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Sufian Abid, Drilling Group Finance Manager - Eastern Hemisphere

Sufian Abid

Drilling Group Finance Manager - Eastern Hemisphere·Schlumberger Business Support Hub SDN BHD

Malaysia

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting

Work experience

Total years of experience: 30 years, 6 months

Drilling Group Finance Manager - Eastern Hemisphere

October 2013 - Present

Schlumberger Business Support Hub SDN BHD

Malaysia

October 2013 - Present

Key achievements:
- Competently manage a team of over 90 accountants that support Drilling Group field operations in Europe, Africa, Middle East, China and Far East
- Oversaw accurate delivery of all aspects relating to profit & loss, balance sheet preparation and other management reports for the business units
- Tailored training program to keep it relevant and current for growing population of accountants
- Led the standardization of key deliverables of an acquired company

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Segment Controller

April 2011 - September 2013

Schlumberger Technology Corp. Inc.

United States

April 2011 - September 2013

Selected achievements include:
- Fully accountable for driving forth a wide range of financial deliverables, including bid profit &loss and contracts review, review of monthly P&L, balance sheet, preparation of quarterly forecasts & annual budgets
- Led efforts to reduce inventory balance (achieved $15m or 42% reduction in 12 months)
- Implementation of standardized bid P&L and review process with focus on price improvement
- Collection of outstanding AR after rigorous follow-up through credit team

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

Assistant Controller (Global Role)

February 2008 - April 2011

Schlumberger Technology Corporation Inc.

United States

February 2008 - April 2011

Selected achievements include
- Provided useful reports and analyses to Segment Management on financial performance, product margins and sub segment trends for geographies and the results of manufacturing organization as well as managed overhead budget of Segment head office and cost allocation to field locations
- Managed the reconciliation of post acquisition financial statements of newly acquired entities for consolidation into segment financial statements after resolving key reporting issues with Chief Accounting Officer’s team and Treasury department.
- Participated as member of task force on inventory rationalization project; tasked with providing global inventory data analyses, product line identification with the help of non financial business systems data, trend analyses and inventory turnover ratio to Global Materials Manager for further planning and rationalization of Global inventory

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

Accounting Manager

July 2005 - January 2008

Technology Company Schlumberger

Russian Federation

July 2005 - January 2008

Selected achievements
- Promoted to Accounting Manager for Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining (EMS) and recruited and trained accountants for newly formed organization
- Reconciliation of supplier advances and balance sheet notes pending for last 12 months
- Completion of bank reconciliations pending for 12 months
- Clean up of Interco Advances
- Streamlining and mapping of the AP processes

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

Financial Coordinator

March 2003 - June 2005

Schlumberger Technical Services Inc.

Iran

March 2003 - June 2005

Selected accomplishments
- Formulated and implemented reports for quick and streamlined consolidation and reporting of monthly results to regional head office
- Trained, motivated, and mentored local Management Accountants, Receivable Accountants, and Payable Accountants on routine tasks and business processes
- Key participant in the conversion process and implementation of the new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Lawson; acted as local support and expert user of both Lawson and Hyperion
- Carried out role of Team Leader and Process Champion for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Project for assessment of risk control matrices over processes related to revenue, inventory, inter-company transactions, fixed assets and balance sheet transactions
- Selected for conducting internal audit assignments in other countries to document and review the key business cycles/processes, review compliance with organization’s policies and procedures, and report recommendations

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

Management Accountant

March 2001 - March 2003

Schlumberger Technical Services Inc.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2001 - March 2003

Selected achievements
- Performed month end processes of inventory subsystems of a major business segment and preparing analysis on objectives vs. actual results of key financial statistics
- Promoted and assigned to Iran Team due to successes in
• training and supporting multi-national field users on inventory system / controls / processes.
• designing and preparing new reporting templates that significantly expedited the reporting process and reduced reporting delays.

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

Assistant Manager

July 2000 - February 2001

Deloitte

Islamabad, Pakistan

July 2000 - February 2001

Part of the professional services team engaged in the time-critical preparation of proposals for audit and allied services, audit planning and preparation of audit programmes
- Allocated workloads and supervised audit staff
- Conducted and coordinated daily meetings with prospective clients and audit staff. Reviewed audit work and finalisation of audit reports

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Financial Consultant

January 2000 - July 2000

ETSS (Pvt.) Ltd.

Islamabad, Pakistan

January 2000 - July 2000

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Audit Senior/Junior Auditor/Trainee Chartered Accountant

September 1995 - September 1999

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Islamabad, Pakistan

September 1995 - September 1999

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

University of the Punjab

September 1995

September 1995

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting

Pakistan

Skills

Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Month End
Expert
Month End
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Professional Services
Expert
Professional Services
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
Hyperion
Expert
Hyperion
Expert
Lawson ERP
Intermediate
Lawson ERP
Intermediate
SAP
Intermediate
SAP
Intermediate
Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Month End
Expert
Month End
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Professional Services
Expert
Professional Services
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

Fellow Member

October 2000

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Associate Member

September 2013