Waleed Sheikh

A Strategic Executive Finance Leader, CFO and Business Partner

Role
Group Vice President Finance CFO at Eaton
Location
Syracuse, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Waleed Sheikh

PROFILE- Technology driven Executive finance leader/ CFO with a solid career in multi-national companies- International work experience as an Energy, Oil and Gas professional, subject matter expertise in Global Responsibility, Leadership, Partnering, Change and P&L/ Balance Sheet Management, Financial Turn-around, Analytics, Product/ Project/ Solutions support, Cash/ Currency /Hedge /FX /Working capital /Banking /Treasury operations, Compliance & Planning /Budgeting/ Forecasting/Accounting /Reporting/Controlling- Proven track record of working in oilfield servicing, manufacturing, and aftermarket for identifying financial growth opportunities, optimizing profitability, driving business process improvements, setting KPIs and setting up global finance teams and support staff resources- Extensive experience of US GAAP/IFRS, SOX, SAP/Oracle, Hyperion, Sales Force, and other controlling & reporting softwares/ERPs/ apps- Big 4 (PWC) tax, audit, assurance, advisory, compliance and consulting exposure.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS- Over 20 years of leadership roles in finance and management globally as an executive, dealing with project complexities, large clients, agents, lawyers, vendors, and statutory authorities- Established successful finance teams and implemented SOX/ERP at challenging locations- Finance Employee of the year in 2007- Sponsored by Siemens for exec-MBA in 2016- Executive leadership team member since 2019- Helped set up new factories in Saudi and Brazil, Spare Parts sale/distribution center in Dubai, commissioning as per time and cost budget- Finance partner to introduce / grow new technologies with Sales / R&D / Technical team- Successful execution of large complex projects with intelligent risk and exposure management- Turned around loss making units to profitability- Sound technical knowhow to work as an acting Segment CEO for a transition year in 2020- Organized Saudi Treasury department in 2005 and negotiated syndicated loan covenants in 2008 with multiple banks in Dubai/London/Paris.

Experience

  1. Group Vice President Finance CFO

    Eaton

    Nov 2022 — Present · NY, US

    Group CFO of Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions, Crouse-Hinds and B-Line Business, formerly known as Cooper Industries, working as a business partner to Group EVP, on Building Organizational Capability, Drive Finance Transformation, Strategy Implementation and Support Business Profitable Growth, functionally reporting to Electrical Sector CFO, as an executive senior leadership (n-2 to corporate CFO) staff, for a 2 billion US$ worldwide operations.

Education

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants

    Chartered Accountant, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Audit

    1997 — 2001

  • FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Executive MBA, Accounting and Business/Management

  • University of the Punjab

    Bachelor of Commerce, Commerce, Finance, Banking, Accounting

    1994 — 1997

Skills

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Auditing
  • Financial Analysis
  • Analysis
  • Consolidation
  • Erp

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