Lead Controller Operations and Projects
Air Liquide
Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months
- Managing targeted financial results including revenue, costs, project gross profit, cash flow, assets, and
financing instruments with meticulous attention to details.
- Coordinating with Department Managers on Key Internal Control requirements including reporting on Internal Controls to Group IC and following up on Internal Control Action Plans
- Conducting comprehensive balance sheet reviews, analyzing critical positions such as accounts receivable,
inventories, assets and liabilities, accruals, and provisions.
- Providing crucial support during month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting including tracking of accounts payable and receivable.
- Leading and supporting projects aimed at improving project control practices.
- Leveraging technology to streamline financial processes, improve reporting accuracy, and enhance efficiency.
Project Cost Controller and SAP Business Analyst (Jan 2016 - Present)
Responsible for managing cost control function for multimillion dollars EPC projects.
Creating project work breakdown structure (WBS) and allocating budget to each element in SAP for onwards tracking and controlling.
Monitoring, controlling, and reporting on projects financial data for various analysis including profitability tracking, revenue recognition, materials and man-hours expenditures, cost variances, project commitments and PoC.
Analyzing any changes in project scope of work from client or internal, and assessing related risk impact on cost, delivery schedule, and quality.
Providing inputs to the Project Manager in opportunity or risk identification, budget re-forecasting, claim / change order management, back-charges and insurance cases.
Ensuring continuous alignment between Project managers, Supply Chain Management and Project Accounting, identifying gaps & removing duplication of activities.
Tracking status of project deliverables & milestones for billing & invoicing and maintaining projects cash flow.
Performing month end closing process for project record, ensuring the data is accurate & complete for project accruals, revenue recognition and P&L reporting.
Responsible for ensuring year end external audit and periodic internal audits.
As a SAP Business analyst;
SAP local support for MM, PP and PS Modules. Generating and managing suppliers & materials master data.
Liaising with the central SAP team for troubleshooting, evolution and new modifications in the system.
Defining workflow strategies, user roles and training staff on day to day SAP tasks.
Coordinating with all departments for reporting on the company's Dashboard and KPIs. Following up on the actions highlighted to meet the planned targets.
Introduced new processes in SAP for efficient business operations including MRP, Frame agreements, Investment order, and on-line invoice verification.
Implemented SAP Concur (for travel request and expenses management) and ETS for electronic timesheet recording.
SAP key user for MM and PP Module. Effectively initiated the integration of the SAP system into the process (MM, PP and PS integrated to SD & FICO) for a new pilot manufacturing center (2 plants, 80 users)
Consolidating the Engineering BOM (Bill of materials) and supervising MRP.
Conducting S&OP meetings to closely work with project, production and finance teams on project scheduling, materials forecast and inventory planning for the next 12 months.
Fortnightly reviewing the status of consumable materials and arranging for the stock replenishment.
Coordinated across sales, project management, procurement, plant engineering, manufacturing and logistics to commit on deliveries and revenues, highlighted risk and opportunities, built an inventory culture, SKU management and resolved schedule conflicts.
Conducted monthly S&OP meetings focusing on the Capacity Analysis with internal stakeholders.
MRP run on agreed time periods and generated materials requisitions to procurement.
Issued master production schedule to prioritize manufacturing activities based on materials availability.
Managed production consumables by defining basis for minimum / re-order / maximum levels of all items.
Microsoft Dynamics key user and ensured ERP system is updated with stocks, BOMs, sales forecasts etc.
Achievements
Identified dead stock of $140K for year 2013 and set departmental targets to clear the same.
Developed Capacity Plan to highlight resources to meet customers demand and improved service level by 25%.
Introduced new MRP system to increase operational efficiency by 30% and reduce overstocking by 20%.
Thesis Title: Customers Perceived Logistics Service Quality in Pakistan -A focused study on Logistics industry of Pakistan. -Quantitative Research conducted on 9 major physical distribution service dimensions to analyze & measure service quality within industry and influence on customers’ perception.
Internship: 1 Month internship in Afroze Textile on Wet Processing. Project Title: Logistics & Supply Chain Management System in PSO (Pakistan State Oil) -Analysis of organization functions especially Planning, Procurement and Logistics Dept. -Analysis of different modes of In-bound & Out-bound Logistics & gave improvement suggestions. -Visit of diff storage areas of Raw & Finished items & analyzed them in terms of capacity & potential