Available · Dubai & Remote 15 years experience

Built like Finance,
Ships like an engineer.

A certified financial analyst — corporate & project finance — with a builder's hands. I model the business, then ship the dashboards, automations and AI-verified controls that run it. The combo founder-led groups in oil, gas, marine and energy actually need.

S. Zaigham Ali
ACCACFA InstituteCPA CanadaPwCGoogle Data AnalyticsOxford Brookes ACCACFA InstituteCPA CanadaPwCGoogle Data AnalyticsOxford Brookes
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Years across finance
10+ yrs
Corporate & Trade Finance
8+ yrs
Oil, Gas, Marine & Energy
$1.2B
Upstream Project Finance scope
125,000 BPD
Crude Refinery · Midstream FP&A
1,100 MW
Combined-Cycle Power Plant FP&A
The Operator

Built for the hard part of finance.

Project Finance Multi-Entity Consolidation Upstream Modelling & DCF Bank & LC Compliance FP&A & Board Packs

I'm Director of FP&A for a five-entity oil services and commodities group spanning UAE, Libya and Gambia — leading consolidation, treasury, cross-border facilities, and project finance for upstream concessions in Libya Concession 32 and Chad Doba, alongside Halliburton.

Before that I ran an oil trading desk and a six-vessel shipping operation, and spent four years as Group Finance Manager for a 125,000 BPD refinery, a 720 MW power plant and a downstream trading arm under Onex Holdings. Career started at PwC, planning IFRS audits across regulated industries.

What sets me apart: I build the systems instead of recommending them. Python, SQL, Power BI, GitHub, Supabase, Railway, Netlify — I ship the tools my team needs instead of waiting for IT.

Track Record

Where I've operated.

Operating roles, partners and audit clients across upstream, refining, power and trading.
Esnad Africa Oil Services
Rock Petroleum Trading
Taurus ARM (Onex Holdings)
Halliburton
PwC
Esnad Africa Oil Services & Operations
Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Nov 2024 — Present · Dubai ● Current
Corporate Finance
  • 5-entity consolidation, board pack, EBITDA bridge with variance commentary
  • Rolling forecasts & DWCS cash governance dashboard
  • USD 7M cross-border bridge facility · 4 entities · 3 jurisdictions
  • LC / SBLC / AOP banking liaison · KYC/AML clearance with Emirates NBD & TotalEnergies
Project Finance
  • Financial modelling with Halliburton — Libya Concession 32 · Chad Doba
  • DCF valuations across Africa · yearly fleet/asset valuation with sensitivity
  • AWP mobile app · Python backend · live ERP integration
  • Automated site → AR → Treasury → Bank pipeline · auto-discrepancy detection
Rock Petroleum
Finance & Accounting Manager
Jun 2023 — Nov 2024 · Dubai
Trading Desk FP&A
  • P&L by trading book · cargo-level margin · inventory analytics
  • Power BI dashboards for trading P&L · cash · LC utilization
  • Treasury · FX · trade-finance flows across multiple banks
  • UAE VAT & Corporate Tax framework · ERP upgrade
Shipment Management
  • Voyage P&L · 6 owned vessels + outsourced tonnage
  • Demurrage · dry-dock · crewing · bunker · port & agency cost-centre control
  • Charter-in vs charter-out modelling · day-rate benchmarking
  • Onboard vessel inventory & bunker reconciliation
Onex Holdings — Taurus ARM
Group Finance Manager — Energy & Oil Trading
Mar 2019 — Jun 2023 · Dubai
  • FP&A for Bezhan Refinery (125,000 BPD), Bazian Power Plant (720 MW), Qaiwan Trading
  • Annual budgets · rolling forecasts · IFRS standalone & consolidated FS
  • Power BI executive dashboards: weighted utilization · OPEX-per-day · CAPEX tracking
  • Group's in-house shipping arm (12 vessels + outsourced) · voyage cost into trading margins
  • Iraq statutory compliance · tax audits · BOD reporting
  • Team of 14 · acquisition-side finance workstreams
PwC · A&A Associate · Sharif Group
Sr. Audit Associate II · Sr. Consultant · Asst. Manager Finance
2012 — 2019 · UAE / Pakistan
  • IFRS / ISA audits under PwC Global Audit Methodology · led teams end-to-end
  • Consolidation workings · fund accounting (limited partnerships, separate accounts)
  • Tier-2 ERP implementations for client groups · chart-of-accounts design · data migration
  • CAPEX budgeting · Hyperion implementation support
Selected Work

Dashboards & apps I shipped.

