Sid Ali

About Sid Ali

Email: s•••••••@gmail.com | Tel:(91••••••16I am a results-driven FP & A and Strategic Finance leader with deep experience in enterprise budgeting, driver-based forecasting, workforce planning, and cost transformation within Fortune 50 financial institutions. Trusted Finance Business Partner to executive leadership, delivering data-driven insights, scenario modeling, and financial storytelling that guide strategic decisions. Proven track record in expense optimization, operating model efficiency, headcount governance, and long-range planning (LRP) that drive measurable bottom-line impact. Core Competencies : Strategic Financial Planning | Driver-Based Forecasting | Workforce & Capacity Planning | Enterprise Cost Management | Budgeting & Rolling Forecasts/Reforecasting | Long-Range Planning (LRP)| Expense Optimization & Cost Transformation | Variance Analysis | Executive Level Reporting | KPI | Financial Modeling | Run Rate Analysis | Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management | Finance Transformation

Experience

1. Vice President Fp & a

   Citi

   Mar 2021 — Present · NY, US

   Strategic financial planning and headcount governance of Citigroup’s $2B Global Legal and Compliance lines of business• Drive business performance and influence management decision making by providing insights and analysis for regular management financial reviews with CEO directs of monthly, quarterly forecast • Lead multi-year annual budgeting and monthly forecasting activities with line of business to identify financial risk & opportunities to operating plan • Develop compelling quarterly CEO/CFO strategic quarterly business reviews, that’s fact based of actuals, full-year forecast and multi-year strategic outlook• Collaborate with line of business, to review financial trends, provide forward-looking views and engage business leaders in discussion of identified levers to close gap to plan• Partner with Central FP & A, Controllers, to align forecasts with firm-wide strategy

Education

• St. John's University, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance

• The City University of New York

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance and Financial Management Services

Skills

• Fixed Income
• Equities
• Strategic Planning
• Hedge Funds
• Cost Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Portfolio Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Variance Analysis
• Account Reconciliation
• Financial Modeling
• Management
• Banking
• Accounting
• Business Analysis
• Alternative Investments
• Private Equity
• Forecasting
• Analysis
• Budgeting
• Analytical Skills
• Budget Analysis
• Fund of Funds
• Investments
• Budgets
• Finance