Zahid Syed Hussain

I have prolific experience and proficiency in the area of Financial Analyst. I have been successfully engaged in deriving the solid and sustainable commercial and financial success for more than a decade in Telenor. I led more than Rs 3 Billion Top-Line and Bottom-line initiatives to the business in the following dimensions;

Management reporting and analysis:
Proven skills of developing conventional business performance measuring reports / Complex financial models and dashboards on different business dimensions such as segment, region, and franchise many others / Engaged in Global business competitive project measuring business results versus world leading telecom operators / Trend and comparative analysis of Opex Capex Revenue, commercial and technical KPIs.

Business planning and controlling:
Budgeting / Rolling Forecast / Monitoring and controlling of business performance / Estimation of KPIs / Price and Volume - Variance analysis.

Corporate finance:
Preparation and vetting of business cases / Product and Price Analysis - Pre and Post launch analysis of ATL campaigns and other investments / SWOT, Sensitivity analysis.

Financial controlling:
Month end closing / Audit control / VAT / Procure to pay process.

Business partnering:
Enrich experience of business partnering with commercial, international management consulting firms, account teams and vendors over the different key strategic projects such as Global Cost Benchmarking, Finance Transformation and Finance Intelligence.

People management:
Solid exposure of managing team and shown good leadership qualities.

Skills:
Strong Financial Modeling / ERP Oracle Financial 11i, AP, GL modules / Hyperion / Business Object ( DWH Business intelligence) / Good IFRS, Group Accounts and Commercial acumen.

Achievements:
Revamping of whole revenue and cost structures / Automation of management reports / New performance measuring reports / Global competitive project - drove billions of Rs. savings.