Chandrakant Ghate Email & Phone Number

Toronto

• Responsible for all aspects of month end reporting to Head office and to local management with commentary (including Year-End Closing, G/L Maintenance & A/R, A/P) • Variance analysis to study the trends and impact on profitability.• Revenue analysis in terms of profitability and performance against budgets thus helping business managers to achieve targets.• Monitor unbilled revenue and receivables.• Participation in CARF accreditation as finance representative. Key Accomplishments: o Analyzing the HST requirements and applicability on revenue and expenses.

• Coordination and preparation of Business plans – quarterly, annual and long range Forecasts (5 yearly).• Responsible for all aspects of month end reporting to Head office and to local management with commentary (Hyperion format).• Preparation of tax provision on monthly/quarterly basis.• Preparation of SR&ED claims covering monitoring and allocation of expenses and hours.• Responsible and managed inter-company billings for R&D recharge out to sister units.• Responsible for capital expenditure proposals and assets management.• Responsible for US GAAP compliance and Quarterly (10-Q) and Annual (10-K) information preparation for Head office.• Participated in Sarbanes Oxley compliances and improve internal controls. • Coordination of Balance sheet management.• Responsible for all aspects of external reporting to Statistics, Canada.• Coordination of the annual audit, including preparation of related schedules and analysis.• Assisted in resolving transfer pricing issues.• Analysis of financial results to ensure accuracy and to identify issues requiring corrective action.• Responsible for Key Performance Indicators (KPI) reporting.Key Accomplishments: o Reduced month end reporting process time by 2 days by replacing excels based processes by TM1 software.o Improved balance sheet through balance sheet management (Few old out standings recovered).o Stream lined Sarbanes Oxley Compliance for the Monthly Reporting and Capital acquisition process.