ARUN SARDANA CPA, CGA, Cost Accountant

416-***-**** ● adzvux@r.postjobfree.com

Core Competencies

Financial Accounting

Corporate Tax

Budgeting / Forecasting

Account Reconciliations

GST/HST Compliance A/R, A/P, Payroll

IFRS/GAP Compliance

Cash Flow Control

Treasury

Inventory Control Process Re-engineering

Financial & Management Reporting

Controllership

Lenders Covenant Compliance

SUMMARY

Well-rounded Accounting Professional with over 20 years of experience in progressively responsible positions in financial reporting, treasury, tax and general accounting. Demonstrates an endless capacity to learn new information success managing large team and share knowledge with everyone in the organization in order to grow human capital. A results-oriented proactive problem solver with strong management, mentoring, and communication skills.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The CICA In-Depth Tax Course Part I & Part -II

Certified General Accountant (CGA), June 2008

High achievements in Tax, and Management Accounting, PSAB in CGA

Cost & Works Accountant (ICWA) course from The ICWAI, June 1995

Bachelor’s Degree in Science. (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) from Meerut Univ., India (1988) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SkyPower Global – Controller/Director Regulatory Filling, Compliance and Tax (Multi National Solar Power Electricity Generating and Developing Company) 02/2017 – Present

Lead the statutory audit for all international jurisdictions of India, Canada and USA.

Played a key role in rolling out of the Financial Business Central 365 system. Helped automate key aspects of their workflow and brought all international legal entities under one shared new system.

Utilized an automation tool to provide management with key reports, allowing them to make timely investment decisions.

Worked closely with the VP of Finance and helped him with the preparation of the firm’s consolidated quarterly and annual financial statements.

Ensured month-end close procedures were completed on time and presented the financial and regulatory information to executives and cross-functional teams, while ensuring controls were in place and procedures were followed.

Managed a California investment portfolio based pension fund investment of $250 USD, $250M CDN credit facility along with

$20M CDN Letter of Credit Facility. Worked with local teams/beneficiaries to arrange bid, performance and advance deposit bonds, while ensuring coverage from Export Development Canada. Managed debt covenants and reviewed compliance certificate calculations on a quarterly basis.

Managed the US federal and state tax processes for 400 legal entities under different legal umbrellas.

Dealt with all the taxation matters including national and international tax (Canada, USA, and International). Helped the company save $20 Million dollar through tax planning by re-structuring the companies.

Built and managed an in-house tax center of excellence upon adopting an ambiguous tax environment and notably reduced external consulting fees. Mentored and developed team members with adequate learning and development and enhanced engagement.

Operationalized a complex and multi-year milestone driven project to streamline and optimize the organizational structure of 400 companies. Worked with in-house counsel, external advisors, HR and ERP team in an efficient manner to arrive at a leaner organization.

Worked with Operational Business Units leaders to develop end-to-end process of business unit’s budget. This included preparation of monthly and annually individual financials, and Budget vs. Expenses variance analysis. DataWind Inc. - Controller/ Head of Tax (Multi National Telecommunication Company) 03/2015 – 08/2016

Consolidated Financials Statement of 8 entities of DataWind Inc.

Prepared quarterly and annual statements with MD&A, tax disclosure notes for the TSX listed company

Managed the A/R, credit insurance, A/P, Cash Flow, Investment and Banking, and Fixed Assets functions

Implemented and managed Inventory controls of $10M and recovered $30K

Responsible for Credit Card Processing, Inventory Control and MIS Reporting (Internal management reports)

Handled Payroll processing and ensured a strong relationship was kept with the external payroll provider

Liaised with external auditors and CRA, filed tax forms inclusive of T106, T1134, T1135, T2200, T4, etc.

Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly income tax provisions, tax payments and GST/HST tax returns

Handled Employment and WSIB Audit, T4A Slips and annual tax return, VAT return of UK and India

Recovered $205K from HST/GST returns, $350K from IRAP, received an approval of $1M for SRE&ED claim, as well as Recovered $100K for a customer and reduced company expenses by $100K

Motivated and built a strong Accounting team of 4-15 employees, as the team size grew

Prepared Tax Returns (T1 & T2) in Canada, UK and India Ryan ULC - Senior Tax Consultant 01/2014 – 11/2014

Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly income tax provisions for various clients

Prepared personal tax returns (400), and Partnerships and Corporate Tax returns (50)

Prepared Non Resident Tax Withholding (NR4) returns, as well as various forms inclusive of T3, T106, T1134, T1135, T2200, T4

& T5013; Worked with consultants and provided support to Tax Auditors

Liaised with CRA on different tax issues, conducted tax research, and assisted in CRA audit

Prepared Waiver Tax packages, volunteer tax declarations for various clients MD Financial Management Inc. (Company of Canadian Medical Association) - Tax Specialist 04/2012 – 05/2013

Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly income tax provisions of MD Group of Companies

Prepared periodic tax schedules and reports including Partnerships and Corporate Tax Returns, T4, T4A, T5 slips for income distribution to shareholders

Performed a transfer of assets from corporation to partnership LLP and sale to third party

Maintained a fixed assets register and performed an analysis of expense vs. capital accounting

Assisted with payroll issues, fixed assets conversion project, and cash management of installment made periodically

Monitored changes in federal and provincial tax legislations, including commodity tax, and ensured that policies and procedures are updated as required; Helped company in finalization SR&ED claims from 2005 to 2009

Assisted in GST/HST tax audit, and implementation of QST/HST, BC/PEI provincial tax Bell Aliant Inc. - Tax Manager (St. John, NB) 2009 – 2012

Participated in strategic corporate tax planning with management and various stakeholders throughout the company

Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly provisions; Led IFRS conversion work for tax department and IFRS research

Conducted Non-Resident Audit, Expense vs. Capital Audit, and Contract vs. Employees Audit

Conducted tax research to support tax compliance and planning, tax reorganization and acquisitions

Prepared tax working papers, schedules and reports including, Corporate Tax Returns, Income Tax Provisions, GST/ HST Returns, Helped in finalization SR&ED claims, assisted in CRA Tax Audit and ad hoc reporting

Managed Monthly and Quarterly tax installments payments, oversaw the working capital and implemented process improvement and cost saving

Irving Oil Limited - Intermediate Accountant (St. John, NB) 2007 – 2008

Analyzed financial statements to uncover inefficiencies in business processes and areas of resource under-utilization

Participated in the preparation of yearly budgets, forecasting and trend analysis, and evaluated price/product mix

Responsible for monthly and yearly FD&A and MD&A reporting, using an industry centric approach

Analyzed Capital and Expense project variances and tracked benefits of various programs/projects

Performed project feasibility studies, time-value-money analysis, with regards to the purchase of capital assets

Worked with senior management to design and develop user-friendly financial modeling tools

Reconciled all of general ledger accounts on a monthly basis; including sub-ledger accounts Cooke Aquaculture, Divisional Controller (St. George, NB) 2005 – 2007

Assisted in consolidating Financials Statement and disclosure notes for 10 entities on annual and quarterly basis

Helped implementing Financial Strategy and action plan, Tax Planning and Implementing MS Dynamics Great Plains

Converted businesses financial net loss position, to a profit position

Implement of yearly budgets, forecasting and trend analysis

Motivated and built a strong Accounting team of 4 employees OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mother Dairy Foods Processing Ltd. - Controller 2000 – 2005 Albert David Ltd (Pharmaceutical Industry) - Assistant Controller 1996 – 2000 Hind Industries Ltd (Export Industry) - Controller 1993 – 1996 IT SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

ERP Systems – PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, JD Edwards, MS Dynamics Great Plains, Simply Accounting

Tax Prep, TaxPro. CCH Products, CAN Tax, UFile, Turbo Tax etc.

Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & AWARDS

Board of Director in Peel Standard Condominium Corporation,

Ex-Vice-President of CGA Chapter of St. John

Fundraising for various charities like Kids Help Phone, Red Cross, and Terry Fox,

Award from Kids Help Phone in 2009

Kaizen Costing Award (Big Saving) from Mother Dairy Foods Processing Ltd.

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