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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

topmate.io

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

Al-Futtaim

1) Preparation of month-end income statements with a key focus on actual vs budget performance and reasons for deviation and measures to ensure budget achievability.
2) Overall responsibility of the Fixed Asset module of the Company, including maintenance of Fixed Assets Register and posting relevant additions, disposals, and corrections to the Fixed Asset register. 
3) Responsible for month-end Payroll posting and payroll related provisions and accruals. 
4) Overall audit lead for the Company to co-ordinate and complete the quarterly audit exercise with the external auditors.
5) Review and release of payments of vendors to support the payables department.
6) Coordinate the submission and consolidation of business unit monthly cash flow forecasts, annual budget, and interim short term liquidity report.

Manager Financial Planning & Analysis (AL - GHAZI TRACTORS LTD)

Real Estate company

1) Support the due diligence process for assets under contract, including coordinating with external suppliers such as brokers, engineers, and contractors to support the due diligence process
2) Compile and present property and market specific reports to C-Level
3) Gathering and assessing critical information related to the sourcing and evaluation of potential acquisitions
4) Create sale and lease comparable tables
5) Run and Manager day to day finance activity

FP&A MANAGER

Vision Pharma Network VPN mediASK 

1)	Generate Lead for Export Sales
2)	Provide quotation based on Inco terms
3)	Manage the Supply chain
4)	Pricing
5)	Look after Finance and assist and guide operation team to achieve the desired result to meet quarterly objectives and maintain & follow up SOPs.

Export & Finance Manager

NABILA Private Limited

1) Lead Finance team to deliver day to day accounting
2) Prepare Financials , Bank Recon and projection to monitor and control business
3) Lead HR all functions from attendance, Punctuality, leaves, Salaries and other performance related factors
4) Lead Audit and assist in Taxation
5) Assist and advise Stock controller to maintain the inventory level
6) Assist and guide operation team to achieve the desired result to meet quarterly objectives and maintain & follow up SOPs

Finance & HR Manager

1)	Conduct Business Process Review to evaluate current processes and identifies ways to make them more effectual.
2)	Perform Gap Analysis to determine where the business is—and where it wants to be. 
3)	Identify Risk and suggest the controls.
4)	Suggest Performance Improvement by measuring the output of a particular business process, then modifying them to increase the output and efficiency.
5)	Internal Audit.

Supervisor Business Risk Consultant

ABME

Commercial & Finance Manager (FP&A)

1) Commercial Role :

 A) Set up a Start Up Business for the owner.
 B) Get the Dealer Ship for the Business.
 C) Meeting with existing & new clients and review business contracts to understand and portray
      the financials accordingly.
 D) Prepare and assigned Sales Target.
 E) Assist Sales team to achieve Goals.
 F) Review Market Conditions & Trends and Guide the staff to proper Market the products
      and services.

2) Finance Role :

A) Investment analysis &feasibilities:
a) Preparing feasibilities and analysis to assist Owner in making strategic ‘go or no-go’ decisions
    in relation to new investments and existing business. 
b) Capex
B) Planning & Budgeting:
a) Preparing business unit financial Pack including Cash Flows, Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
b) Challenging the assumptions of operations and commercial department to arrive at an ‘
     achievable yet challenging’ business unit budget.
C) Assist in Transactional Accounting:
    a) Sales and Purchase
    b) Banking

Commercial Manager (FP&A)

1) Review Credit outstanding report and take necessary actions to emphasis on collection follow up.
2) Review and adjust the KPIs of credit on month end dashboards. 
3) Approve the credit after initial cross check by team.
4) Review the SOPs of Credit and update accordingly with business new requirements.
5) Attend meeting with legal department and treasury on complicated issues.
6) Review provision reports and adjust with timely basis.
7) Review and set the target for bill collectors.
8) Financial Reporting.
9) Month end dashboards and reports for senior management presenting performance, achievement of KPIs, and future focus areas.
10) Preparation of group reporting pack for inclusion in the Group financials
11) Investment analysis &feasibilities.
12) Preparing feasibilities and analysis to assist Group Finance and Group Treasury in making strategic ‘go or no-go’ decisions in relation to new investments.
13) Key focus on business drivers and key contractual terms.
14) Ad-hoc analysis and other responsibilities.
15) Mining, gathering and sorting data for ad-hoc analyses required by senior management from time to time for decision making purposes.

Operations, Financial Analyst (FP&A) & Credit Controller

Alyousuf Motors

1) Lead all 3 S (Units Sales, Parts Sales and Service) and Run the entire Branch Independently.
2) Complete Responsibility of Branch P&L and maintaining GP
3) Meeting with existing & new clients and review business contracts to understand and portray the financials accordingly.
4) Inventory Management, Pricing & Cost Management and Compliance with overall SOPs.
5) Attend annual meeting with the ‘Principal’ (Yamaha & Suzuki) to exchange views on market and raise key commercial and operational concerns.
6) Assisting branch Sales team to understand market trends and sales approach.
7) Reporting of branch financial results to senior management.
8) Preparation and review of budget and forecasts.
9) Managing the accounts team to ensure all day to day transactions.
10) Liaising with the internal auditors for the year-end audit.

Showroom Incharge/Operational Manager

Manager FP&A at Al Futtaim (AGTL)

A Professional holding more than 20 years of International Experience in Automotive and Retail sector, worked in both Finance and Sales starting from grass root heading towards Managerial Levels, Capable of leading a team, holding Positive attitude and always eager to learn and deliver.

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