About Author
Asif Masani is an FP&A professional with 12+ years of Finance and FP&A experience. He has worked across the banking, pharma and Edtech industries with organizations like EY, Citibank and Pfizer. Presently, he leads the FP&A function for APAC and India at Coursera. He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with a flair for driving strategy, decision-making and value creation for organizations.
He is perceived as one of the leading thought leaders in the field of FP&A, Strategy and leadership. He is a regular contributor at FP&A Trends and FP&A Professionals. His goal is to help 1 million students, professionals and executives develop essential FP&A skills.
You can reach out to him via LinkedIn or visit his blog, www.fpnaprofessionals.com
CA Asif Masani is an FP&A professional with 12+ years of Finance and FP&A experience. He has worked across various industries with organizations like EY, Citibank and Pfizer. Presently, he leads the FP&A function for APAC and India at Coursera.
2010 to 2013
Audit Senior at EY Responsible for planning, executing and concluding statutory and tax audits within specific deadlines for listed companies like ITD Cementation, Gammon India, India bulls Real Estate, and Bharat Hotels.
2013 to 2019
FP&A Analyst to FP&A Manager at Citi Worked in Citi FP&A team (Retail Banking and Credit Cards). Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and management reporting (Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly Outlooks, Month end reporting) managing a Budget of ~$1Billion.
2019 to 2020
Founder and Partner at Masani & Associates Managed Audit, GST and Income tax compliance for 50+SME businesses and 200+ Individual clients.
2020 to 2021
Driving business performance and managing budgets at Pfizer (working with business partners across 6+ manufacturing plants, Supply Chain, HR, IT, Finance and Procurement teams).
2021 to 2022
Leading the FP&A function for APAC and India at Coursera (one of the world's largest Edtech companies)