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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

HSBC

Assistant Vice President

•	Ensuring the Service Delivery as per the agreed Performance Level Agreement (PLA) with Business 
        Partners. Reviewing and approving all journal entries (Daily & Month-end) prepared by team 
        members in FTP GL (PeopleSoft).
•	Assists with monthly status reports and monthly closings entries. Attending and providing the 
        updates on month-end close from WD 1 to WD 3 in the status call with Onshore Partners and 
        discuss issues and concerns.
•	Own and ensure execution of SLAs, customer satisfaction and metrics for supported processes. 
        Preparing operational/executive weekly/monthly/ad-hoc reports. Identify and prioritize continuous 
        improvement and "innovations" suggestions brought forward

Manager

•	Analyze the suspense items on daily basis and do follow up with Ops team to clean up them to 
        appropriate account. Providing the Journal Entries for Balance Sheet Base Level Adjustments, Top 
        side Adjustments, and Balance Sheet Netting Adjustments.
•	Oversee accounting operations of the HMUS Process and its subsidiaries. Create an organizational 
        structure within the accounting department to facilitate the achievement of the department’s 
        short-term goals and long-term objectives. Manage and mentor junior personnel in the 
        accounting department
•	Inter Company Reconciliation and clearing of breaks related to Trading and Non trading between 
        affiliates. Prepare ageing of the breaks and provide commentary for the variances
•	Maintain a comprehensive system of accounting records. Generate financial reports periodically. 
        Ensure the accuracy of the organization’s financial results and reports

Assistant Manager

HSBC Markets (US) is carrying out its investment banking and financing solutions. The business includes money markets and securities services. Responsible for below activities:
•	Analyse and finalize monthly accrual, prepaid and re-classes journals and accounting for same. 
•	Preparing and finalizing the Cost Center-wise Capitalization & Amortization Schedules for 
        Software & Non-Software Projects and Assets
•       Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL, Revenue Recognition and 
        Reconciliations.
•	Preparing & Distributing Financial Control Reports with regard to Suspense, Elimination & Reclass.
•	Preparing Cost Allocation Methodology for various expenses for various Regulatory expenses like 
        SIPC, FINRA, NYSE etc
•	Reconciliation of the Main ledger balances with each of the sub-system balances.
•	Review & analyzing variances in expense and reporting to Onshore team for every Month-end.
•	Process Lead for Conversion from SUN GL to PeopleSoft GL for Hyderabad accounting team.

Finance Executive

MetLife

Working as an Associate Accountant/Analyst in the process named Investment Financial Mangement (IFM)-Securities Accounting & Specialized Accounting. 

Responsible for all accounting of Incomes and Principal received from investment made in Securities and Bonds in US, and accounting for Security Lending Program (sub-process). More than $20 Billion has been invested in this program. It involves more or less Investment/Specialized/Forensic Accounting stuff. 

Process Related Responsibilities
Analyzing financial statements obtained from Annual reports and other financial databases (Bloomberg etc), using Fundamental Analysis. 

To make accounting entries, posting journal entries, Reconciling accounts, follow up on queries sent to various Brokers/Investment Banks like HSBC, Barclays, Jeffery, Deutsche, ING, Bank Of America, CSFB (First Boston), Goldman Sachs, Salomon, Merrill Lynch, UBS etc.

Researching about the accuracy of revenue received in terms of interest by cross verifying projection as per financial database Bloomberg & take necessary steps to ensure recording of precise amount by taking into consideration factor, terms, period of interest, coupon rates, security type etc.
Report to client on state side regarding the status of each account by sending Weekly Open Items Report, Follow up on them; escalate the high value & aged items.

Keeping track on new updates & accordingly do the required changes in Work Instruction Sheet & share these updates among team members

Finance Analyst

Indian Petro & Chemicals

•	Maintaining Accounts in Tally 6.3: Making entries of Sale and Purchase, Receipts and Payments 
        and all other financial entries along with inventory system in Tally 6.3. Maintaining Debtors 
        Accounts: This includes maintaining all Debtors accounts with aging system and monitor all 
        debtors individually. Effective financial management, mentoring to improve efficiencies.
•	Set up key finance business processes. Oversee day to day operations, set goals and objectives 
        and design a framework for those to be met. Report and advice the management team on all 
        financial and compliance matters. Undertake strategic financial analysis and assist with strategic, 
        long-term business planning

Accounts Officer

GREENFIELDS CORPORATION

•	Responsible for maintaining Books of Accounts and Office Records. (Vouchers, Ledger Accounts, 
        P&L, Balance sheet etc) Bank Transactions and Reconciliation. Debtors & Creditors Party  
        Reconciliation. Salary calculation and generation of salary slips.
•	Updating Accounts in TALLY. General accounting and creating P&L and Balance Sheet. Manage 
        financials of each project. Calculating the transfers and initiating the transfer through ENET system 
        (bulk bank entry).

Accountant

S. SATYANARAYANA RAJU & CO., Engineers & Contractors

•	Responsible for maintaining Books of Accounts (Computerized as well as Manual) and Office 
        Records. (Vouchers, Ledger Accounts, P&L, Balance sheet etc). Maintenance of monthly Cost 
        Records, Preparation of Monthly Cost Reports, Variance Analysis of Costs of Heavy Vehicles and 
        Machinery Equipment’s.
•	Ensure timely and accurate filing of monthly, quarterly and annual returns of Tax Deducted at 
        Source, VAT etc. Ensure true and fair accounting including monthly provisions, tax deductions, 
        adjustments and accounting. Review and approve monthly account reconciliation.

Assistant Vice President at HSBC Global Finance Operations

Accomplished Financial Control & Process Handling professional with over two decades of progressive team building and management experience. Preparing monthly and annual financial statements. Preparing all required schedules and analysis for monthly close as well as monthly balance sheet, P&L statements. Perform monthly financial statement analysis and report to management on revenue and expense variance. Strong conceptual understanding in Financial Accounting. Lead business cycle controls and assessments. Proven track record of driving efficiency, leading teams, and delivering impactful financial results. Exceptional communicator with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

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