Strategic Leadership: Reporting to the Provost & Vice President Academic, providing leadership in advancing the academy’s data-driven initiatives. Leveraging data analysis and reporting on academic administrative data to inform decision-making and strategic planning.Data Analysis and Reporting: Overseeing analytics projects, including the development of applications and interactive dashboards. Driving the strategic development and management of reporting frameworks to support academic operations, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and alignment with data governance and institutional goals. Facilitating cross-functional collaborations to enhance reporting systems and inform key decision-making at the senior leadership level.Survey Strategy and Oversight: Spearheading the strategy for survey design and execution, tailored to the needs of partnering departments. Overseeing the analysis of survey results to generate high-level, actionable insights that inform policy decisions and drive continuous improvement across supported departments.Financial Analytics and Planning: Enhancing the academy’s financial planning efforts through in-depth financial data analytics, ensuring disciplined financial practices and strategic resource allocation.

University wide planning, costing and consolidated budgeting and forecasting of all units including Hospital, Medical College, School of Nursing, Institute for Educational Development, Examination Board, Human Development Program, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, and other proposed faculties and institutes in Pakistan, East Africa, Afghanistan and the United KingdomWhile reporting to Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer, leading University-Wide integrated planning and budgeting process across all regions through close coordination with University’s leadership. Refining the process, on an ongoing basis, to respond more closely to the evolving nature of multi-campus and multi-country University with focus on improving transparency, user-friendliness, international best practices, better documentation and better disseminationReviewing and consolidating strategic goals and financial plans (budget and forecasts) for all operating academic and healthcare entities as well as major expansions and new initiatives across all regions and campuses for submission to the Board. Ensuring that goals are in line with Long Term Strategic Direction of the University and Budget is balanced while allocating resourcesManaging and developing planning and budgeting team to achieve desired objectivesDeveloping long term projections based on the Strategic Priorities for various stakeholders including the Board, and donor and funding agenciesFor University’s long term sustainability, developing funding strategies including identifying new income streams, cost efficiencies and opportunities for synergiesMonthly monitoring, and reporting of University’s financial performance including revisions in annual outlook with value added analyses highlighting issues with recommendationsInter-entity allocation of Central Support costs; Developed an efficient system of a complex concept

Joined as actuarial trainee in 1986; reached the senior management grade of Assistant General Manager by 1999Product design and pricing of life (traditional and universal life type) and health insurance products - both individual and group. Asset share, reserve and cash value formulae. Policy contract and endorsement wording. Brochures for sales personnel and prospective policyholders. Group Life and Pension pricing methodology. Model office projectionsAnalysis of expense, mortality and lapse experience. Review of systems and procedures. Member of the Central Claims Committee responsible for investigating and deciding the eligibility of early death claims. Involved in the task to introduce reforms in the local insurance industry. Handling reinsurance mattersAssistance to the Valuation Actuary (Appointed Actuary) in the preparation and submission of Statutory Returns and Actuarial Valuation for portfolio in Pakistan, UK and UAE, according to the insurance laws of the respective countries. Assisting, and coordinating with, the Data Processing Division in developing the required computer softwareRecruit, build and manage the actuarial team