Sayeem Siddiqui

• Leading monthly P&L closing processes in alignment with global reporting timelines, ensuring accuracy and compliance. • Preparation and submission of monthly actuals and forecasts for P&L, customer-level P&L, and Gross Margin Variance Analysis (GMVA). • Execution and creation of CO-OM and CO-PA cycles in SAP to support accurate cost allocation and profitability tracking. • Managing cost centre creation and maintenance in SAP, ensuring data integrity and system hygiene. • Leading Supply Chain Indirect (SCI) cost controlling, including actualization and forecasting, to support strategic decision-making and cost optimization.

• Responsible for controlling the overheads and making sure the full year targets are not exceeded for the BSPAN region. • Responsible for controlling the marketing spends and making sure the full year targets are not exceeded for the BSPAN region. • Conducted organization wide policy and contract reviews to validate commitments and mitigate exposed risks. • Part of project LEGO (cost optimization) for optimization of OH & BMI.

• In-depth analysis of overheads to identify cost savings opportunities and rationalize expenditures. • Visualization of the overheads analysis into the Power BI for enhanced visibility and strategic decision-making on overheads. • Collaborated with the brands team to optimize BMI allocation and ensuring an effective spent mix. • Executed key financial tasks in SAP like mass GL hygiene, BOM correction and resolving system related issues. • Led the MEC process, positioning Pakistan as the first country globally to close monthly P&L. • Served as the Innovations Lead, responsible for financial and business evaluations of all the new projects.

• Contributed to strategic decision making to drive targeted business and financial outcomes. • Led the pricing strategies to mitigate inflationary pressures and achieving business targets. • Streamlined business processes and resolved SAP related challenges following organizational de-merger. • Owned full P&L management including actualization and financial forecasting to ensure BSPAN region meets annual performance targets. • Developed financial models for P&L forecasting helping in better decision making. • Monitoring the sales mix to ensure minimal deviation from forecast. • Controlling the trade term spends to support topline growth and ensure budget adherence.

• Acted as FBP to the international sales & marketing team, providing strategic financial insights. • Drove optimization of international marketing spend through initiatives like rate card development and vendor negotiations. • Monitored and analyzed regional and category-wise performance to ensure alignment with annual targets. • Analysis of annual operating plan (AOP) to support growth strategies across regions and product categories. • Performed sales mix analysis defining the performance of regions & categories. • Provided strategic pricing recommendation addressing inflationary pressures and GM accretion. • Led the financial and business evaluation for on-boarding new global sales channels. • Building COPA Cycles into the newly launched SAP to ensure the correct SKU level profitability tracking and reporting.

• Led the fixed asset verification & tagging project to reconcile the records along with creating the robust control environment. • Maintaining the fixed asset register and monitoring the CWIP accounts. • Led the company wide CAPEX approval process to ensure alignment with strategic investments goals. • Contributed to the implementation of SAP S/4 HANA - AA, IM & AP module. • Recording and processing of third-party labor, international and local logistics invoices and closure of LCs. • Conducted projects efficiency valuation to assess actualized ROI against committed targets.