Gurdev Bains, Cpa Cga, Ca(India) Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Owning and running the Finance shared services function for the group supporting Canada, US, Ireland, and Luxembourg operations. Handling a team of professionals responsible for Financial Transactions, month end closing, analysis & reporting. Arranging the insurance coverage for the group, handling the statutory and internal audits, developing & implementing the internal controls, cash flow management & treasury function, research & compliance with US GAAPs, developing a culture of continuous… Show more Owning and running the Finance shared services function for the group supporting Canada, US, Ireland, and Luxembourg operations. Handling a team of professionals responsible for Financial Transactions, month end closing, analysis & reporting. Arranging the insurance coverage for the group, handling the statutory and internal audits, developing & implementing the internal controls, cash flow management & treasury function, research & compliance with US GAAPs, developing a culture of continuous process improvements to enhance financial operations. Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Taken over and designed the accounting department processes for IFDS Ireland and Luxembourg as they relate to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Banking, General Accounting, Month end closings, monthly management, and VAT reporting. Aligning and overseeing the SAGE300 financial system for recording the transactions, designing the system to handle the inter-company transactions, and handling corporate consolidations. Handling direct/indirect taxes for Canada and reporting the monthly VAT… Show more Taken over and designed the accounting department processes for IFDS Ireland and Luxembourg as they relate to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Banking, General Accounting, Month end closings, monthly management, and VAT reporting. Aligning and overseeing the SAGE300 financial system for recording the transactions, designing the system to handle the inter-company transactions, and handling corporate consolidations. Handling direct/indirect taxes for Canada and reporting the monthly VAT for European entities. Implementing the Financial Reporting system Adaptive Insight, adapting to the changing needs of the finance department due to challenges paused by COVID19 i.e. enabling and managing the team effectively in remote working environment. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Managing finance operations with a team of 6 members (2 Accountants, 2 AP and 2 AR). Handling day to day operations including managing GL, employee expenses via Concur, payroll accounting, managing cash flow, statutory filings, tax provisioning including SRED, month-end closing, handling AP, AR & GL in multiple currencies besides improving everyday processes and implementing better controls. Supporting the senior management with IT Transformation business decision and designing the specific… Show more Managing finance operations with a team of 6 members (2 Accountants, 2 AP and 2 AR). Handling day to day operations including managing GL, employee expenses via Concur, payroll accounting, managing cash flow, statutory filings, tax provisioning including SRED, month-end closing, handling AP, AR & GL in multiple currencies besides improving everyday processes and implementing better controls. Supporting the senior management with IT Transformation business decision and designing the specific reports in the financial system for the program. Working with IT department plan, report and analyze the IT technology spendings. Show less

Mississauga, On

Responsible for finance department handling financial operations, leading a large team handling Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (including developing an application to handle retail AR), Treasury, Month-end activities, reconciliations, taxes, establishing & ensuring the controls and leading the cross functional projects.

Mississauga. Ontario

Financial Planning - Partnering with Business Leaders to finalize annual Budgets and monthly Forecasts for more than 50 departments and over $50M in expenses.Financial Analysis and Reporting - Responsible for summarizing to VP Finance and Director Finance after analyzing the monthly Revenue, Expense and Labour cost & FTE's as well as presenting variances to corporate finance leaders.Financial Models - Developed IT Projects and resource rationing model, revamped Financial… Show more Financial Planning - Partnering with Business Leaders to finalize annual Budgets and monthly Forecasts for more than 50 departments and over $50M in expenses.Financial Analysis and Reporting - Responsible for summarizing to VP Finance and Director Finance after analyzing the monthly Revenue, Expense and Labour cost & FTE's as well as presenting variances to corporate finance leaders.Financial Models - Developed IT Projects and resource rationing model, revamped Financial Analysis model, Automated Revenue Analysis and designed IT maintenance master considering all possible combinations.Supervision - Provided training and supervised another Financial analyst position supporting this profile.Oracle EBS - Implemented Oracle AP, GL and Reporting modules.Adhoc Reporting and Analysis - Key person to work on Strategic 3-5 years plan and other adhoc requests for analysis and reporting. Managed to help Operations by writing custom macros as per business requirements for mass data handling. Show less

- Annual financial planning including 5-Year directional plans.- Comprehensive Quarterly financial forecast including capex and manpower.- Month end closing and variance analysis reporting for the division.- Executing and controlling the charge backs to lines of businesses.- Reporting capital expenditure based on lines of businesses.- Controlling the capitalization of internal and external manpower efforts.- Handled the assignment of PST self-assessment for past four… Show more - Annual financial planning including 5-Year directional plans.- Comprehensive Quarterly financial forecast including capex and manpower.- Month end closing and variance analysis reporting for the division.- Executing and controlling the charge backs to lines of businesses.- Reporting capital expenditure based on lines of businesses.- Controlling the capitalization of internal and external manpower efforts.- Handled the assignment of PST self-assessment for past four years. Show less

- Presenting monthly MIS to controller that includes KPIs, profitability statements, operating and working capital, cash flow management, variance analysis.- Assisting controller in budgets and forecasting exercise.- Individually responsible for another unit for financing, accounting, taxation matters and getting the audits done without any major qualification from auditors.- Drafting the statutory annual financial statements along with necessary schedules.- Coordinating with… Show more - Presenting monthly MIS to controller that includes KPIs, profitability statements, operating and working capital, cash flow management, variance analysis.- Assisting controller in budgets and forecasting exercise.- Individually responsible for another unit for financing, accounting, taxation matters and getting the audits done without any major qualification from auditors.- Drafting the statutory annual financial statements along with necessary schedules.- Coordinating with statutory auditors and internal auditors. - Analysis of financial statements, expenses and general ledger.- Supervising accounting & finance team owning payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets accounting and reconciliations including bank.- Handled capital expenditure budgeting, controlling the expenditure, accounting for fixed assets and schedule for financial statements.- Coordinating for monthly VAT tax returns, tax deducted at source returns, MAT and advance tax. Show less

- Monthly profitability statements - segmental profitability’s along with overall profit & loss Account, balance sheet & key Indicators.- Monthly variance analysis of budgeted & actual profitability.- To liaison with bankers for foreign exchange long term loans and working capital loans (packing credit limits & bill discounting) & monitoring the loans to ensuring timely repayment/settlement.- Preparation of annual statutory financial statements.- Coordinating… Show more - Monthly profitability statements - segmental profitability’s along with overall profit & loss Account, balance sheet & key Indicators.- Monthly variance analysis of budgeted & actual profitability.- To liaison with bankers for foreign exchange long term loans and working capital loans (packing credit limits & bill discounting) & monitoring the loans to ensuring timely repayment/settlement.- Preparation of annual statutory financial statements.- Coordinating with statutory auditors for audit under Indian companies act & under income tax act.- Successfully implemented the proper inventory valuation & batch costing systems. - Implementation experience of Tally 6.3 including inventory modules Show less