FP&A Professionals Institute

At FP&A Professionals Institute our mission is to help 1 million professionals upskill in Finance and FP&A. And we do that through books, webinars, workshops, courses and certifications.

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FP&A Jobs

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🔹 FP&A professionals struggling to find relevant job opportunities
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A curated job board dedicated to connecting high-quality FP&A and Finance professionals with their dream job. Whether you're a CFO hiring or finance professional job hunting, FPNAJobs.com bridges the gap between opportunity and expertise.

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Udemy

Udemy Instructor

Coursera

I lead the FP&A function for India and APAC at Coursera for Consumer, Enterprise and Degrees.

FP&A Lead APAC and India

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FP&A Mentor

Great Learning

Senior Manager  FP&A

Pfizer

Driving business performance by creating and tracking budgets, analyzing performance of Upjohn's (a Pfizer department) manufacturing plants, Supply Chain, HR, IT, Finance and Procurement departments.

FP&A Consultant

Masani & Associates

Managed Audit, GST and Income tax compliance for 50+SME businesses and  200+ Individual clients.

Audit and Tax Consultant

Citi

Responsible for budgeting and forecasting of Expenses for Cit's Credit Cards including Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly Outlooks, monthly Flash updates, closely tracking and commenting on actual v/s plan and forecast (managing a cost base of ~$1Bn).

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Worked as part of a diverse team, including regional, country, product finance and business owners. Responsible for budgeting and forecasting including Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly Outlooks, monthly Flash updates, closely tracking and commenting on actual v/s plan and forecast for Citi's Retail Bank department. Worked on projects like Customer segmentation, Growth room, War Room and Expense Optimization.

Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

Responsible for planning, executing and concluding statutory and tax audits within specific deadlines for listed companies like ITD Cementation, Gammon India, India bulls Real Estate, and Bharat Hotels.Worked with other clients like Hiranandani Hospital, Toyo Engineering (Engineering and Consultancy), Van Oord and Boskalis (Dredging), Celebi Nas (Airport Ground Handling Services), Peri and Lords India (Manufacturing). Conducted Quarterly Limited reviews, Due diligence and certification work for several of the above clients. Collaborated closely with finance directors, CFO’s and audit committee members of several of the above clients. Was awarded an up-gradation from Intern to Executive before completion of the internship period (3yrs), after clearing CA final exams at the age of 22.

Audit Executive

Reporting to the Audit Managers. Evaluation ,Performing Test of Controls and Reporting on Internal control systems. Planning and Risk Identification while performing Audits.Compliance and Reporting as per the requirements of Financial Reporting Frameworks.Review of Corporate Governance Report and other Secretarial records.Preparation & Presentation of Overall Analysis & Review of the Income Statement & Balance-sheet.Audit of Financial Statements - B/s, P&L, Cash Flows and Notes to accounts. Performing Tax Audits as per The Income Tax Act. Preparing and issuing  Audit Report upon conclusion of audit of Financial Statements.

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Hi, I’m Asif, a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) professional and an entrepreneur from heart.

I have 12+ years of experience in Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Audit and Tax. I have worked with organizations like EY, Citi and Pfizer.

Professionally my interests lie in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and in my current role with Coursera, I'm responsible for Planning. Budgeting and Forecasting for India and APAC. 

In my previous FP&A roles at Citi, Pfizer and Great Learning I partnered with  finance and business leaders on various projects.

Before Citi, I worked with EY as an Audit Executive. I was responsible for planning, executing and concluding audits for listed companies.

This unique blend of experiences in FP&A and Audit, has allowed me to develop an holistic understanding of how businesses function.

Core expertise :
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Budgeting
Financial Planning
Financial Forecasting
People Management
Management Reporting
Finance Business Partnering
Auditing
Taxation
Content Creation

To have a quick chat you can call me on +91 8097379663 or email me at asif.masani@gmail.com

Asif Masani

Olayan Saudi Holding Company (OSHCO)

Accounting Officer

S-Chem Group

- Manage incoming and outgoing cash effectively thru SWIFT payment factory setup for the shared service center
- Develop daily plans in coordination with A/R and A/P to optimize cash position of the company
- Predict cash requirements and cash position through analysis of needs and proceeds
- Analyze cash flow mechanism of the company and prepare monthly cash mgt dashboard
- Create new systems to optimize cash inflow from different business activities and reduce the risk of credit losses
- Update accounting systems (SAP) for daily financial transactions
- Execute and resolve any issues related to foreign currency exchange
- Liaise with banks to address any account issues and queries
- Develop financial reports to assist management in making appropriate decisions regarding major payment and foreign exchange plans

Cash Management

- Using SAP, apply a large daily volume of funds, wire payments after accurately identifying the specific customers’ appropriate account
- Using the SAP system automated processes, continuously identify opportunities to improve the smart match function 
- Investigate unspecified credits to determine the accurate payment application
- Identify short payments and classify accordingly, notify customer support to address with customer
- Reconcile bank deposits and SAP balances through automated processes and resolve any exceptions 
- Coordinate collection and resolve delinquent accounts as necessary
- Perform credit analysis for open account customers

Cash Applications & Credit  

SABB

Maintained & operated the bank's internal systems and controls to help detect, monitor and report money laundering activities to internal and external authorities

 Anti-Money Laundering 

I am a corporate treasury & cash management, cash applications and credit- professional with extensive experience performing the primarily treasury responsibilities for group of companies under shared service concept with local and international institutions, customers and service providers. The duties I have successfully performed included cash management, SWIFT infrastructure deployments, cash mgt automation projects, cash applications, customer credit analysis and collection, dashboarding and reporting, I have also performed bank account administration, card program administration, bank fee and card use analysis and also provided support to cross functional areas in A/R and A/P under SAP/MS Dynamics as ERP platforms. I have also led various ad hoc projects for the head of cash management and the Treasurer.

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