Each tile opens a live page. "Credentials at interview" for production apps.
Working Capital · Trade FinanceLive
Working Capital & Trade Finance
Live dashboard — bank balances, AR/AP, LC/SBLC tracker and 13-week cash forecast for the Esnad group.
View live · credentials at interview
Productivity · TeamLive
Task Manager App
Role-based task tracker for the Esnad Finance department — assignments, deadlines, dashboards and reminders.
View live · credentials at interview
FMCG · AI ControlsLive
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FMCG Production App
Production, inventory and AI-vision weight verification PWA (Claude API + WhatsApp) for Al-Karrar foodstuff operations.
View live · credentials at interview
CFO Cockpit · O&GComing soon
CFO Dashboard (Demo)
Upstream O&G executive cockpit — production, realized price, EBITDA bridge, hedge book and concession map.
Open demo
FP&A · VarianceComing soon
Variance Review (Demo)
Editorial-style B/A/F variance review for a 720 MW power plant — department & cost-centre level with heatmap.
Open demo
Coming · Upstream2026
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Africa Oil Rigging Model
Project finance model for an upstream rigging opportunity in West Africa — capex, opex, IRR, payback and sensitivity. Live dashboard in build.
Request preview
Tech Stack

The full closed loop.

I model the business, build the system, and ship it. No three-month consultant integration — your team uses it Monday.
Python
Python
GitHub
GitHub
Supabase
Supabase
Netlify
Netlify
🏛️
ERP & Finance Systems
MS Dynamics · SAP · Oracle 12 · Hyperion · Tier-2 platforms · IFRS consolidation
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Data & Automation
Python · SQL · Power Query · Excel VBA · Power Automate · Office Scripts
📊
BI & Visualization
Power BI · live PWA dashboards · Chart.js · executive PowerPoint
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Dev & Deployment
GitHub · Supabase · Railway · Netlify · encrypted pipelines (XOR / SHA-256)
AI & Custom Builds
Claude Vision API · ERP-integrated mobile apps · auto-discrepancy detection
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Most finance transformation projects end with a slide deck and a six-figure invoice.
Mine end with a working system your team actually uses on Monday morning.

— S. Zaigham Ali
Useful Resources & Templates

Financial models you can download.

Battle-tested Excel templates I've built over 15 years. Free to use — attribution appreciated.
XLSX
Financial Statements27 KB
3-Statement Model (Compact)
Linked income statement, balance sheet and cash flow on a single tab — for quick deals and sanity checks.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
Financial Statements25 KB
Balance Sheet Template
IFRS-style balance sheet with comparative periods, working-capital block and ratios built in.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
Valuation113 KB
Business Valuation Model
Full-suite valuation — DCF, trading comps, transaction comps and football-field summary.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
Valuation53 KB
DCF Valuation (Compact)
Lean DCF on one tab — assumptions, FCF build, WACC, terminal value and EV bridge.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
Valuation116 KB
DCF Valuation (Full)
Detailed DCF with multi-year operating model, capex schedule, debt waterfall and sensitivity tables.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
FP&A315 KB
FP&A Budgeting & Forecasting
Annual budget plus rolling 12-month forecast template with driver-based revenue and OPEX modelling.
Download .xlsx
XLSX
FP&A130 KB
FP&A Monthly Analysis (Rollforward)
Month-end rollforward template — actual vs budget vs forecast with variance commentary and KPI snapshot.
Download .xlsx
Get in touch

Let's talk.

Tell me what's slowing your finance team down. One conversation, no slide deck. Advisory, fractional CFO, or project-based finance builds — remote or on-site.

Based in Dubai · Global Reach
Available · May 2026