Sijel Rizwan Email & Phone Number

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Owned the complete lifecycle of product development: drafting technical product requirements document (BRD/PRD) and business case evaluation, preparing the PPR deck for internal approvals, defining feature set, use cases and workflows, UI/UX design, multiple UAT sessions along with planning the GTM strategy for product rollout. • Achieved PKR 40 M+ incremental revenue for the year 2023.• Successfully partnered with 15+ partners to launch new services and enhance VAS… Show more • Owned the complete lifecycle of product development: drafting technical product requirements document (BRD/PRD) and business case evaluation, preparing the PPR deck for internal approvals, defining feature set, use cases and workflows, UI/UX design, multiple UAT sessions along with planning the GTM strategy for product rollout. • Achieved PKR 40 M+ incremental revenue for the year 2023.• Successfully partnered with 15+ partners to launch new services and enhance VAS revenue.• Planned a yearly price-up for products based on competitor’s analysis, price elasticity & closing balance and gained more than 30% increase in MoM revenue.• Managed 6 active products and monitored major KPIs such as subscribers, revenue, churn and more.• Updated management and key stakeholders on performance through multiple dashboards and extracting reports/data from MSTR, Power BI & DWH.• Managed end-to-end Whitelabel portfolio including 1200+ WL shortcodes. • Identified improvement areas, streamlined and documented the entire WL definition process. Liaised with DWH team for sourcing of codes for revenue reporting. • Led an automation project “VAS Partner Management System - VPMS” for Commercial.• Collaborated cross-functionally with a diverse set of stakeholders to launch/revamp services, enhance ARPU and achieve revenue targets. Liaised with UI/UX team for product flows and App designs.• Prepared product briefs for brands team for executing digital marketing campaigns on Meta, Google, Snapchat & TikTok. • Carefully vetted the documents and managed induction process for vendors in FinHub portal.• Co-ordinated with legal team, contracts team and partner management team for preparing, signing and maintaining repository of active contracts in ARIBA.• Actively contributed to the launch of App “Ersaal”. Closely worked with partner and liaised with the procurement, product development, legal, brands, UAT and customer care teams for end-to-end development and launch of the App. Show less

Islamabad, Pakistan

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Highlight of this role was being part of a team that was responsible for the Finance Migration Program 2018 (ERP R12 Oracle). The finance operations were migrated from Amsterdam (Head office) to Pakistan and we successfully managed the payables for all entities of Veon Group. • Successfully carried out the migration activities including Implementation of ERP Oracle R12 and Oracle Fusion, clearance of legacy invoices/payments and handing-taking over of the tasks.• Actively… Show more Highlight of this role was being part of a team that was responsible for the Finance Migration Program 2018 (ERP R12 Oracle). The finance operations were migrated from Amsterdam (Head office) to Pakistan and we successfully managed the payables for all entities of Veon Group. • Successfully carried out the migration activities including Implementation of ERP Oracle R12 and Oracle Fusion, clearance of legacy invoices/payments and handing-taking over of the tasks.• Actively participated in the end-to-end implementation of Procure to Pay process including vendor induction, purchase requisition (PR) module, purchase order (PO) module, receipting modules and accounts payable module to ensure data integrity. • Conducted trainings and regular UAT sessions. • Enforced policies, SLAs, procedures, SOX and CCF control, internal controls while processing invoices & payments. Worked closely with our counterparts at Veon. The cultural exchange during this time was really exciting and helped in strengthening the international bonds. Show less

• Directly assisted and reported to the Director Finance on several assignments.• Managed invoicing & payments in OF for local and foreign partners of Jazz for all departments, processed POs, credit memos, expenses and Utility Bills payment of cell sites and site rentals throughout Pakistan.• Carefully vetted all documents, tax requirements, contract clauses before payment disbursement to partners.• Ensured accurate and timely processing of… Show more • Directly assisted and reported to the Director Finance on several assignments.• Managed invoicing & payments in OF for local and foreign partners of Jazz for all departments, processed POs, credit memos, expenses and Utility Bills payment of cell sites and site rentals throughout Pakistan.• Carefully vetted all documents, tax requirements, contract clauses before payment disbursement to partners.• Ensured accurate and timely processing of payments and achieved 100% KPIs within the set SLAs.• Successfully carried out the Month-end-closing activity and ensured timely processing and closing of accounts each month followed by reconciliations. • Collaborated cross-functionally with GL team for reconciliation, Treasury department for State bank and other bank related approvals and queries, Tax team for ensuring accurate tax calculation, active FBR status and timely submission of tax by partners. Show less

• Managed to research and submit 80+ assignments in this role. • Mostly handled Marketing & branding related case studies/projects, health & social care related assignments and business case evaluations. • Worked with Harvard Style Referencing.

Pakistan

• Worked as a Content Writer and a Copywriter for the company.• Main responsibilities included writing blogs and articles for the website and copies for social media channels for marketing purposes. • Led a team of five individuals and delivered results collectively as a team.