Experience

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  Packages group

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Intern

  4 weeks in the Accounts department of Packages Limited - employed under Funds & Payroll section.

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  Lahore school of economics

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Teaching assistant

  One full semester as a Teaching Assistant of the course 'Time Series Analysis & Forecasting'.The course was aimed at 3rd or 4th year economics and/or statistics students and explores the extraction of meaningful statistics from raw, time-based datasets.My role involved: - Assisting the instructor, Ms. Ayesha Syed, in developing lesson plans.- Creating, making solutions to, and grading class quizzes, examinations and assignments.- Maintaining scores and performance records of students throughout the semester.- Dealing with any student queries and concerns regarding coursework and course content.- Liaising with students and course instructor to maintain open communication. Show less

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  Cheetay

  Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  Pricing executive

  Part of the C-Mart (e-grocery) team. Our primary goal was to increase Cheetay's market share in the physical and e-grocery world and eventually establish the startup as a household name.I was mainly responsible for strategic pricing of all grocery goods on offer. Tasks done:- Surveyed market to formulate price comparison reports of 3000+ individual SKUs present in several competitor catalogues.- Helped Cheetay achieve price leadership among it's e-grocery competitors.- Formed strategic frameworks to undergo repricing of all listed products.- Maintained close collaboration with the procurement department in order to feasibly offer the best prices.- Collaborated with sales and marketing departments to develop promotion bundles and deals. Show less

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  Hitachi abb power grids

  Mar 2021 - May 2021

  Project trainee - finance department

  8 weeks in Hitachi-ABB Pakistan's finance department. I got the opportunity to witness a large firm with international operations 'setting up' and going through various challenges after a divestiture/merger.Worked closely with the Local Sales Controller (who headed financial operations) to conduct day-to-day accounting activities, including:- Bookkeeping- Drafting service agreements- Preparing tax reports for filing with federal and provincial revenue boards.- Completing a foreign investment survey for central bank (State Bank of Pakistan) records.- Coordinating with local internationally based employees to update company data- Formulated a report explaining the existence of and the laws governing provident funds in Pakistan to accommodate its inclusion and implementation into the company's new ERP system Show less

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  Abb

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  Finance intern

  6 weeks in ABB's finance department. Conducted credit rating analysis on local customers based on ABB’s internal protocols.Facilitated local and international payments on SAP.

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  Tasdeeq

  Sept 2022 - Mar 2023

  Technical operations intern (for ms field thesis)

  Employed in the Technical Operations team of Pakistan's very first State Bank licensed credit bureau.Work accomplished:Prepared a research report exploring the viability of using of telecommunications data for credit scoring in Pakistan by analyzing case studies of various developing and non-developing nations.Helped products team conduct mobile application Q&A testing.Worked closely with Tasdeeq's sales team to draft a report for pitching the company's very own credit score in the credit assessment process of Pakistani commercial banks.Devised frameworks for API implementation.I am also doing the field thesis of my master's degree with Tasdeeq. The main aim of my research is to explore the impact of different macroeconomic events on the credit market of Pakistan. Show less

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  The pakistan credit rating agency limited [pacra]

  Apr 2023 - now

  Criteria analyst