Ali Zain-ul-Abidin Shirazi

Senior Finance Business Partner | Danske Bank | Large Corporates & Institutes | Investment Banking

Denmark

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Experience

  • Danske Bank (Hybrid)
    • Senior Finance Business Partner
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      • Continue supporting strategic and operational decision-making in Investment Banking through business partnering, reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis. • Drive performance management for Investment Banking through financial analyses and management dialogue. • Act as lead business partner for key strategic priorities under Forward 2028, driving coordination across CIB, IB, and Markets.

    • Finance Business Partner
      Jul 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Developed dynamic capital markets pipeline report for Investment Banking; adopted as a recurring report for executive leadership. • Facilitated implementation of the Phoenix Project, providing LC&I senior management with transparent insights into income origination.

  • Reckitt (4 yrs)
    • COGS Controller and GM Expansion - Nordics
      Oct 2022 - Jun 2023 · 9 mos

      • Preparation and analysis of monthly financial KPls and financial reporting to senior management and business partners, across the Hygiene Nordics business • Preparation and coordination of COGS budget planning & forecasting process • Cost controlling across brands and ensuring full compliance with all SAP & Fusion related tasks • Preparation of monthly reports to the Supply team to improve net working capital (NWC) and on inventory levels, obsolescence provision and supply accruals • Acting as a Business Partner to ensure and drive an ongoing Gross Margin (GM) expansion across the different brands and countries by leading recurring and ad hoc projects

    • Master Data Manager
      Jun 2022 - Oct 2022 · 5 mos

      • Leading creation, enrichment & maintenance of all SAP Master Data in Reckitt Hygiene Home Nordic • Driving deployment of local initiatives and global project implementations for process & data quality optimisation • Facilitating cluster market on all requirements and requests for Material, Vendor, Pricing and Customer MD • Developing and improving MD processes & resources

    • Master Data Lead
      Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr

      • Led creation & enrichment of 100+ New Product SKUs for deployment in Nordics markets over 12mos • Headed MD integration for deployment of Salsify as new product catalogue platform in Nordics • Developed several optimisations to MD processes, e.g. a user-friendly standardisation of GS1 data upload to save time and minimise errors

  • Business Analyst (Intern) at Fresh.Land
    Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 · 5 mos

    • Constructed and maintained B2C KPI dashboard via multiple data driven analyses • Provided administrative and research support for investment pitch in Maersk Growth’s Food Track 2 • Analysed digital marketing campaigns and deduced key insights and results for strategic improvement

  • Project Manager (Intern) at Consulting Prep
    Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 · 5 mos

    • Conducted competitive market benchmarking and evaluation for Consulting Prep • Conducted interviews and preliminary evaluations for employee onboarding

  • Audit Trainee (Assurance) at Grant Thornton LLP
    Jun 2015 - Jul 2015 · 2 mos

    • Participated in the conduction of the annual external audit of client: Pioneer Cement Ltd • Carried out variance analysis and employed the use of GT software Voyager for substantive tests • Performed test of controls on sales, purchases, cash disbursement and cash receipts