Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• As an Investment Committee Member:
• 1] Evaluating and recommending investment proposals to the Board of Directors [Team Size: 4]
• 2] Monitoring performance of investments
• 3] Approve internal processes relating to investment proposals
• As the Investment Advisor:
• 1] Liaising with consultants, contractors, agents, bankers, cross-functionally within the organization to prepare, review, and validate the investment feasibility studies
• 2] Collaborating with Legal team to prepare Head of Terms, Joint-Venture (JV) and Investment Agreements for the new investments, with focus on financial and development terms
• 3] Business partnering with Sales, Development, Commercial, and Finance teams
• 4] Conducting primary & secondary market research to verify Pricing assumptions in the investment feasibility

Apr 2018 – Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Key Responsibilities:
• 1] Leading pricing strategy for the business
• 2] Carrying out Feasibility analysis/ Financial viability for new project launches and evaluating potential Joint Venture arrangements
• 3] Providing decision support to the Management on evaluating early stage proposals/ development options
• 4] Business partnering with Marketing and Sales team

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Key Responsibilities:
• 1] Leading pricing strategy for the business
• 2] Carrying out Feasibility analysis/ Financial viability for new project launches and evaluating potential Joint Venture arrangements
• 3] Providing decision support to the Management on evaluating early stage proposals/ development options
• 4] Business partnering with Marketing and Sales team

Apr 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dubai

• Key Responsibilities:
• 1] Responsible for modelling and implementing medium to long-range business plans (including Annual Budget) at Group level for internal senior management and Investors. Frequency ranging from Monthly (Rolling Forecast) to a Long-range plan (5+ yrs).
• 2] Finance Business partner for Marketing Team- supporting Group CMO in channel-wise RoI analysis& mix optimization, and designing management reports for KPIs review.
• 3] Supporting Management with competition benchmarking for P&L to draw parallels& industry best practices.
• 4] Partnering with Logistics& Fulfilment functions for cost optimization and pricing modelling.
• 5] SPOC for providing business decision support to various functions.
• Key Achievements:
• 1] Rated “Exceeds Expectations” for 2015-16.

Jul 2014 – Apr 2015 · 9 mos · Accra, Ghana

• Part of Global Young Leadership Program [YLP], 2012 batch. Currently posted in Accra [Ghana] as Manager& Acting Head, BPA: leading a team of 3, reporting to Finance Director / Country CFO.
• Key responsibilities include:
• 1] Review of existing and new product offerings for the market
• 2] Evaluating and assessing of Capital Expenditure [$75-100Mn per annum] process around- business need, cash flow analysis, and rate of return/payback period. Evaluating Capex vs Opex model for the business
• 3] Preparing Annual Operating Plan [AOP] and medium/long-term Business Plans for internal and external stakeholders
• 4] Decision support to Senior Management on Capital Structuring
• Key oversight responsibilities:
• 1] Revenue [~$200Mn per annum top-line market] Analysis, Planning, Forecasting, and Reporting
• 2] Opex Budgeting, Monitoring, and Control
• 3] Circulation of various management reports on daily/ weekly/ monthly/ quarterly basis
• 4] Business Decision Support
• Key Achievements:
• 1] BPA team ranked 2nd in 17 African OpCos on Planning Efficiency Score for FY14-15 [Acting Head, BPA for 11m YTD]

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos · Accra, Ghana

• Key Responsibilities include:
• 1] Revenue [~$250Mn per annum top-line market] Analysis, Planning, Forecasting, and Reporting
• 2] Interfacing with Marketing and Sales Teams for reviewing existing and evaluating new product offerings for the market,
• 3] Evaluating and assessing of Capital Expenditure [$75-100Mn per annum] process around- business need, cash flow analysis, and rate of return/payback period. Evaluating Capex vs Opex model for the business.
• 4] Preparing Annual Operating Plan and medium/long-term Business Plans for Senior Management.

Feb 2013 – Dec 2013 · 10 mos · Accra, Ghana

• Key Responsibilities include:
• 1] Revenue [~$250Mn per annum top-line market] Analysis and Forecasting.
• 2] Interfacing with Marketing and Sales Teams for reviewing existing and evaluating new product offerings for the market,
• 3] Evaluating and assessing of Capital Expenditure [$75-100Mn per annum] process around- business need, cash flow analysis, and rate of return/payback period. Evaluating Capex vs Opex model for the business.

Jun 2012 – Dec 2012 · 6 mos · India/ Zambia/ Kenya/ Tanzania

• Part of Global Young Leadership Program [YLP], 2012 batch. 1 of 2 trainees selected for Global Program.
• Cross-functional training across Sales, Marketing, Customer Care, and Airtel Money. Training of 6 months spanned across 4 countries.

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Worked at FX Structuring, FX Options Trading, and Asset-backed Securities (ABS) Trading desk.

Jun 2009 – May 2010 · 11 mos · Hyderabad, India

• Engagements spanned various sectors, from providing identity management solutions to a leading Canadian healthcare firm to working on liquidation of a Global Financial giant.
• Consistently bagged the highest rating on all the project evaluations.

May 2008 – Jul 2008 · 2 mos · Trieste, Italy

• Was awarded the Undergraduate Fellowship (5 awardees worldwide).
• Developed an artificial language and worked on an international multi-lingual project.

Dec 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 mo · Mumbai, India

• Proposed an innovative Water Mapping System (WMS)