Experience

Verizon Communication

• Pakistan
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Budget Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Present



Verizon Media Platform

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Present



Verizon

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  •Coordinate the development of the Annual Budget, Outlook and Commitment View with Markets and various HQ departments.•Provide value added analytical review of the Annual Budget and Outlook submission to management.•Ensure the timely and accurate submission of the Commitment View to Verizon Corporate.•Review Markets and HQ budget submissions and provide variance to budget/targets and determine opportunities to bring HQ/Markets back on plan.•Provide detailed Commitment View variance analysis and explanations to Senior Management to outline opportunities and risks by Markets and HQ departments.•Assist in the development of yearly targets for Markets and HQ departments for budget reviews.•Correctly analyze trends and cause and effect relationships to present clear and accurate financial presentations and analysis to Senior Management.• Effectively respond to inquiries from Markets and HQ departments regarding comprehension and best practices for the Budget submissions.•Act as a liaison with Verizon Corporate FP&A group and various Wireless groups regarding budget transfers requests.•Work with various HQ groups and Markets to ensure that budget transfer are done appropriately and within guidelines•Attend meetings to develop an understanding of the business drivers and necessitating the budget transfer to ensure the transfer is appropriately structured •Participate in the testing and rollout of the Hyperion/Smart View tool for the budget process and provide feedback regarding tool performance and recommend enhancements as necessary.•Work to ensure that proper training is given to the various Markets and HQ groups and ensure that issues and concerns are addressed.•Correctly apply understanding of Essbase, Hyperion/Smart View and Peoplesoft to various adhoc requests.•Ability to work independently, be a team player and make sound professional decision.

• Specialist- Headquarters Network Finance

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2013

  •Manage over $1.01B a year in capital budgets and $67.5M in expenses; as well as forecasting and reporting of Network Headquarters’ financials of Headquarters VPs and their direct reports. •Initiated and led the planning and development of “EBACE” reporting system. Improved efficiency, productivity and decreased reporting time frame from 6 hours to 30 minutes.•Initiated and improved reconciliation reporting process thereby decreasing reconciliation time frame from 2 days to 20 minutes.•Trained and developed staff members resulting in the highest level of performance.•Determine budget drivers including validation of drivers against current trends and future Network plans. •Prepare, analyze and consolidate the annual budgets for an overall rollup for over 30+ HQ Network groups. •Create and maintain monthly and YTD capital and expense management reporting for Network CTO/EVP, HQ VP, and their direct reports to communicate financial performance. •Load budget to Hyperion and NCMS reporting systems. Provide re-look budgets on demand including designing and preparing financial models to evaluate projected financials. •Lead meetings with all levels of Network personnel to provide direction for decision-making. •Responsible for ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements including leading testing process and meetings with Network personnel in order to obtain and report necessary data.•Prepare required audit compliance schedules necessary for certification of Network controls. Identify and create mitigating controls and SOX testing plans as necessary. •Perform write-off/retirement assessments by working with Network management to determine cost, net book value and end-of-useful-life of various assets as it pertains to various initiatives/projects to enhance the Network performance.

• Senior Financial Analyst- Fixed Assets Accounting

  • Mar 2008 - Jun 2011

  •Responsible for managing and supporting the quarterly audit reporting requirements for the Fixed Asset Accounting Team to internal and external auditors. •Prepared requested audit schedules on a quarterly basis in an accurate and timely manner.•Provided detailed trend analysis and drivers regarding Property, Plant and Equipment general ledger accounts to the Auditors, General Ledger group, Partnership Accounting group, and SEC departments.•Provided audit schedules to the Partnerships Accounting group through required reporting and ongoing audit requests.•Responsible for the management of the Sarbanes-Oxley quarterly testing requirements and documentation for the Fixed Asset Accounting Team per Controller’s policies. •Worked with SOX Team to ensure Fixed Assets Sarbanes Oxley testing processes have sufficient controls and are adequately documented.•Prepared Verizon Wireless “Capital Expenditure by State” Reports for Tax Department on a quarterly basis and as needed. •Prepared Capital Expenditure analysis, Capital Expenditure Reconciliations, and Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E) Roll-forward reports for VSO/Corporate Financial System customers, in an accurate and timely manner, meeting all required deadlines.•Reviewed Fixed Asset Department policies & procedures.•Prepared and documented a business continuity plan for the Fixed Asset group.•Ability to work independently and work as part of a group.

• Senior Financial Analyst- General Ledger

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2008

  •Acted as an interim-supervisor of two staffs during a staff shortage period. •Assisted external auditors with quarterly trend fluctuation analysis and provide financial support information to external auditors.•Prepared various account analysis and reconciliations as well as run monthly PeopleSoft nvision reports for account reconciliations.•Reviewed various account reconciliations and ensure its accuracy to the trial balance.•Reviewed monthly cash clearing account reconciliations, cash and credit card reconciliations, worked with treasury to facilitate the clearing of reconciling items, and to ensure the proper recording of cash activity.•Performed Sarbanes-Oxley testing on account reconciliations and journal entries on a monthly basis.•Responsible for month end close process including Markets trend analysis as well as regulatory revenue and expense analysis. •Effectively communicated with Markets Finance addressing questions pertaining to fluctuations in Markets. •Researched on payment of bad debt sales and ensure proper coding of payment.•Verified the payment of vendor invoices and ensure the accrual of unpaid invoices on a monthly basis.•Prepared journal entries accurately for balance sheet accounts and monitor activity for various accounts.•Prepared and documented a business continuity plan for the Financial Reporting group.