Salman Zaheer

Experience

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  PwC

  Sept 2000 - Aug 2004

  Trainee

  Audit AssignmentsMitchell's Fruit Farms Limited, Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan limited, DG Khan Cement Company Limited, Crescent Bahuman LimitedTax AssignmentsNestle Milkpak Limited, The Coca Cola Export Corporation, Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited, Crescent Bahuman Limited and Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited etc.Special Consultancy AssignmentsEstablishment of transfer pricing policies of a foreign owned car manufacturing company.

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  British American Tobacco

  Sept 2004 - Aug 2008

  Finance Manager

  Marketing FinanceDriving the pricing strategy for our portfolio, especially at budget time.Core team member in New Launches and in designing, implementation and evaluation of major consumer promotions.Implementation of changes occurring in various laws at budget timeResponsible for managing the Advertising agencies in terms of their cost, contractual obligations & performancePeople and team developmentBudgeting, forecasting and actual results managmentSupply Chain FinanceSupport to Top team in development and implementation of Operations, Leaf and Supply Chain Strategy in line with Global BAT StrategyManaging the total spend of €30 mio and evaluating financial performance of the factory against plans and provision of financial information, analysis and advice to the top Team of Operations, Leaf and Supply Chain Show less

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  Tetra Pak

  Sept 2008 - now

  (Role Enhancement) July 2018 to date - LahoreFinance business partnership for two additional functions i.e. Facilities and real estate management (FREM) and Supplier Management (SuM) added to the existing Regional finance controller responsibilities; Additional responsibilities includes;• Leading a big change project impacting whole company led by Finance function i.e. outsourcing all facilities management within Tetra Pak to a fortune 500 company i.e. CBRE & Sodexo• Defining the baseline to be outsourced in terms of resources, tasks, financials and saving targets • Setting up the governance structure (System, performance monitoring etc) to steer the new way of working in the right direction • Driving compliance and cashflow improvement (i.e. Payment terms) with supplier management function, Show less Driving Tetra Pak group strategy as member of Finance and Supply chain regional management teamsImplementation of new organizational blueprint in finance area following a major restructuring exerciseLeading a geographically spread team of 9 persons and responsible for their career developmentDriving big expansion investments; from feasibility studies to Board Approvals to implementation.Risk management officer for the region, identifying risks with the business and ensuring proper mitigating controls are set up, and top management is fully aware of the risk.Enabling the commercial team to understand the commodity price trends impact on our cost vs. our prices to customers, which helps them in making price increase decisionsDriving improvement on product profitability by continuously hunting bad cost in the organization Minimize tax exposure where legally possible; lobbying with govt. for reduction of import duties, duty refunds, export rebates and creation of new business opportunitiesImplementation of strong control mechanism, to ensure good governance and compliance with IAS/group policies/local lawsSuccessful migration of repetitive tasks to accounting hub, and close coordination with hub and its clients, for a smooth work flowManagement representation for internal and external auditsResponsible for driving performance, reporting and reviewing results with the headquarters (in Europe) for finance and supply chainPlanning, budgeting and cash flow management of over €700mn spend Show less

  • Global Finance Director for a Business Unit

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Regional Finance Controller-Supply Chain, Facilities and Real Estate Managment & Supplier Managment

    Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Regional Finance Controller for supply chain Greater middle east & africa (GMEA)

    Sept 2014 - Jun 2018

  • Regional Finance Controller-SSA region

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Supply Chain Controller- Pakistan and Project controller

    Sept 2008 - Aug 2012