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Muhammad Yasir

Strategic Financial Leader | Driving Growth & Performance (Big 4)
Riyadh

Summary

An accomplished and multifaceted finance leader with 15+ years of exceptional experience ranging in big 4 accounting firms and privately owned multinational group. Have sound knowledge of IFRS, taxation, performance monitoring and benchmarking with a strong believer in digital finance transformation.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Planning and Reporting

Privately owned group
01.2018 - Current

Key responsibilities include:

  • Heavily involved in decision making through participation in committees and board meetings
  • Responsible for group’s monthly / quarterly / annual reporting
  • Working closely with Group CFO and CEO to formulate business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan
  • Provide key analysis for strategic decisions by Board i.e, financial planning and Corporate restructuring
  • Strategy Formation, Merger and Acquisitions, Exit Plans and etc
  • Oversee Group’s bottom-up and top-down budgeting and regular forecasting processes, procedures and controls
  • Monitoring of financial reports and ensure automation of these reports
  • Responsible for implementation / updating of ERPs across finance function

Major achievements:

  • Spearheaded creation of new department responsible for Group's financial planning, reporting and consolidation. Also ensuring timely and reliable financial information for internal and external stakeholders
  • Established and improvised various Corporate Governance documents / policies
  • Extensively worked on the data visualization for senior leadership, developed various dashboards highlighting key performance indicators
  • Currently involved in implementation of S4 Hana across finance function

From Experience Associate to Assistant Manager

DELOITTE & TOUCHE
02.2012 - 12.2017
  • Overall planning of audits, conducting initial planning meetings with clients to understand & co-develop expectations and designing audit strategies in consultation with the Engagement Manager and Partner, after assessing the underlying audit risk in the light of the assessment of the client’s overall control environment
  • Obtaining a thorough understanding of the nature of the client’s business, the business and regulatory environment in which it operates, SWOT analysis and identification of critical success factors
  • Application of Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and assisted clients with the preparation and presentation of financial statements and related disclosures
  • Supervision in preparation of final audit deliverables – the audit report, the transmission letter to the Board of Directors, the Management Letter and other reports and certificates.

Major Achievements:

  • Was one of the super user across Deloitte KSA for implementation of new audit tool
  • Led various implementation of first time adoption of IFRS across multiple clients and industries


Senior Audit Associate

Ernst & Young
04.2008 - 01.2012
  • Participated in the planning and execution of audit procedures assigned by the manager or senior manager.
  • Conducted substantive testing of financial statement accounts, including revenue, inventory, property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets.
  • Analyzed complex transactions and identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
  • Performed detailed testing of internal controls to assess their effectiveness.
  • Prepared audit working papers and document all audit procedures performed.
  • Assisted with the preparation of audit reports and management letters.
  • Communicated effectively with clients and other team members.

Education

ACCA

M.Com -

Master of Commerce

Accounting, Economics, Physics, Maths

General Certificate Education - O And A Levels

Skills

- Cashflow planning and management

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Timeline

Head of Planning and Reporting

Privately owned group
01.2018 - Current

From Experience Associate to Assistant Manager

DELOITTE & TOUCHE
02.2012 - 12.2017

Senior Audit Associate

Ernst & Young
04.2008 - 01.2012

ACCA

M.Com -

Master of Commerce

Accounting, Economics, Physics, Maths

General Certificate Education - O And A Levels
Muhammad YasirStrategic Financial Leader | Driving Growth & Performance (Big 4)