Saad Afzal Email & Phone Number

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• PROGRAMME & PMER
• Monitored financial resources and implemented nationwide control mechanisms for project monitoring, budgets & modifications.
• Provided technical assistance in preparing joint work plans for the programme, monitoring its implementation, and identifying critical intervention points, bottlenecks, and risks.
• Planned adjustments in annual work plans, results-based budgets, and logical frameworks.
• Strengthened and synergized government technical assistance in planning and organizing capacity-building programmes.
• Planned financial resources and formulated programme work plans, budgets, implementation proposals, and execution modalities.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Performed revenue, profit, and cash forecasting by projecting P&L at the programme levels and reported to CFO.
• Evaluated financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts in RBM toolkits.
• Scrutinized project budgets to align with results and analyzed variances between approved and actual expenditures.
• Developed and updated project cycles to ensure accurate field data of the programme within the SOS Programme MIS.
• Analyzed nationwide data on operational projects to support field reporting and efficient operational delivery.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Collaborated with IT to improve SOS financial modules and budgetary systems, which enhanced internal reporting by 95%.
• Recommended viable business strategies to senior management in real estate and investment projects, ranging from $10M.
• Synthesized liaison between corporate and capital planning to acquire funding of $10M for countrywide projects.
• Identified and implemented cost-saving initiatives of $500K through ground service equipment optimization at 25 SOS facilities.
• Forecast models to reduce reporting cycles from 2 weeks to 4 days, triggering a 90% increase in the accuracy of financial data.

Pakistan

• Monitored financial exceptions and budget anomalies and ensured all financial expenditures followed UNICEF rules.
• Analyzed funds utilization reports to maximize the efficiency of programme activities and liaise with the programme staff.
• Supported the development of country programme budgets and alignment of UNICEF's financial plans with OP-II.
• Planned field programme travel arrangements, processed staff travel claims and security clearances, and coordinated meetings.
• Monitored PMU funds disbursement on FACE & ICE forms and analyzed expenditures against established milestones.

Mba, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Member Of Leadership Forum

Bachelor Of Science (Honors), Economics

Econometrics Project on Pakistan’s Labor Market – Devised and assessed linear regressions using a cross- sectional econometric framework.