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Shanawaz

S H M SHANAWAZ

Finance Leader | Startup Growth Specialist | FP&A, Fundraising, Strategic Finance | Financial Modeling | Building Scalable, Sustainable Businesses | Cash Burn | Cash Flow Planning | MIS | Reporting

+88 0171 7766 205
shanawaz.cma@gmail.com
me@shanawaz.info
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I’m a Finance Leader with 10+ years of experience helping startups and growth-stage businesses navigate financial complexity and scale with confidence.
My expertise covers strategic Finance & FP&A, Fundraising & Investor Reporting, Financial Modelling & Cash Flow Forecasting, Treasury, Liquidity & Multi-Entity Structures, Building Scalable Finance Operations, Standalone & Group Audit.

I’ve built and led finance teams in fast-paced startups, driving fundraising efforts and supporting growth across markets like the USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, Spain, and Turkey.

What drives me is connecting finance with business strategy — enabling founders and leadership teams to make data-driven decisions, build sustainable growth models, and stay investor-ready.

I’m always open to conversations on startup growth, finance leadership, or scaling challenges — feel free to connect!

North South University, Dhaka

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Finance

2016 (CGPA 3.19 out of 4.00)

Southeast University, Dhaka

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) -
Finance

2011 (CGPA 3.83 out of 4.00)

Milestone College, Uttara, Dhaka

HSC, Business Studies

2006 (CGPA 5.00 out of 5.00)

Rani Bilash Moni Govt. Boys’ High School

SSC, Science

2004 (CGPA 4.06 out of 5.00)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Issuing Year: Ongoing (Tentative 2025)

Cost & Management Accountants (CMA)

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), Nilkhet, Dhaka

Issuing Year: Ongoing

AAA Standard VAT Course

Bangladesh VAT Professionals Forum

Issuing Year: 2016

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

ACCA and CIMB Group Sustainability in Banking Virtual Experience Program on Forage

Issuing Year: 2023

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NITEX Solution Limited (NITEX)

Financial Controller

(1st October, 2024 – Continuing)

Financial Planning & Analysis Lead

(8th December, 2023 – 30th September, 2024)

Shopfront Limited (ShopUp)

Lead Manager – Group Internal Audit
(1st October, 2022 – 19th November, 2023)


Manager – Group Treasury & Corporate Finance
(1st July, 2019 – 30th September, 2022)


Asst. Manager – Financial Control & Budgeting
(1st January, 2017 – 30th June, 2019)

Strategeek Digital Limited

Sr. Executive – Finance & Accounts
(15th November, 2015 – 31st December, 2016)

Intraco Renewable Energy Limited

Jr. Officer – Accounts & Budget
(9th May, 2015 – 12th November, 2015)

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Strategeek Digital Ltd.
Intraco Renewable Energy Ltd.
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(NITEX is the full-stack B2B platform that helps large fashion brands buy designer styles at scale and manufacture them in bulk across the fragmented network of factories in Bangladesh. NITEX has presence in Singapore, United Kingdom, Turkey, Estonia, Spain & Germany. And its headquarters is located in Bangladesh.)

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:

❖ Prepared standalone and consolidated financial statements for all operational countries, adhering to local and international financial reporting standards.

❖ Delivered timely MIS reports to the key stakeholders, offering critical insights into financial performance.
❖ Proficiently created and compiled investor board decks, presenting key financial insights & performance metrics, strategic business updates, and performance metrics tailored to the requirements of CXOs, stakeholders and investors.

❖ Generating concise and insightful financial reports for the CXOs, delivering critical updates on financial performance metrics, facilitating informed decision-making at an executive level.

❖ Conducted to prepare the integrated financial model for investors and shared it on monthly basis with MIS pack.
❖ Conducted in-depth financial performance analyses by country and brand, focusing on budgetary control and variance analysis.
❖ Led the team in preparing the Burn Report, enabling detailed tracking of expenditure and assessing financial health.
❖ Conducted statutory audits on a country-wise basis, ensuring compliance with local regulatory frameworks, and successfully managed the group audit process, consolidating financials for accurate reporting and compliance.

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Internal Audit Role

❖ Develop the organization’s monthly & quarterly audit plan.
❖ Evaluate performance & quality of audit assignments.
❖ Review and assist external auditors' assignments.
❖ Assess the risk level and notify to the committee.

❖ Develop different internal policies & SLAs.

             

Treasury & Finance Control Role

❖ Conduct yearly statutory financial audit.
❖ Prepare year end adjustment and take necessary approval from board.
❖ Preparing month-end & year-end financial statements (& Consolidation).
❖ Oversees and takes responsibility for all financial procedures, records, and accuracy and ensure month closing.
❖ Prepare the projected Cash flow statem
ent.

❖ Managing working capital in an efficient & effective way.

❖ Trade off between liquidity vs profitability.
❖ Analyze and identify the variances.
❖ Continually optimize company's investment portfolio.
❖ Responsible for liquidity management of all entities.
❖ Prepare weekly burn report.
❖ Manage all relationships with financial institutions supporting company's cash management operations.
❖Ensure adequate liquidity for working capital needs and invest short-term excess cash; manage inter-company cash including inter-company lending and capital injections.

❖ VAT & TAX related tasks.

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❖ Structuring all financial & accounting activities of our subsidiaries' (MVRK Studios Limited & X Solutions Limited).
❖ Reporting the monthly financial statements to management.
❖ Analysis of financial data based on historical data & forecast data.
❖ Submitting the monthly budget to management and find out the budget variances.
❖ Conduction process of Internal & External financial audit, compliance audit as per the annual audit plan.
❖ Over-viewing the cash (including petty cash) & bank related activities.
❖ Maintaining sales and purchase related VAT activities, refunding procedures, debit & credit note adjustment.
❖ Managing and monitoring the factoring agreement with IDLC.
❖ Conducting the assets management activities of the parent company as well as subsidiaries.
❖ Recording the above information through Tally ERP.9 (for parent company), Troyee ERP (for subsidiaries) and MS Excel.

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❖ Recording and maintaining sales, sales returns, and discounts.
❖ Collecting the materials details and labor expenses from the respective departments.
❖ Finding out the overhead expenses.
❖ Allocating the related overhead expenses to the product costing.
❖ Finding out the elasticity of demand for an existing product.
❖ Setting up a primary price for a new product and periodically updating the existing product price.
❖ Setting up the BEP for a new product

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Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero

Tally ERP, Troyee ERP

Workplace, Microsoft Teams

ERP Implementation

Treasury Automation

Financial Statements Preparation & Consolidation

Due Diligence

External Audit

MIS & Budgeting

Fund Management

Cash Flow

VAT & TAX related works

RJSC related works

Secretarial Tasks

Payroll & Administritive Tasks

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QuickBooks Online Essential Training || 2023

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

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Analyzing Product Profitability || 2020

Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®)

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Export Import Basic || 2018

Export Import Training Business & Job Training Center, House - 54, Road - 20, Sector -
11, Uttara, Dhaka.

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Computerized Business Operation || 2014

IB Corporation, Green Road, Dhaka.

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Export Marketing || 2011

Small & Cottage Industries Training Institute (SCITI) under BSCIC, Uttara Model Town,
Dhaka-1230.

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