Sundeep Patel, Cpa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Aurora, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lead a team of six senior financial reporting managers in preparing and managing financial records of all Global Markets businesses in the United States. Additionally, prepare and present Global Markets US board slides to the US CEO and provide detailed analysis of the key drivers impacting the results. Notable Contributions:• Design and re-engineered demanding monthly closing process of Global Markets businesses that improved efficiency by 40%.• Coordinated integration of Global Markets business of newly acquired company by Bank of Montreal.• Lead and directed implementation of new front office trading platform and migration of general ledger systems.• Developed accounting and reporting of new products introduced by the businesses.• Ensured proper reporting of corporate accounting and policies by researching and implementing new account pronouncements and working collaboratively with finance, business, risk, and governance departments.

Chicago, Il

Actively supervises all accounting operations for a $15B business including; month end, quarterly, and yearly closings. Manages and presents financial reports, budgets, financial forecasts, and capital analysis to the front office sales and trading executives while developing and synthesizing data from different systems throughout the organization in order to provide detailed client-based profitability analysis to help the sales team improve client focus. Additionally, prepares business plans and takes into account business initiatives and growth strategies while leading and educating staff to meet departmental needs.Notable Contributions: • Designed and introduced new closing procedures regarding loans that improved process efficiency by %60. • Developed a comprehensive bottom up business forecasting model to help business executives evaluate business performance plans.• Improved and modernized lead audit schedules and other audit requests as the primary contact for external auditors for quarterly and annual audit work.• Ensured proper reporting of corporate accounting and policies by researching and implementing new account pronouncements and working collaboratively with finance, business, risk, and governance departments.

Chicago, Il

Developed and analyzed capital markets and their related financial reports in order to coordinate and prepare business performance summaries, commentaries, and advanced analytics for the US Board, senior capital market managers, and US regulatory examiners. Notable Contributions: • Coordinated and improved the planning process for regulatory stress testing including; CCAR & DFAST, as well as, standardizing reporting elements used in other areas.• Ensured that projects were aligned with business priorities and strategies and aligned to meet yearly targets as part of the strategic plan by reviewing and analyzing monthly financial statements and rolling forecasts.

Chicago, Il

Acted as key contact for US regulators and external regulatory exams lead by the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and State of Illinois. Provided governance and oversight of the US operations by fostering relationships with executive management, back office management, and business leaders and focused on relevant information in all areas to gain alignment and support in order to achieve compliance.Notable Contributions: • Successfully sourced a collection of requested data from over 15 areas across the enterprise and partnered with the treasury and internal audit team to remediate and monitor exam findings.• Created a book for federal examiners that has become standard issue across all banks that shows the risk rating for the branch itself in order to quantify the business.• Assembled the Foreign Branch Management board committee deck and developed risk breach tracking and reporting to help maintain a strong understanding of the businesses booked for the organization.

Chicago, Il

Successfully managed all of the financial reporting affairs for the Bank of Montreal’s Foreign Branch in the United States and served on governing committees for the organization with assets exceeding $95B. Developed, managed, and analyzed management and statutory reports for several management and governance committees on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.Notable Contributions: • Created and executed new guidelines in the performing relationship management function of various capital markets fixed income and trading businesses including; US Repos, US Money Market, Leveraged Financial Sales and Trading, Primary Dealer, and Foreign Exchange.• Completed comprehensive evaluation analysis and reviews of an acquisition target to support an organizational initiative.• Played a key role in the successful acquisition and merger as part of a due diligence effort.

Chicago, Il

Acted as a key member of a team responsible for establishing accounting and reporting structures of various hybrid tax strategies. Maintained filing status and financial operations of various subsidies by preparing time sensitive footnotes and financial statement for annual 10K, quarterly 10Q, and proxy to be filed with the Securities and Exchange commission.

Oak Brook, Il

Managed all accounting and analysis for the Canadian and Trading Operations with consolidated revenues exceeding $3M on a monthly basis. Additionally, coordinated and coached other team members regarding various businesses and accounting analysis.Notable Contributions: • Proposed, designed, and integrated a newly acquired reverse logistics company into a single general ledger system.• Developed cost models for reverse logistics operations in the United States and Canada by analyzing various accounting matrices.

Los Angeles, Ca

Prepared and maintained general ledger and monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements while managing accounting department staff and operations including; accounts payable & receivable and payroll supervisors.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Assisted with month end financial reports, Posted accounts receivable / accounts payable and month end journal entries. Prepared reconciliations reports for Cash, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Construction in Process accounts. Initiated and improved method of booking monthly journal entries and cost transfers and developed spreadsheet macros to increase efficiency and accuracy of the accounting and reporting. Assisted with annual budget and cash flow projections.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy, Execution & Valuation

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Financial Resource Management