Saqib has over 18 years of experience in Financial Risk Management, Accounting & Reporting Advisory, Finance Transformations, Internal Audit, Regulatory Strategy & Compliance. He also has experience in Risk Assessment, Assessment of Internal Controls, and Assurance Services across 5 countries. He is currently focused on areas covering CFO advisory, IFRS implementations, process redesign, digitization, and finance systems/tools implementations. He has worked with G20 regulators, large financial institutions, and multiple big oil and gas organizations.
Some of his project experience includes:
Managed projects relating to IFRS 9, IFRS15, IFRS16, IFRS17, covering gaps and Implementations along with functional advisory on implementation of IFRS compliant tools/calculation engines.
Designing and implementing RPA based use-cases to support clients in improving their business delivery ultimately resulting in improvements to the top and bottom line.
Advised on the design and operationalization of the Finance Target Operating Model of the Digital Banks.
Managed projects relating to GL/COA upgrades, assessment of the financial system to manage change, and function support with the implementation of new finance ERP solutions.
Developed regulation and guideline on the bank’s management of problem debt for a G20 regulator.
Conducted regulatory inspections and thematic reviews for banks under the authority of a G20 regulator.
Managed the operationalization of the risk-based supervision framework covering the banking sector for a G20 regulator.
Managed the internal audit function of a new build refinery, managed by two of the largest oil companies in the world.
Led several Internal Audits, Risk Assessments exercises for several governmental and private institutions.