Raeez Syed

Experience

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  Religare Securities Ltd

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2011

  Equity dealer
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  ZEN SECURITIES LTD.

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Equity dealer & Back office operator

  Responsible for managing clients intra-day orders as well as follow up delivery ordersPitched clients about in-house buy & sell stock ideas, different investment vehicles such as bonds

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  Impact Consultancy Pvt ltd

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2013

  Equity Research Analyst

  Responsible to collect and analyse the data of companies which qualify for investment purposes

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  Prequate Global

  Apr 2016 - May 2016

  Summer Intern - Consulting Associate

  Project - Redpaint Formula

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  Honeywell

  May 2017 - Dec 2020

  FP&A Business Partnering with CFOs• Providing finance support & driving the weekly ‘Short Range Outlook’ of P&L forecasts and Sales Orders Pulse activities• Driving Month-end activities such as ‘Flash’(Estimate-Actual) meetings, providing support for ‘Management Business Reviews’, Balance Sheet recons such Affiliate Inventory, Warranty etc, • Preparing & assisting the Budget planning & Budget revisions (consolidation & Hyperion load) FP&A Global Support• Responsible for Month-end reporting of P&L walks, Go-To-Gap Revenue reports, Global Orders• Delivering the ad-hoc trend analysis requests via easy to use dashboards to support management decisions • Increasing the productivity by improving the processes thru Excel automation, Dashboards etc Show less FP&A Business Partnering• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, presentation of findings and analysis.• Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, coordinating information using advanced tools. • Responsible for quarterly Balance sheet analysis on Warranty, Inventory IOS & Enhance the business value by engaging on Working capital projects driven by analytics Show less

  • Financial Analyst

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Finance Specialist

    May 2017 - Aug 2019
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  Alcon

  Dec 2020 - now

  • Responsible for three countries’ total functional costs – Forecasting, Budgeting & Month-end variance analysis for Heads of Finance and Region Head of Finance• Analyzing and preparing costs based on Personnel and Non-Personnel drivers for Forecasts and Budget process along with system submissions• Collaborating with cost center owners and HRs for FTE Planning during Forecasts and Budget • Preparing Sales and P&L landing mid-month including risks & opportunities• Managing the required accruals by following up with PO/Non PO requesters thru PO engine/GLSU• Compiling the MTD/QTD variance analysis through bridges for Monthly Business Reviews • Supporting the Accounting team for Net Revenue reconciliation during month-end• Supervising and creating the Global Standard Reports such as Monthly Financial Pack, Price Volume mix GM report, FTE & Cogs Tracker• Working with Continuous Improvement Team to bring in much needed automation for process improvements and better efficiency Show less

  • Finance Manager

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Assistant Manager

    May 2023 - Nov 2024

  • Senior Analyst

    Dec 2020 - May 2023