Badar Hussain

BADAR HUSSAIN Cell:- Email:- PROFILE Badar Hussain is a Senior Consultant, Finance Professional and a Project Lead with over 10 years’ experience within Retail, Corporate, Capital Markets and Investment Banking managing finance department, implementations of system `Infrastructure, cloud solutions and vendor management, data classification and residency requirements, finance transformation projects, strategic initiatives to build integrated delivery plans that are aligned with of data privacy, financial and performance management reporting, SOX, risk management and controls, compliance, data governance, GL substantiation, improvement of systems and processes. He led ERP enhancements projects and rollouts focusing on Finance transformation, Basel III, SOX, AML, IFRS, Credit and Debit Card Processes and Platform upgrade. CMA, Diploma in Project Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Consultant / Business and Finance Q Zee Business & Services November 2019 – Date Manage Finance & Accounting Department Periodic financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting, assist in auditing of financials Regular Client Level and Project Level financial reporting (Trade Spend to date, remaining budget etc.) Monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reporting such as cost analysis, profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow statement, forecasting and budgeting, assist in auditing of financials Accurate and timely financial accounting and reporting of trade accruals and expenditures including approving journal entries, approving reconciliations and publishing reports Preparing monthly sales/trade reports and post credit and adjustments in ERP system Bank Reconciliation, reconciling timesheets, contractor invoices and client invoice creation. Proactively finding ways to automate and streamline financial processes and policies implementation Implementation of system, procedures and processes. Tracking and validating billable employee time and maintain and monitor vacation and absence tracking Administering expense reports, ensure accuracy of all financial records and reports T4 and T4 Summaries, Monthly HST Calculations and Remittances Personal tax returns (T1), corporate tax returns (T2) and self-employed tax returns Senior Consultant / Business and Finance Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce / Optimus sbr Management Consulting July 2019 – October 2019 Led the documentation of process re-engineering initiative of End to End GL Flows creation for Visa Debit Card processes for implementation in TSYS TS2 and TLM by engaging cross departmental teams from Centralized Product Owner (Development), Cards Operations, Finance, TSYS, Centralized Technology, Outsourced Applications Services, Risk, Compliance and other relevant stakeholders Collaboration with business partners for business Requirement gathering for the creation of project plan to understand current models and processes also involving engagement with senior management Elicited, analyzed and validated the system process diagram Supported the business to create step by step document how operation and application processes Developed trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and executives, bringing value management through innovation and automation of business processes Actively participated in Change Control Board activities and promoted the continuous improvement of project governance related practices to ensure minimal impact to the business Mentored, coached team members in order to foster professional development and grow future leaders Performed root cause analysis of issues identified in processes and provided recommend for risk closure Identified product risk areas and devised plan to mitigate through the application of SDLC and Agile Reviewed the system process diagram taking into consideration the Agile and SLDC practices Provided analysis and support to PMO/Director Process Engineering and Project Delivery to identify risk of inaccurate financial reporting, recommend short term and long-term solutions Supported in and managing project estimates (time, cost, scope), UAT and production go-live Provided analytical support to management team in the identification and closure of risk. Created project presentations, decks financial packs to Senior Management and Steering Committee Provided governance and other project updates to sponsors and executive stakeholders Senior Consultant / Business and Finance Royal Bank of Canada/ Optimus sbr Management Consulting July 2016 – January 2019 Documented end-to-end processes of Financial Data, Static Data and Process Flow to identify the gaps. Led/controlled the Caribbean Credit Card segment of the E2E GL Reconciliation Project to support the program manager, engaged and managed the cross departmental teams from Business, Finance, Internal Controls, Card Operations and Centralized Technology and other stakeholders. Used Excel Pivot Tables and V-lookups to make dashboards Assisted PMO/program manager in managing the delivery of projects and the associated delivery team Designed spreadsheets using Pivot Tables and V-lookups to track and reporting issues and progress. Prepared and submitted weekly, monthly reporting dashboards and packs for stakeholder meetings. Supported in arriving and managing project estimates (time, cost, scope), UAT and production go-live Identified data integrity issues and analytics with relevant stake holders to identify process breakage. Submitted root-cause finding report on risk and issues identified and recommend mitigation plan. Engaged the business in the creation of report to track the issues by product type and performed specialized analytical to predict and solve the data or other issues from end-to-end perspective. Established eSOD monthly