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Muhammad Abbas

Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Oxford University Press Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan.

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Oxford University Press Pakistan | Mar 2022 - Present

Senior Manager Financial Accounting, Planning & Reporting

• Provide leadership to the finance department and manage financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, and forecasting. • Supervise preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, annual financial reporting packages to the Group / Division post requisite internal reviews / approvals whilst ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness. • Initiate and supervise budget / forecast cycle of the branch whilst ensuring that various group reporting packages on 5 year plan, budget and forecast are timely submitted. This includes liaison with departments, tracking data submitted by departments, appropriate reviews at management level and preparation of budget paper. • Working with department heads to develop accurate projections and ensure financial targets are met. • Conduct financial analysis and use data analytics to identify trends and insights that drive business decisions. • Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and decision-making. • Develop and implement financial policies and procedures that support the company's strategic goals and objectives. • Monitor and analyze industry trends and market conditions to identify risks and opportunities. • Key liaison with external and internal audit teams, coordinating to ensure accurate and timely delivery of statutory accounts. • Oversee financial reporting and ensure compliance with IFRS, IAS and other local regulatory requirements. • Ensuring implementation of internal controls to confirm the integrity of financial data and compliance with regulatory requirements. • Manage and develop a team of finance professionals, providing coaching and mentoring to support their professional growth and development. • Participate in the development of business strategies and support the execution of strategic initiatives. • Coordinate with other departments and functional areas to ensure alignment of financial plans and activities with broader organizational goals.
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Daraz | Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

Regional Manager Finance Reporting & Budgeting

• Monitoring the regional financial accounting and reporting systems on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to ensure the data in the ERP system is providing accurate information • Providing and interpreting financial information and business trends including providing objective strategic advice to the Group CFO on financial performance • Work in collaboration with Group CFO and Alibaba management on key initiatives related to financial reporting consistency, fluctuation and business trend analysis • Build relationships with key country management to drive financial process changes required in order to streamline the reporting framework for the Group • Provide internal finance business partner services for new initiatives / feature releases across the Group as well as support on business operation as they impact financial matters to the Group • Performing monthly variance analysis, developing financial plans and comparative analysis on budget/ forecasts and acting for any irregularities in liaison with concerned department. • Interpreting cash flows and predicting future cash spend trends of countries in the group • Analyzing change of financial performance and advising operational teams and management of said changes on a just in time basis accordingly • Analyzing competitors, market and economic trends and keeping abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislations in the countries that the Group operates in • Conducting reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction and efficiency opportunities

Oxford University Press Pakistan | Nov 2020 - Sep 2021

Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

• Supervise preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, annual financial reporting packages to the Group / Division post requisite internal reviews / approvals whilst ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness. • Initiate and supervise budget / forecast cycle of the branch whilst ensuring that various group reporting packages on 5 year plan, budget and forecast are timely submitted. This includes liaison with departments, tracking data submitted by departments, appropriate reviews at management level and preparation of budget paper. • Implementation and development of analytical reporting tools and design efficient reports and database. • Performing monthly variance analysis, developing financial plans and comparative analysis on budget/ forecasts and acting for any irregularities in liaison with concerned department. • Supervise monthly disbursement of reports on financial position / performance to SMT and group with comparison against prior year, budget and forecast. • Ensuring smooth functioning of accounting JVs through SAP, reviewing the ledgers posting on periodical basis to ensure completeness, correctness, cut- off of financial information in line with applicable accounting / financial reporting standards and group accounting policies / guidelines. • Ensuring smooth audit of the Branch financial statements in liaison with external auditors whilst supervising all data submission and resolution of queries raised by the auditors. • Supervising monthly closing process whilst ensuring technical closing in SAP is run smoothly and timely. Also, ensure the financial position presented before the management is appropriately reviewed, complete and correct. • Supervising preparation of various reports for management purposes whether routine or ad-hoc such as sensitivity analysis, feasibility analysis etc.

Oxford University Press Pakistan | Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

Financial Accountant

• Preparing and submission of monthly group reporting pack to Asia Regional hub and Group (P&L, Balance sheet, Cashflow Forecast, CAPEX, Overheads report, other allied notes etc) after review by SFM and FD. • To ensure timely preparation and submission of monthly reports (flash sales, sales forecast etc) to Regional hub and group, whilst coordinating with various departments. • To have the financial data captured, consolidated and analyzed through SAP and liaising with other departments for data gathering/ analysis purpose. • Preparation and submission of annual/ quarterly/ 5 Year Forecasts and Budgets whilst developing models for effective data gathering, and facilitating process across organization. • Performing monthly variance analysis, comparison with budget/ forecasts and taking action for any irregularities in liaison with concerned department. • Ensuring various reports are relayed to SFM for his review and assisting SFM in his review of general ledger accounts. • Preparing summary notes on financials and other allied analysis for monthly Senior Management Team meetings. • Coordinating with external, internal auditors and Hub Controller in smooth performance of their reviews, whilst resolving queries raised during reviews/ audit. • Assisting SFM in preparing annual statutory accounts per applicable financial reporting standards and statutory requirements. • Working with team in integration of new and existing business processes and taking initiatives for continuous business process improvements. • Performing any other task assigned pertaining to reporting, analysis or general accounting scenario analysis etc.

Oxford University Press Pakistan | Apr 2017 - Oct 2019

Financial Analyst

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Tameer Micro Finance Bank | Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

Assistant Manager-Treasury And Cash Management Ops

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Tameer Micro Finance Bank | Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

Associate Treasury & Cash Management

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Pakistan Oxygen Limited (formerly Linde Pakistan Limited) | Dec 2012 - Apr 2013

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My Education

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Accounting and FinanceCIMA | 2015
BS Finance, Accounting and FinanceKarachi University | 2010

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