Gathern | جاذر إن

As a pivotal member of the senior leadership team, I collaborate closely with the CEO and the Board of Directors to shape strategic decisions and drive organizational success. My role involves engaging in high-level discussions and initiatives that significantly impact our company's direction.

Key Accomplishments:

Established the FP&A function from the ground up, crafting robust financial planning and analysis frameworks that underpin strategic decision-making across the organization.

Led the full conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), ensuring compliance and enhancing financial transparency.

Developed and implemented a comprehensive financial risk management system in alignment with SOC 1 standards, fortifying the organization’s financial integrity.

Formulated and executed key financial policies that have standardized practices and strengthened fiscal discipline.

Managed investor relations, effectively communicating financial status and growth strategies to stakeholders and enhancing investor confidence and engagement.

Current Focus:

Preparing the organization for the next funding round, optimizing financial and operational strategies to attract and secure investment.

Overseeing the implementation of an ERP system to streamline processes and improve data visibility across the company.

Establishing a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) function to ensure regulatory compliance, manage risks, and uphold governance standards.

VP of Finance

CAFU

Working with the CEO and other department heads as a sounding board for all financial matters. I lead a team of 7 direct reports. Some of my key initiatives are

Design and implemented Budgeting process from scratch
Build a team ground up by designing a structure of all sub-functions, hiring suitable team members and providing mentorship 
Initiated the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 
Helped in due diligence of M&A activities (buy-side) 
Design of financial reporting to help informed decision making
Formulation of financial control policies

Head Of Finance

SellAnyCar.com

Serving as an advisor to the Board, managing full spectrum of the strategic finance role encompassing areas of managing different business verticals and their financial needs, tracking business expansion, performing feasibility studies, evaluating business proposals, forecasting and budgeting. 

Achievements: 
▪ Formulated the strategic roadmap and created new tactical scenarios that enabled business turnaround and sustenance of market leadership for both companies despite challenging markets.  
▪ Coordinated the Series D funding round of company including financial and legal due diligence, handling investment bank queries and liaison with potential investors. 
▪ Managed the cleanup of 3 years accounting records and implementation of NetSuite.
▪ Design and implementation of budgetary controls.
▪ Participated in key decisions as a member of the executive management.
▪ Developed new financial strategies, restructured the accounting department in terms of staff and IT, and achieved all financial analysis reporting and cost analysis requirements to enable us to identify the real strengths and weaknesses in our manufacturing process.
▪ Achieved process automation, resulting in reduction of manual work and boosting of operational efficiency.

Navigant

Maximising value in special situations by advising corporates and lenders in distress M&A, restructuring and turnaround, liquidity management, optimal capital structuring and independent business plan review. My special focus was to help startups/scaleups acquire financing (VC, PE, Debt).

Manager, Deals and Restructuring

Alliance Valves Group Limited

Achievements: 
▪ Successfully revived one sick unit by restructuring / negotiating the debt with vendors/creditors. 
▪ Arranged new trade finance / invoice finance lines for the aforementioned business unit. 
▪ Implemented business intelligence systems and automation of cross-country and multi-currency subsidiaries.

Finance Director

Ali Bin Ali Group of Companies

Directing overall Finance function independently and directly reporting to Group CFO/ EVP. Handling a staff of 22 directly reporting to me. 

Achievements:
▪ Right sized the working capital by controlling A/R, inventory, A/P thereby achieving a remarkable reduction in working capital by 66%. 
▪ Implemented Micros/Fidelio suit of applications and reduced the monthly period close cycle by 7 days. 
▪ Designed and implemented cost control mechanisms resulting in reducing prime cost by 10% (based on sales) and reduction of POS wastage by 50%.

Finance Manager (F&B Stream)

Lahore Gymkhana

Responsible of directing overall finance function and reporting to the board of directors. Handling a staff of 27 directly reporting to me.

Finance Controller

Zoqi Catering Services

Accounting Manager

KPMG

Audit Trainee

If You’re a Series A or B Tech Founder Struggling with Cash Burn & Fundraising, Read This.

The problem isn’t your product. It’s:

 ↳ Your financial positioning (investors aren’t seeing the right story)
 ↳ Your cash flow strategy (burning too fast, raising too slow)
 ↳ Your investor readiness (funding rounds take too long or fail)

The Reality:

Investors want financial clarity and control, not just vision.

If your cash flow is unpredictable and your financial story isn’t dialed in, you’re not investable.
Most founders don’t fail because of a bad product—they fail because they run out of money.

That’s where I come in.

