Amit Thakkar, Cpa, Aca Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Mount Prospect, Il

Chief Financial Officer for a well-known and reputed local government in Illinois with an annual budget of $150+ Million. Responsible for day to day finance operation, leading Finance Team of 15 employees positively, Treasury management, internal controls, annual budget, annual audit, levy, abatement, appropriations, project management, technological transformation, general obligation bonds issuance, S&P credit rating, operational research, pension funds and investments, TIF/SSA, strategic planning and many other management tasks.

Bensenville, Il

Responsible for supervising day to day accounting, budgets, annual reporting, audits, utility billing, cash management, accounts payable and receivable, investments, system security and administration, internal controls and SOP, Sales Tax Sharing Agreements, Economic Incentive Agreements, TIFs and SSAs, Property Taxes and Levies, Ordinances and Resolutions, Treasury Management.

Day to day accounts receivable, payable, lock box, customer service, Bank reconciliations, online banking, Journal Entries, revenue reconciliations, statistics, auditing, investment reports.

• Responsible for looking after various departments’ budget preparations, tracking them with exceptions analysis, cash flow and other advanced analytical tools of Munis. • Responsible for month end closing analyses, reconciliations and management reports. Also responsible for assisting higher management in financial planning and providing analytical support in strategic decision making.• Performed significant amounts of projects for Controller and Deputy Controller for various financial decision making purposes as well as internal review and control purposes.• Responsible for establishing and maintaining Standard Operating Processes. Also provided accounting and finance related training to new employees as well as other accounting staff.• Responsible for security and administration of ERP, user profiles, access of users as well as internal control within ERP.• Solely responsible for preparation all yearend governmental, proprietary and fiduciary financial statements for civil city (CAFR) including major notes forming part of statements using US GAAPs and GASBs. Also coordinated audits with state board of accounting. Also responsible for preparation of Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A).

Cpa, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: California Board of Accounting

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: Currently Associate Member of ICAI

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Advanced Accounting