Amir Raza

Amir Raza

Sr Manager Finance UK

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  • Timeline

  • About me

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

  • Education

    • University of Gloucestershire UK

      2009 - 2010
      Master I. Banking Finance & Management First Class
    • Chartered Management Institute CMI UK

      2008 - 2009
      Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Strategic Management, Financial Planning, Management
    • Kaplan UK

      2006 - 2009
      ACCA Accounting, Tax, Finance
    • Oxford Brookes University UK

      2006 - 2009
      BSc (Hons) Applied Accountancy
    • University of the Punjab, Lahore

      2002 - 2004
      Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Business/Commerce, General
  • Experience

    • UnEd (UK)

      May 2006 - Oct 2012
      Sr Manager Finance UK

      My 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 2022

      FP&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 2022
      • Management Reporting, Budgeting Planning and Operational Excellence

        Oct 2013 - Dec 2016
    • ATSG

      Aug 2022 - now
      Team Lead / Manager FP&A / IT & Technology

      Currently 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

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