shahid iqbal

corporate financial analysis specialist at Master Field Consulting

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• My current job since April 2023

Managing a portfolio of five 5 entities in UAE, China and India with respect to Finance Operations, Accounting & Strategy formulation.
 Acting as financial advisor to group entities for assessing decisions like mergers & acquisition or dispose of any entities.
 Provide FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a
timely manner.
 Managing Cashflow inflow and out flow of at group level for three markets, covering UAE, China and India.
 Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
 Partner directly with the finance team and central FP&A groups to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews.
 Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert to provide additional insights.
 Work on corporate projects and initiatives that impact the entire organization.
 Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
 Serve as a liaison for the senior management team, managing the earnings guidance scenario modeling, including executive
presentation, and ad hoc analysis.
 Facilitate system testing and training - SAP H4 Hana Implementation - Closely worked with SAP & Inhouse IT team for implementing the FI module and its integration with Board.
 Ensure system readiness and updates, including historical data upload and master updates.
 Document policies and procedures.

Manager Financial Planning at Delivery Hero ( Based in UAE - Working remotely)

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• November 2021 to April 2023

Redesign the processes in Sales and receivable functions which brought significant savings & improvements.

 Realign the food wastage mechanism with restaurants (Pre & post wastage orders) which brought the savings of USD
333k per month.
 With the help of the team, redesign the processes of B2B businesses around sales and receivable’s function, which
brought the overall monthly credit exposure of business from USD1.9Mn to USD 250k.’
 Suggested changes in business contracts with vendors which significantly improve the working capital.

Controllership of the Restaurant, kitchens & Shops vertical business Segments with respect to segmental profitability, strategic
analysis, and actual Vs budget reporting to senior management.
 Leading finance operations of B2B/Partnerships business segments with respect to Finance operations and client profitability.
 Identify profit leak points, engage key stakeholders, and drive issues to resolution.
 Project management for large scale business transformation - works closely with regional APAC - SAP teams to implement new
features in Pakistan market, such as Record-to-Report (R2R), SD & FICA modules.
 Monitoring and ensuring correctness and accuracy of billing module (SD & FICA) of SAP S4 Hana
 Develop exceptional reports & presentations (PowerPoint, Word, etc.) for senior management, capturing problem statements and
solutions/ recommendations, for business heads.
 Managing and monitoring the cash flows of a business
 Driving business value by offering expert financial and analytical advice to assist in decision-making processes.
 Working closely with commercial & legal teams to identify the business risk in contracts with vendors and raising red flags for any
anomalies.
 Creating visibility to Senior management with respect to customers profitability of 15k Plus customers.
 Drive and challenge business performance through analysis, presentation, and commentary of financial information to senior
decision makers
 Works closely with the Key Account Managers & Distribution managers on reducing the exposure between customers/products.
 Supporting the year end Audit process with respect to internal & external aud

Manager Commercial Finance at groupM

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• November 2019 to November 2021

Providing month-end & quarterly P&L updates, variance analysis, identification of emerging trends, risk, and opportunities to CFO
and business teams
 Actively involved in various month end activities which include but not limited to Accruals, variance analysis, management
reporting pack
 Analyzing the financial and commercial viability of business contracts assesses risks and makes recommendations based on a
thorough analysis of all factors involved in a business situation.
 Completion of year end accounts closing including the preparation of statutory financial statements, preparation of year end
extended trial balance together with relevant year-end adjustments.
 Active involvement in the budget setting process, and subsequently resolving the queries raised by the global office.
 Actively involved in the day-to-day activities of the entity, including accounting and cash flow management and the initial
preparation of the annual statutory accounts whilst ensuring that the relevant controls are adhered to and in place.
 Provide oversight for all Accounts Payable related activities.
 Play an active role in the annual statutory audit which includes but is not limited to preparing audit schedules, preparing tax
provisions.
 Ad hoc tasks as deemed necessary by the financial controller and provide back support to CFO and financial controlle

Assistant Manager Financial Control at Gulahmed textile mills

• Pakistan - Karachi
• October 2015 to October 2019

Senior Accountant at Arthur Lawrence

• Pakistan - Karachi
• June 2014 to August 2015