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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

Fugro Geotech India Pvt Ltd 

Reporting to:  Country Head India and also Regional Finance Head in Abu Dhabi: 

Role:

⮚	Finance business partnering and project control and accurate management of financials for business / projects within the Service Line / Business Line.
⮚	Accurately tracking and reporting of business / project revenues, change orders, costs, overheads, actual and forecast Earned Value and projected versus actual cash flow. 
⮚	Working with Business Line Managers / Business Unit Managers / Service Line Managers and Project Managers to design and optimize best financial strategies that achieve all business / project contractual requirements with efficient use of resources. Validation before submission to client and tracking of invoice payments against modelled cash flows. 
⮚	Driving the working capital management with special focus on reduction of debtors , EMDS , Security deposits and bank guarantees and minimizing the earlier bad debt proposals. 
⮚	Fund Management including rolling cash flow forecast and periodic review of the same with the business managers. 
⮚	Individual project wise profitability reviews and variance analysis.
⮚	Complete budgeting & planning exercise and fortnightly variance analysis of the costs.
⮚	Review of CAPEX / OPEX regularly and brainstorming cost reduction measures & implementation.
⮚	Actively involved in the procurement process and compliance to internal controls. 
⮚	Leading a motivated team of 7 personnel.
⮚	Leading the GST and Internal Financial Controls reporting exercise .
⮚	Actively involved with the team for preparation of monthly business forecasts revenues and margins.
⮚	Reconcile business & project revenue and costs vis a vis planned with actuals.
⮚	Supervision of the compliance to Statutory Audit, GST audit etc. within deadlines.
⮚	Leading the Shared Service Centre creation and integration in India.

Business & Financial Controller India 

SUHAIL BAHWAN AUTOMOBILES LLC

⮚	Business controller for Heavy truck and rent a car verticals. 
⮚	Core team member for successful VAT implementation in Oman in consultation with E&Y.
⮚	Complete product wise sales , margin variance analysis and review with business.
⮚	Complete involvement and ownership in yearly budgeting and planning exercise and also periodic reviews with business on the forecast vs actual figures. 
⮚	P&L reviews with business and creating initiatives for cost reduction.
⮚	Complete finalization of accounts and supporting in tax return.
⮚	I have set up the elite single window vendor management cell in Oman and in the process of having the similar facility in all our companies in Dubai.
⮚	Supervising a Trans-national Multilingual team of 7 members imbibing an objective approach on Organizational Employee Engagement
⮚	Payables / Receivables Management and statutory auditory clearances.
⮚	Set up the F&A operations in Iraq Nissan business by various reviews, physical visits and developing MIS reports leveraging IT capabilities. Also active part in SAP implementation in Iraq.
⮚	Coordination with external auditors on finalization of audit schedules.
⮚	Core team member in successfully setting up shared service center for finance operations ( AP,MIS ) at Hyderabad for UAE Oman and KSA. 
⮚	Core team member for creation of complete portal based invoice processing for vendors. 

⮚	Reduction in severe bad debts to the tune of OMR 21K. 
⮚	Fully operational Vendor Management Cell in Oman, KSA and UAE has been set up .
⮚	Automated Payment Run in SAP implemented in Oman and Saudi Arabia.
⮚	Balance Confirmations from vendors (top 85 vendors contributing to 90% of total purchase 2015 ) on quarterly basis started in Oman .

General Manager Finance ( Business Controllership ) 

Head – Accounts Payable including end to end vendor management  , Suhail Bahwan Automobiles LLC ), I spearhead the complete array of financial operations for the company encompassing various divisions , viz. Nissan , Renault , Infinity , IVECO , IECC , and BAIC. I have set up the vendor management cell in Oman and Saudi Arabia as well as in the process of setting up the same in Dubai . We had integrated the vendor payables with vendor receivables for better working capital management for the company as well automated the complete manual process in SAP leveraging IT capabilities.
Supervising a Trans-national Multilingual team of 5 members imbibing an objective approach on Organizational Employee Engagement
Payables / Receivables Management where the customer and vendor entity is same.
Coordination for inter-company transactions with Oman , KSA and UAE.

