Ali Zaid Al-Quraishi & Brothers and the Impact of CFI’s Real-World Training | CFI Success Story

Many finance teams can produce reports. But far fewer can build models and clearly explain what’s driving the numbers behind them. In this video, Umair Murtaza, Senior Director of FP&A at Ali Zaid Al-Quraishi & Brothers, shares how their team strengthened core finance and financial modeling capabilities across the organization. The conversation explores how finance teams improved consistency, reduced rework, and built analysis that better supports decision-making across the business. Topics covered include: 🔹 Moving beyond working on datasets by dataset and building structured financial models 🔹 Using Excel with cleaner logic, consistent formatting, and reviewable layouts 🔹 Explaining business drivers behind the numbers, not just presenting outputs 🔹 Improving reporting workflows while maintaining speed and quality 🔹 Creating consistency across analysts and finance processes 🔹 Building scalable FP&A and corporate finance workflows These are the operational finance skills that shape how finance teams function day to day: 🔹 How models are structured. 🔹 How Excel is used. 🔹 How analysis is communicated. 🔹 How reporting processes scale across teams. With Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) training, the team improved consistency across analysts, strengthened financial modeling standards, and built more effective reporting and analysis processes. If your organization is looking to standardize financial modeling, improve FP&A reporting quality, and strengthen finance team capabilities, this discussion provides practical insight into how high-performing finance teams operate. Learn more about CFI for teams here: https://cfi.to/uoV1n #FPandA #FinancialModeling #CorporateFinance #Excel #FinanceTeams #CFI