Planning / Budgeting / Cost Control / Financial Analyst

Planning / Budgeting / Cost Control / Contracts / Financial Analyst

Eni Pakistan Cost & Planning Controller, Drilling & Well Operations, Nov 2011 to Date

• Drilling materials and services contracts revisions/enhancements, JV approvals, correspondence and highlighting cases.
• Monthly accruals - monitoring value of services received accurately and following up with pending invoices from vendors
• Making amendments to JV budget working based on changes to rig program and operating scenarios
• Forecast Time writing for Drilling department for allocation of capex and opex budgets
• Keeping track of drilling related AFEs (Authorization for Expenditure) - JV approvals, tracking cost overruns, follow-up
• Assist Drilling and Operations manager with ad-hoc JV correspondence, resolving issues related to costs and contracts
• Liaise with Finance Department regarding cost irregularities and their appropriate resolution


BP Pakistan Exploration & Production Inc.


• Contributed to the portfolio management cycle by continuously enhancing the dynamics of the in-house economic evaluation model
• Assisted management decision-making by preparing presentations on a wide variety of information, ranging from production, capex, opex, forecasting basis and financial outputs.
• Collaboratively prepared “Strategic Planning Report” for context on medium to long-term business strategy for the local organization after its transition from BP to United Energy Group (UEG).
• Long Term Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
• Coordinated organization-wide business planning information, compilation of data and assist in corporate reporting.
• Managed capex plans, budgets, actuals with respect to BPP’s planning cycles (in-year quarterly, and annual long term)
• Responsible for coordinating approvals and queries from the joint venture and regulatory authorities related to AFEs and business planning
• Interfacing with project owners on budgeting, scheduling and financial planning for all projects, primarily capex related.
• Prepared management presentations with respect to budgets, variances, forecasts, and performance.
• Demonstrated strong presentation, communication and analytical skills through numerous projects and engagements.
• Assisted the CEO/President in his role as the Chairman of the Pakistan Institute of Petroleum (PIP)
• Performed duties of Executive Assistant (EA) to the top management on a part-time basis.

BSc. (Honors) Major: Mathematics; Minor: Finance & Accounts
2007 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

A -Levels
2003 Saint Patrick’s High School, Karachi

O- Levels (Academic excellence award for obtaining 8 As)
2001 Saint Patrick’s High School, Karachi

Basic Computer Literacy Examination
1999 Associated Examination Board, England

Professional Training Courses in Oil & Gas:
• ISO 14001 Awareness Session (Karachi, December 2011)
• Strategic Business Planning & Performance Management. (Aberdeen, Scotland June, 2010)
• Economic Evaluation Methodology (London, November 2010)
• Understanding Accounts for Oil and Gas (London, November 2010)
• Introduction to Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. (Karachi, Pakistan April, 2009)
• Core Economic Evaluation Methodology (e-learning course, Karachi, February 2009)
• Effective Business Communication. (Karachi, August, 2009)
• Capital Value Process and Hydrocarbon Field Lifecycle. (Singapore, November, 2009)
• E&P Industry Knowledge Test. (e-learning course, Karachi, October 2009)

Writing, Communication and Software Skills
• Strong presentation, writing, communication and analytical skills
• Fluent in reading, writing and speaking English
• Proficient in Excel for analysis, modeling, data management, Pivot Tables, especially for planning, budgeting and analysis.
• Proficient with PowerPoint for creating presentations.
• Working knowledge of Business Objects application for extracting financial information from Oracle Financials.
• Working knowledge of SAP