Yusra Laghari, Mba Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Montreal, Canada Area

Karachi, Pakistan

As business planning executive, I am involved in the company's budgeting & mid year forecasting, product costing,cost reviews, working capital management, strategic assignments for new investments, sales and cost analysis, business partnering and regional reporting processes.Responsibilities mainly include the following:1. Mid-year forecasting and annual planning involving close co-ordination with different departments & challenging the inputs received therefrom keeping in view the changing economic environment and market competitive forces, and regional targets. 2. Monthly and detailed cost reviews against budget and identification of unusual variances while highlighting issues, and coordinating with teams to reconcile for variations. 3. Working capital analysis including Inventory and Debtors management 4.Strategic planning assignments for new investments including forecast and planning for the next five years.5. Reviewing of management accounts (company profitability) and preparation of quarterly performance and directors' report.6. Timely and accurate monthly reporting to group on company's performance including sales,costs, operating profit, working capital etc. 7. Conducting frequent analysis with respect to financial & operational parameters while assisting Manager Business Finance in business finance processes improvement, quality improvement & cost minimization.8. Monthly business segment wise analysis on sales, various costs, and other KPIs including working capital, debtors, inventory management, capex, and operational parameters.9. Review of rental agreements and contracts, and various savings initiatives achieved.10. Co-ordination with different business segments on tracking and reviewing performance with respect to business KPIs and incorporating the input in re forecasting and planning while assisting them to help achieve business KPIs

Karachi, Pakistan

Range of business consultancy and corporate finance assignments and deliverables for prominent local and international clients across industries:- Financial due diligence-Business valuations-Credit analysis assignments

Karachi

Working as Officer Finance in Investment Projects department, responsibilities include:- Analysis of monthly financials for the full cement plant in Congo, South Africa and its Investment Company- Maintaining Management Accounts for the Investment Company and fulfilling any of Auditor's requirements-Any financial analysis required for the investment project in Congo, including lender's financial conditions for project financing, and any changes required in the financial model-Processing payments, and maintaining records including daily fund statuses and budget monitor.- Feasibility/financial statement projections for any new projects/investments

Karachi

As an intern in the Corporate Finance department at Arif Habib Group, I was assigned to provide an extensive overview of the Pakistan's Fertilizer Industry through comparative financial analysis of major Fertilizer Companies in Pakistan (FFC, FFBL, Pakarab etc) accompanied by calculations for their capacity utilizations

Karachi

As an intern in the Finance & Control department at Linde Pakistan, I got the opportunity to gain first hand understanding of the business procedures followed and of company's various operations across departments. However major tasks included the following:1) Working on the project assigned related to Cost Distribution Analysis which entailed analyzing recent monthly cost trends across different business areas while gauging various KPIs to suggest ways of containing costs and maximizing capacity utilization. 2) Forecasting of overhead costs for various operational and business segments for the next 6 months.3) Providing research on economic review and projections for the coming two years for the quarterly performance report.4) Learning SAP system

Karachi

As Management Accountant for two portfolios (Outgoing exchange & Talent Management), responsibilities included forming budgets for the two mentioned portfolios, maintaining entries, books and receipts for any financial transactions, providing advice related to matters involving financial transactions, training members on the knowledge of financial compendium and proposing idea for investment in members.As member of Finance portfolio, I was also responsible for being at Audits conducted by Finance and Legal Office of AIESEC in Karachi as Junior Audit Officer.Besides, I also worked in the capacity of a Vice President Finance for an Organizing Committee of a four day National Conference (National Youth Development Seminar - 2011), bringing in around 200 participants from across the country.

Kualalumpur, Malaysia

Worked in a team of six interns from six different countries engaged in raising HIV awareness across general public through various initiatives, which included the following:1) Conducting workshops at high schools and universities across Malaysia to raise awareness and present ways to fight HIV in Malaysia. 2) Conducting street booth in order to provide information to general public on HIV. 3) Making visits to volunteer organisations supported by Malaysian AIDS Council.For presentation at workshops and arrangement of most of the street booths, team worked collectively on deciding upon the content as well as on executing of various activities allowing participants' engagement. Besides, feedback reviews after each presentation/street both were undertaken and comprehensive report along with funds collected were submitted to sponsors.

Hyderabad, Pakistan

Six weeks internship at MCB Limited helped acquire awareness on various operations at banks while gaining insights of the inner workings of the banks. Fundamental knowledge of the role and functions of following departments was acquired during this period:1. Remittances & Clearance department. 2. Foreign Exchange department3. Advances department. It strengthened concepts on transfer of money. Besides, also gained understanding of the dunning letter process. At the end of the internship, a comprehensive report on understanding of the working of various banking departments and its operations was submitted

Mba Candidate 2019, Global Strategy & Leadership

Scholarship of C$30,000 in recognition of academic achievement and leadership experience

Cfa Level Iii Candidate

Bba, Accounting, Economics, Finance

Activities and Societies: Member of the creatives team for IBA Media & Accession Conference 2011, Member of the creatives team for Reckitt.

High School, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Hosted the annual Function, participation in debate competitions