Syed Ahmad Taha

A c h i e v e m e n t s / T a s k s
Leading high-performing FP&A team at the group level, overseeing teams across 3 regions:
KSA, UAE, and Egypt.
Collaborating with C-level Executives and stakeholders to develop long-term Financial
Plans in alignment with company's strategic goals.
Managing Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting process. Enhanced forecasting
accuracy by 15% by integrating advanced financial models and data analytics tools.
Streamline Financial Reporting by automating monthly processes, ensuring accuracy and
timeliness, and reducing reporting time by 30%.
Analyzing manufacturing costs, including overheads. Implemented cost control measures
to optimize profitability.
Providing insightful analysis of financial performance, trends, KPIs and variances to drive
actionable recommendations for improvement through creating high-end interactive real-
time Financial Dashboards.

A c h i e v e m e n t s / T a s k s
Lead and managed the FP&A function, driving strategic financial decision-making for the
organization.
Managed the Budgeting, Forecasting, and long-term Financial Planning processes to ensure
alignment with business goals and objectives.
Collaborated with sales, product, and operations teams to align financial goals with
business strategy.
Monitor key Revenue metrics (e.g., MRR, ARR, customer acquisition costs) and provide
actionable recommendations to improve revenue generation and profitability.
Analyzed and evaluated Financial data, identifying risks and opportunities, and making
recommendations for improvement across various business units.
.Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, leveraging
automation to reduce reporting time and improve efficiency.

Awarded "Employee of the Year” for exceptional performance, dedication, and impactful contributions.

Successfully Devised a Planning & Forecasting model and incorporated different variables
to encompass various scenarios.

Successfully managing Planning & Forecasting of 200+ clients at the Group level with revenue over $200m.

Lead Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP & EPM implementation projects covering Oracle GL
structure, Defining Cost Centers, reporting requirement, Different Dashboards & focus on
especially implementation related to Planning, budgeting in Oracle Cloud EPM.


Lead the development of comprehensive Financial Plans, Budgets, and forecasts in alignment with the company's strategic goals.

Preparing Revenue Plans, Cash Flow Projections, Cost Analysis, on monthly, quarterly, and
annual basis.

Performed month-end closing and reconciling activities to ensure smooth accounts closure.

Formed various monthly reports and created financial and operational reports to assist management with business strategy.

Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.

Supported operations management, sales, and Key Account Managers in the US and
Outside the US to increase revenue and overall financial health including reporting, analytics, forecasting, and other queries.

Supported Financial Controlled and CFO with special projects and reporting

My achievements in short period as Assistant Manager Internal Audit in Interwood are as follows:
✓ Achieved in identifying and resolving stock issues of more than Rs.50 million at retail level, after ERP migration from Oracle to SAP
✓ Achieved in development and implementation of controls of Purchase cycle after conducting extensive post audit.
Key Responsibilities: -
❖ Executing risk-based audit procedures to conduct post audit and GAP analysis of the Company’s business processes
❖ Conducted Financial audit for the period end Jun-16 to Jun-17, major areas worked on:
• Financing (Long & Short Term)
• Trade and other payables
• Fixed Assets (Freehold and Leasehold)
• Operational Expenses
• Trade Debtors and other receivables
• Cash and cash equivalent, Stock
❖ Executing Operational audit, Compliance audit and GAP analysis of different departments of organization
❖ Supervising stock & cash audits all over Pakistan and resolving issues
❖ Reviewing system based (SAP) reports for effective closure of transactions.
❖ Ensuring Internal controls implementation, compliance regarding policies all over organization

executing risk based audit procedures to conduct post audit and gap analysis of important processes preparing reports highlighting issues and providing potential solutions to management for improvement conducted financial audits for the years 2016 17 2018 major areas worked on financing fixed assets receivables payables operational expenses cash bank executing supervising operational audit compliance audit of different departments of organization procurement factory retail human resource hr payrol imports commercial material resource planning mrp inventory logistics management accounts finance supervising stock cash audits all over pakistan and resolving issues reviewing system based sap reports for effective closure of transactions ensuring internal controls implementation compliance regarding policies all over organization

During my period in Q-Mobile my Achievements as Operational Finance Lead and Senior Internal Auditor are as follows:
✓ Achieved in preparing SOPs, Formulating Internal Control systems and Implementation of Control systems
✓ Achieved in managing cost cutting of more than Rs.100 million ($1 million) in 2015-16, through expense control strategies region wise
✓ Achieved in managing controls over payments that resulted in smooth operational & finish goods payments of over Rs.3.5 billion ($35m)


Key Responsibilities: -
❖ Prepared and managed fund flow analysis report and achieved accurate forecasting on basis of fund flow report
❖ Prepared and managed feasibility report, credit exposure report, variance analysis reports on sales, expenses, budgeting
❖ Supervised working capital, cash management, forecasting and fund flow management
❖ Managed and supervised regional expense budget allocation and reconciliation with total payments during a period
❖ Supervised daily cash and cash equivalence report and making various decisions on cash reserves.
❖ Prepared & managed complete receivables analysis of more than Rs.5 billion ($50 million),
❖ Managed and reviewed payables movement summary of more than Rs.4 billion ($40 million)
❖ Prepared receivable aging, customer receipt analysis of over Rs.4 billion ($40 million)

❖ Supervised cash audit and stock audit of different locations all over Pakistan.
❖ Ensured Compliance regarding cash policies, Expense policies and insurance policies
❖ Conduct GAP analysis to identify weakness in controls, design SOPs accordingly and ensure compliance
❖ Conducted forensic audit and resolved issues
❖ Conducted and supervised Expense Audit and resolved issues
❖ Conducted HR and Payroll Audit, forwarded recommendations for improvement.

achieved in managing 2 departments simultaneously lead cash and bank audit team and managing insurance audit department supervising reconciliation of physical cash on different locations with oracle cash report on daily basis achieved in ensuring compliance regarding cash policies expense policies and insurance policies all over pakistan and overseas planning and reviewing cash audit of different locations all over pakistan under my supervision achieved in preparing sops formulating internal control systems and implementation of control systems all over company achieving in identifying bad debts customers stuck up debts and recommended action against these debtors planning and reviewing cash audit of different locations all over pakistan ensuring compliance regarding cash policies expense policies and insurance policies conduct gap analysis to identify weakness in controls design sops accordingly and ensure compliance conducted stock audit and resolved issues achieved in conducting forensic audit and resolving issues conducted and supervised expense audit and resolved issues conducted hr and payroll audit forwarded recommendations for improvement achieved in overseeing all issues related to cash bank insurance expenses from all over pakistan 100 plus branches including service centers and resolving matters on immediate basis

Was at Different Assignments in Business Risk and Advisory Department

Internal Audit of Lahore Stock Exchange
- Internal Audit of Defence Housing Authority (DHA)
- Impact Assessment of Punjab Education Endowment Fund (PEEF)
- Compliance Assessment of Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF)
- Stock Verification and Internal Controls of PEPSI
- Inventory Verification of Interwood (Pvt) Limited

internal audit of lahore stock exchange internal audit of defence housing authority dha impact assessment of punjab education endowment fund peef compliance assessment of punjab skills development fund psdf stock verification and internal controls of pepsi inventory verification of interwood pvt limited