Amit Shah, Cpa (Inactive), Aca, B. Com Email & Phone Number

California, United States

United States

Orange County, California Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

City Of Industry, California

Tustin, Ca

• Finance functional head for Oracle based ERP implementation (June 2016 to August 2017)• Special projects lead for Accounting team (Dec 2015 to June 2016). Financial reporting, treasury, technical accounting research, group company division controller.

Tustin Ca

Irvine

• Head the accounting and finance functions with 5 US-based and 3 international direct reports. Direct report to the CEO.• Joined as Corporate Controller. Elevated to VP of Finance & Accounting.• Responsible for all internal periodic financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, FP&A for strategic decision making• Assisting debt/ equity raise of $18-25 million• Responsible for new ERP implementation project.• Implementing internal controls, managing financial audit, system implementation and • Implementing cost control measures

Los Angeles, California

SEC financial reporting consultant for client in automotive parts distribution company. Reported form 10-K, Proxy Statement and form 10-Q for Q1 2014

Irvine, Ca

• Head the finance functions with 1 direct and 1 indirect report. Directly report to the CEO.• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, FP&A and preparing and monitoring projections for strategic corporate decision-making.• Primary go to person for financial and strategic decision-making. Also, primary go to person for strategic business decisions related to company’s plans to raising financing/M&A type transactions.• Responsible for all internal periodic financial reporting.• Implementing internal controls, managing financial audit.

Irvine, Ca

• Head the finance functions with a team of 4 direct reports and 1 indirect report. • External reporting and regulatory compliance: Prepare periodic financial statements, Form 10-Qs and Form 10-Ks, Form 10-K/A, Proxy Statements, and Form S-3. Research complex accounting issues for SARs & Phantom Stock. Implemented XBRL filings and filed on time.• Financial Audit Management: Plan, direct and manage external audit functions. Successfully managed 2 years of audit, both financial and ICFR.• Upgraded Internal Controls design. Continue to work in process improvements.• Treasury Management: Placed available cash funds with highly reputable banks and financial institutions. • Successfully completed a sales tax audit for period 2007-2010; reduced tax liability by approximately $0.25 million. • Managed accounts payables functions: Reduced AP processing time by over 50%.• Managed major upgrade of accounting system conversions (Oracle version 11i to version 12). Upgrade chart of accounts to multi-segment chart. Implemented cross validation rules. Managed change over to new company profile when company was acquired. Continued monitoring.• Lead post-merger and transition activities. Data accumulation for 2 due diligences.• Preparation and review of sales and use, franchise, property tax returns. Assisted in preparation of federal and state tax return information.• Compliance with governmental census requests and forms.

Irvine, Ca

• Partially transitioned into operational management, contract review and negotiation role.• Headed the finance and accounting functions with a team of 6 direct reports. • External reporting and regulatory compliance: Prepared all financial statements and reporting forms for SEC filings and compliance. Prepared Proxy Statements, form S-1 and form S-3. Extensive work on complex accounting issues like revenue recognition.• Planned, directed and managed external audit functions. Facilitated move to Ernst & Young as external auditors.• Upgraded Internal Controls design and implemented in short time. • Designed and implemented budgetary processes in the Company, provided budget versus actual analysis. • Recovered $12 million of funds invested in auction rate securities. Negotiated with highly reputable banks and financial institutions for placing available cash funds. • Successfully negotiated all insurance programs with reputed carriers, average annual savings of 15% over 2 years. Negotiated multiple research, logistical, commercial contracts; successfully reduced costs of approximately $4 million. • Reduced AP processing time significantly. Managed outsourced logistic, warehousing and AR functions, with in-house supervision.• Successfully managed an arbitration award of over $4.5 million.• Active in negotiation of all major collaborations.• Managed implementation and operation of ESPPs.• Assisted equity raise of over $100 million in 2009. • Managed and implemented Concur; implementation of stock plan administration and time management software.• Management of 2 alliances as primary point of contact.• Assisted in due diligence functions for in-licensing and out-licensing transactions. • Twice recognized as employee of the month and once as an honorable mention.• Compliance with governmental census requests and forms.

Detroit, Mi

• Managed in-house Internal Audit and Control team and external audit function. Improved audit process from a quarterly to online basis. • Designed COSO framework and implemented Internal Controls. Managed compliance activities and reversed disclaimer for a clean opinion. (2004 – 2005)• Headed the finance and accounting functions with a team of 4 reports. Managed debt elimination from $38 million to zero by end of 2004. • Responsible for preparation of complete Financial Statements for SEC filings. Extensive working on complex accounting issues like revenue recognition.• Reduced processing time over 2 years; instrumental in making the company debt-free by 2004.• Negotiated two $10 million term loans to eliminate debt, negotiated Economic Development Corporation loan, terms for improved liquidity and returns. Responsible to manage a private placement issue of $1.6 million.• Negotiated insurance, temporary agency agreements, which resulted in average annual savings of about 10% over 3 consecutive years.• Planned and managed external audit functions. • Designed and implemented budgetary processes, provided budget versus actual analysis to management. Identifying areas of cost savings and improvement of terms of business with various vendors.• Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP) administration. • Manage AMEX listing from pink sheets and subsequently managed continued compliance. • Assisted in managing Investor Relations functions. • Implementation of a custom-designed Oracle based ERP system.

Mumbai Area, India

• Corporate Tax Matters: Managed complex tax matters. Reported to Executive Director and Sr. V.P. – Finance.• Financial Audit Management: Financial audit management functions. • Management Information Systems (MIS): Implementation of ERP system. • Internal Controls: Implementation of ERP-based internal controls.• Corporate Law: Assisted in management of Corporate Law Matters.

Cpa, Accounting And Finance

Associate Chartered Accountant, Accounting, Auditing, Cost Accounting & Indian Taxation

Bachelor'S Of Commerce, Accounting, Auditing, Cost Accounting

Associate'S Degree, Accounting & Audit