Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A
PwC Middle east
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Key Achievements
• Proud member of PWC ME 'Digital Accelerator' program where I enabled myself with emerging technologies and tools including Altyrex, advanced power BI, RPA, machine learning and other analytical tools, apart from routing upskilling.
• Developed dashboards for business functions to make the critical information readily available through automation.
• Took the responsibility for financial analysis and various KPI's which helped in timely decision making.
• Took the responsibility for management reporting to assist in analyzing & supporting finance strategy.
• To streamline the central reports repository, ensured verification and reconciliation of all reports prior to publication.
• Liaised with different levels of management and staff from business functions on various reporting requirements and developed workable solutions
• Promoted from Group Financial Analyst to Business Analyst - FP&A with more business-oriented responsibilities.
• Prepared management and consolidation reporting, analysis of KPIs and reasons for variances on monthly basis.
• Prepared and analyzed Profit Bridges and multi-dimensional analysis.
• Developed dashboards and KPIs to effectively monitor the business performance.
• Designed financial models & sensitivity analysis scenarios to assess various business needs.
• Drove IFRS implementation, specifically IFRS 39, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 along with its consolidation impact.
• Structured gap analysis between existing ERP & proposed ERP and managed the data-cleansing project.
• Liaised between IT and Finance departments for business projects, i.e., business intelligence, data analysis tools, Tagetik, Infor and Data warehouse implementation while taking the ownership of the data structure.
Key Achievements
• Managed budgeting process for individual entities and corporate budget finalization.
• Designed and implemented standardization across the group and initiated change management.
• Automated various processes and reports thereby reducing the significant month end closing time.
• Implemented Tagetik (a business reporting and consolidation tool), thereby bringing efficiencies in reporting.
• Managed a team of three and reported to CEO.
• Prepared segment wise management reports and key variances along with reasoning, for retail and distribution business segments.
• Managed overall budgeting, forecasting, KPI analysis, and treasury activities.
• Drove strategic planning & key business decisions concerning opportunities for growth and cost reduction, based on continuous analysis of profit and loss reports, revenue analysis, inventory analysis and monthly cash flows.
• Automated key management reports that promoted overall efficiency in financial management and analysis.
• Monitored liquidity position by managing A/C receivables’ & payables’, ABC analysis and cash forecast.
Key Achievements
• Brainstormed in business case decisions (invest / shut-down) through analytical reporting taking into consideration financial as well as commercial aspects.
• Got rid of expensive inventory pile up worth AED 2.5 million by comparing ABC analysis with sales forecast.
• Led ERP implementation process as a key resource by providing all sorts of data reports during design and implementation phases.
• Designed and implemented management / financial reporting structure, SOPs, best business practices and process improvements that enhanced efficiency.
Prepared management reports and analysis of KPIs for E-commerce and social media marketing segments.
Designed and implemented the accounting / finance structure and standard operating procedures across entity.
Helped in E-commerce retail business startup by implementing process management, inventory management,
account payables and receivables.
Managed management and financial reporting, cash flows forecasting, inventory, AR & AP.
Conducted and finalized various audit assignments as a key team leader responsible for various key accounting
areas including all aspects of classification and provisioning for non-performing assets for leasing / Modaraba /
banking companies, deferred taxation, revenue recognition, fixed assets valuation, VAT and sales & income tax.
Identified and presented management loop-holes in system process and organizational procedures through indepth
process analysis.
Prepared and finalized financial statements as per IFRS, and various corporate statements including Corporate
Governance, Net Equity and Net Shareholding.
Client portfolio includes financial sector, insurance, brokerage, manufacturing industry (sugar, textile, cement),
retail sector, NGO’s, United Nations programs (UNDP).
Key team member in financial statements preparations and audit of key accounting functions including payroll,
inventories, revenue & expenditures, taxation and funds audit for United Nations.
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