Mazrul Hasan Pathan

• Led end-to-end FP&A activities including budgeting, rolling forecasts,
financial analysis and management reporting for AED 4B revenue
across group level, supporting leadership with actionable insights to
take better decision for organisation.

• Led end-to-end FP&A activities including budgeting, rolling forecasts,
financial analysis and management reporting for AED 4B revenue
across group level, supporting leadership with actionable insights to
take better decision for organisation.

Led end-to-end business performance reviews, annual budgeting,
and financial analysis for a $45M operation, delivering actionable
insights to the CFO and MD for strategic decision-making.
• Built the FP&A function from scratch, developing processes,
Power Bi dashboard, tools, and a high-performing team that
became a trusted partner.
• Partnered with senior leadership to optimize costs and drive
profitability, leading $1M+ capital budgeting initiatives.
• Managed and optimized Retail POS Model reporting, reducing
reporting discrepancies and improved the profitability by 3%.
• Standardized pricing processes as Pricing Custodian, ensuring
100% pricing data accuracy and building a centralized repository
across all product categories.
• Optimized Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle, enhancing order fulfilment and
cash collection processes resulting in 1.3% reduction in FOC orders

• Led end-to-end business performance reviews, annual budgeting, and
financial analysis for a $45M operation, delivering actionable insights
to the CFO and MD for strategic decision-making.
• Built the FP&A function from scratch, developing processes,
Power BI dashboard, tools, and a high-performing team that
became a trusted partner.
• Partnered with senior leadership to optimize costs and drive
profitability, leading $1M+ capital budgeting initiatives.
• Managed and optimized Retail POS Model reporting, reducing
reporting discrepancies and improved the profitability by 3%.
• Standardized pricing processes as Pricing Custodian, ensuring 100%
pricing data accuracy and building a centralized repository across all
product categories.
• Optimized Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle, enhancing order fulfilment and
cash collection processes resulting in 10% reduction in FOC orders.

Delivered consolidated and segment-specific business
performance analysis for MET operations, provided strategic
insights for a $125M business.
• Partnered with CFO in annual operating plans and budgeting,
quarterly forecasting, contributing to data-driven decision-making
for P&L management.
• Led monthly SG&A expenses analysis, identified and implemented
cost saving initiative that reduced 1.5% of SG&A expenses.
• Managed weekly sales, orders, and margin reporting for flash
purposes, ensuring timely data availability.
• Submitted budgets and forecasts into OneStream, reconciling with
top-down figures for accuracy.
• Streamlined accounting operations, developed reports, and
enhanced internal controls through process improvements.
Analyst - Supply Chain Finance: Colgate -Palmolive India (CGBS)

• Delivered consolidated and segment-specific business performance
analysis for MET operations, provided strategic insights for a $125M
business.
• Partnered with CFO in annual operating plans and budgeting, quarterly
forecasting, contributing to data-driven decision-making for P&L
management.
• Led monthly SG&A expenses analysis, identified and implemented
cost saving initiative that reduced 1.5% of SG&A expenses.
• Managed weekly sales, orders, and margin reporting for flash
purposes, ensuring timely data availability.
• Submitted budgets and forecasts into OneStream, reconciling with top
down figures for accuracy.
• Streamlined accounting operations, developed reports, and enhanced
internal controls through process improvements.

• Worked in product costing and supply chain finance controlling,
Assessing, and reviewing product cost structures and prepared
monthly management reports analysing product cost variances and
production.
• Managed the capitalization and retirement of fixed assets reviewed
asset registers and reporting.
• Ensured SOX compliance and implemented corrective actions per
company policy.

Experience of working in a financial role, preferably product costing /supply chain finance controlling.
• Outperformed with calculation and evaluate the product costs and & perform the Analysis of
product cost. Preparation of monthly management reports of variance & production.
• Capitalization & Retirement of fixed assets and Reviewing Assets register & reporting.
• SOX Control and corrective action as per company policy wherever necessary.
• Supports IT team with development-stage projects associated with data warehouse reporting
tool and platforms.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Cost Control and Management
•Handling accounting, recording, books finalization, compliance, costing, taxation, commercial, process control, process improvement, internal controls.
•Maintain tight control over inputs for manufacturing - their costing, outputs received etc.
•Closely work with manufacturing vendor to watch the cost, inventory billing, output billing etc.
•Review, record, monitor & regularly ensure cost control through right processes & monitoring
•Compliance related to taxes, filings, returns etc.
•Overtime oversee commercial part of billing, collection, etc.
•Regular report & reporting
•Process control & set up - one of the key roles will be to streamline the existing processes, improve processes or implement new processes for better controls & governance
Accounts and Finance
•Reconciliations, investigation & financial analysis of transactions and documents
•Collating and interpreting financial data for determining the financial performance of the company
•Handling accounting responsibilities for the company, with GAAP compliance and Taxation matters.
•Preparing MIS for Review and analysis by the Management, in liaison with the Business & Production Teams
•Budgeting, Month-end Closing & Reporting while working closely with Senior Management of the company
•Preparation & Finalization of Year-end Financial statements
•Handling Audits - Statutory Audit, Internal Audits and compliance
Team Management
•Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets.

Worked with the leading CMA firm in Vadodara in many functions including Taxation, Cost Management, Finance and Accounts and Audits.
•Preparations of financial statements on monthly basis along with production MIS
•Handled the GST migration towards tax compliance for the clients.
•Maintained cost records for the firm and for some of the clients of the company
•Handled Costing and monitored cash flows of the organizations on daily basis
•Assisted in various audit assignments in areas - Excise Audit, Internal Audit and Stock Audit