scrutiny process covering all review levels from approving levels. Facilitated the setup of eSOD improvement process and implementation of key processes automation. Responsible for completing the project lifecycle from inception to closure Senior Consultant / Business and Finance Royal Bank of Canada March 2015 – June 2016 Reviewed standard operation documents and submitted management report identifying relevant gaps in the light of banks SOX / control and governance structure along with policies & procedures. Prepared monthly Key Risk Indicator “KRI” report and performed analysis based on the monthly accounts attestations results, accentuating the deviations from banks policies and procedure. Prepared disclosure working for Other Comprehensive Income “OCI” and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income “AOCI” and liaised with departments for the approval of tax impact. Prepared GL Attestation report and performed data analysis for Capital Market, Canadian Banking, Wholesale Finance, Treasury Services and Corporate Treasury. Designed user friendly OCI disclosures linking multiple worksheets with pivot tables using v-lookups. Reviewed the reconciliation of variances between EGL vs CGID and 42 sub-systems to document business requirement highlighting issues and recommended solutions. Financial Controller Royal Bank of Scotland January 2009 – May 2014 Managed the regional financial accounting function covering day-today accounting, interest and credit derivatives, transfer pricing, taxation charge, provisioning and accrual, monthly and year-end closing. Prepared financial statements (including trial balance, profit & loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement) in accordance with IFRS and group policies and procedures. Collated monthly, quarterly and annual financial plans and operational data for the preparation of forecast and budget. Balance sheet and income statement analysis. Compared actual results with budgets by business functions covering front office and support functions. Prepared, reviewed and approved day to day transactions covering vendor invoices and charge-out for system charges, IT charges, exchange charges to business units. Reviewed and conducted root-cause analysis of the business processes, raise risk issue, implement short term mitigating controls and recommend process improvements for risk closure. Collaborated with PMO office to assessment and implementation of projects during SDLC stages and preparation and submission of project financials to stakeholders Implemented the AML and SOX framework across MEA hub covering scoping, testing and reporting. Lead and managed projects impacting finance and operational streams Established control framework for the identification of financial and n-financial risk and controls, leading cross functional teams using internal and external resources ensuring cost effective service quality. Performed monthly, quarterly and yearly attestation and substantiation of General Ledger to ensure compliance with SOX and RBS internal policies and procedures. Ensured that the bank GL attestation policies and standards of documentation procedures were adhered to by all stakeholders, including Financial Shared Services, Operations. Liaised with SOX auditors, internal, external and regulatory auditors on related audit matters Key Projects; financial reporting changes Basel III, retail business sell-off, Processing time improvement, system enhancement, SLA revision Head of Financial Accounting and Reporting Commercial Bank International October 2005 – November 2008 Manage Finance & Accounting Department Preparing, financial statements in accordance with IFRS, group policies and procedures. Budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance management Risk management, root-cause analysis of the business processes SOX framework implementation and onward success Establishing control framework covering operational, financial and non-financial areas Substantiation of General Ledger and attestation Liaise with SOX auditors, internal, external and regulatory auditors on related audit matters Key Projects; strategic business plan, policy & procedure manual and ERP implementation “TradeNet” Accounting Manager Gulf Conversion Company September 1999 – August 2005 Manage Finance & Accounting Department Preparing, financial statements in accordance with IFRS, group policies and procedures. Consolidation of group financial statements for reporting to management Prepared budgets and forecasts to assist management in preparation of strategic business plans Managed projects; ERP implementation, enterprise resource plan development EDUCATION • Bachelor of Commerce• CMA• PMP (Exam in Oct 2020) SKILLS • Diploma in Project Management • Member PMI - Preparing for PMP Exam • Big Data 101, Bigdata University, IBM• Hadoop 101, Bigdata University, IBM SKILLS • Financial Statement Preparation• Financial Reporting and Analysis • Project Management• Lean, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban • Data Mining and Analytics • Business and Performance Management • Policies and Procedure Development• Transfer Pricing and Data Governance • Budgeting and Forecasting • People Management and Team Building • SLAs, Policies and Procedures• Balance Score Card and KPI • Risk and Compliance• SOX, AML and Controls TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS • Pega• Oracle DWH • OBIEE• Oracle HFM• Oracle EPM • Oracle PeopleSoft • FiBRS • Focus • Cognos• SAP• SQL • Temenos T24 • Cartesis • Tableau• Alteryx• SharePoint• COLT • OLMS • eCIF • PostEdge• TSYS TS2• COINS• Blueworks • MS Dynamic GP • WSMM • ACBS • Thor • BESS • TLM • TPS • TPS• DDA• AFS• OLBB• TIS • RBIS • Jira• Confluence• Blue Prism • CCIM • Loan IQ • QuickBooks • MS Excel• MS Word• MS Visio• CashPro • MS OneNote • MS PowerPoint