Management Accounting

Professional Strengths

Excellent experience in Planning, Budgeting, Reporting and month end closing

Experience in risk management reviews and establishing risk based internal audit functions

Extensive experience in Financial Statements Analyses and Financial Risk Management

Experience in improving Internal Controls, Processes, Compliance, SOPs & Exceptions reporting

Expertise in risk identification, evaluation, and quantification

Expertise in Corporate taxation.

Experience of presentations of analytical reports to senior management and training of Users

Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communication skills and working in multi countries

Strong Excel and Business Plan and ERP experience

Experience in maintaining relationship with the clients, quality and timely delivery of projects

Team player with a positive "can do" attitude, creative, mentor and like challenges

Professional Experience

Resolver Inc., Toronto www.resolver.com

Financial Controller (2007 – to date)

Compile and analyze financial information to prepare consolidated financial statements from multiple subsidiaries, foreign operations, monthly & annual accounts and deferred revenue

Budgeting and forecasting for the management group. Internal audit coordinator.

Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures

Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close processes

Establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance of accounting control procedures

Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities

Continuous management and support of budget and forecast activities

Monitor and support taxation requirements Canadian and US

Prepare for financial audit and coordinate the audit process

Oversee accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses

Evaluate and advise on business operations including revenue and expenditure trends, financial commitments and future revenues

Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations and integrity of financial data

Supervision of month-end financial closing procedures. Conducting variance analysis of balance sheet and income statement.

Successfully supervised the accounts payable department keeping in view the cash flow requirements of the Company.

Assist the Executive Director and the Board Treasurer with financial reporting as required at Board meetings and provide advice to support the decision making process.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Managed relationships with different banks for cash flows of the Company. Raising funds for business, loan and line of credits.

Successfully supervised the accounts receivable department resulting in increased monthly collections up to 30%.

Reduced budgeting and forecasting process time by 15 days by creating user friendly Excel templates.

Successfully conducted multiple business merger and acquisition and handling complex accounting structure.

Bell Canada / Bell World www.bell.ca

In Touch Communication

Accountant Business Development (2003 – 2007)

Prepared monthly Flash report with commentary on cost centers

Prepared monthly Scorecards, and KPI for cost centers identifying variance, primary & secondary drivers and Risk and Opportunities for managers

Assisted cost center managers in Planning & Budgeting and Quarterly update

Developed new Cost center report using Advanced Excel modeling skills

Monitored SOX compliance and prepared consolidated position for the controller for sign-off

Reviewed the existing SOPs and revised according to changes in the process and also prepared SOPs for new cost centers.

Represented finance in projects ensuring compliance with the accounting policy, sox compliance, financial reporting and identification of enterprise wide risk with appropriate mitigating factors.

Managing and performing all general accounting functions. Completing monthly, annual and quarterly financial statements.

Process improvement, creating and maintaining efficient systems, production reporting results and meaningful costing systems

Lead in the preparation and monitoring of annual budgets for the organization.

Coordinate the annual audit processes ensuring all necessary audit reports and tax filings are completed properly.

Worked as coordinator between IT and business/cost center for development of new software or changes in the existing system.

AGA Khan Foundation www.akdn.org

Financial Analyst (1999 – 2003)

Supervise Financial operations

Prepare Business performance evaluation

Analyze special purpose reports, as required

Prepare Accounts Reconciliation statements

Oversaw and reported all financial transactions

Prepared periodic budgets and ensured compliance

Developed system for tax law reporting

Responsible for the completion of Statutory Audit

Education

CGA – (Finalist)

ACMA (Associate Cost and Management Accountant)

B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science), with co-Major in Economics

Canadian and US Tax

IT Skills

Advance skills in Excel, MS Word, Power Point, MS Office. Access - Basic/Intermediate level.

Proficient in Tax software (T1 & T2) DT Max.

Simply Accounting, Accpac, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamic GL, Peachtree,

Providing applications and technical support for Retail IQ (POS software for cell phone industry).

Reference will be provided upon request.

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