Rana Muhammad Usman Sarwar


Location

Pittsburgh, PA
Education
    Carnegie Mellon University
    August 2024 - June 2026
    expected degree
    MBA
    major
    Business Administration
    LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Work Experience
    BREVILLE GROUP
    Senior Strategy AND Financial Planning Analyst
    Sydney, AU
    April 2021 - August 2024
    company
    BREVILLE GROUP
    title
    Senior Strategy AND Financial Planning Analyst
    overview
    - Strategic Planning: Created a sales and cost forecasting model, integral to developing a 5-Year Strategic Plan for product portfolios generating $1.53B in annual sales in FY24 - Problem Solving: Designed and implemented a Resource Allocation Mechanism for product development - Investment Planning: Developed a new comprehensive business case template for testing the financial - Business Insights: Led a cross-functional team for live tracking of customer perceptions through reviews from Amazon, the company website, and retail partners, providing actionable insights for product development - Process Improvement: Decreased the lead time for month-end financial results by 40% (9 days) for key budget - Data Analysis & Reporting: Designed and implemented a suite of BI reports for continuous reporting of operational costs, enhancing the information visibility and reducing the ad-hoc financial data requests by 66 - Cross-team Collaboration: Worked with marketing, sales, and operations teams to create a dynamic routine for alignment for strategic planning, enhancing overall strategic alignment and execution
    AFINITI Global AI Solutions Firm for Customer Services
    Financial Planning AND Analysis Analyst
    Lahore, PK
    May 2020 - March 2021
    UNITED BANK
    Corporate AND Investment Banking Analyst
    Islamabad, PK
    June 2019 - April 2020
Skills
AccountingArtificial IntelligenceBudgeting SkillsBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategiesCommercial BankingConsultingCoordination SkillsCustomer Relationship ManagementCustomer SatisfactionCustomer ServiceData AnalysisEconomic GrowthFinancial AnalysisFinancial Data AnalysisFinancial ModelingFinancial PlanningForecasting SkillsInnovationInvestment BankingInvestment DecisionsInvestment StrategiesKnowledge of FinanceLeadershipMarketingMarket ResearchMaster of Business Administration (MBA)MentoringMicrosoft ExcelOperations ResearchPower BIProblem SolvingProduct DesignPython (Programming Language)RecruitmentResource AllocationRetail CommerceRisk AnalysisSalesSelf MotivationSQL DatabasesStakeholder ManagementStorytellingStrategic AlignmentStrategic ManagementTeam WorkingTechnical SkillsTesting Skills