
Fixed Assets
Expert
Materials
Expert
Materials
Expert
PAGE
Expert
PAGE
Expert
PAYROLL PROCESSING
Expert
PAYROLL PROCESSING
Expert
REPORTS
Expert
REPORTS
Expert
SALES
Expert
SALES
Expert
BALANCE
Expert
BALANCE
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
FINANCE
Expert
FINANCE
Expert
FINANCIAL
Expert
FINANCIAL
Expert
FIXED ASSETS
Expert
FIXED ASSETS
Expert
ACCOUNTANCY
Expert
ACCOUNTANCY
Expert
Costing
Expert
Costing
Expert
Variance Analysis
Expert
Variance Analysis
Expert
Production
Expert
Production
Expert
Fixed Assets
Expert
Fixed Assets
Expert
Materials
Expert
Materials
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Arabic
Intermediate
Punjabi
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Pakistan

CPA

May 2024

Institute of Cost and Management Accountant of Pakistan

CMA

December 2007

Training and Certifications

Training
Team leader Program
Baker Hughes Regional Training center

Hobbies

  • Playing Cricket