Sohaib Raza

Analyst combining electrical engineering (GIKI) and MBA Finance (FAST NUCES) to turn pricing, cost, and operational data into decisions. Builds Power BI dashboards and Excel models that drive margin recovery — including surfacing a 12% margin leakage opportunity.

Project Cost & Reporting Analyst - Plaza Development Project (Private Client) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2025-10 - 2026-06)

• Tracked costs across PKR 20M development project, maintaining variance reporting against approved estimates through all construction phases
• Built centralized Excel cost-control workbook consolidating 6 vendor/contractor line items, replacing fragmented manual records
• Developed Power BI dashboards for real-time committed vs. incurred visibility, surfacing overruns earlier and flagging ~PKR 1M in billing discrepancies

Assistant Pricing Manager - Japan Electronics - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2025-04 - 2025-09)

• Designed Power BI pricing dashboard across 52 SKUs, uncovering a 12% margin leakage opportunity on a key product group
• Built dynamic Excel scenario models quantifying P&L impact of volume, price, cost, and investment changes to support senior pricing decisions
• Owned monthly management reporting pack — actual vs. budget vs. forecast variance analysis and KPI dashboards — delivered to senior leadership

Technical Reporting Intern - Heavy Industries Taxila - Taxila, Pakistan

(2022-06 - 2022-08)

• Prepared monthly operational and financial Excel reports supporting budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for management review
• Built pivot-table dashboards and added validation checks to reporting templates, reducing manual data entry errors
• Reconciled actual vs. budget figures and documented variance explanations for department leadership

MBA - Finance - FAST NUCES Islamabad (2023-09 - 2026-03)

BSc - Electrical Engineering - Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) (2019-08 - 2023-06)