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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

● Collaborated with various stakeholders to prepare comprehensive financial statements including accompanying notes and backup reports for 75 private equity funds, hedge funds and mutual funds, ensuring accuracy and adherence to standards● Streamlined operations by transferring funds to new management codes, saving €142K in potential revenue losses● Developed training documents that streamlined the financial preparation process, minimizing team training time by 55%

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

● Led initiative to perform detailed budgetary and variance analysis to identify cost discrepancies, support informed decision-making and optimize resource allocation, saving €47K as cost reduction● Optimised Accounts Receivable process by implementing efficient credit policies, enhancing debtors turnover ratio and reducing average collection period by 12 days

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Implemented and established new reports for Goldman Sachs’ EU Head Office by developing and automating end to end processes for AnaCredit and FR 2420 regulatory submissions to Deutsche Bundesbank (Germany) and Federal Bank (US)● Streamlined financial reporting process by automating 90% of manual processes, saving over €95K and 1000 person hours● Spearheaded operational risk management and team learning through cross training, knowledge-sharing and brainstorming initiatives, resulting in increasing team efficiency by 34%

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

● Led audit team to perform a statutory audit, identifying misreporting, saving client’s penalty by Rs 2 crore (€224K)● Assisted in analyzing tax assessments and preparing arguments during tax litigation cases, reducing client’s tax liability by approximately Rs.50 Lacs (€56K)

Postgraduate Certificate In Advance Professional Accounting, Accounting And Business/Management

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