HEAD – CONTROLLING & BUDGETING - Kaizen Pharmaceuticals – Platinum Pharma Group
(2025-06)
Reporting to Group CFO, I have been tasked with restructuring of Finance Department and implementation of SAP and establishment of reporting framework.
- Responsible for periodic financials statements ensuring compliance with standards including detailed analysis and commentary on deviations to provide clear insights into financial performance and also ensure timely monthly closing.
- Successfully led the implementation of FICO module of SAP and restructured Finance department by enabling costing, budgeting and reporting functions in the organization.
- Responsible to provide commercial analysis to Marketing team for ROI visibility of Marketing promotional expenses.
- Responsible for monitoring departmental budget utilization and providing detailed financial analysis of budget vs actual along with commentary of variance to management.
MANAGER FINANCE - Stingray Technologies – FIE Group
(2023-03 - 2025-06)
Reporting to CFO, I was responsible for Management and Financial Reporting, financials presentation to BOD, Budget Controlling and its monitoring and liaison with auditors.
- Responsible for management and financial reporting and presentation of financials to management with detailed analysis.
- Successfully led the implementation of Odoo ERP and leveraged the digitalization of finance operations.
- Responsible for preparation of presentation for BOD includes Financial Statements and Budget Utilization Reports with detailed analysis and commentary of deviation to provide clear insight into financial performance.
- Responsible for liaisoning with external and internal auditors.
- Responsible for providing detailed periodic project wise financials and current financial health of projects to management for clear insight of each project.
- Oversee overall smooth operations of the finance department by receivable and payable, ensuring timely payments and collections to manage cashflow, optimize liquidity and effective fund management to support the organization's financial stability.
MANAGER COSTING & BUDGETING - Hilal Foods
(2022-05 - 2023-03)
Reporting to the Financial Controller, I was responsible for overall management of costing & budgeting function and FP&A reporting business partnering with other departments.
- Responsible for overall management of costing & budgeting function of the organization.
- Responsible for detailed analysis of COGS in Financials including detailed breakup product wise cost of product into variable and fixed components to enhance financial oversight and commentary of deviations as well.
- Preparation of project appraisals and cost benefit analysis to access financial feasibility and support decision making.
- Responsible for providing Budget utilization reports and analysis of product cost variances.
ASSISTANT MANAGER COSTING & FINANCE - International Textile
(2021-07 - 2022-05)
Reporting to Manager Finance, I was responsible for costing analysis and variance reporting and budget monitoring reports.
- Responsible for timely monthly closing and ensuring closing cycle in SAP is executed after completed checklist.
- Responsible for timely execution of costing run in SAP overall costing reports including process order wise variance.
- Responsible for monitoring of departmental budget utilization by preparing and analyzing budget vs actual reports and commentary of deviations.
- Preparation of Inventory ageing reports and accounting concerned provision of any potential dead stock.
ASST. MANAGER COSTING & REPORTING - United King Foods
(2019-09 - 2021-07)
Reporting to CFO, I was responsible for preparation of financial statements and established costing department.
- Responsible for providing management financial statements with detailed analysis and commentary of deviation.
- Established costing department and successfully enabled the costing & budgeting function in the organization.
- Led the implementation of Odoo ERP and assisted to CFO in restructuring of Finance Department.
- Enabled the branch wise financial performance reports to have insight of Branch wise profitability.
ASST. MANAGER COST & BUDGET - Hamdard Laboratories Pakistan
(2017-12 - 2019-09)
Responsible for Costing & Budgeting detailed analysis with mandate to implement SAP Controlling module as Power user.
- Successfully led the implementation of Controlling module of SAP as power user.
- Responsible for overall management of costing & budgeting function of the organization.
- Preparation of monthly variance analysis reports including material price variance, material usage variance and resource utilization variance and product cost variance of each SKU reports.
- Preparation of project appraisals and cost benefit analysis of business investments.
SENIOR OFFICER FINANCE - Youngs Food
(2016-05 - 2017-12)
Inducted as Finance Officer, Responsible for treasury operations and reporting and maintenance of Fixed Asset Register.
- Preparation of monthly budget and actual cashflow and its variance reports along with commentary of deviation.
- Responsible for daily bank reconciliation and addressing and resolving any discrepancy to maintain accurate financial record.
- Responsible for maintenance of Fixed Asset Register including details of CWIP and ensuring all Assets are properly tagged and trackable.