The Financial Reliability Framework™: Your Roadmap to Stability & Growth

🔹 Cash & Fund Management
 - Achieve positive cash flow in 90 days by optimizing working capital
 - Cut cash burn by 25-40% while maintaining growth
 - Extend runway by 50% by aligning fundraising with capital needs

🔹 Investor Readiness & Financial Storytelling
 - Transform financial data into a compelling investor narrative
 - Build high-valuation financial models that increase funding success by 40%
 - Shorten fundraising timelines by 30% with strategic positioning

🔹 Automation & Scalability
 - Reduce manual finance workloads by 50% with automation
 - Implement scalable financial systems for long-term growth
 - Gain real-time financial visibility for smarter decision-making

What’s Stopping You?

✔️ “I don’t have time for this.” → I step in and handle it for you—no extra hires.
✔️ “I can’t afford a CFO.” → No problem. Get expert finance strategy without the CFO price tag.
 ✔️ “Investors want cash flow fixes.” → My Financial Reliability as a Service (FRaaS) ensures you’re always prepared.
 ✔️ “I need funding now.” → My Investment Readiness System gets you in front of the right investors at the right time.

Who do I help

✅ Series A & B Tech Founders – Secure funding faster & cut cash burn.
✅ VC-Backed Founders – Scale with stronger financial controls.
✅ Growth-Stage Startups ($25M-$50M) – You need financial systems, not chaos.

Proven Results

📈 Extended runway by 50% for a SaaS startup
📈 Cut cash burn by 40% in 90 days for a mobility tech founder
📈 Increased funding success by 40% with refined financial models
📈 Reduced manual finance workload by 50% with automated reporting

I step in as your Financial Growth Strategist to:
 
🔹 Cut cash burn by 25-40%
🔹 Make you investor-ready in 90 days
🔹 Secure funding with 2X probability—without unnecessary dilution

No wasted time. Just results.

Reach out to me now.

Tahir Gondal

VEON

Looking after budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and month-end closing processes to ensure accurate financial reporting and support business objectives.

Expert Business Control

Zong CMPak Ltd

•	Collaborated closely with commercial and network departments to formulate short-term and long-term strategic plans, annual and quarterly budgets, rolling forecasts, and cost optimization initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.
•	Led the P&L planning for the submission of a 3-year business plan to the group, ensuring alignment with company strategy and management direction.
•	Responsible for the preparation of monthly performance decks for management review, encompassing financial performance analysis, cost evaluation, and budget versus actual analysis.
•	Proactively communicated insights and significant deviations to management, provided suggested corrective measures.

Executive Financial Planning & Analysis

•	Led preparation and oversight of the Annual Budget of commercial departments and managed an annual OPEX portfolio of PKR 25 billion.
•	Proactively contributed to the preparation of rolling forecasts submitted to the Parent company (CMCC) and management.
•	Led the performance analysis of the International Business division, analyzing multiple revenue streams and key destinations. Developed a Revenue stream-wise profitability model for enhanced management visibility. 
•	•	Continuous monitoring of company results and analysis of actual results. Observe financial trends within the organization’s expenditure and within departmental budgets to control spending where possible and optimize budgets as needed.
•	Perform ad hoc analysis to improve cost analysis and provide data-driven insights for strategic and tactical decision-making.

Senior Financial Analyst

•	Assisted in periodic budgeting, forecasting, and quarterly planning exercises.
•	Continuously monitored company results, analyzing actual outcomes and observing financial trends to control spending and optimize budgets within departmental budgets.
•	Conducted month-end reporting of key performance metrics to the Parent company and internal stakeholders, emphasizing achievements and identifying underperforming areas.
•	Prepared region-wise P&L to analyze profitability and performance across 4 major regions and 12 small regions.

Financial Analyst

Focal Maven Advisory & Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd.

Transaction advisory services.
Financial modeling, business valuation, financial analysis, planning & forecasting, feasibility studies and Investment pitch deck.

Trainee Financial Analyst

Sapphire Textile Mills Limited

Accounts payable
Worked on Oracle Accounts payable module. Major responsibilities include verification of invoices and supportings, booking expenses,  making payment summaries for payment and preparing vendor reconciliation statements.

Account Intern

~ Transforming Finance with Data-Driven Insights and Strategic Mindset

A result-driven FP&A professional with over 3 years of experience. Equipped with excellent budgeting and forecasting, financial modeling, dashboard development, and stakeholders management skills. My strengths lie in preparation of budgets, running forecasts, financial and cost analysis, and management reporting. It allows me to deliver actionable insights for informed decision-making.

With a keen business acumen and sound commercial awareness, I thrive on partnering with non-finance stakeholders to drive the business forward and embrace new challenges.

I am a qualified chartered management accountant and an associate member of ICMAP.

I'm always open to engaging in conversations and connecting with like-minded professionals. Don't hesitate to reach out to me via LinkedIn—I'm ready to collaborate, share insights, and explore opportunities together.

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