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Ammar Zaidi

@ammarzaidi

Fund Finance Specialist | VC/PE Fund Operations, LP Reporting & Admin Oversight | Management & Financial Reporting | Cashflow Management

Pakistan
Message

I turn messy numbers into forecasts, models and investor reports that founders and fund managers can actually decide from.

I'm an FCCA and LUMS MBA with 15 years inside finance teams: most recently at a venture capital fund operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and before that in e-commerce, banking and pharma. I've owned P&Ls, built budgets that held up, and answered to investors and boards.

What you can hire me for:

  • Financial modeling: 3-statement models, fundraising and valuation models, scenario and sensitivity analysis

  • Budgeting & forecasting: annual budgets, rolling forecasts, 13-week cash-flow models

  • Investor & LP reporting: quarterly packs, board decks, KPI dashboards

  • Fund finance: capital calls, distributions, management fees, fund administrator oversight

  • P&L management: variance analysis, margin and cost reviews, month-end reporting in Xero or NetSuite

How I work: clear scope, fixed price or monthly retainer, and models your team can maintain after I leave. My hours overlap with the GCC, UK and Europe.

Send me what you're working on, and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AL

Senior Associate Finance

Antler Ventures MENAP Ltd.

May 2024 - Sep 2026 (2 years 4 months)

Lead the finance function end-to-end for a $60M venture capital fund and its operating company, reporting directly to the General Partners. Restructured program fee methodology, designed reimbursement strategies, and led cost restructuring initiatives, converting the operating company from loss-making to profitable within two years.

DL

Finance Business Partner

Daraz Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Oct 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 5 months)

Led a team of 8 across Retail, B2B, and Marketing finance within Commercial Finance, sustaining a >90% Payments-on-Time ratio and optimizing working capital. Strengthened fraud prevention controls, cutting digital fraud cases by 25%, and managed receivables and profitability reporting.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

LS

Lahore University of Management Sciences

MBA, Business Administration

2014 - 2016

Activities and societies: Director Operations, LUMS Finance Executive Club; Director Finance, LUMS Leadership Society; Captain, LUMS MBA cricket team.

Pursued an MBA at Lahore University of Management Sciences from 2014 to 2016.

TM

Tsinghua School of Economics & Management

MBA Exchange Program, Business Administration

2015 - 2015

Participated in an MBA exchange program at Tsinghua School of Economics & Management from August to December 2015.

AA

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

ACCA, Accounting

2005 - 2010

Completed the ACCA qualification from 2005 to 2010.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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