Vikas Chavan, Cpa, Ca Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Tampa, Florida, United States

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

- Performed testing of Finance systems (Hyperion, OBIEE), identified and raised gaps to ensure seamless Go-live with minimal UAT defects- Provided functional expertise to testing team to create comprehensive tests covering all scenarios, resulting in minimal production defects- Provided expert advice on testing complicated components like Value of Capital, RWA, Tax, and calculation of financial ratios - Leveraged functional expertise on Planning and Forecasting and MS Excel skills to create automated templates to validate data and metadata migration across finance systems- Delivered substantial cost savings by creating MS Excel templates to test complicated Hyperion components and validate data copy over across various finance systems- Identified and resolved data issues while copying over data between Group Reporting systems- Pro-actively identified and raised critical issues impacting project timelines - Currently working on testing Longview Tax provisioning rollout across the Bank.

Gurgaon, India

- Managed relationships with key customers and stakeholders across the division and in Group Finance - Developed and published templates to Business Units (BUs) for submission of Budget and Forecast financials- Supported the Bank for the implementation of Finance Transformation Program including roll out of Hyperion Planning to various BUs in the Bank- Provided guidance to BUs on new functionalities in Hyperion / change requests from Group FP&A- Performed change controls and maintained metadata hierarchies in Oracle DRM- Created Business requirement document and provided functional guidance to Hyperion development team- Performed first level review of submissions and sought business reasons for unusual movements- Submitted Budget and Forecast financials in Hyperion Planning, executed business rules and performed Group wide consolidation- Performed expense allocation to BUs based on inputs from support functions- Reported Group wide Budget and Forecast pack to Group FP&A- Created Smartview templates to provide multiple level of views and drill down to address ad hoc queries - Analyzed key movements, identified the business drivers and provided insightful commentaries to support operational review and key senior management discussions- Identified and resolved data issues while copying over data between Group Reporting systems (INEA for actuals and Hyperion Planning for Budgets) and ensured minimal outages / issues- Conducted training sessions to train resources on the use of Hyperion Planning and Essbase- Created knowledge repository to ensure minimal disruption due to attrition and trained new resources to come up the learning curve

Gurgaon, India

- Supported HSBC - Japan, External and Management Reporting across 4 major Customer Groups- Managed team of 25 resources supporting activities like Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss reporting, Business profitability reports, CEO letter, RMC Pack, ALCO Pack- Drove process improvements, best practice sharing, standardization, simplification & automation initiatives to deliver productivity

Gurgaon, India

- Supported GE Real Estate - North America Controllership Operations for ~$40 billion of assets (Debt and Equity) in Americas, Canada and Mexico- Managed team of 45 resources supporting activities like Balance Sheet reporting, Account Reconciliations and Asset quality reporting- Identified and drove simplification initiatives

Delhi, India

Delhi, India

Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountant

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B.Com (Hons), Commerce

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Aissce, Senior Secondary