Assistant Manager - Finance

Nafly Ahamed

No **, Vijitha Road, Nadimala, Dehiwala, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Email: ***********@*****.***

Mobile: +94-774******, DOB – 03/11/1995

To be dynamic professional working in challenging environment that would enable utilize skill and abilities in management sector and venture in the wide range of well-developed technical and interpersonal skills with experience in professional practice to contribute towards the achievement of respective goals. Work Experience

7+ Years of experience in Finance and Accounting at Ernst & Young and WNS Global Services (Aviva-UK/Ireland). Handling Finance operations for industries such as Manufacturing, Banking, Hospitality, Finance, State Bodies, Tourism & Insurance – Specialised in reviewing Financial Statements & Reporting, Audit & Compliance, Review of Internal controls and Proposing control mechanisms, Budgeting & Project Management. Assistant Manager - Finance at WNS Global Services (Pvt) Ltd Jul 2020 – Present Team Management - Currently leading the business partnering team in Colombo for Aviva Group Centre, UK General Insurance

& Aviva Central Services by handling the finance operations and assisting finance business partners in UK. Preparing career succession plans for my direct reports and overlooking the career progression of each individual in my purview along with managing the overall BAU activities.

Expenses Support – Assisting finance business partners & cost managers in UK to manage their respective cost bases. Reviewing Journals/Reconciliations related to expense and general ledger performed by the team and making sure smooth operations delivery. Strong engagement with Onshore HoF’s, FBPs & Cost Managers on regular basis with regard to queries and providing solutions that occurs within the monthly reporting cycle, investigating, analysing and proposing action plans. Working on projects related to the processes handled within the team, to provide possible efficiencies. Lead Associate – Finance in WNS Global Services (Pvt) Ltd Oct 2018 – Jul-2020 Reconciliation Governance - Performing the governance role for Aviva Central Services team as a central point of contact and assisting rec prepares/reviewers to manage their BAU activities. Presenting monthly governance pack to onshore stakeholders

& making sure P&L and the balance sheet position is up to their expectations while highlighting the risks & challenges faced across each month.

Project Management – Was part of various projects such as Process Migration – bringing down finance roles performed by UK citizens in Aviva to WNS through process transition trainings and ensuring the proper role is set up for business activities in Colombo.

Policy Implementation – Scrapping Aviva’s previous reconciliation policy guideline and rebuilding a new Global Reconciliation Policy. Ensuring the entire Colombo location is adopting to the new policy and the system changes associated with it. Blackline/Oracle Fusion Implementation – Transferring reconciliations performed in previous platforms to the latest Blackline platform & journals to Oracle Fusion platform. Managed the system transition ensuring smooth delivery. Senior Associate – Finance in WNS Global Services (Pvt) Ltd Aug 2017 – Oct 2018 Finance Accountant – Performing bookkeeping and preparing financial statements monthly, quarterly & annually. Managed and reviewed financial records for Aviva to make sure their operations are in strict compliance with federal and local accounting policies and procedures. Tasked to oversee the timely reporting and payment of taxes. Expenses Ledger Support – Performing reconciliations & journals related to Accruals/Prepayments & Intercompany in expenses ledger. Investigations on the balances held in each reconciliation and making sure the payments are paid/received on time. Highlighting challenges through the monthly meetings with onshore stakeholders & ensure risks involved is below par. Payments – Managed payments for Aviva’s various reinsurers on a monthly basis through CHAPS, BACS & TT. Fluency in handling this payment systems & ensuing the payments paid/received on time. Specialised in ERP Systems such as Oracle, Blackline, SAP, AS400, Business Objects, TLM, Qlik, ANAPLAN & Microsoft Office. Senior Auditor - Ernst & Young Nov 2014 -May 2017

Joined EY as an Audit trainee in 2014 and left as a Senior Auditor in 2017 As an Auditor for Ernst & Young, I had the opportunity to be a part of the team/lead a team, involved in Auditing financial statements and identifying various Risks associated in the business process of clients and recommending relevant controls. I was able to manage various clients in different industries which provided me with great opportunities of responsibilities involving multiple task handling and an exceptional time of experience at Ernst & Young. Education

BA (Hons) Global Business & Finance – University of West Scotland ACCA Part Qualified – Following Professional Level Six Sigma Certified - Kaizen

Primary Education - GCE Ordinary Level Examinations – 8 Passes (St. John’s College - Nugegoda) Personal Details

Name: Ahamed Hisham Nafly Ahamed

NIC: 953080290V

SEX: Male

Civil Status: Unmarried

Nationality: Sri Lankan

References

Mr. Brian Gaudian Mr. Thilina Jayasundera

Partner, Senior Group Manager,

Ernst & Young, WNS Global Services,

201,

De Seram Place,

Level 12, HNB Towers,

TB Jayah Mawatha,

Colombo 10, Colombo 10,

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka.

E-mail: *****.*******@**.**.*** E-mail: *******.***********@***.*** Mobile: +947******** Mobile: +947********

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