Syed Shaharyar Akhter
About Candidate
• Lead the end-to-end annual budgeting process, partnering with department heads across operations, engineering and corporate functions to collect, consolidate and validate budget inputs aligned with corporate strategy
• Develop and maintain dynamic rolling forecasts, enabling senior leadership to proactively manage performance and assess financial outcomes under multiple scenarios
• Maintains detailed short and long-term cash flow forecasts, integrating operational, investment and financing activities to ensure sufficient liquidity, manage working capital and support strategic initiatives
• Collaborate on long-term financing strategies, including capital structure optimization, debt refinancing and equity-related initiatives to ensure financial flexibility and support growth initiatives
• Played a key role in the successful execution of a $460 million vessel sale, contributing to deal structuring, financial modelling and due diligence support
• Provide executive-level financial insights and strategic analysis, supporting decision-making on capital allocation, cost optimization and growth investments
• Prepare and deliver monthly board reporting packages, covering financial performance, operational metrics and market trends to inform and guide board-level decisions
• Responsible for all investor relations materials, including investor decks, earnings call presentations and conference content
Location
Education
Major: Finance
Major: Accounting, Management and Law
Work & Experience
Vantage Drilling International is an offshore drilling contractor that operates and manages a fleet of modern, high specification drilling rigs on a worldwide basis.
• Lead the end-to-end annual budgeting process, partnering with department heads across operations, engineering and corporate functions to collect, consolidate and validate budget inputs aligned with corporate strategy
• Develop and maintain dynamic rolling forecasts, enabling senior leadership to proactively manage performance and assess financial outcomes under multiple scenarios
• Maintains detailed short and long-term cash flow forecasts, integrating operational, investment and financing activities to ensure sufficient liquidity, manage working capital and support strategic initiatives
• Collaborate on long-term financing strategies, including capital structure optimization, debt refinancing and equity-related initiatives to ensure financial flexibility and support growth initiatives
• Played a key role in the successful execution of a $460 million vessel sale, contributing to deal structuring, financial modelling and due diligence support
• Provide executive-level financial insights and strategic analysis, supporting decision-making on capital allocation, cost optimization and growth investments
• Prepare and deliver monthly board reporting packages, covering financial performance, operational metrics and market trends to inform and guide board-level decisions
• Responsible for all investor relations materials, including investor decks, earnings call presentations and conference content
