Sameeruddin Ahmed Email & Phone Number

• My current responsibilities include:
• Monthly finance reviews - P&L, BS, CF, inventory, receivables, funding, variance analysis of business performance, preparing monthly presentations for senior management review
• Business plans for entities- supporting businesses in preparing their long-term business plans and strategies, based on known and researched data of the respective business and market
• Business valuations - support the management in conducting business valuations of its entities or any potential buy/ sell deals. Perform valuations based on income and market approach
• Business due diligence - supporting management to perform detailed financial, legal and operational due diligence, along with the subject matter experts, of new business ventures/ deals.
• Bank relationships (long term funding) assisting in new deals planning & execution, maintenance related to existing deals, periodic review of bank covenants

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

• My job responsibilities included:
• Reviewing annual budgets and coordinating with all entities to ensure that it is in line with business plan;
• Preparation and presentation of monthly reporting pack for board with explanation of key variances against the budget;
• Entrusted with reviewing forecast and 5-year business plan for all company assets;
• Develop and/ or maintain dynamic financial models with sensitivity and scenario analysis projecting 5-year financial statement;
• All other ad-hoc reports as required by the management.

• My responsibilities included:
• Preparing annual budgets for all schools and coordinating with all departments to ensure that it is in line with business plan;
• Preparation and presentation of monthly reporting pack for board with explanation of key variances against the budget;
• Assist in financial due diligence and performing valuation analysis for M&A opportunities;
• Entrusted with preparing forecast and 5-year business plan for all company assets;
• Develop and/ or maintain dynamic financial models with sensitivity and scenario analysis projecting 5 to 10 – year financial statement;

United Arab Emirates

• My current responsibilities include:
• Preparing annual budget of the company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures
• Preparing forecast, and variance analysis against actual performance and previous period's results
• Financial modelling / projection of income statement and cash flow
• Profitability analysis and identification of segments for closure/continuation/replacement
• Portfolio review of loss-making segments, brands, and stores and recommendation of future actions

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Preparation of monthly flash & management reports;
• Consolidation of monthly flash & management reports received from GCC countries;
• Identifying and investigating reasons for variation of actual figures with budget;
• Commanding reported numbers in monthly reports and ensuring accuracy;
• Ensuring timely closure of books by maintaining a checklist for all month end activities;
• Monitoring liquidity of the Company and raising alerts in case of any problems;

United Arab Emirates

• Managing operations of two wholly owned subsidiaries of Liwa, I am responsible for:
• Preparation of monthly management reports for submission to Head of Finance;
• Preparation of vendor and customer reconciliations;
• Preparation of bank reconciliations;
• Ensuring accurate booking of expenses in cost centers and performing all month end activities;
• Preparation of monthly payroll and final settlements;

Pakistan

• Worked as external audit associate, my job responsibilities included:
• Obtained an understanding of the entities, the industry and the environment they operate in and the associated risks and relevant controls;
• Planned and performed audit procedures;
• Identified and investigated audit differences and evaluated findings;
• Performed analysis and reviewed audit working papers and financial statements for the purpose of forming an audit opinion as per statutory and professional requirements;
• Ensured timely execution of audit tasks with appropriate follow-through.

Pakistan

• Reviewing monthly reports prepared by the billing department for identification of under / over-billing to customers by comparing it with the standard rate and usage;
• Paying surprise visits to regional offices to check the compliance with the billing procedures; and
• Preparation of audit work papers for submission to internal audit manager.

Msc, Professional Accountancy

Bsc (Hons), Applied Accounting