
Amir Raza
Sr Manager Finance UK

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About me
FP&A Professional- Team Lead/ Manager/ATSG/Veon/ JAZZ/Financial Planning/ Reporting/Operation Excellence/ACCA
Education

University of Gloucestershire UK
2009 - 2010Master I. Banking Finance & Management First Class
Chartered Management Institute CMI UK
2008 - 2009Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Strategic Management, Financial Planning, Management
Kaplan UK
2006 - 2009ACCA Accounting, Tax, Finance
Oxford Brookes University UK
2006 - 2009BSc (Hons) Applied Accountancy
University of the Punjab, Lahore
2002 - 2004Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Business/Commerce, General
Experience

UnEd (UK)
May 2006 - Oct 2012Sr Manager Finance UKMy key responsibilities,Ensure timely preparation of final accounts.Ensure accounts data entry to SAGE. Weekly, monthly and annual reporting.Implementation of IFRS to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounts. I was also involved in training and hiring of staff. I build accounting system in organization. I was responsible for compliance with HMRC tax returns, PAYE, Corporation tax, Capital gains and Leeds City Council Rates. I have good experience in dealing with government authorities like Tax, City council, Department of trade and investment and many others. I proved myself in this role and always exceed my employer expectations. Show less

Jazz
Oct 2013 - Aug 2022FP&A business partnering role involves structural Opex & Capex budgeting, forecasting & business planning . Controlling OPEX and CAPEX. Synergies planning and execution monitoring, Business cases, Deep dives analysis, Activities based planning and initiatives analysis.Worked on many HQ driven projects to optimize costs, initiatives driving & monitoring, working with international consultants like Kearney, Mckinsey, AT Company. Good working knowledge of Oracle Hyperion Planning with detail telecom KPI's understanding knowledge. Preparation of presentations for CXO's review on actual performance of their business units and also on special projects. Show less Previously I worked in Jazz Management Reporting. My role includes weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually reporting on Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System - Global Reporting Solution (GRS). I was responsible for report Key Performance Indicators (KPI) reporting from across the organisation. I have to ensure accuracy of management information and timely availability of information to the group. I was also involved in special assignments, deep dive analysis and trend analysis. My role was to interact across OpCo and ensure strict deadlines are met. Initially in Jazz I worked in Operational Excellence. Operations excellence is an integral part of Business Planning Budgeting and Reporting at Mobilink (Vimpelcom). Main functions of OE is to initiate cost and revenue initiatives, Benchmarking (GCB) and special assignments by Group.I have worked on data mining, forecasting, business cases, revenue and opex initiatives, variance analysis, root cause analysis, transformation projects, Power, office utilities optimization, special group assignments, revenue initiatives, telemetry, M2M and Global Competitive benchmarking. I have also worked on lean management, process redesigning activities and six sigma approaches to achieve best results. I worked on finnance transformation project and worked on many initiatives lead by Group related to efficiency and effectiveness in finance and shadow finance functions. Show less
Manager FP&A Business Partner Corporate
Oct 2013 - Aug 2022Management Reporting, Budgeting Planning and Operational Excellence
Oct 2013 - Dec 2016

ATSG
Aug 2022 - nowTeam Lead / Manager FP&A / IT & TechnologyCurrently working as a team lead in Pakistan for ATSG (US). Reporting directly to Group CFO and managing four persons team in Financial Planning and Analysis. Mainly responsible for Financial planning tasks like budget, rolling forecasts and business' planning of five individual business units from acquisitions.Also responsible for management reporting related tasks like management/ board decks, bank deck, management dashboard, Ad-hoc analysis and Business cases.Cash flow forecasting models, financial integration and sales compensations plans related tasks. Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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ACCA
ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS - View certificate

Master Confident Presentations
LinkedInOct 2019 - View certificate

How to Present and Stay on Point
LinkedInOct 2019
Languages
- enEnglish
- urUrdu
- puPunjabi
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