Zain Ul Abidin Rana, Business Analyst

Zain Ul Abidin Rana

Business Analyst

Mercury Enterprises Private Limited

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Audit and Taxation
Experience
12 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 8 Months

Business Analyst at Mercury Enterprises Private Limited
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since April 2018
Business Analyst at M.O.C Trading and Contracting W.L.L
  • Qatar
  • My current job since November 2018

• Day-to-day functions of a business analyst.
• Analyzing the proper functioning of the organization and its real/hypothetical business domain.
• Documentation of the business, processes and its systems.
• Identified process boundaries and determined opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Created solutions in the areas of inventory, sales reporting, distribution and product upgrades that led to system improvements and streamlined processes.
• Boosted company efficiency and customer satisfaction by streamlining processes deemed inefficient.
• Analyzed the business needs of clients and assisted in determining what resources and strategies to employ.
• Worked closely with company executives to identify new business opportunities and routinely participated in the sales process.
• Worked with cross functional resources to implement direct marketing programs, reaching a 10% increase in customer base.
• Elicited stakeholder feedback and input through interviews and surveys.
• Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand the operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
• Developed organizational change management strategies.
• Identified "bottlenecks" and implemented new and improved processes and policies.
• Documented process flows and developed requirements for functional improvements and enhancements.

Officer Payable & Accounts (EC) at MCB Bank Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2016 to December 2017

Job Description


-Detailed review of vendor invoices from the perspective of income tax & sales tax deduction /
exemption and withholding of different regions as per applicable tax laws

-Booking of expenses by debiting relevant expense head (GLs) and departments of the bank
through Oracle Payables module

-Generation of payment instruments (pay orders and bank advise) to execute payments in favor of
concerned beneficiaries.

- Responsible for processing the payment Claims of Legal Affairs Group (LAG) of whole MCB

Assistant Finance Manager at Surge Agripak PVT, Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2015 to November 2016

Job Description:

•Assisting Finance Manager in preparing financial statements.

•Successfully arranged awareness session for staff and senior level meetings.

•Maintained complete record of minutes of meetings, follow-ups, updated database and record.

•Supported critical decisions resulting in realigned budgets to meet stakeholder needs.

•Conducted organizational reviews to identify strengths and weaknesses and to evaluate operational effectiveness.

•Arranged transportation for meetings, business expos & seminars.

•Performed competitive analysis and identified gaps and opportunities in the marketplace.

•Assembled strategic insights into presentation materials.

•Liaised with senior members of staff to receive feedback and create improvements to strategies.

•Used various strategic models for betterment of process and to observe long term goals of the organization.

•Improved co-ordination between sales teams and Finance and accounts department.

Finance & Accounts officer at Farooq Associates
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2012 to June 2015

Job Description:

•Preparation of financial statements.

•Improved company’s monthly account
reconciliations and analyses; assisted with month-end close.

•Improved co-ordination between sales teams and Finance and accounts department.

•Supervision of invoices generated.

•Improved payroll system and I am incharge of whole company’s payroll system.

•Coordinated with 12 major banks.

• Collected and analyzed data from various systems using pivot table and V LOOKUP; prepared monthly financial reports.

•Additionally, handle HR relevant issues (Interviews, Shortlisting and assisting HR Manger).

•Analyzed current business processes of the organization.

•Implemented process and made sure that employees understands their specific roles, responsibilities and plans regarding strategies devised to execute tasks effectively.

•Coordinate with all stakeholders within and outside organization.

Accountant at S.A Packages Ltd Lahore
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2011 to November 2011

Job Description:

•Reported directly to owner about incoming raw materials.
•Prepare inventory reports.
•Improved company inventory and warehouse management systems.
•Improved invoice generating system.
•Maintained master file of vendor and customers.

Education

Master's degree, Audit and Taxation
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA-UK)
  • December 2019

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants.

Master's degree, Finance
  • at University of Lahore
  • October 2016

This unique, professionally-oriented course has been designed to provide strong foundation to participants in finance, accounting and taxation it aims to equip participants with knowledge and competence in the field of business and commerce to pursue a professional carrier and to provide an environment that challenge the participants mind through competitive education that emphasizes on inculcating values then transforming them into socially responsible mangers and business leaders.

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of Punjab
  • June 2008

The Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) program is a well-renowned 2-year degree program which has been designed to equip the students with adequate knowledge and skills which would help them taking an early start of their professional career. Following are the objectives of this program: -To equip the candidates with fundamental principles of commerce. -To facilitate incremental building of knowledge to cope with the needs of public and private sector.

Specialties & Skills

SugarCRM
Oracle ERP
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
Budgeting and Forecasting
BUSINESS PROCESS
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
FINANCE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
BUDGETING
Forecasting
Strategic Planning
Taxation
Costing
Internal Control

Languages

English
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Society Of Management Accountants (SCM-US)
  • Member
  • February 2018

Training and Certifications

Ethics and Professionalism Skills Module (ACCA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2018
Monte Carlo Methods in Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
Iversity (Spain)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Duration:
54 hours
Capital Market of Pakistan. (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore School Of Accountancy & Finance (University Of Lahore)
Date Attended:
July 2016
Duration:
8 hours
Dynamics of Stock Exchange (Presented by State Bank of Pakistan) (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore School Of Accountancy & Finance (University Of Lahore)
Date Attended:
April 2016
Duration:
6 hours
Portfolio Management. (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore School Of Accountancy & Finance (University Of Lahore)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Duration:
7 hours
Commodity market of Pakistan (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore School Of Accountancy & Finance (University Of Lahore)
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
6 hours
Business Analysis 101 (Training)
Training Institute:
Iversity (Spain)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
52 hours
Introduction to Fractional Reserve Banking (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2016
Financial Funds (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2016
Currency Exchange (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2016
Excellence In Excel (Information Dash Board, Financial tools) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017
Oracle Financials E-Business Applications (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017

Hobbies

  • Cooking
    I like cooking. It bring me comfort.
  • Traveling
    I love to travel whether for pleasure or business.