Head-VMC ( DGM Finance )

Gulf Advantage Auto ( Suhail Bahwan Group)

Gulf Advantage Automobiles LLC is a 341 million SAR ( Actual Turnover for 2014) company headquartered at Muscat, Oman in the automotive segment  since last 40 years. Gulf Advantage, Saudi Arabia, a fully owned Group company of Suhail Bahwan Group is the sole importer for Renault (France) cars in Saudi Arabia since June 2010. 
Spearheading the complete array of Financial Operations integrating Saudi Statutory Audit Compliances across 5 sub-divisions (Fleet Sales, Retail Sales, Used Car Business, LTO business, After Sales)
Supervising a Trans-national Multilingual team of 18 members (in Riyadh, Jeddah & Dammam) imbibing an objective approach on Organizational Employee Engagement
Co-coordinating with Renault – France, Turkey & South Korea for importing fleet of  shipments and their insurance & customs clearance at Dammam (KSA) Sea Port
P&L and Balance Sheet Management.
Receivables Management . 
Coordination for inter-company transactions with Oman , KSA and UAE. 
ACHIEVEMENTS
Developing the regional finance team that drives the budgeting process, minimizes costs, maintains adequate internal controls, and delivers strong financial reporting systems.
Initiation of direct F&A engagement in collection process of warranty,marketing and other support related receivables from principals. 
Developing the AP team with robust process and review calendars thereby reducing the average cycle time for vendor payments by 50%. Earlier: 15 days–present: 5 days. More focus on pre-audit cases.
Critical gross margin analysis and publishing the report to management for further review. 
Monthly analysis of selling cost variance analysis and action plan for reduction of increase in overhead elements. 
Direct F&A engagement in collection process with respect to inter-companies in Oman,KSA & UAE. 
Realisation bad debts insurance claims worth 314K SAR from Muscat Insurance Policy.
Cost Savings to the tune of 500K SAR due to change of vendor and better negotiation with insurance company.

Head Finance KSA

Philips Electronics India Ltd

I was associated with Philips in their financial functions in various capacities including that of Regional Financial Controller (Lighting Division) – Eastern India overlooking 10 (ten) states the region.  Philips also duly recognized my contribution by honoring with several awards and promotions. 

One significant achievement for me in Philips India during 2012 was the implementation of customer financing solutions in Eastern Region to enhance collections by 30% in Dec’2012 and driving profitable sales growth. In 2010 , I was instrumental in bring down the debtors run rate from a whooping 16% to  8% and closing the year on a nil debtors for the region. 
In 2008 I had initiated & executed ‘formation of a core cross functional team to ensure faster customer settlement (from 15% to 90% within 3 months) thereby championing customer centricity’. My other notable contribution was smooth functioning of a forum for benchmarking best practices (e.g. reduction in tax liability, exports documentation, SICOI and Customer claim settlement) across sectors (Lighting, CLS and Healthcare).

Regional Financial Controller East

Blue Star Ltd

Ensuring profitable growth and supporting sales with special focus on risk management .
Was responsible for end to end integration of big central AC projects and channel management for room air conditioners.
Receivable Management and Payables Managment was the key areas . Monitoring the capital employed status on a monthly basis and in consultation with RSMs driving the same for betterment.

Regional Commercial Head - ACRSD Division - East

Siemens

Handling large scale projects in Mining / Steel industry from the inception of the tender documents ( framing commercial terms & conditions ) to the closure of the project ( includes final retention collection , sales tax compliance ) .

Executive - Commercial Projects

Tenured finance Professional with strong business acumen : 27 yrs workex / MNC/ERP/FMCG/Retail/Service/Electrical industry

In my current role as the Business & Financial Controller at Fugro Geotech India Pvt Ltd , I have been instrumental in partnering with business heads to ensure robust financial performance, conducting 
thorough reviews of P&L statements, and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and internal controls. Additionally, I have played a key role in budgeting exercises, variance analysis, project profitability reviews , receivables / payables reviews , statutory audits , contributing to the overall success of the organization.
I have 27 years plus of rich business finance & controllership experience working in FMCG , Retail , Engineering Services , Electronics and Electrical industries , in large and complex international ( Oman - 7.5 years , Saudi Arabia - 2.5 years & Iraq ) as well as national environment in leadership finance positions in MNC / Indian companies.
I have handled all aspects of financial planning and management reporting leadership roles as well as credit control , internal controls , budgeting and forecasting , accounts payable & receivable , internal audit and statutory audits , financial planning & analysis, GST, SOX & Internal controls, inventory management , supply chain finance , treasury , etc. I have strong business and commercial acumen and have been doing the commercial finance analysis since last 20 years.
I was the regional financial controller for Philips Lighting division for Eastern Region handling business profitability of 370 channel partners. I have complete sales knowledge of distribution model of FMCG business. I also had the opportunity to be a part member of the core functional team in implementing SAP in Siemens projects division and Philips lighting division, along with my core finance activities.
I also had the opportunity to be a member of the core functional team in implementing VAT in Suhail Bahwan Automobiles LLC in Oman. I was also the core team member and part of the think tank in visualising and the creating the the new shared services centre in Hyderabad for all AR , AP , GL , MIS reporting and Fixed Assets financial operations for Suhail Bahwan Automotive group for Oman , Saudi Arabia , Iraq and United Arab Emirates entities.
I have also managed a team size of maximum 18 to minimum 7 persons in my various finance assignments of various nationalities, including my current role.
I was also the project manager for implementing Distribution Management System in Philips retailers / distributors across the country.

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